CURRENT MISSION

Learning to live in the now without dragging the past and worrying about the future

ABOUT ME

I enjoy meeting new people and learning from them. Because every person teaches you something new (about the world and thus about yourself).

I also enjoy spending time alone, discovering, taking pictures and writing. I am, first and foremost, an individual who interacts with other individuals.

I am American and Lebanese and I grew up in Beirut. I was fortunate enough to travel a lot with my family. However, I always found traveling as a tourist boring and superficial. I find living and working side by side with locals far more enriching... which is what I am doing now.

I recently moved to Melbourne to live and work here for a year. Along the way I am hoping to travel to Queensland, Tasmania and New Zealand but I am looking forward to making Melbourne my base.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not had the chance to host or surf yet but I have enjoyed meeting fellow Couchsurfers! CS groups are useful because you find advice from locals and meet up with fellow travelers. Every time i'm in a tricky situation, couchsurfing seems to make everything better.

兴趣

Travel books, following the news, experimenting different jobs, multi-culturalism, human rights, and well LIFE in general.

• writing
• books
• human rights
• news
• traveling

音乐、电影和书籍

Books - I don't read much but here are the few paperbacks i actually picked up:
The Big Trip by Lonely planet
Memoirs of a Geisha
Harry Potter ( i know it's for kids and it's lame)

Authors:
Paulo Coehlo
Amelie Nothombe
Jane Austen
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Movies:
Frida
Crash
Babel
Romanzo Criminale
10 things I hate about you (i know i know)
Clueless (yes love the high school american movies)
and much more but can't remember right now

Music:
indie- electro (Daft Punk, Air, Empire of the Sun, MGMT, Groove Armada)
Chill-out lounge compilations (Buddha Bar, Cafe Del Mar, Hotel Costes)
Rock (Phoenix, Joy Division, Radiohead, U2)

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Every travel experience has its own significance but to name the most life-changing..it would have to be:

- Seeing the pyramids up close and browsing the bazaars (souks) in Cairo
- Taking a cruise along the Nile and visiting the temples of Ancient Egypt. It felt as if we were disconnected from time and space. As if we were cut from civilization.
- Going on a safari in the desert in Senegal. We slept in huts and visited a village nearby, where locals lived a simple life.
Definitely a experience that changes your perspective on things once you go back home.

教，学，和分享

I never saw couchsurfing as a way to save up on money. Couchsurfing is about giving back to the community, it is, on a wider scale, about generosity and humanity.

我游览过的国家

Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Netherlands, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Australia, France, Lebanon, United States

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