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Overview

  • 7 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Italian, Spanish, Urdu
  • 48, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Writing, chatting up strangers, playing board games and a...
  • University and making mistakes
  • From Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver, Hamilton.
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To find the best egg salad

ABOUT ME

I like causing trouble...throwing the after party...Settlers of Cattan and other German Board games...having long drawn out passionate conversations about everything..., working at several things at once all the time, knitting, belly dancing and tiramisu.

I'm five feet tall, multilingual, feisty Canadian girl with south Asian roots and a love of adventure

PHILOSOPHY

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”(Neil Gaiman)

"...know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you." (Neil deGrasse Tyson)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've just started meeting and spending time with couch surfers in Toronto, but I've written an article about couchsurfing for the magazine I contribute to: Alternavox.net

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I've just had many positive interactions with couchsurfers. I hope to host and surf in the near future.

Interests

Entrepreneurship.Civil engineering, domestic and international politics, Canadian History, films and film making, going to museums, playing video games, amateur photography and photoshopping, German board games, new foods, dinner parties

  • photography
  • film making
  • dancing
  • belly dancing
  • partying
  • flying
  • politics
  • movies
  • video games
  • board games
  • knitting
  • engineering
  • entrepreneurship
  • history
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to list but currently listening to Amy Winehouse, Flight of the Conchords, Philosopher Kings, Brazillian greats like Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, The Killers, Lily Frost, Tom Jones, Outkast, Fat Boy Slim, that Buble Guy, Monty Python, Beautiful South, Sean Paul, Shakira duets, belly dancing music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunrise on North Stradbrooke Island. Sunset in Puerto Rico. The volcanic beaches of Stromboli, the beautiful streets of Florence, the Degas museum in Paris, the view from Mt.Vesuvio, falling in love.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think curiosity is the key to happiness and growth - so I love meeting new people who are doing things that are very different from me - idea people, who like share and who are interested in the world and the beings in it. If you're the smartest person in the room, you should be very worried!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bermuda, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany

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