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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
@touraj-t
Member since 2018
I am creating an organization to address the immediate needs of the society, here in the US and globally. The main issues for the start are Water, Affordable Housing, Infrastructure Health, Global Peace, Poverty Alleviation, Disaster Relief, and Education. I had to wait for a long time to acquire most of my resources embarking this endeavor, and now I am hopeful that with as many people as possible, hand on deck, we can make this happen or do our best while kindling it for the next generation(s). I enjoy conversing with people to exchange our knowledge and life experiences and cultural riddles. I enjoy the nature and botany and self-cultivation and reflections all alike, and I might be best at designs or effective ideas by considering all the information and all the suggestions available at each point. I also like the good parts of all cultures, history & literature, Japanese paper folding (Origami which i had to google to remember its name), Rock Climbing (super easy ones), swimming (shallow ponds without floor vegetation are the best), biking shorter distances, a seemingly never ending list which also stands as a manifestation to my lack of knowledge in each of those fields and the many more omitted. It got a bit too long of an introductory reading piece, so I stop now.
Interested in Social Sciences
Fluent in Persian (Farsi)
Learning English
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
If you didn't read the "About Me" section, I am partaking on a journey to solve, introduce, or popularize the important and yet neglected needs of our current and the future society. It would require taking part in many conferences, networking to spread the word, meet infrastructure owners and official decision makers, etc which in turn require many trips to be had. As the cost will be an issue I am hoping the CouchSurfing program to help reduce the cost as well, either by hearing of the ways of reducing expenses from the locals, getting to know the influencers and active contributors in their community, finding out about the cultural/natural (fauna and flora)/seasonal/climatic aspects of their region, and maybe most importantly to hear about the needs of their immediate town or community.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: Arturo Márquez. Danzón No.2 Wu Na - Chinese Guqin Of Sky Kayhan Kalhor: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Movies: The Martian Red Cliff Low Heights Serendipity, the Pink Dragon Books: All of them until otherwise experienced. The Analects Euclid's Elements The Elements of Style The Lord of the Rings Romance of the Three Kingdoms The Book
One Amazing Thing I've Done
filing this profile carefully and responsibly.
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach: to learn Learn: to act Share: to pay forward
What I Can Share With Hosts
hopefully my time: errands, house chores, conversation, suggestions (diet, managing different aspects of life, getting and staying organized, public speaking, Persian stories/alphabet/anecdotes/so much more)_again a never ending list.