CURRENT MISSION

having an a laugh

ABOUT ME

After college I moved to Philadelphia PA and spent 5 years working at the School District of Phila while having a blast through out the city. During the 2009 election cycle I got involved with Mr. Obama and went to get a Masters degree full time in Government work. After I finished that I ended up in an international MBA program living and working in London where I was able to travel all across Europe which is how I found out about CS. The second part of the degree was in Bangkok which is how I got out to South East Asia. Now I am done and gonna do some traveling before I head back to Chicago or Philly to look for a job.

PHILOSOPHY

Generally I am really laid back and let things happen as it is.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Yeah a bunch of my friends in my MBA cohort signed up to CS and have met amazing people through the experience. I think its a fantastic way to meet locals in places you travel to get a different perspective of a city and get a little more of the beaten tourist path.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far no hosting and no surfing but as I am traveling more I hope this changes. But I have met plenty of CS people via friends of mine on the program and they are all really great.

Interests

travel, politics, economics, finance, government, okay that's the technical stuff....

partying, drinking, DJ's, night clubs, bars, disco's, having a laugh, generally keeping it real, eating in hawker booths, meeting people, traveling,

• dining
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• surfing
• rock climbing
• economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Trading Places, fast times at Ridgemont high, all the Adam Sandler films,

I listen to lots of dance music, favs include, Diplo, Spankrock, Amanda Blank, Plastic Little, Hollertronix, Teki Latex, lots of rap music, T.I., Jay Z, Biggie, Tu Pac, Dre, Texas Trill shit, etc...

Books, love behavioral economic books like, blink, outliers, Naked Economics, Made to Stick, World is Flat, The Economist,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

in a three weeks I went from partying in Ios Greece Europe, to climbing Kilimanjaro in Africa, to eating Thai food in Bangkok, pretty freaking epic

Teach, Learn, Share

Yeah I teach and talk to you about the economies of developing nations and economic best practices of developing nations. hahaha or how to mix records on the turntables?

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States