CURRENT MISSION

love and peace to all mankind!

ABOUT ME

facts: has a wry sense of humor; constantly dreams of flying; more emotionally stable now than eight years ago; poet; storyteller; artist; advocate; cineaste; loyal friend; devoted lover; knows what he wants in life.

fictions: only when i write them.

loves: snappy one-liners & retorts; sitting under the light of the full moon; entertaining friends with my cooking; my family; traveling; antique furniture; a clean and orderly home; a soft but sturdy bed; a good story; stimulating conversations; working hard, playing harder; fresh flowers; swimming in the ocean; my adopted country, Cambodia.

hates: dishonesty to self and others; pretentiousness; deceit; unwarranted cruelty; fake things; fake people; poor grammar skills.

dances: like no one is watching.

sings: badly--but like no one is listening.

beliefs: spirituality instead of religiosity; social justice; karma.

practices: the golden rule.

present career: development; behaviour change communication; hiv/aids; public health.

future career: carpentry; bread-making; bar-tending.

PHILOSOPHY

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. --George Bernard Shaw

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

for the first time, i met someone from CS for coffee and a drink last week. j is from norway and it was his first time to visit cambodia. romyr and i saw him at phnom penh. j and i met again in siem reap, i introduced him to my friends, we had coffee, a few beers, dinner, we took him at the night market, and ended the night lounging at a posh hotel. i had a good time with j and i hope he enjoyed his time with me as well!

Interests

working at home, travelling, dining out, entertaining at home, reading & writing fiction and poetry, film, art, swimming, drawing & painting

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• flying
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
Filipino: Nunal sa Tubig; Himala; Oro Plata Mata; Private Show; Magnifico; Bridal Shower.
Foreign: Bladerunner; The Thing; Cinema Paradiso; Chocolat; Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Little Miss Sunshine.

Music
anything by Madonna. genre-wise: classical, R&B, disco, a bit of rock, a bit of jazz, a bit of pop

Books
The Dark Tower series and The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King; Imajica, The Great & Secret Show, and Everville by Clive Barker; Memnoch the Devil and The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice; Dune series by Frank Herbert; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien; The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White; Dreamboy by Jim Grimsley; Nightswimmer by Joseph Olshan; The Secret-Sharer by Joseph Conrad; Beyond, Extensions by Edith Tiempo; Atlantis by Mark Doty; 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

just recovered from a major surgery (and a complication)

Teach, Learn, Share

this could also be my personal philosophy: see everything but judge nothing

Countries I’ve Visited

China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Philippines

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