CURRENT MISSION

Being more brave than ever

ABOUT ME

A software engineer on video games, currently studying PhD in Information Science. Lived in Turkey for most of my life, and lately in Dundee-UK for 2.5 years, and now in Uppsala, Sweden for the last 2 years.

I love photography (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorkempacaci/sets/72157608181625447/)

Visited: London, Edinburgh, Bangkok, Seoul, Fukuoka, Amsterdam, Istanbul, Budapest, Brussels, Copenhagen, Singapore

PHILOSOPHY

I'm only trying to know and understand (if possible) as many people as possible. I appreciate the company of people at most times.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Didn't stay at a couch yet but met many people for making new friends, they were all lovely people.

Interests

Photography, Windsurfing.
I'm usually not interested in tourist attractions in the places I visit, instead I try to do what the locals do, and see actual delicious parts of the place I am visiting. Like in London, what I enjoyed most was the Highgate Cemetry. In Bangkok, it was the Patpong street bazaar at night.

• photography
• cooking
• walking
• video games
• trumpet
• windsurfing
• engineering
• science
• software
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Loads here. For Movies and Books, I usually love the ones that hit my brains so hard that I wouldn't possibly be able to remove them once they're in once. Like Camus' Stranger, or Arthurt C. Clarke's Brave New World.

Musicwise, I enjoy a lot of early-jazz and swing. Then some AcDc, and some indie rock. Plus some arbitrary stuff like Cake, Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Waits or Koop.

Big Fish was a beautiful movie. So was the "It's a wonderful life". 12 Angry man was spectacular. 'The man from earth' was amazing.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Dive in the beaches of the Phi Phi Island / Thailand.
Walking through the outgrown forest at the Highgate Cemetery in London.

Teach, Learn, Share

At the moment I would like to know more about Uppsala, and the ways and habits of Swedish people, since I am planning to live amongst them for at least 4 years.

I have been meaning to learn how to play a saxophone or another jazzy woodwind instrument. Recently got a pocket trumpet, fiddling with that occasionally.

I know quite a lot about programming, video game development, photography and cooking in general. I would love to be able to teach something.