CURRENT MISSION

"deep down I just wanted to be a poem"

ABOUT ME

“I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person.”
- Franz Kafka

(vegan) food addict, aspiring writer. I like (day)dreaming, yoga, meditation, drinking matcha latte and herbal tea, reading, cooking, eating, good conversations, writing, singing, traveling, cycling and I love music and movies.

when I grow up I want to be a writer, living with cats in a wooden house near the forest, and become an avid lucid dreamer who's specialised in traveling to other universes.

PHILOSOPHY

“I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain; and never shut myself up in a numb core of nonfeeling, or stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way out. To learn and think: to think and live; to live and learn: this always, with new insight, new understanding, and new love.”
― Sylvia Plath

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

my first couchsurfing experience was in Shanghai, and for me it was a great way of exploring the city. it was truly wonderful to feel so alive amidst a city that you don't know. I've also couchsurfed in Japan and Taiwan, where I met wonderful people and had very unique experiences. one host took me to a secluded hot spring in the mountains in Taiwan, that was very cool!

Interests

vegan food, health and nutrition, music, literature, poetry, critical theory, philosophy, nature, art, politics, history, international relations, photography, writing, cities, languages, dreams, personality types, technology, movies, yoga, meditation, spirituality, cultures, hiking, cycling, people.

Music, Movies, and Books

music: Radiohead, Yppah, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Fink, Metric, Röyksopp, Massive Attack, Bonobo, Yo La Tengo, Mogwai, Sigur Rós, Arcade Fire etc.

movies: Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Waking Life, Sans Soleil, Before Sunrise, Spirited Away, Napoleon Dynamite.

books:
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
- Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
- Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
- Virginia Woolf, The Waves

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

traveling around Japan on my own for 2,5 months.
learning yoga in India.
expanding my mind in many ways.

Teach, Learn, Share

ask me about literature, music, movies and/or food. maybe we can share some tips and insights.
I read a lot and love quotes, so I have a quote for every situation or occasion.
if you want, I can learn you some Dutch words, but I can't imagine that being useful to anyone.
oh, and I can teach you some cool yoga moves.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands