I live and work on the Hainan Island (south of China), I've been here for one year now.
Whenever I can, I try to go and discover new places in China.

I previously lived and worked in Thailand, India, Slovakia, Poland, Italy, Ukraine, ...

I'm quite friendly, but I am generally pretty cynical too...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm not always super-sociable, but when I am, I find it pretty cool to meet new people, share travel experiences, tips, thoughts, ...

I usually book hotel rooms, so when I heard about CS a few years ago, I thought that this could be a different kind of experience.

Interests

• arts
• literature
• coding
• punk music
• rock music
• metal music
• cinema
• indie rock
• veganism
• punk
• vegetarian cooking
• linux
• hardcore punk

Music, Movies, and Books

For books, I like Bukowski, Thompson, Kerouac, the classical beatnik stuffs, I like French classics too, like Zola, Hugo, Voltaire, Céline,... some cool French contemporary writers like Virginie Despentes, Beigbeder, Houellebecq and many other things in fact, but throughout the years, I tend to forget what I read, I even started to write down summaries...

In music, I still mainly listen to punk rock and hardcore (even after all these years...), but I dig everything that's smart and emotional whether it's rock, jazz, electro,...

Shows I loved were: Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Wire, True Detective, Borgen, Real Humans, Mr Robot, The Killing, Sillicon Valley, IT Crowd, Black Books, ...

Movies: it's like what happens with books, but worse, I watch a lot of them, I like a lot of them, but I can't really remember them.
Lastly I enjoyed "Winter's Bone" and "Krisha", I usually go for drama, crime, thriller genres, I enjoy good comedies with dark humour (but I think they're hard to find...any recommandation is welcome), I also like soviet art-house movies, Belgian or Brit social dramas,...a lot of stuff, as long as it's filled with hopelessness and social decay.

I love to cook and try any kind of vegan food.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went vegan 12 years ago

Teach, Learn, Share

I wish I could learn to meditate

What I Can Share with Hosts

Languages
Belgian beers
Travel stories
Philosophy
Vegetarian cooking
Badminton

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Laos, Luxembourg, Moldova, Myanmar, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, India, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine