CURRENT MISSION

to travel, write about it and figure out where home is.

ABOUT ME

hmmmm...this is not an easy thing to write. Just read the interests section and look at the pictures. that should give you an idea. haha :)

PHILOSOPHY

oh my... we're getting deep here eh haha. if we meet, you can ask me then ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

not sure yet, just joined.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none yet.

Interests

reading, writing, cafe squatting, yoga, cycling, diving, running, climbing, boating, painting, drawing, debating, traveling, camping, watching live comedy, religions, cultures, sociology, languages, activism, feminism, human rights issues, nature, animals... etc.

• animals
• birds
• writing
• human rights
• womens rights
• yoga
• running
• boating
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• drums
• cycling
• camping
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• languages
• religion
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: I am a HUGE reader. one of my fav hobbies is reading in a cafe for hours... this list is ever growing but here are my fav's so far...

* Disgrace
* Kafka on the shore
* eat pry love
* kiss the sunset pig
* the rebel sell
* the colour purple
* the birth of venus
* flowers for algernon
* white oleander
* the da vinci code
* cunt
* gender outlaw
* life of pie
* reflections of eden
* the dharma bums
* gandhi
* orlando
* the art of happiness
* neither here nor there
* beyond the sky and the earth
* a thousand splendid suns

MUSIC: everything! I used to be a radio host back in uni days so I'm definitely a music person :) ... but if I have to throw out some examples, I'd have to say (in no particular order) Regina spektor, ESTHERO, paula cole, the hip, MANU CHAO, pilate, kt tunstall, teegan and sara, sinead o'conner, TORI AMOS, ani defranco, jack johnson, SUSANA BACA, diana krawl, LARK, elliot smith, evanescence, RADIOHEAD, jason mraz, rufus wainright, CRAIG CARDIFF, radiohead, fiona apple, dixie chicks, MADONNA, pink, train, korn, erica badu, COUNTING CROWS, nina simone, the spill canvas, black eyed peas, imogen heap, missy elliot, kanye west, john mayer, madeleine peyeroux...

MOVIES: (In no particular order) Into the Wild, Iron Jawed Angels, Gorillas in the mist, American beauty, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, American history X, Ever After, Mulan, Bowling for Columbine, fly away home, What Dreams May Come, Pay it Forward, Fight Club, etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*backpacked around thailand by myself, with no plan, for a month.
*PADI open water diving certification
*eaten live octopus
*played with tigers
*hand raised baby parrots
*saw the northern lights

Teach, Learn, Share

what can I offer? hmmm...
I have an absurd amount of knowledge about caring for domesticated birds hahaha. Not useful to most but ya never know, someone might be interested haha. and I paint. never taught it but I could try.

what would I like to learn?
hand drums have always been something I'm drawn to... and languages, any of them haha.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, France, Japan, Swaziland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, South Korea

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