CURRENT MISSION

to be a productive member of society, when i'm drunk I make noise but otherwise I live quietly

ABOUT ME

I'm a friendly human being, an educated clown. When I was younger I would often sleep on beaches and in parks, but I softened up a bit: I turned into a couch slouch. I used to speak too much but now I've learned to listen; I'm broke but love to travel so couchsurfin' is a blessing.

PHILOSOPHY

I know that I know nothing. No one is inherently evil.
Carpe diem. If music is the food of love, then play on. I also try to keep in touch with my inner child. And keeping in touch with my outer child (my son, soon to be pluralized) is nice too.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't participated yet but am willing to do some translations (English to French).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only hosted up till now but I regularly get invited by people I meet. Last person who invited me actually owned some sort of hotel and plugged in the videoke. Good fun.

兴趣

Intellectual endeavours: languages, sociology, anthroppology, zoology, pedagogy, going to museums.
Daytime leisure activities: sports (basketball, hacky sack, tree climbing), music, going to the beach, reading stupid news stories on the internet.
Nightttime hobbies: drinking beer, being as hedonistic as possible, wandering around Marseille, drinking rhum, jumping up and down because of the music in my head.
Update: after living for two years in Asia, where I cut down on the rhum, I'm back in Paris and stayed home during the cold winter months.
Update to the update: I became a father (getting a second son in Sept 2013), so i kind of cut down on the obstreperous partying. I also have a little less time for couchsurfers. Oh, and I took a job in Beijing. I do like to host cool guests from time to time.

• dining
• beer
• partying
• drinking
• news
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• sports
• basketball
• rock climbing
• languages
• sociology
• tourism
• beaches
• parks

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: Buffet Froid, Brazil, Bad Lieutenant, Babel, Big Fish, Clerks, Les Enfants du Paradis, Things to do in Denver when you're dead, Life of Mammals, all Monty Python movies...
Music: intelligent rap, jazz, reggae, Argentinian tango, rock/pop rock, world music (that should do - I basically like chilled out tunes)... Oh yeah I'm also a big Tom Waits fan.
Books I really enjoyed: Freakonomics, Life of Pi, A Short History of Nearly Everything, The Man Who mistook his Wife for a hat, Crime and Punishment, Candide...

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Outwalked a guide in the Malagasy rain forest near Diego Suarez.

教，学，和分享

I've already officially taught French and English and translation. I've also taught hacky-sack, tree-climbing, juggling. I'm interested in intercultural issues.

我居住过的国家

China, France, Madagascar, Philippines, United Kingdom

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