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Overview

  • 12 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • HR Consultant
  • Honours Bachelor of Commerce (International Management)
  • From Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Have fun in the Gold Coast while attending Graduate School

ABOUT ME

I talk to strangers. I laugh like Marge Simpson which all my friends impersonate as a joke. Green is my colour. I have a husky named Scotia! I love to learn new languages although I am not very good at them - but at least I try!

I adore animals! I have my husky. I have been fostering kittens for the past 4 years from the humane society as well as walking the kennel dogs waiting to be adopted. I volunteered at an animal foundation in Koh Chang, Thailand and I also worked at an elephant camp while in Thailand. :) I prefer animals to children! haha

Living in Southport, Australia going to Griffith University. Enjoying the Australian lifestyle.

PHILOSOPHY

LOVE TO LIVE. LIVE TO LOVE.

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My friend told me she was going to the Yukon in a week and staying on someone's couch who she found on CS. Being very intrigued I came a looking and loved what I found so here I am! I would love to have people visit me in Buenos Aires since I love to meet new people. Also since I love to learn about different cultures through experiencing it not and not so much as a 'tourist'- CS2 seemed perfect!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed with Ken in Taipei Taiwan, Titik in Bali Indonesia, Ardian in Yogyakarta Indonesia, Mojca in Ljubljana Slovenia, Apostolos in Athens Greece, Marin in Cairns, Brodie in Cooloola Cove, and Jordan in Brisbane!

I Hosted Sean in Bangkok Thailand, Tim in Buenos Aires Argentina, Antoine&Johan and Amy in Thunder Bay, Canada.

So far - I am having a blast! Life has been way more entertaining and my travel experiences have been much more fulfilled while couchsurfing! :D

Interests

Snowboarding. Winter. Traveling. Languages. Laughing. New Foods. Drinking. Dancing. Baseball. Rollercoasters. Singing. Cultures. Animals. Daydreaming.

I love the outdoors- to tent, to hike, to explore.

  • animals
  • dogs
  • singing
  • dancing
  • environment
  • walking
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • camping
  • snowboarding
  • baseball
  • languages
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Soundtracks: Moulin Rouge. Across the Universe. Wicked. Chicago. The Phantom of the Opera.

Music: Michael Buble. Espen Lind. The Beatles. Shania Twain. Bruno Mars. No Use For A Name. Juanes. Maroon 5. Nsync. Keith Urban. The Cranberries. Music Intima. Elliot Smith. Jack Johnson. The Guess Who. Head Automatica. The Postal Service.

Movies: Across the Universe. Shrek. Ice Age. Pirates of the Caribbean. The Breakfast Club. A Beautiful Mind. Elf. Home Alone. The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus. Boondock Saints. The Goonies. The Believer. Memento. Inception.

Authors: Terry Goodkind. Diana Gabaldon. George RR Martin. Janet Evanovich. James Patterson. Jordan Robert.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snowboarding in the Alps, Switzerland.
Elephant Training in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Hiking in Sapa Mountains, Vietnam.
Temple Trekking in Ankor Wat, Cambodia.
Being dressed up in a Kimono, Kyoto, Japan.
Wander around the beautiful cobblestone roads of Tallin, Estonia.

Teach, Learn, Share

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

We make a Living by What we Get, We Make a Life By What We Give.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all" -Oscar Wilde

Leave Nothing but Footprints. Take nothing but photographs. Kill nothing but Time. Save our Environment.

visited 40 states (17.7%)Create your own visited map of The World or jurisdische vertaling duits?

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chile, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Montenegro, Peru, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, Canada, Morocco, Philippines, Thailand

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