CURRENT MISSION

TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL. The ideal scenario would be to just up and fly out to another city, another country, anytime I get bitten by the travel bug.

ABOUT ME

visited 26 states (11.5%)Create your own visited map of The World

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A friend introduced me to CS when I was visiting her I in Singapore, and the people were so lovely that I was more than eager to join the community. I hung out with many a Couchsurfer when I was living in Europe, and though I'm more busy than I want to be when I'm not on vacation, I'm always up for a coffee or a drink, if I'm free! Right now I'm based in Singapore, and so am taking every opportunity to check out the sights and sounds (and of course, to meet the people) of the countries nearby and not-so-nearby.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Food tripping at night and a long nature walk in the morning with the CSers in Singapore, coffee and nights out with those passing through Manila, and more recently, surfing on couches in Europe!

Interests

Travel, culture, graphic design, film, photography, art, drama, music, literature, psychology, philosophy, good food, good wine and good company.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• dining
• wine
• coffee
• drinking
• flying
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• cliff jumping
• paragliding
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:

Random list (by no means is this complete!): Ella Fitzgerald, Badly Drawn Boy, Seu Jorge, Billie Holiday, the Doors, Joseph Arthur, Hooverphonic, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jimi Hendrix, Stars, Belle and Sebastian, Turin Brakes, Ryan Adams, Norah Jones, Mandalay, Portishead, Elliot Smith, Bitter:Sweet, Josh Rouse, Johnny Cash, Frou Frou, Hot Hot Heat, Jeff Buckley, Moloko, Louis Armstrong, Air, The Spooks, Rufus Wainwright, The Beatles, Astrud Gilberto, Tchaikovsky, Papas Fritas, Pink Martini, Dusty Springfield, The Wannadies, Fiona Apple, Radiohead...

MOVIES:

Planet Terror, L'Auberge Espagnole, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Peter Pan, The Princess Bride, Casablanca, Gilda, Waiting For Guffman, Hero, Back to the Future, Les Triplettes de Belleville, My Fair Lady, His Girl Friday, Before Sunset, The Philadelphia Story, Sin City, Amelie, Dogville, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Memento, Sleepless in Seattle, Shaun of the Dead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Adaptation, 2 Days in Paris, Reservoir Dogs...

BOOKS:

Good Omens by Gaiman and Pratchett, The Things They Carried by O'Brien, The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Rushdie, The House on Mango Street by Cisneros, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Kundera, The Blue Castle by Montgomery, The Witches by Dahl, 1984 by Orwell, Flowers for Algernon by Keyes, Enchantment by Card...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hate thinking that fear can keep me from doing things I know I would regret not doing later. Sometimes this leads to stupid stunts, like cliff jumping into the ocean, but other times, it's led to heart-thumping and exciting experiences, like paragliding, public speaking (!!!) and wandering around the streets of ___ with near-strangers and soon-friends.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Micronesia, Federated States of, Monaco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Guam, India, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa