CURRENT MISSION

Studying again for my masters...oh how I hate going to Manila!!!

ABOUT ME

In the Kapampangan universe, people know me as...

SIUALA DING MEANGUBIE
'voice of the departed'

I was born Mike Pangilinan (é½

PHILOSOPHY

本道無道
"The True Path is Really no Path"
- Chan Marnie Sensei

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

offering people a place to stay and sharing my culture with them...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I keep hosting... but no one is hosting me so far... haha... still a great way to meet new people with interesting experiences and background...

Interests

drinking tea, reading books, traveling, traditional Japanese martial arts, Oriental Philosophy, enjoying endless philosophical discourses, learning new things, understanding peoples cultures

• arts
• culture
• books
• walking
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• martial arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:七人の侍, 影武者, 赤ひげ, 椿の三十郎, 戦国自衛隊, 壬生義士伝, 雨が上がる, たそがれ清兵衛, 隠し剣 鬼の爪, プライド, 鋼錬金術師 (アニメ), 男たちの大和, 硫黄島からの手紙, Paprika (アニメ).

Music: 吉田兄弟, アジカン (Asian Kungfu Generation), ジン (Jinn), Glay, 宇多田ヒカル, Yui, Garnet Crow, ケツメイシ, ハイカラ(High & Mighty Color), Orange Range, Cool Joke, The Yellow Monkeys, Globe, 美空ひばり, 森進一, 鶴田 浩二, 水木 一郎 (Anime Theme Singer), 長渕剛, 薩摩琵琶, 薩摩兵小唄, 日本軍歌, 雅楽, 高野山真言声明, 演歌, 能楽, 日本の唄, คนกับควาย.

Books: 葉隠聞書 (山本常朝), 節度初心集 (大道寺友山), 五輪の書 (宮本武蔵), 兵法(孫子), 新太公記 (吉川英治), 武蔵 (吉川英治), Vagabond (井上雄彦), 子連れ狼 (小池 一夫), 海辺のKafka (村上春樹), 豊穣の海 (三島 由紀夫), 「NO」と言える日本 (石原 慎太郎 & 盛田昭夫), No Surrender: My 30 Years War (小野田 寛郎), 新歴史教科書, 平家物語, Prajnaparamitra Sutra, 大道経, 論語, First Man in Rome ~ October Horse (Colleen McCullough), Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco), Kant and the Platypus (Umberto Eco), What Nietzsche Really Said (Robert Solomon), Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris), The Chocolate Wars (Robert Courmier), The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice), Natural History (Joan Perucho), The Republic (Plato), Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas (Gaspar de San Agustin), El Filibusterismo (Jose Rizal), The Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling), Rage (Stephen King as Richard Bachman), Krazny Oktyabyr.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking around near the glaciers in the French Alps with just my shorts, short sleeved shirt and slippers was quite an unforgettable experience!!! Don't ask me what the temperature was... Haha!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Italy, Philippines, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Philippines

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