CURRENT MISSION

Doing research in International Relations

ABOUT ME

I'm a PhD student at the London School of Economics. I treat life as a fun and sometimes bizarre journey; and I believe a large part of enjoying life to its fullest consists of meeting interesting, open-minded and engaged people. I studied Politics and Philosophy at the University of Oxford before going to the LSE and have tried to structure my life to do justice to those principles. I travel to the US and Canada a fair amount; for research, and because I love these countries slightly more than is healthy for me.

PHILOSOPHY

A mixture of the views and teachings of:
Immanuel Kant, John Locke, Isaiah Berlin, Benjamin Franklin, Jeff Bridges, The Arhat Daniel M. Ingram, Henepola Gunaratana and Victor Frankl

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm checking out Couchsurfing for the second time as a surfer, and I'm still hoping to host in my sweet pad in North London!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I went to Toronto in March, which was my first CS experience, and it was truly mind-blowing. Hence I am looking to gather more such memories!

Have been introduced to the concept by Katie, a good friend of mine whose outgoing curiosity in all things life-related seem to epitomise the CS mindset!

兴趣

I like finding out what other people's lives are like, and I enjoy talking about topics that relate to all humans, regardless of where they live - what constitutes happiness, how should we lead our lives, how can we make the most of our brief time on this planet?

• animals
• causes
• politics
• news
• tv
• traveling
• magic
• economics
• international relations

音乐、电影和书籍

Books: all kinds of Eastern and Western philosophy, the major Western literary canon of the 20th century

Music: anything with a melody, beat and vibe that get me into a groove. Jazz, minimal electro, techno, hip-hop, funk, classical, downbeat, Nicolas Jaar, Valentin Stip, Fort Romeau

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Interviewed Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates and had a one-on-one with George Bush (the elder); partied till dawn in Beijing and watched the sun rise over Tiananmen Square; struggled with the Chinese Secret Service; was a soloist in a professional production of Mozart's Magic Flute; gave a live news interview as a 12-year old on Brazilian TV; chilled by Mt Kilimanjaro area when 15 and got drunk with local Tanzanians; did charity work at a primary school in Rustenburg, outside Johannesburg; set up a company that organised student trips to Beijing and Dubai

教，学，和分享

By thinking openly and logically we can understand the world and each other much more clearly than we realise. I research how to best understand the causes of things in international politics, and hope to apply my findings more widely to questions of human affairs.

I think that the Aristotelian, binary view of the world - divided into the material and the immaterial, man and animal, body and soul, life and death - is flawed. The world is better understood through a Buddhist understanding of 'wholeness'.

我游览过的国家

Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, United States

我居住过的国家

Switzerland