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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
@preetish-kakoty
Member since 2016
I am a very normal graduate student (read sleep deprived, procrastinating and hopeless). I like to travel and explore new experiences. Although an introvert (as my professor says), I enjoy having conversations with people. Things I haven't done yet : skydiving, bungee jumping, scuba diving and having peanut butter. Things I have done: cook for 100 people, present a paper in a conference,
Interested in Foodie
Interested in Hiking
Fluent in Assamese
Learning Spanish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I have been hearing about couchsurfing for a while but haven't really tried it. Now that I have my own room in Vancouver (damn expensive city), I thought I could host some cool people as well as find a couch during my tons of travel plans in the coming years.
Music, Movies, and Books
Favorite music: 1. Eric Clapton 2. Queen 3. AR Rahman 4. Zubeen Garg (you probably haven't heard him, contact me for recommendations) Favorite movie: 1. Shawshank Redemption 2. Schindler's List 3. Rang De Basanti Favorite Books: 1. The Alchemist 2. All Khaleid Hosseini books
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I almost slept for 18 hours straight (the goal was 24 hours)!!
What I Can Share With Hosts
I can share interesting discussions on different places and also a lot on disaster risk mitigation (that's what I work on everyday). Also good vibes (if that counts!)