Curious, thinker, self-improvement seeking individual.

I always try to keep my eyes (..and my mind) opened. I try to realize how tiny pixel on the world's canvas i am.

-I respect food, friends, non material things, values, ..Life.. quite much.., so I take photo of all the meal and drink i consume, since 2006, till the end of my life. That's the solid plan. (and yet works :)
Here is a bit more brief about this thing, (if i don't get a chance to discuss it with you personally :) https://iwanwilaga.com/thank-you-for-my-daily-food-project/

Oh, plus finally.. i became vegetarian from 2023.apr.3. :)

Other random fun(?) facts:

-I write w-s instead simple "v"-s when chatting/mailing with close friends.
-I am simply "a fan" of the Sun. Sunrises, sunsets, sun-tanning.. Receiving the energy.
-I am searching for systems and patterns in my daily life, and trying to live in the most sustainable way i can.

-Recently i title myself as a "time-fighter", thanks to the lot of things and interests i wanna pursue at the same time. :D (Recently here means, the last ~37 years.. ha-ha)

Anyhow, i am an adorable (according to some), funny person, please don't get frightened!^^

PHILOSOPHY

To be in harmony with body-soul-mind, and Earth. IKIGAI! Growth-mindset.
Try to swim, run, kempo, sauna, read, create, learn and LAUGH a lot with friends (or with strangers). Learn techniques from the better living beings.
Oh, and i am fairly against our current capitalist global system. More about it in person, if interested.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted way more ppl in my Budapest apartment than i surfed. About 80-20% but it's pretty fine still!
Anyway i've got excellent hosts in Switzerland, Linz, Oslo, Tokyo...^^

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One of the best & honest series of experiences in my Life! We are the cruising teachers of each other in this community. Beautiful, awesome and really works..

Interests

Self-documenting lifestyle, weird/epic personal stories, uphill-running, games, Great People, heroes, ancient philosophies and cultures, FLOW, slow-food, kid's ideas, ted.com, the concept of time, productivity, sustainability, off-grid, NATURE, surviving, friendship, relationships, beliefs,

..+ i'm learning mandarin and japanese on my own (thus regularly my mind collapses :), so any help & practice i kindly appreciate!

• running
• sauna
• chess
• poker
• hiking
• snowboarding
• sustainability
• vegetarianism
• programming
• veganism
• bicycles
• artificial intelligence
• vintage cars
• human nature
• ikigai
• rallysport
• street-workout
• car-mechanics
• veteran volvos
• alternative civilisations

Music, Movies, and Books

movie:
The Intouchables (2011), Stanley Kubrick's stuff in general, Scorsese all, The Five Obstructions, Catch Me If You Can, Limitless, Jarmusch, Lars von Trier, Herczog, Woody Allen, etc.

music:
A LOT. e.g: Boards Of Canada, Jamiroquai, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Muse, Plaid, Ralph Hindenbeutel, Victor Wooten, Sigur Rós, Philip Glass, Cool and the Gang, Dj Vinroc, John Hopkins, Brahms, Mendehlssohn, Prokofiev, Wagner, Duprée, Windir, The Animals, Jim Noir, Liszt Ferenc, Bartók, The Beatles, Napalm Death;), Crash Test Dummies, Eminem, Bob Marley, James Brown, Queen, Balázs Fecó, etc etc...

book:
-Marlo Morgan: Mutant Message Down Under
-Paul Brunton: A Search in Secret India.
-Shackleton: Heart of the Antarctic.: 180kilometres from the South Pole.
-...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just a few examples:

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Getting up to the Top of Janos hill, Budapest's highest point after half an hour running, (suffering, sweltering) and watching the sunset for about 5 minutes..
And repeat this activity 100 times in 2009! more info:
http://www.iwanwilaga.com/jh100-pilgrimage-project/

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slowly swimming towards the sunset (by continuously watching it) in the absolutely quiet (zero wind-speed) Lake Balaton, until the sun goes under the hills of the Northern coasts.. time and space were just undefined in these moments..
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Tatra hill survive tour with best friends 2009, 2011
http://iwanwilaga.blogspot.com/2009/08/tatra-2009-survive.html
http://vimeo.com/35416273

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Modeling (and self/expoling) adventure in China and Asia

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach a few things related to photography, film, video, graphics, visual arts, drawing, painting, dramaturgy, art history, kempo fighting, zen-meditating (zazen), gold investment;).

I like discussing about philosophy, great people, cultures. I am a beginner chess and texas hold'em poker player, and want to learn other games, such as Go, table games.. (Beware! I'm pro at Jenga;D) In my teenage i've played enormous amount of computer games..i almost became a nerd, but finally survived;)
I like any kind of -real world- games as well!

I have hiking/surviving tips, skills, the most convenient distance for me is 50 km/day by walk :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

All my experiences (that i still remember of :) and knowledge, or opinions. Or questions. Or silence. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Hong Kong, Hungary

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