CURRENT MISSION

My biggest dream was to see the world... and to do it while I'm young.

ABOUT ME

Hi. I'm Monique. I'm musically inclined and I'm a very artistic person. My specialties are writing, music, photography, art, poetry, prose, film, and designing fashion. I listen to music from all over the world, but my absolute favorite band is Muse. I play the piano and sing, and I'm in a band right now that supports my solo project equally. I am a very in-depth person but I easily adapt to my surroundings and can be anything from sarcastic to intensely philosophical. I'm an easy-going person, and I'm very enthusiastic about meeting new people, especially from around the world.

PHILOSOPHY

My philosophy is = freedom, equality, peace, justice, truth & love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a bit of a tour guide. I love showing people around, and life the way it is -- not the way it's presented in brochures.

Interests

Writing music, singing, piano, writing novels/poetry/prose/screenplays, filmmaking, designing fashion, photography, journalism, politics, photojournalism, music videos, foreign films and music, learning about other cultures, nature, beaches, forests, coffee, rain, going to concerts, history, science, astronomy, biking, working out, dancing, driving around, and sitting at a bonfire with friends, discussing life.

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• fashion
• photography
• film making
• concerts
• dancing
• coffee
• working out
• politics
• movies
• music
• piano
• cycling
• equestrian
• scuba diving
• astronomy
• history
• journalism
• science
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

1984, Muse, Little Miss Sunshine, The Darjeeling Limited, The Crucible, Crime and Punishment, Kite Runner, The Butterfly Effect, American Beauty, Klaxons, Your Vegas, The Kin, Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, The Bravery, The Ramones, Daft Punk, Digitalism, Royksopp, Tommy Sparks, Sigur Ros, Justice, The Wombats, The Eternal Affect, As Luck Would Have It, All You Can Eat Buffet, Amelie, Goodbye Lenin, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Hot Fuzz, Dawn of the Dead, Dead Poets Society, Cowboy Bebop, Kino's Journey, The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Yoko Kanno, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers, Genesis, Sting, The Police, Rush, Bob Marley, 311, Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish, Flogging Molly, September, Oasis, Incubus, Army of Anyone, Children of Bodom, Opeth, Kittie, Linkin Park, Spinto, Cheers Elephant, O'Death, Chimaira, Dragonforce, Guster, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Nothingface, Mew, Maps, Supergrass, Weezer, The Killers, Mutemath, Paul Oakenfold, Snow Patrol, Arcade Fire, Love Arcade, Hello Goodbye, Emery, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Underoath, Paramore, Jonezetta, Family Force 5, Anberlin, The Wedding, Wavorly, Ra, Reevis, Ayumi Hamasaki, Mai Yamane, Steve Conte, Yoko Kanno, Goldfinger, CKY, Adema, Korn, Blink 182, Boxcar Racer, Angels and Airwaves, No Doubt, Garbage, Nirvana, Finger Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Staind, Cold, Trapt, Train, Travis, REM, ACDC, Poe, Alien Ant Farm, Coheed and Cambria, Interpol, MayDay Parade, Io, Nelly Furtado, Sarah Connor, Cog, Glassjaw, Thursday, Thrice, From Autumn to Ashes, Poison the Well, Radiohead, A Time To Kill, No Exit, One Hour Photo, Atonement, Kill Bill, etcetera...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Standing on top of a mountain with my father in the Philippines, and then diving into a crystal-blue-hued lagoon.

Taking the Maid of the Mist around Niagara Falls.

Braving Bowman's Hill.

Horseback riding literally in the clouds in Hawaii and the incredible view of the stars at night.

Skills USA 2007 -- being on a platform in Kansas City in front of thousands and thousands of people.

Pembrokeshire Coastal Path.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Philippines, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States