CURRENT MISSION

Avoid mission statements

ABOUT ME

Nhung (written by Tony): quiet and gentle around new people, foul-mouthed and cynical around old friends. A sublime stormy soul who struggles with small talk.

Tony (written by Nhung): Looks like a hippy but is really a dark-humoured slacker. Mostly calm and open-minded, occasionally argumentative and listless. For some reason people seem to like him.

PHILOSOPHY

Watch out where the huskies go. Don't eat the yellow snow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We're looking for couches for the next few months, but when we get back our spare room will be well and truly available.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We've only just started this in an official capacity but we've both slept on countless couches and floors of friends, and had countless friends sleep on our well-worn spare futon.

Interests

Nhung's obsessed with learning languages, history, designs and arts that touch people's heart, cats, big hairy dogs, dSLR photography gear. She usually hides behind some semi-serious looking camera but most the pictures are pretty crap. She also likes cooking, and sometimes spends too much time in the kitchen. Nhung gets excited about food, especially when they're on the road, i.e running into some cloud ear mushroom or wild figs could make her extremely happy.

Tony loves water. He jumps into the water anywhere, even if it's knee-deep, or freshly melted snow. He loves good books, live music and independent movies.

• cats
• dogs
• arts
• books
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• running
• movies
• billiards
• music
• live music
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Coen brothers (Barton Fink, A Serious Man, The Big Lebowski, Fargo), David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire), Ingmar Bergman (Silence, Through the Glass Darkly, Fanny & Alexander), Jia Zhangke (Still Life, The World), Stanley Kubrik (2001, Lolita), Jim Jarmush (Mystery Train, Broken Flowers), Tulpan, Truffaut, Godard, Michael Haneke (The white ribbon, Cache), Chris Marker (Sans Soleil), Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind), Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding, Preston Sturges (The Lady Eve), Todd Solonz (Happiness, Palindromes), Trainspotting, L'Avventura.

Also enjoy lots of animation (mainly Nhung's): Studio Ghibli - Myazaki (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko, Only Yesterday, Spirited Away), Papurika, La Planete Sauvage, Les Triplettes de Belleville.

Books: Haruki Murakami (Nhung's favourite) David Foster Wallace (Tony's fave), Celine, Sartre, George Perec, Jaques Prevert, John Updike, Johnathan Franzen, Mikhail Bugakov, Kafka, Albert Camus (L'etranger) and other miserable existentialist writers, Patrick White, Paul Auster, Gao Xingjian

Nhung's also obsessed with Japanese manga and pretty design books. Favourite design books includes the 1kg The Art of Looking Sideways, and all Sagmeister's.

Music: David Bowie,Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, AIR, Dirty Three, Joy Division, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Caetano Veloso, Pablo Augusto, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Neko Case, Portishead, REM, Radiohead, Rodriguez, Rowland S Howard, Ry Cooder, Rolling Stones, Serge Gainsbourg, Seu George, Sufjan Stevens, Thurston Moore, Tool, Underground lovers, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Yeah Yeah Yeah, Papa M, Leonard Cohen, The Knife, MGMT, Mike Patton, Holly Golightly, Kate Bush, CAN, Brian Eno, Boards of Canada, Blonde Redhead, Massive Attack, Mulatu Astatke, Machine Translation, Mice Parade, Ratatat, Onra, My Morning Jacket, Miles Davis, MIA, Cat Power, Delta Spirit, Brightblack Morning Light, Blitzen Trapper, Arcade Fire

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Nhung: Poking a deadly blue ring octopus with a pencil and see its unique beautiful blue colour in a small rock pool, on a walk from Coogee to Maroubra.

Tony: I once ate a pretty nice kalamata olive in Umbria.

Teach, Learn, Share

Nhung knows what kerning, leading and tracking mean.

Tony has an encyclopaedic knowledge of shit 80s music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Viet Nam

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