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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
to keep the popscicle sticks and guar gum hidden from my roomates
ABOUT ME
Just finished my masters in international development in Geneva and now I'm back and trying to get my life set up in Toronto.
Describing myself has always been one of my least favourite things, but I just polled the room for descriptions and got "funny, but in a self-controlled kind of way", "witty, in a cutting kind of way", "logical, in an excessively so kind of way", and "ruthless". But in my opinion only two of those are actually true. (That last one at least I'm fairly sure was a joke.)
I like cooking, traveling, people, absurd situations, and heated discussions. I'm kind of a hippie (the tree-hugging kind, not the new-age kind).
PHILOSOPHY
I'm not really the kind of person to come up with a defined life philosophy, but I think "do unto others" is probably the best widely applicable rule like that, and I think a lot of things get taken too seriously.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have couchsurfed a little bit: in Montreal, in Peru, and in Helsinki, and I really enjoyed it. I would definitely recommend giving it a shot.
I hosted a few travelers with my room mates in university and it was a lot of fun. I can't host people right now because my apartment is too small but when I have a suitable place I'll definitely be hosting again.
Interests
Development, languages, cooking, politics, photography, etc
I think I have a relatively high baseline level of curiosity, but things that don't interest me at all include cars and most geology
- photography
- cooking
- politics
- traveling
- cars
- geology
- languages
Music, Movies, and Books
I like vaguely artsy movies: Amelie, Edward Scissorhands, and Little Miss Sunshine. And comedies, especially British ones. And the Lion King.
books: Life of Pi, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Catch-22, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Switzerland