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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • student/musician
  • Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science with Honours.
  • From Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I am a student of psychology and a jazz musician! I have just completed by 4th year of psychological study, and am taking a year out to broaden my soul and enlarge my consciousness prior to commencing a doctorate program in clinical psychology :)

ABOUT ME

I am a student of psychology and a jazz musician. I have just completed by 4th year of psychological study, and am taking a year out to broaden my soul and enlargen my consciousness prior to commencing a doctorate program in clinical psychology :)

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in everything, nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing, everything is sacred.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By hosting couchsurfers when I can, and by enjoying those I stay with.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have spent an amazing two weeks couchsurfing in Shanghai, China. Soon I hope to surf in France :)

Interests

A lover of literature, music, poetry, behavioural science, neuroscience, philosophy, coffee and wine.

  • literature
  • poetry
  • wine
  • coffee
  • music
  • jazz
  • neuroscience
  • psychology
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

I love the writers/poets Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Allan Watts, Tom Robbins, Charles Simic, Margaret Atwood, Terence McKenna, Herman Hesse, TS Eliot, Richard Dawkins, and more! My favourite music is hard to list, but here's a little bit; Currently...Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, The Flaming lips, Arcade Fire, Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus, Fierce Invalids, John Coltrane, Iain Isdale/Discocreeps, New Order, Dvorak, Mahler, MGMT, Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Radio Citizen, Elliot Smith, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamiroquai, Joni Mitchell, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Nick Drake, Prince, Radiohead, Rufus Wainwright, The Roots, and more again :)

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, New Zealand

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