CURRENT MISSION

Save up enough dosh to venture out of southeast Asia

ABOUT ME

I can be an extrovert/introvert depending on a myriad factors but a bit of beer is always a good lubricant for social situations, I always say. If you don't do alcohol, that's fine too, cos I'm also a bit of a caffeine head. I don't function very well in social situations where there are more than 4 people, but I'm a good person to have a chat with one-on-one. You might be a character in one of my bestselling novels ... when I actually get round to writing one.

PHILOSOPHY

"There's hardly ever a situation where you'll be left with no choices, so take the gamble. Take the plunge. What's the worse that could happen?"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None as yet. Hoping to ease myself into this slowly.

Interests

Besides travel, I read quite voraciously and watch a lot of films. Part-time beer sampler. I've just started learning muay thai and I absolutely love it.

• writing
• beer
• movies
• traveling
• budget travel

Music, Movies, and Books

A sample of music that I like: The Frames, The Clash, Beastie Boys, Maximo Park, Loso, Rollling Stones, Blur
A sample of movies I like: The Bourne movies, Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Shaun of the Dead, Equilibrium, Once, The Die Hard movies, The Full Monty, Yamakasi
A sample of books I like: Middlemarch, To The Lighthouse, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ilium (hands down the best sci-fi book I've ever read), His Dark Materials Trilogy, The Space of City Trees (by Arthur Yap, a Singaporean poet), but one of my favourite writers in Julian Barnes and there hasn't been a book of his I didn't like.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Independent, budget travel.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Singapore

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