CURRENT MISSION

travel, adventure, cold beer, and a good night's sleep

ABOUT ME

i'm self-employed, so i'm either working all hours of the day and week or free to enjoy all that life has to offer.

i love travelling - natch! - and meeting people from all over the world. i'm laid back, more of a day person than a night hawk, and prefer pubs over clubs.

feel free to read my travel blog to learn more about me and my adventures.

PHILOSOPHY

"do not hesitate"

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

mostly hosting surfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

since i have gotten my own place i have hosted:

- february/march 2011 - branden
- january 2011 - madelyn
- december 2010 - tanis
- october 2010 - gisela
- september 2010 - daniel
- february 2010 - raz
- february 2010 - renee
- november 2009 - kristina + paul
- october 2009 - vincent + gt
- october 2009 - dana
- september 2009 - erik + giba
- september 2009 - fay + carl
- september 2009 - jack + helena
- july 2009 - marie-josee
- july 2009 - bernadette
- june 2009 - renee + mum
- june 2009 - sophie-anne
- june 2009 - scott + becky
- may 2009 - patrizia
- may 2009 - anika + timo

i have surfed with:

- october 2010 - raz
- may 2010 - keith + angela

兴趣

sailing, riding my motorcycle, teaching, writing, movies, cooking, languages, and of course traveling!

• writing
• design
• cooking
• beer
• drinking
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• blogging
• sailing
• languages

音乐、电影和书籍

i'm a movie-holic. i only read books to learn stuff: teaching, sailing, traveling, languages. so far, my one regret in life is not learning to play a musical instrument.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

local stuff: i have sailed/kayaked the gulf islands of bc. i have been face to face with a pissed-off black bear and escaped unscathed. i (and my liver) survived a summer of 24-hour sunlight and non-stop drinking in the yukon.

international stuff: i have survived quite a few 150-km/h, "lanes? what lanes?", manic honking taxi rides. i missed the last bus of the day on an island in greece and had to walk 30km to get back to town. i attended a hungi and "took the waters" in rotorua, new zealand. my camel tried to buck me off in tunisia.

教，学，和分享

i'm a professional instructional designer, trainer, and writer.

one of my passions is learning different languages. i'm currently focusing on speaking (not writing) mandarin chinese.

我游览过的国家

Austria, Canada, China, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

Canada, Germany, Taiwan

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