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Overview

  • 7 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Arabic (Egypt)
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Audio Engineer
  • No education listed
  • From Melbourne
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To travel and really see how it is to live!

ABOUT ME

I'm pretty down to earth and like to take things one day at a time. I don't need to be rich, but to be rich in experience is the biggest gift I feel. I would like to help people more but I don't. I don't know why but it's something I would like to change. I work freelance in Melbourne as an Audio Engineer and now travel 2-3 months every year because I love meeting people from all over the world and have had so many amazing experiences because of that. I love to have a good time and a laugh. A great night out for me would be going out and dancing like a dick-head. I love having people around and meeting new people but I also enjoy getting lost in a strange city listening to my ipod on my own and just reflecting. I can at times be a liability because I often don't think things through. This is not a bad thing all the time because it has landed me in some funny situations.

PHILOSOPHY

What goes around comes around.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My houses haven't really been suitable for hosting so I haven't hosted anyone, but I'm happy to meet up with people in Melbourne and show them around when I'm home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed through Australia and stayed with some great people. I also met a lot of like minded travellers and it made the experience so much more enjoyable.

Interests

I love music, and odd sounds. I would love to make some really weird soundscapes, but in future. I'm something of a musician, love to dj, make music as well as play the guitar and sing (semi-poorly! lol) I love weird art, things that I can look at for ages that are interesting looking. I'm massively into basketball. Enjoy reading, and really love spending time with others.

  • arts
  • singing
  • dancing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • guitar
  • spelunking
  • basketball
  • engineering
  • freelancing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books; I love to read. Anything by Bret Easton Ellis, Haruki Murakami, Marching powder, Robert Goddard. Music biographies about bands and artists.
Movies; Snatch, requiem for a dream, the hangover, ghostbusters, pulp fiction and all of Quentin Tarantino's films. I don't know what else off the top of my head, but i do enjoy Arthouse films. I will give anything a go.
TV; curb your enthusiasm (Larry David is a King amongst men), breaking bad, prison break, seinfeld, Flight of the Conchords, South Park, doco's and more recently Homeland.
Music; blues, folk, rock, soul, disco, house, hip-hop, dubstep. I have really eclectic tastes. I love music festivals, and i love to make music. Some of my favourite artists are Radiohead, Kanye West (He's a dick, but he's talented), Fat Freddys Drop, City&Colour, Flying Lotus, Jeff Buckley (genius), James Blake, Mount Kimbie, Common, Tune-Yards, D'angelo, Carl Craig, Trentemoller, Bob Dylan, Metro Area, Kenny Dope, Moodymann, Florence and the Machine (You've got the love, amazing!), Buddy Guy, Erykah Badu, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings... the list goes on and on........
Food; Meat & chocolate. I could live off these things although i like to eat a pretty healthy diet so i can live till I'm 102!
But my absolute faves would have to be mexican and indian food.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Caving in budapest. At one point, I thought I was stuck and started panicking. Scary but one of the most exciting experiences of my life!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you a some guitar and a little arabic, and audio production techniques if you are interested in that. I also have a huge collection of music which I'm more than happy to share with you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Serbia

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