CURRENT MISSION

Mission objective evokes ideas of corporate speak and ambition. Not that I lack drive, but I'm more cognizant of the goalposts constantly shifting. Currently, to tread lightly and ask more questions.

ABOUT ME

I love to cook, and enjoy finding new ingredients and exploring new cooking styles. Mostly recently, after living in Shanghai, I have delved into sichuanese cooking. I love the spice, and the complexity of flavour, and perhaps the long preparation and organization that results in producing a 5 course feast in 15 minutes of actual cooking. I also enjoy beer, the drinking and the making, and am part of beer co-op of sorts in London. Part art, part science, generally delicious. I like reading, exploring, and solitude at times. A favorite past time is sitting on my front stoop reading, enjoying the sunshine, watching my small vegetable garden and hailing neighbors.

PHILOSOPHY

Yesterday was a good day, today will be what it is, and tomorrow will perhaps be even better?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a new member. I heard about CS from a customer once while I was working at an outdoor store and thought it sounded like a great idea. Then I was reminded of it recently at a conference on urban agriculture in Detroit, and decided to look into it further. For now, I hope to surf, but once I move into a slightly larger apartment with a couch, it will be open to anyone who has reason to visit London, Ontario.

Interests

good beer, good food, urban farming, politics, traveling, hiking, canoeing, climbing, biking, arriving in a new city and wandering, hockey, learning new things

• arts
• chinese new year
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• drinking
• gardening
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• rock climbing
• hockey
• agriculture
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Mountains beyond Mountains, The Gods Must be Crazy, Quest for the Holy Grail, The End of Capitalism (as we knew it), Animal Vegetable Miracle, Planet of Slums, Open Veins of Latin America, Stocking Up, Ben Harper, Don Ross, Great Big Sea, Leonard Cohen,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Chinese New Year outside Fuxing Park in Shanghai.

Teach, Learn, Share

bikes, preserving food, cooking

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Guatemala, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada