August, 29th, last day in Taizhong, Taiwan. I sit among my colleagues and our Taiwanese group leaders who were our companions during our stay and have become friends. The table we're having the fare-well lunch at is of a quite famous round hugeness and there are many delicious things on it. I remember very well a short conversation I had with one of the Taiwanese on my left side. I think we began in Chinese, but quickly I had to switch to English, a little exchange of well-known patterns: I like Taiwan, I like the food and the weather very much. It's so sad you already have to leave. I said:
-"I'm gonna miss you, guys."
-"No, I don't believe you."
-"Huh, why not?"
-"I think you're saying it just like that.
-"..."
-"I think you are a traveller."

Maybe she didn't know the word "wanderer", which is more appropriate, I think.
I never missed my home during the time spent in other countries. Is it because I easily forget? Fast adaption?
I enjoy an open "couchsurfing"-tab on my Internet explorer while working. As well, I like listening to foreign radio channels; outside of the window a cloudy sky, pattering raindrops and at the same time I can listen to the St. Lucian speaker announcing the day will be sunny and not windy at all. I sometimes feel terribly free when I don't stow my backpack away.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

because I like people stopping by at my place spontaneously; because I don't like spending most of my time getting rich so that instead of adventuring I will end up spending time in a hotel thinking of work and, ironically, planning to relax more.

Interests

How can I arrange my life so that it'll be a satisfying one instead of trying to find an answer to the question of what the sense of life is?

• dining
• beer
• drinking
• backpacking

Music, Movies, and Books

I mostly use music for dancing. ;)

Groundhog Day (yeah, I really love this one)
Chinese Box (can watch this one over and over again)
Lost in Translation (forgot how often I've watched this one)

Popping into my mind:

Adolphe by Benjamin Constant
Harry Potter
Vom Forscher, der auszog, das Zaubern zu lernen by Christian Rätsch
Dictionaries of Etymology
The Graduate by Charles Webb

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

wait. I'll go ask my closest friends.
no, no, wait! I know:
Once, there was a boy who was having fun with his friends drinking beer and these Corean green bottles. He took one of the bottles' lids, stepped 1 or 2 meters back from the table and announced to the crowd the lid would be thrown into the beertower. It was. Wow.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach foosball and pronunciation of German.

What I Can Share with Hosts

depends on where I'm currently dwelling ;)

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan