CURRENT MISSION

To make a living in esports

ABOUT ME

Comfortable backpacker. I've been across Japan, worked in Canada, lived in Holland and the picture is of me in Tibet. I've just spent a year as an English teacher in China. I pride myself on being a polite and considerate guest.

Currently I am back in the UK, but probably not long enough to update my Couchsurfing location. Next destination: unknown

PHILOSOPHY

To live life without regrets, wherever possible
To take the path less trodden
and my personal motto:
"Do something now, you will forget about it later"

Seriously, I am terribly forgetful.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As of yet, I haven't really. Just looking for places to crash on my travels for now. When I finally have a place to call my own, I can assure I will return the favour.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet

Interests

Esports! Esports! Esports!
I write in-depth analytical articles for eslgaming.com and in my spare time I am trying to establish myself as freelance esports journalist and travel blogger: tryingtobegosu.com
(I cover Starcraft, Dota 2 and Hearthstone)

Other than that, I love Ska-punk, have and addiction to tea, is equality fond of coffee, keen gamer of any kind of game and slowly, I'm trying to read more.

• culture
• coffee
• traveling
• backpacking
• teaching
• freelancing
• history
• journalism
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Pulp Fiction, Super Troopers, Anchorman, 5th Element, Star Wars, Lucky Number Slevin, Sin City, The Emperor's New Groove, anything Pixar
Music: Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, Foo Fighters, The Subways, Blood Red Shoes, Daft Punk, Blink 182
Books: Shogun, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Catch-22, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Heart of Darkness

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tibet was pretty incredible, so was a month rail-roading around Japan, and I really enjoyed that summer Interning at a Canadian Film School.

I know something amazing that was said to me. My guide in Tibet was talking about a new railway line which was due to be finished September 2014. Lhasa is still 2/3 Tibetan she said, but with the new line there would be even more Chinese immigration, and she feared it would be the death knell for Tibetan culture.

I asked her if she, along with other Tibetans would leave and create a "new Tibet" somewhere else.

She told me Tibetans don't have passports. That's when the gravity of the situation really hit me.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching English as a second language (Taught for one year in China)
Public Speaking (University Debating Society, competed in many tournaments)
History! (My degree, I focused on Asiatic trade history, especially the exchange of cultures between the Dutch and the Japanese)
Kendo & Naginata (I couldn't really teach you any, as I am ungraded mostly, but I would be happy to be a practice partner)
Gaming & esports (I can't promise to make you good, but I can promise to teach you everything you could want to know about the wonderful world of professional gaming)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Japan, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Netherlands, United Kingdom