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Overview

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  • Fluent in English
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • unemployed
  • Kansas University, Kyoto University
  • From Lincoln, NE
  • Profile 55% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Land a job!

ABOUT ME

Undergraduate degree in Japanese language and culture from the University of Kansas. Spent a year in Japan as an undergrad going to Obirin University in Machida, Japan.

After graduating from Kansas U, I applied for the Monbukagakusho scholarship and went to Kyoto University where I studied the education history of Japan. I recently got married.

I'm currently looking for work as a translator / interpreter.

PHILOSOPHY

Expect the best in people and let them know it. Keep an open mind, and there is no one with whom you cannot connect.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I'm just looking to surf, but once I get settled, I'll have a couch available to surf on!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No couchsurfing experience.

Interests

Languages, music, piano, composers of the romantic and impressionistic era, computers, programming, Python, philosophy, international cuisine.

  • culture
  • education
  • environment
  • traveling
  • music
  • piano
  • teaching
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: largely piano. I studied piano performance while attending Kansas University. Favorite composers are: Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Scriabin.

Books: Concentrating on reading books in Japanese to improve my reading fluency. Some are non-fiction books on contemporary society and Japanese history, in addition to novels by popular authors such as Murakami Haruki.

Movies: The most recent film I really enjoyed was JCVD. I enjoy lots of films of different genres, but not a big fan of most Hollywood movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've done some traveling in southeast Asia, although I'm not much of a storyteller.

I'm recently married, and my life now is to create an environment for my wife and future kids.

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