CURRENT MISSION

To learn about and enjoy life ...

ABOUT ME

Easy going. Talkative

PHILOSOPHY

Read and listen to as much sources as possible even, or especially, when they do not seem to convincing to me personally at first.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Willing to help people out in The Hague, ether stay over or with insider tips.

Plans to visit Switzerland and Georgia (Tbilisi) this year.

Interests

Philosophy, politics, music, literature, history, linguistics, sciences (physics), etc. etc. I practice kickboxing (capoeira and brasilian jiu jitsu are now on the back burner due to agenda issues).

• fish
• literature
• architecture
• capoeira
• cooking
• vegetarian
• politics
• technology
• music
• canoeing
• martial arts
• jiu jitsu
• history
• languages
• philosophy
• physics
• political science
• social science
• linguistics
• learning new languages
• philosophy of science

Music, Movies, and Books

One of my favourite books is by Hermann Hesse, I also enjoy Umberto Eco's books, in music I can enjoy almost anything; jazz, flamenco (Tomatito), hip hop (eg. Mos Def, UNKLE, Guru), classical music (incl. Rameau), pop (Tool, Tricky, Massive Attack, Arctic Monkeys, etc.), reggae and almost everything else. Some examples of films I enjoyed are Lost Highway, Big fish, Amores Perros and most movies by Michael Haneke.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

4 day canoe trip on the Zambezi (Zambia/Zimbabwe).

Teach, Learn, Share

I have taught on philosophy/politics and architecture at Delft University of Technology. I have read quite a few of Voltaire's, Rousseau's, Marx's and Nietzsche's works.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook; fish, meat and vegetarian, I don't mind making cakes either. I love sharing stories, and ideas.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Mozambique, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Netherlands