I'm an old school Couchsurfer, and used to couchsurf when I was in my 20s! A recent conversation made me realize how I miss those connections I'd made while travelling and couchsurfing, and I hope to make more new connections through my travels.

I live in Japan and have been here for the past 15 years, but am Singaporean/Norwegian. I've lived a bit all over the place. I work at an NPO that's focused on education and social justice, and I love creating things, connecting with people, and just life in general.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I hope to meet more folks when I travel, and to learn from each other through sharing experiences!

Interests

Avid reader, explorer, and wanderer of the wild

• arts
• reading
• surfing
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Will keep this brief because listing would be tedious and irrelevant! But, anything interesting/out-of-the worldish/yet significant nonetheless is most appreciated.

Movies:
Big Wes Anderson fan, and lately enjoy anything that is not too pretentious and flashy.

Authors whose works I tend to enjoy:
The list is pretty exhaustive, so I'll skip it. The worst book that I ever (attempted to) read though, was the Lovely Bones. Horrendous. So bad I couldn't finish it but felt compelled to skim through because I usually finish books. Maybe that tells you something about me.

Music:
very specific but very open

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being a preschool teacher. I thought I hated kids but they can be pretty amazing. I hoard their art. (was what I wrote almost 20 years)

More recently -- still, teaching, but also organizing events and meeting people.

Also, all the couchsurfing I used to do.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy playing around with various things and maybe meeting various people will aid in these varied projects. I enjoy learning new languages and it's always fun trying to speak knowing you're not being understood. I can help you be misunderstood.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food! Stories! Experiences! Company and honesty..

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