CURRENT MISSION

To find a warm, relaxed place to settle down.

ABOUT ME

I am an easygoing British/Canadian male. I will teach
English in Singapore for one
year. I
have lived in Beijing, Cairo, London, Montreal, Vancouver, and
LA. I have traveled in Asia, Europe and N. America. I'm looking for another job as my current one is too tiring.

PHILOSOPHY

I live to learn. My personal philosophy is "Live and let live."...try not to judge others; try to understand what makes others tick...I'm an optimist--I feel lucky to have the life I have.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a newbie-more to come in future...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed on a couch with a friend in London. She thought her flatmates didn't like her. I told her to try to listen to them without prejudging--to my great surprise she listened to me and realised that they weren't conspiring against her.

Interests

Volleyball, DVDs (from Kubrick, Polanski to Pinter, Peter Watkins), funky music/dancing, swimming, long walks, talks about meaning of life...travel

• dancing
• traveling
• music
• volleyball
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Trial (Kafka), Borges, postmodernism, French philosophy, Sci-Fi, J.G. Ballard, Baudrillard, Foucault

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiked through France--quite lonely/daunting at first...I learned to be alone with myself...many hours spent waiting by the side of the road...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share English, French, a way of thinking/feeling positively about the world. I want to learn to be more curious, ask more questions, not take events for granted..