He goes by the name of Echo. Born after the world famous People Power Revolution.

The world's best air guitar player the world has never seen (and never will be)

Likes waking up in the morning with a good hair day

Die-hard national basketball team supporter

Has this thing for learning new languages

Loves watching movies with subtitles

Has a sweet tooth

Oh, one last thing, my life has always revolved around the arts. I'm an artist-in-training.

They say being an artist is a summation of all his life experiences. Therefore I'm always curious and down to any interesting, eccentric, wild, unique, unexpected, spontaneous life experiences. That includes the GOOD (making the world a better place, living your life's purpose), the BAD (breaking rules! doing things you'll regret tomorrow but will laugh about it few years from now!), and the UGLY (you won't understand the light without the tempting path of the dark side, altho I didn't do a lot of this stuff and most people said what i did wasn't that hardcore dark in their book, LOL).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

While traveling: Met lotsa couchsurfers in Manila and around the Philippines while backpacking. It was a blast meeting people from far away places!

While in Manila: I may be unable to host some of you but I will try to answer your messages, help you with the information you need and refer you to other hosts.

Interests

zen meditation. parkour. martial arts. forex trading. languages. sports.

lastly, my world revolve around the field of arts!

• arts
• writing
• books
• design
• photography
• film making
• beauty
• dancing
• meditation
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• magic
• guitar
• backpacking
• sports
• basketball
• martial arts
• animation
• business
• languages
• cultural immersion

Music, Movies, and Books

amelie. fight club. 3 idiots. spirited away. about a boy. almost famous. trainspotting. into the wild. ghost in the shell, the beach. dreamers. malena. rocket science. the matrix. dead poet's society. young people fucking. stranger than fiction. 500 days of summer. before sunset&sunrise (the 3rd movie was just okay).

jack johnson, jason mraz and the rest

the alchemist. the secret.

how i met you mother. big bang theory. simpsons. californication. family guy. new girl. conan o' brien

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacked the Philippines for 5 months (july-december 2012). Visit my website to discover my journey:
http://www.shoestringphilippines.com

https://www.facebook.com/shoestringphilippines

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=19044&post=12448972

Support our dream to share the beauty of the Philippines to the world!
http://www.artisteconnect.com/projects/shoestring-philippines-the-journey-in-images

Another project that was conceived while traveling and started when I got back. Let's work together on making the streets Epal Free:

https://www.facebook.com/BawalEpalCampaign

Check out my Shoestring Philippines book on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HK6Q7U4

Teach, Learn, Share

In the spirit of cultural immersion that Couchsurfing stands for, I'd like to suggest we do a Skills Exchange.

Here's how we do it. If we do meet/hangout/host then you teach me something new and I'll teach you new stuff as well.

Its not really a requirement to hangout but if we both got something to share and a chance to learn something knew, why not right?

Here's what I can teach you:

1. Graphic & web design, animation and video editing

2. Filipino & Cebuano/Bisaya

3. Forex trading (my own method)

4. Yawyan (basic)

5. Writing & self-publishing

(I'm gonna add some more on this list)

What I'd like to learn:

I would definitely be interested in any art related stuff like photography and filmmaking.

But it could also be about anything, like a new dish, new language, some dance moves, money making business, playing guitar

Or simple things like a drinking game, a magic trick, fun card game, how to swear in French, how to do back flips, etc.

So basically from career helping tools to life hack skills to fun little things. Game on!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'd like to share this inspirational quote:

"For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it.

And I hope you see things that startle you.

I hope you feel things you never felt before.

I hope you meet people with a different point of view.

I hope you live a life you're proud of.

If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

--Benjamin Button--

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines