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Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
@HUGINNZ
Mitglied seit 2009
CURRENT MISSION To learn German and to come up with an awesome research topic! ABOUT ME I would say that I'm very friendly and that I genuinely love people, though I'm a little shy. I am always in a good mood, and harmony is extremely important to me. I am very curious and love learning, and I have a number of unusual (well, my friends and family say they are) interests. I'm the sort of person who ends up doing a whole pile of extra activites because I love to help people, and because I suck at saying no. I have been studying Linguistics and Classics (Greek and Latin) at the University of Canterbury, and have spent a year at Uppsala Universitet studying Indo-European Linguistics as an exchange student. I have also been learning Old English (not Shakespeare or Chaucer. Much older!) from a retired lecturer. PHILOSOPHY Treat everybody with respect and just keep on doing what is important to you.
Interessiert an Sprachen
Fließend in Englisch
,Lerne Deutsch
Pionier-Abzeichen
Warum ich auf Couchsurfing bin
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I love to host when I can, and I want my surfers to have a great experience. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE It has been very positive so far. I have hosted a great bunch of surfers who have all had quite different outlooks on the world. They have taught me a lot about their countries and about travel in general. By being a host I have also learnt much about being a surfer. I now have a much clearer sense of what I must do to show the derserved respect to my hosts.
Musik, Filme und Bücher
When I'm not reading non-fiction, I'm often reading books in the fantasy genre. There are scores of authors in that genre I like, but my favourite would have to be Tolkien. In the crime genre my favourite is Arnaldur Indriðason. I once listened to a lot of classic rock, but I haven´t listened too much lately. Pink Floyd and Tom Waits are among my favourite groups/artists. I have been delving into folk music a little too. Though I don't really listen to too much metal, I am quite partial to the Faroese metal band, Týr. I also listen to a lot of classical music. My favourite composer is Mendelssohn. For some reason (probably because it is old) I am interested in Renaissance music and have been learning a few Renaissance pieces on the piano.
Eine tolle Sache, die ich getan habe
Spent a year studying in Sweden.
Lehren, Lernen, Teilen
I would love to teach you any of my interests. I probably couldn´t teach you Old English, for example, in two or three days, but I could tell you some interesting things about it. Also, if it´s you goal to learn English, I´d be happy to help.
Meine Interessen
I'm interested in a lot of things, but Languages (Ancient languages in particular) excite me the most. I enjoy making music. I play the piano, trumpet and guitar (though all of them, sadly, not that well).