CURRENT MISSION

Grow and help other people grow

ABOUT ME

Some references:

"The best man in the world. Handsome, smart and modest" - mom

"Hot" - termometer

"Lucky" - other spermatozoons

"I don't know, it is too complex" - left brain

"I know the answer" - heart

"You don't know anything, I'm the responsible for the emotions" - right brain

"Yeah, right brain is right" - wikipedia

For current photos, you can check my wife's Instagram @lauragariani
Im too lazy to update my pictures here or on my own Instagram.

PHILOSOPHY

Pick something: https://abetterlife.quora.com/How-to-master-your-life
I like this poem too: The road ahead or the road behind

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted and surfed quite a bit, and now I mainly use Couchsurfing to meet cool people.
But I still surf and I'm open to host when I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Two quotes that outline the meaning of this pretty well to me:

"Everywhere I travel, tiny life. Single-serving sugar, single-serving cream, single pat of butter (...) The people I meet on each flight? They're single-serving friends." - Fight Club

"People change, they eat meals year after year and change with every meal" - On the Road

Interests

If I had an unlimited amount of time, I probably would be interested in everything.

• books
• photography
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
The Shawshank Redemption and Amelie Poulain. I know they are quite mainstream, but I think these are the only ones I watched more than four-five times. Everytime I have some major decision to make, or I'm going through some difficult times, I watch one of these, usually both. They remind me a lot of the things I value in life, and principles I like to live by.
There are a tons of great movies that I also like, but these two are special
Also great: Perfect Days, La La Land, Dois Filhos de Francisco.

BOOKS
It is not my favorite or the one from which I learned the most, but it was one that really stole my attention. I started reading without expecting much, and I just had to finish, like an obsession. The name is 'Flowers for Algernon'. It is about a guy that has an IQ of 70 that agrees to participate in an experiment that takes his IQ to 210. The book is written in first person, so you can see how much his writing, thinking and life evolves as his IQ grows, and what are the difficulties that arise from that. Very cool!
Also great: The Solitaire Mistery, Musashi, The Old Man and the Sea, Escape from Freedom, La Chute, Creative Idleness, Into the Wild, On the Road, The Road Less Traveled, Siddhartha

MUSIC
Bands that I listen the most now: Pink Floyd, Arcade Fire, Woodkid, Chet Faker, Seu Jorge, O Grande Encontro, João Gomes
Also great: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Legião Urbana, Phoenix, Doves, Alt-J, The Strokes, Ray Charles, Artic Monkeys, Dave Matthews Band, Two Door Cinema Club, Neil Young, The Black Keys, Blur, Cicero

I also like movie and videogame soundtracks, like Amelie Poulain, Shadow of Colossus, The Last of Us and others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being alive in these days can be quite amazing. To think that a couple of years ago it was unthinkable to have a tool like this for meeting people, for example.

Teach, Learn, Share

After thinking for a while about this, I came to the conclusion that the best thing I can learn from someone in just a few hours or days is not something 'technical', like how to play an instrument or cook a meal. For these, I can find a course online, hire someone or find a friend that can teach me, and I will need plenty of practice to be reasonably good at it.
But if you tell me stories of why you're passionate about playing piano, or how your grandmother helped you to choose the best ingredients to make a salad, then I will probably remember this forever and will be inspired to take piano lessons when I'm older or spend time cooking with my future children.
So telling each other stories can be a source of learning for both parts (or not, and that's ok)

But if you still want to learn some 'techcnical' things, I would be happy to teach:
- Computer stuff in general, like sites that attend specific needs, how to program and how to use some softwares
- Guitar. I can teach some nice musics.
- Thoughts and recommendations of movies, books and music.
- Photography.
- Problems envolving Math and Logic. Until now, nobody ask me that one, maybe because people in general don't want to think about those things while traveling, me included.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Spain, Thailand

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