CURRENT MISSION

To meet people all over the world.

ABOUT ME

I'm a Canadian who just moved to Portland, Oregon. Trying to navigate this new country and explore all that it has to offer.

PHILOSOPHY

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style"
— Maya Angelou

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader" --John Quincy Adams

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." --Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Buy when everyone is selling and sell when everyone is buying."--Baron Rothschild

"I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson -- to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy , even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power that can move the world."

--Mohandas Gandhi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new to Portland, Oregon, but we can definitely explore it together. As of September 2012, I'll be enrolled in a pre-medical program at the local university, so I wont have much time on my hands. I would still love to attend CS meetings and meet travelers for food or drinks when time permits.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've officially surfed once. In Atlanta, Georgia. It was a wonderful experience and my hosts have become lifelong friends. Also met some very cool CS members in Boston when I was there last year.

Hoping to meet some great people through CS in Europe this summer.

Interests

Sarcasm, meeting extraordinary people, the sun, celebrity blogs like dlisted.com, current affairs, housing bubbles, critiquing dim sum and pho restaurant service, buyers remorse, crying over spilled milk, and ANDERSON COOPER, breakfast, fine dining, shitty dining, dining, listening and dancing to music with filthy basslines, three and four day outdoor music festivals in the middle of nowhere, crying when people are mean to me, yoga, breakfast, snowboarding, running marathons...oh yeah, and manifesting my destiny.

• culture
• music festivals
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• breakfast
• fine dining
• yoga
• running
• drinking
• socializing
• music
• outdoor activities
• sailing
• snowboarding

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: schindler's list, city of god, the usual suspects, the green mile, coming to america, legends of the fall, the last of the mohicans, pan's labyrinth, crash,

Music: I like everything...especially uplifting Drum and Bass, Dubstep, Electro, Breaks, Disco (will never die), Power Ballads, '80s:

Sia, Kelis, Girl Talk, Kings Of Leon, High Contrast, Modeselektor, London Elektricity, Z-Trip, MSTRKRFT, Journey, Dj Mehdi, Air Supply, Royksopp, Fleetwood Mac, Annie Lennox, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, U2, and the Greatest Band in the World--Journey.

Books: east of eden, pride and prejudice, the red tent, the joy luck club, the kite runner, the alchemist, atlas shrugged, the poisonwood bible, The Tipping Point, the four agreements, freakonomics...

I'm a voracious reader and will read mostly anything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailing in Halong Bay, Vietnam.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach you about Ghanaian culture.

Learn: I want to learn as much about the world as possible. Anything you have to teach me, I'm willing to learn.

Share: I can share my love of extremely spicy food!

Countries I’ve Visited

Ghana, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Ghana

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