CURRENT MISSION

Being Portuguese

ABOUT ME

I once got into a fight with with three 7-year olds about who gets to use the public computer. After all, I got there first. I won.

I once had a mini-barbeque at my dinner table, holding the kangaroo-kebab to the candle light.

I annotate my sister's diary in invisible ink.

One of the above is a lie.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is about detours.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Mostly it is the local meetups I hang out at.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted 6 peeps.

Interests

People. Everybody I meet teaches me and changes me.

Places. I love going to new places to find myself as much as finding new vistas.

Cricket. I am a fanatic and can bowl a mean googly.

• arts
• bbq
• spelunking
• cricket

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Phone Booth, Nueve reinas, Oscar, Snatch. , Scent of a Woman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, In the mood for love, Munnabhai M.B.B.S., Let's Talk, Hard Candy, Io non ho paura, Un long dimanche de fiançailles, Before Sunrise, Crash, Valentín, Elephant, Equilibrium, Bang Bang You're Dead, The Prize Winner of Defiance-Ohio, The Usual Suspects, August Rush.... it goes on, man.

Music: I don't listen to mainstream stuff. Yes, I'm a snob like that. So, it is mostly Indie for me. I like finding unheard gems. Some of my fave artistes are Sigur Ros, The Cranberries, Helios, Lorna, Ikarus, Kings of Convenience, Early Day Miners, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Govinda, Karsh Kale, Badmarsh & Shri, Slowdive, Explosions in the Sky, Saxon Shore

Books: I'm a shallow reader. I read only thrillers. So, Ludlum, Brown and Forsyth. I absolutely LOVE Wodehouse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Finding out that all newborns look the same when my kid sis was born.

Spelunking in a California cave and crawling in cramped spaces with sticky mud and cool, unadulterated cave breeze, plus finding out a thing or two about my upper body strength :( The crystal clear lake inside the cave where you could see right down to the bottom was surreal!

Teach, Learn, Share

Sambhoga: the Ancient Indian art of easy living, or profound bullshitting :O)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Portugal, United States

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