Some like playing computer games. It's enough for them to take up the challenges and move up a difficulty level in virtual reality. But simulators are not for me. I'm into genuine things. Maybe that's why one day I found myself living in China. More or less spontaneously, I moved from my homeland Russia to a place where people use a totally different writing system. :......: So, now I'm living in one of key cities of China, in Nanjing. In Chinese, Nanjing means "Southern Capital". I was born in another capital, in Moscow. I'd been working there as a science journalist for several years until I ended up with my career winning two prizes and publishing a book. I ended up because I wanted more experience, more experiments, more skills. And I made a choice in favor of China despite the fact that I couldn't speak Chinese. :......: China changed me a lot. Everyday I am taught here how important little and simple things are and how much happiness they can bring. I am taught here what it is like to be a solo player in many senses, to take easy any failures, to make your own choices without any pressure or help from the family/old buddies, and to be responsible for any results or consequences. :......: I've built my own little world here and pretty enjoy my current life although I hope it isn't my last step on the ladder of life. I always dreamt about living in Greece, and I hope one day I will experience my dream on one of the volcanic islands (oh, volcanoes are my fixed idea!).
Zainteresowany: Sztuka
Zainteresowany: Książki i literatura
Biegły w Niemiecki
Uczę się: Koreański
Dlaczego jestem na Couchsurfing
My most enjoyable things in life are writing, learning and exploring the world in many ways. These things make me a bit introverted but at the same time, like many introverts, I want to be more or less socialized. I am sure we all need friends to talk to, we all need someone to be involved with. :......: And that's my goal of being here. As a true global nomad, I'd like to discover and explore this world by meeting new people and helping them. I want to learn how to trust people and open your doors sharing a territory. :......: I do believe that we all can tend to find a common language no matter what gender (I'm pretty feminist btw) or what nationality we are, no matter what our religious preference is, or who our life partner is.
Muzyka, filmy i książki
I am a fan of classic, folk and electronic music although I can also say I am a melomaniac: Richard Strauss, Puccini, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Bach, Villa-Lobos, Lera Auerbach, Goran Bregovic, Dead can dance, Maroon 5, Schiller, Kleerup, Yoav, Coldplay, Onuka, Vangelis, Zemfira, Rammstein, Yolka, Despoina Vandi, Tina Carol, The Klezmatics, Madonna, Esthetic Education... :......: Movies directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, Paolo Sorrentino, Pedro Almodovar, Joe Wright, Kim Ki-Duk, Andrey Zvyagintsev; Good Will Hunting, Erin Brokovich, Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), Clouds of Sils Maria, Amadeus, Moonstruck, Lost in Translation, Revolutionary Road, 시 be Lee Chang-dong (Poetry), La fille sur le pont (The Girl on the Bridge), Dogville, The Life of David Gale, Philadelphia, Suits, House of Cards, Harry's Law, Body of Proof, Bones. :......: Nabokov, Henry Miller, Maugham, Heinrich Boell, Thomas Mann, Hesse, Anna Seghers, Natalie Sarrot, Jose Ortega-y-Gasset, Erich Fromm, Bunin, Pasternak, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Hemingway, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Resat Nuri Guntekin, Richard Yates. I am in the middle of reading non-fictional Paul Tillich's "The Courage to Be" and Luuc Kooijmans's "Death Defied: The Anatomy Lessons of Frederik Ruysch".
Jedna niesamowita rzecz, którą zrobiłem/am
I hope I haven't done my best yet.
Ucz, Ucz się, Dziel się
I think I could be a good guide in four places in the world: Santorini Islnd (Greece), Nanjing (China), Cologne (Germany) and Moscow (Russia).
Co mogę zaoferować Hostom
I can share my life experience and a lot of information about the places I've been to.
Moje zainteresowania
I am also really into German language, literature, philosophy and classical music.