CURRENT MISSION

to breathe!

ABOUT ME

a wild appreciation for fine food, Life, beauty, a good sense humour, and most of all, not taking anything too seriously

PHILOSOPHY

looking, seeing, contemplating, tasting, smelling, smiling!, enjoying, chatting with some fellow human beings, or watching what is going on around, just taking a break and appreciating the moment

"They did not know it was impossible, so they did it!" - Mark Twain

WORK
illustration: www.amaubrey.wix.com/dessinature

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

always great experiences, human beings, birds, cats, new doors opening, every time the discovery of a new place is zillion times enriched...
if couches could fly...

Interests

photography, drawing, anything that involves creation and brings beauty to the senses.
travelling. locally or abroad, there is so much to see in a place even when you think you've seen it all.
EATING Dark CHOCOLATE, cooking
discovering/learning different languages and cultures
fencing, biking, hiking, road hockey
pool, dumbek

Music, Movies, and Books

Herman Hesse, Einstein, Krishnamurti, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Montaigne, Samuel Beckett, Kundera (the unbearable lightness of being), Albert Camus (l'Etranger), Boris Vian (l'Ecume des jours), Daniel Pennac...
Films: The End of Suburbia, American Beauty, Kill Bill, the Full Monty, Life of Brian!!, Singing in the rain, L'auberge espagnole, My daughter the terrorist..

Egon Schiele, Dali, Klimt...

many kinds of music, more recently a fan of mediterranean music, such as arabic, turkish... and portuguese songs. also african, flamenco, salsa, electronic, trippy, rythms...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i saw a butterfly for the first time the other day... as a kid i used to be amused by them, but i never totally appreciated their beauty, the mystery of their perfection until recently...
yes... crazy things happen in the Brooklyn Botanical gardens... (free every tuesdays!!)

Teach, Learn, Share

I could share with you:
- a breath of fresh air
- cook French and Vietnamese dishes (or experimental )
- how to wriggle your ears
- making adobe bricks

I'd like to learn:
- how to play the Dan Bau, Doumbek, ocorina
- to speak German more fluently and learn Vietnamese
- more about Ayurvedic practices and the science of medicinal herbs, traditional medicine
- about your stories, and about what inspires you?

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, United States

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