I'm currently teaching at an International School in Chiang Mai. Prior to that I was doing postgraduate work in Cambridge and taught at a university in the Middle East. I lived in Bangkok before that, and London before that, working as a photographer, bar manager and various other jobs.

I like to think I'm an open-minded, friendly, kind and courteous chap, with a good sense of humour and a bad taste in t-shirts. I have no allergies, have 20-20 vision and can run long distances. Just so you know.

I take pictures: http://ofclayandwattlesmade.blogspot.com/

and make music (fb): https://www.facebook.com/thesubterraneans.cnx/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

First and foremost, this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl5dlbCh8lY

In terms of my own philosophy, i am slowly working it out, but here's what i've learned thus far (excuse the cliches) :

You can't live a great life sitting down thinking about stuff...you've gotta get your feet wet.
As a rule, the time and emotion which you bring to your endeavors is directly proportional to the satisfaction and happiness you get from them; this translates to:

Do Stuff. Be Energetic. Be Courageous. Be Loving. Be Joyful.

Interests

Many things!... from 1930's blues records to coen brothers films, history of photography to amateur ethnomusicology, joseph conrad to a tribe called quest, guitar playing to t-shirt designing and all manner of other interests and activities from the esoteric to the popular, sacred to the secular, pedestrian to the vehicular.xx

Music, Movies, and Books

lots! conrad, kerouac, forster, orwell, dumas, defoe, ted hughes, stevenson, waldo emmerson, whitman, wadsworth longfellow, fitzgerald, a.e. housman, hemingway, t.e. lawrence, c bronte, huxley, wilde

tons of music.
gallons of films.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Listened to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcxhen-QtWQ

Teach, Learn, Share

- Can teach: english, guitar, photography, history, sailing, chess

- Wants to learn: Spanish, piano,

- Needs to learn: Table manners, parallel parking, brevity.

What I Can Share with Hosts

1. My unparallelled sense of humour.
2. Smoothies.

That is all.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, India, Italy, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Kingdom

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