🏳️‍🌈 I take photographs and write narratives

You can check me out on IG @zainwhatever

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think I want to hear and get to know the people and the world out there, for how short time and how vast the world we live in. 🌎

Interests

• writing
• books
• poetry
• architecture
• design
• fashion
• photography
• music festivals
• music
• hiking
• baseball
• philosophy
• food
• trekking
• gaming
• sci-fi
• outdoors
• vinyl records
• classic literature

Music, Movies, and Books

I’m a major fan of Bon Iver & Beirut! 🎺

I’m not a cinema goer but I want to watch something that I want to feel at that moment. Latest film I watched and loved so much is Locke 🚗

🪓 My favorites so far is Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov & Crime and Punishment. Currently into Russian literature. I sometimes read novel, philosophy, or poems: A Little Life, Educated, Kerouac’s, etc etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

🌲 I designed a city square/ public park for the people in my hometown

Teach, Learn, Share

🤓 My colleagues called me tech-savvy since I understand well how to use most architectural programs like 3D modeling, Adobe’s family and fixing most computer’s issues.

📷 I do love photography and I once got lucky being able to join Canon Student Development Program 2021. Up to now, I think I want to build my career in photography or photo-journalism. I use mirrorless and analog cameras.

I’m currently a graduate student in Architecture and Urban Design at Politecnico di Milano.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I feel like I have some meaningful life experiences that I’d like to share and hear some perspectives from the other side, and vise versa.

I’m a very understanding person, I know my position and value one’s space they offer. So I wouldn’t even think to mess it up or leave trash behind.

I can cook some dishes from my home country and most of Italian foods (accordingly), as long as I can find the spices around 😄 I would love to take your good portrait with my camera.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia, Italy, Singapore