CURRENT MISSION

To learn, grow, discover, give, create, love and bake delicious bread!

ABOUT ME

I have a need to create, be it art, ideas, cards or baking I must take elements and pull them together and arrange them in ways that are interesting to me.
I volunteer at Trade Aid, which is a cause I feel passionate about.
I am learning about Zen Buddhism, and I love every single thing about Japan that it has has an influence upon- I would love to live in Japan some day.
I am also in love in Italy for the opposite reasons(FOOD/WINE), and will hopefully start Italian lessons soon. Any offers appreciated!

I do love a bit of cheap wine, but nice beer and good vodka with a dash of lemon and soda.

Most of all I think I love to grow and learn learn learn in many different ways.

PHILOSOPHY

I guess that it is important to me to strive more and more towards being able to experience life purely and directly. Also, to lose the tendency to be needlessly judgemental towards others. Not grasping on to experiences and things is important.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only just started my couch surfing journey but I hope I can meet lots of like-minded people and share some good conversations =)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not very experienced as of yet...

Interests

Creating, yoga, art, nature, tramping, baking, learning, satisfying conversations, watermelon, cooking, eating, talking, reading, walking, second-hand shopping, Buddhism, people, having a good boogie to some good music, exploring, contemplating, painting, drawing, films, live music, festivals, theatre, strong black coffee, teas...

• arts
• books
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• baking
• yoga
• walking
• shopping
• movies
• reading
• painting
• drawing
• music
• live music
• surfing
• buddhist
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: I love Virginia Wolf, Charles Dickens, D.H Lawrence, E. E. Cummings, Japanese poetry, a few Russian poets, Oscar Wild, Philip Pullman, Sherryl Jordan, Pablo Neruda, Rumi, Dalai Lama, Elizabeth Knox, Walt Whitman, Amy Lowell...I also enjoy non-fiction =)
MUSIC: Classical music, MIA, Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, Pixies, LCD Sound System, The National, Wolfmother, Black Keys, Beck, Antony and the Johnsos, James Brown, Beirut, Broken Bells, Cat Power, Feist, CSS, Florence and the Machine, Broken Bells, Fleet Foxes, Sigur Ros, Hop Chip, Grinderman, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Jose Gonzales, The Kills, Kings of Leon, Otis Redding, Bluesy/Rockabilly(need more education on this!),Radiohead, Nora Jones, SJD, Ryan Adams, Santogold, Fat Freddy'd Drop, Gin, St Vincent, The Temper Trap, TV on the Radio,Jimmy Hendrix, The XX, Wolf Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Naked and Famous, Mint Chicks, Frank Sinatra...
MOVIES: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Donnie Darko, Amalie, Grease, Flashdance, Studio Ghibli films, Tarkovsy's films, 2001: The Space Odyssey, Shawshank Repemption, Romeo+Juliet, 10 Things I Hate About You, Heavenly Creatures, The Squid and the Whale,Shortbus, Garden State, I'm Not There, Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Cove, Fight Club, Hedgehog in the Fog, The Labyrinth, Turtles Can Fly...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I notice many amazing simple things each day, too many.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well I have been getting into some serious bread baking, and am working on perfecting the traditional Russian sourdough/rye "black" bread. Collective bread-making and cooking sessions are welcome, especially followed by extensive consumption of baked goods.

I am fluent in Russian, so free lessons welcome, at your own risk!

I could teach you some simple book-binding too, a bit of painting I suppose.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Germany

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, Russian Federation

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