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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
@KARAOAN
Member since 2006
CURRENT MISSION Studying care taking ABOUT ME General character traits: ambiguity is the theme: at times spontaneous to the max, at others thoughtful and calculated. Apart from that penchant for spontaneity bordering on the insane (Have you ever had dinner in Zanzibar? no, when is the plane leaving? Meeting someone new I rather listen - how much have you learned about someone by talking yourself? but if strings are pulled close to my heart (topic/or you) beware... otherwise: I strive on doing and finishing, trying and experiencing, risk taking, expanding horizons, learning and loving... Good old Jack is expressing some of the things I try to live for so much better: "I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." "Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it... WORK all the time. Find out about this earth, this universe; this force and matter, and the spirit that glimmers up through force and matter from the maggot to Godhead. And by all this I mean WORK for a philosophy of life. It does not hurt how wrong your philosophy of life may be, so long as you have one and have it well." (Jack London) PHILOSOPHY Freedom is the ability to do more than you have to
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in German
Learning French
1 Vouch
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Hosted people that have become very close friends.
Music, Movies, and Books
Favorite Music: The pod says 7342 songs - a bit much to list here... Currently the neurons fire often: Kings of Leon, Bloc Party, Explosions in the Sky, The Arcade Fire, Jeff Buckley, Manic Street Preachers, Leonard Cohen, Mika, Lambchop, The Mountain Goats, Falco, Miles Davis, Placebo, Puccini, Paul Oakenfold, Armin Van Buuren, David Gray, Peter Gabriel, Chemical Brothers, Stereophonics, Parov Stellar, I love you but I've Chosen Darkness, Mogwai, Gotye, Claude Challe, Herbert Groenemeyer, Prince, Rosenstolz etc. Favorite Movies: Unpredictable, thought provoking, moving or simply entertaining....Particular favorites that I can think of at the moment: Chasing Amy Das Leben der Anderen (favorite of 2006) The Illusionist Little Miss Sunshine Meet Joe Black ( I know mainstream - still...) Underground &; Black Cat/White Cat (Emir Kusturica) She's the One The Dreamers Snatch Dangerous Liasons Favorite Books: Wide field: Mostly contemporary fiction (favorites there: Ian McEwan, Haruki Murakami, Tim Winton) and what fate deals.. Currently: Marukami/ Mr. Aufziehvogel, Swami Vivekananda/Collected Works Michel Houellebecq /The Possibility of an Island Management and IT literature for business Currently: Praesentieren sie noch oder faszinieren Sie schon?
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Traveled all continents of the world. Lived in Austria, Germany, UK and now for 6 years in Australia.
Teach, Learn, Share
Information Design (how to communicate numbers effectively), Business Intelligence (how to analyse), Surfing, skiing,...
My Interests
Surfing, Skiing, Rock climbing, Golf, Diving, Flying, Yoga, Movies Interests: As above and currently the guitar... Tried solo skydiving (up until "never in the history of skydiving did it happen that the reserve parachute fails as well" was proven wrong twice on the same day) can also attest to the unhealthy character of bungee jumping: being cool jumping "up and away" initially, leads to a fall feet first and a quite "spontaneous" stop - an option that god seemed to have overlooked when designing the spine... Apart from physical activities also inspired by thinkers and books (A life that is not analysed is not worth living; o) TV is not my media but I love (and heavily consume) movies. Particularly if a bit different, witty, unpredictable and thought provoking.
