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Overview

  • 10 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Estonian; learning French, Russian
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Full-time: Social Entrepreneurship / Hobby: Creative Writ...
  • Economics & Business Administration
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to be zen with a twist

ABOUT ME

Last countries visited: Indonesia and Malaysia. Without couchsurfing, however. It's not possible to couchsurf in the rainforest :D

PHILOSOPHY

Striving for alertness, ZEN. In everything. While remaining a curious human being open to many things, both fun-fun-fun and holiness :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Joined in May '09. Have hosted and been hosted. Grateful for everything that has been shared with me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have met couchsurfers in New York City, Madrid, London... and of course in Estonia!

Interests

* Management & training in general

* Social entrepreneurship & non-profit management

* Meditation, awareness and balance

* Creative writing

* Slow food, healthy lifestyle, nice wine

* Independent travels in and out Estonia, hiking, nature

* Intriguing cultural events and exciting social gatherings, varying from Silent Discos to... well the sky's the limit.

* Stimulating personalities, preferably with a good heart.

  • writing
  • dining
  • wine
  • meditation
  • chess
  • music
  • world music
  • hiking
  • entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Letjat zhuravli (RUS), 3-Iron (South Korea), The Edge of Heaven (DE), Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (FR), The Talented Mr Ripley, Vertigo, Eyes Wide Shut, AI, The Dreamers, American Graffiti, Punch Drunk Love, The Hours and many others.

MUSIC: Any music that suits the moment. Or forces the moment to suit the music.

BOOKS: Giovanni's Room, Another Country (Baldwin); Lolita (Nabokov); The Last Picture Show (McMurtry); Dangerous Liaisons (de Laclos); The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger); The Comedians (Greene); The Collector (Fowles); anything by P. D. James; and many others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* Have published two novels ;-)

Teach, Learn, Share

CAN TEACH:
* Anything related to successful management of social initiatives: from strategic planning to practical details of implementation.
* Creative writing.
* Chess.
* Philosophy related to meditation.
WOULD LIKE TO LEARN:
* New hiking routes!
* More about world music.

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