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Overview

  • 30 references 30 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French, German; learning Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Chef !
  • Clinical psychology. Journalism.
  • From Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Saving up for Indonesia and Japan next year.

Spreading the word, spreading the love.

ABOUT ME

Rather talkative.
Interested.
Straight-forward ; Open and direct communication is essential to me.
Life for me is all about sensory exploration and pleasure ; one could say I am a hedonist, but with high ethical standards.

I just love the absurdity of life !

PHILOSOPHY

To me it is more important to know why someone does something, rather than to judge anyone on their actions per se.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will pet any cat within my sight.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Those I had mostly turned out fine. Found friends and love. What else is there ?

Interests

People and their happiness/sadness. Literature. Nature. Language. FOOD / food-industry. Bio-ethics. Cats.

  • cats
  • writing
  • literature
  • ethics
  • dining
  • cooking
  • sports
  • muay thai
  • love
  • asia
  • underground music

Music, Movies, and Books

Films being made from the heart and not because of the advertisements.
Huge weakness for Lost in translation, Reservoir dogs and Mr. Nobody.
Everything by Ulrich Seidl is just great.

WATCH 'EARTHLINGS' ! WATCH IT !

Nick cave is superb, Leonard Cohen has been a well-established love of mine, as is Radiohead, even though I don't seem to listen to them any longer. The Belgian band dEUS has been delivering quality stuff for the past 20 years. I really love deep house/minimal, Arcade fire (funeral is a masterpiece), not a week goes by without A tribe called quest. I like old school jazz, instrumental melancholic music, 60's&70's funk & soul, German gothic and dark wave...
Let's say I have a rather eclectic taste, and at home music is around, always. Outdoors I prefer communicating with my surroundings.

Haruki murakami, Herman Hesse, Michel Onfray, Ian Mcewan, jonathan safran foer, paul auster, Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen,... love to read.

..to name just a few.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

c'est en faisant n'importe quoi qu'on devient n'importe qui.

Teach, Learn, Share

I d like to learn how to teach sharing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Passion. Reason. Love. Madness.
Fluctuating in intensity.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Laos, Myanmar, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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