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Overview

  • 102 references 56 Confirmed & Positive
  • Ambassador
  • Fluent in English; learning Korean, Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • English Language/Game 3D Modeling Lecturer
  • M.A in Linguistics and B.F.A in Game Development
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To know a little bit about everything through travelling and meeting different people.

ABOUT ME

Live, Learn, Happiness. I want to see as much the world as I can. I'm also random. Anything else?? Just ask me... :D

PHILOSOPHY

Agnostic. Do good and you'll feel good.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By trying to hoard as many couchsurfers at my place as possible and surf just as many... Hahaha XD

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All have been amazing so far from Japan to Sydney and even here in the states! :) Hosting has also been a blast with meeting people even when I can't travel :D

Interests

My interest include hanging out, lance dancing! :p, developing meaningful relationships, learning from other's experiences, learning Japanese, good Anime (yeah so... :p) Mandarin Chinese, Korean, meeting new people, good conversation, skateboarding, cooking, traveling the world, philosophy, art history, world politics, psychology, anthropology, science, and religions.

  • arts
  • dancing
  • salsa dancing
  • cooking
  • politics
  • anime
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • skateboarding
  • anthropology
  • art history
  • history
  • psychology
  • religion
  • science
  • study abroad
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Winning Arguments, The Art of Nonconformity, Papillion, The Tao Te Ching, The Trial and Death of Socrates, The Power of Now, The Five Love Languages, The Tao of Physics, Culture Jam, The Genealogy of Morals, Christianity and Ressentiment, Made in America, The Mother Tongue, Our America, 48 Laws Of Power, The Art Of Happiness, American Capitalist, Plato: The Republic, Static, The End of America, Mad Money, Stay Mad for Life by Jim Cramer, are just a few...

Music: All types. Anything that sounds good to me. Electronica (Dance, Drum and Bass, Fusions) Hip hop (Mostly underground), and Rock (Indy, Punk, Skater)

To be more specific in no particular order:

Chilli Peppers, Muse, Deltron3030, Glitch Mob, Tiesto, Dirty South, PVD, Tool, Daft Punk, Madlib, Jaylib, Black Mages, Hed PE, Justice, The Roots, Armin Van Burien, Kaskade, Gorillaz, MF Doom, Godsmack, Busdriver, MIA, Kanye West, Incubus, Head Automatica, Girl Talk, N.E.R.D, Lupe, Thirsty Fish, T-Pain, Anna Nalick, DMB, Nas, Static-X, Rammstein, Death Cab for Cutie, Klaxons

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've had the opportunity to study abroad in Greece for a month for art history traversing the Greek islands of Crete and Corfu, and stopping in Athens along the way. The trip really broadened my horizons as this was my first time out of the country.

I also took advantage of another study abroad trip in Tokyo which was only two weeks but I extended my stay for a whole month upon learning that my good friend from high school was studying in Osaka. I spent the rest of the time being taught Japanese, visiting tourist sites, meeting new people, and having a good time seeing "their" Osaka.

I also slept in a warehouse full of couchsurfers in Miami woot!

Drove a runaway motorcycle down a mountain in Korea with a Couchsurfer on the back and LIVED! haha!

Teach, Learn, Share

visited 36 states (16%)Create your own visited map of The World or Amsterdam travel guide for Android

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some good funny stories and a demo salsa dancing lesson if you want :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, United States, Viet Nam

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