CURRENT MISSION

To find work in water management

ABOUT ME

I just finished a masters program, and have been deemed eligible to re-enter the real world.

I'm currently freelancing, attempting to get as much experience in as many areas in water management as I can. So I'm interning at a non-profit working on a sanitation and microfinance paper. I work part time as a research assistant for a project team that works in collaborative water planning.

Have masters will travel, I'm hoping to move to Vietnam in the new year, but waiting to hear back to see if I got the gig... Jan 10 will be the big announcement. Cross your fingers for me.

PHILOSOPHY

I don't aim to have a personal philosophy until I'm about 80 or so, because I am still figuring this all out and so my opinions change on a daily basis... (which i realise is in some ways a philosophy but hey life is about contradictions... )

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been a member for about half a year, but due to my masters I was not a very active member. I'm hoping to start being a more active member of the couch surfing community.. if people will have me that is.

Centres d'intérêt

Am I allowed to say EVERYTHING? No - ok I'll try to narrow it down with a random list of interests in no particular order...

trees.
foodology (experimenting with food).
wearing Japanese bomber jackets for 2 year olds.
necklaces: in particular lego men pendants, the use of seeds and nuts, mechanical parts and other assorted objects in jewelery.
Costumes and inventing themes for costume parties.
including as many buzzwords as possible into a sentence or paragraph.
earning a degree from 4 universities at one time.
scarves.
autographs on purses.
picnics in parks. picnics inside. picnics on planes (really food in any location, time or reason is good).
coffee. iced coffee.
reading the newspaper.
getting newspaper ink on your fingers.
coffee and newspapers.
my I-pod.
fruit (as a friend of mine once said "fruit is nature's candy").
dancing like an idiot in bars, when everyone else is dancing seriously.
not taking myself seriously.
coloured tights under happily warn/ripped jeans.
photography. film. black and white. darkrooms.
lusting after photographic equipment.
dreaming of designing my own home (which is not likely since I've chosen the development worker path - sanitation doesn't pay).
Sanitation and making sanitation sexy, talking about latrines.
people who are interested in sanitation.
parasites.
waterborne diseases.
field trips.
road trips.
planes - trains and automobiles.
travel.
finding the best Indian restaurant in town.
ordering food to share. music. art openings.
cooking for other people.
colours.
knowing that really, the Internet is just a serious of interconnected tubes.
politics and talking like I know or understand politics.
water: drinking water, being in water,
being near water and generally having access to water.
collective private moments at concerts.
TED

• arts
• photography
• concerts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• cars
• music
• surfing
• freelancing
• road trips
• parks

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Beck, Beirut, Block Party, Buck 65, Cut Copy, The Rapture, N.E.R.D, Saul Williams, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Subtle, Sufjarn Stevens, Grizzy Bear, Bertie Blackman, Hilltop Hoods, Grafton Primary, Goyte, Gotan Project, Goldfrap, Gnarls Barkley, Flaming Lips, Fink, Fever Ray, Empire of the Sun, Dose One, Dj Yoda, DJ, Signify, DJ Shadow, Dark was the Night, Deerhunter, Crystal Castles, Children Collide, Busdriver, The Honeydrips, Hotchip, M83, MGMT, Passion Pit, Phoenix

I love walking along and realizing that the song is perfect for the moment... when life and i-pod are in sync

Books = YES

Movies = I'm a bit of a movie snob, but I will occasionally lower myself to watch a light hearted Hollywood movie - because we all need mental downtime...

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I can share cooking tips

I do a bit of photography and I'm always willing to learn more and talk about photography.

Pays que j'ai visités

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Viet Nam

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Australia, Ireland, Thailand, United Kingdom