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Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
@dGray3
Member since 2009
CURRENT MISSION Get my students to enjoy learning English, hang out with friends, think philosophical thoughts ABOUT ME I teach English at a high school in a small town in southern Kyushu. It is a pretty quiet life in the countryside. I like hiking, going to onsen, riding bikes, and playing video games. PHILOSOPHY Eat more vegetables
Interested in Baking
Fluent in English
Learning Japanese
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Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Surf n' host COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Hosted surfers in Bergen, Norway. Surfed in Paris, Oslo, Stockholm, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, and Antwerp in the summer of 2010. More recently I surfed in Portland, OR and had the kind of weird and fun experience that confirms Portland's reputation.
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies: Apocalypse Now Austin Powers The Big Lebowski Bladerunner The Dark Crystal Grizzly Man Encounters at the End of the World I Heart Huckabees The Life Aquatic The Lion King Napolean Dynamite Nosferatu (1975 Werner Herzog remake) Terminators 1 and 2 The Three Amigos
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Once I saw a Buddhist nun in a secluded, mist-enshrouded nunnery in the foothills of the Himalayas
Teach, Learn, Share
I can show you how to fix a flat on your bike
My Interests
night-time bike rides bluegrass music, squaredancing baking boardgames cycling space exploration and travel Starcraft, FTL brains derring-do