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Overview

  • 8 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Kazakh, Russian; learning Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Turkish
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Project Administrator
  • University of Sheffield (read law 2001-2005)
  • From Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

TRAVEL THE WORLD

ABOUT ME

I love travelling (that's the only time I live apart from being at home, of course: if it was up to me, I would have stayd in UK forever).

PHILOSOPHY

Life is a river, opportunities born and die, a bird with wings must rise and fly... A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I did host people :) and met on CS meetings (2).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I met Patrick, Gavin, Cyrill, Gerd, Pierre, Inanc, Michaela, Zach (some other people), Ilyas; talked to Sonja over the phone, trying to meet with Rao Neel, didn't get to meet Sergio (I hope he comes over or I go over to Portugal), I am friends with Anel. Overall, it is going ok.

Interests

Travelling, reading, meeting new people, having fun, being lazy, having time for myself (my space), going away suddenly, surprising people with sudden things, being unreachable and unpredictable. I used to attend ballet and I used to play piano. Some people reckon I should draw. :)

  • ballet dancing
  • flying
  • reading
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • piano
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

a lot but mainly English ones (what I mean is reading in English is so much fun although I like Russian literature too)! I love Forrest Gump and remember a lot of the sayings. :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to UK at the age of 15 (truly felt free then with my lovely host family who I will never forget) and that was the best thing ever. I manage to keep the most impossible relationships ever with some funny people and find people to talk to even during a 5 day trip to Prague. :) I like saying "of course" a lot (courtesy of my friend Cindy). I want to have a tatoo (others have it and it looks interesting) and dreadlocks (she doesn't have them anymore but my friend Sophie still does) like my friend Lotti who I think is The Coolest Person Ever.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn all of the languages that I listed but speak properly and not just half of this and half of that. I have a dream of spending time in countries to learn the lingo (as some Brits say) and just gain life experience of other places. I love my UK and I can talk about it for hours: maybe in the end, I could teach you to love it... :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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