CURRENT MISSION

To go to new places, discover new architecture, nature, food, meet new people, make new friends.

ABOUT ME

First, my profile photo was at a Museum in Gothenburg. I don't wear hats like that!!!

I am a laid back and relaxed. I get excited about things that interest me and anything fun.

I was born in Melbourne (Australia). I moved to Mildura (Australia) when I was 9 years old. I moved back to Melbourne for University.

I learned the piano and the saxophone (band, and jazz ensemble).
I played baseball, did rowing, played tennis, and participated in cross country running and swimming.

My weak point is doing things at the last minute.
My strong point is I am easy going.

I am not so good at writing about myself, I will update my information to make it better.
It is easier to get to know people in person...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't done so much yet.
I quit my job to travel around Europe, so I hope I can meet a lot of different people and make new friends.
I think that if any one would like to know about Australia or Japan I could share lots of information with them.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Actually, now that I look at my history, it doesn't look very good.
I joined up because I thought it was a great idea and sounded fun and interesting.

I have been living in a small town in Southern Japan. I got some requests for meeting a few people, but I couldn't due to being back in Australia visiting my family for example.

I stayed with a couchsurfer (actually Hospitality Club member, it's the same idea as CouchSurfing, but CouchSurfer seems more popular now) in Kyoto and also met another person who is a Hospitality Club member there. Anyway, that was such a great experience getting a look at local places like hot springs (onsen) and some food with someone who lives there and talking about our interests and lives.

I also went to Cambodia but I stayed with my friend from University and his family because they are Cambodian. That was only for 3 days, but it was amazing. Just like Kyoto, instead of just passing through somewhere, it feels like you live there for a short time and make close new friends.

I am last minute kind of person, which is not so good for Couch Surfing but I hope it works okay :)

I have been in a small town in Sicily with a couch surfer and it was great. Such a totally new experience for me.

Interests

I like blue sky and warm sunshine. I like puffy white clouds and tropical foliage. I like the sound of rain and the sound of waves lapping at the shore. I like moonlight.

I like emerging technologies. I like converging technologies. I like nanotechnology and and medical nanotechnology and quantum physics.

I like eating and sleeping and dreaming. I like daydreaming.

I like sitting next to rivers, swimming in rivers, listening to rivers. watching rivers, jumping off bridges into rivers.

I like Visual Kei. I like Jazz. I like Jpop.

I like MTM Suits.

I like hospitals. I like abandoned buildings. I like vampires. I like the future.

I like new places, new foods, new drinks, new things.

I like post-apocalyptic worlds. I like anachronisms.

I like the mind, and how it's connected to the brain.

I like airports. I like long distance train rides.

I like private jets, supercars and megayachts.

I like those little white butterflies that fly around in Spring.

I like waiting.

I like train stations in the middle of nowhere.
I like smelling flowers.

I have researched DSLR and rangefinder photography, but I haven't bought one yet ;)

I am also like going to Castles, Museums, Art Galleries and Churches. I would like to go to ballet, opera, orchestra performances even though I don't know so much about them. I like the atmosphere and setting.

• arts
• writing
• architecture
• photography
• ballet dancing
• dining
• running
• drinking
• clubbing
• flying
• flowers
• traveling
• jazz
• piano
• opera
• surfing
• baseball
• tennis
• swimming
• rowing
• history
• physics
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - travel books, adventure(Robert Ludlum - Bourne rules!, James Rollins), thriller, Wheel of Time, The Dark Tower (Stephen King)transportation (planes, ships, cars, bicycles), Classic Japanese (Murakami Haruki, Natsume Soseki, Yukio Mishima, Yasunari Kawabata). I love reading.

Music - the last few years has been Japanese pop and rock. I sometimes listen to Jazz(I love Louis Armstrong's bands), classical, Top 40, Chanson, epic and vocal trance too sometimes.

Movies - almost anything. Hmmm. Top Gun, Fight Club, The Bourne Movies, Titanic, ID4, Indiana Jones, The Notebook, aaaaah blank mind, I have to come back later and write more.

I like TV dramas. Roswell, The Mentalist, Dawsons Creek, Gossip Girl, PWOG, The Simpsons, 24, House.
I like anime (Japanese).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I climbed Ayers Rock when I was 9 years old.
There were kind of flat tadpoles on the top. That was weird.

Teach, Learn, Share

Any exchange of ideas about things I am interested in or have studied. Also, maybe I could teach some English words to you!
Also about Japan and Australia!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Japan