| Mathieu Noir has been vouched for |
| Couch available | No |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 58% |
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| member since | August 27th, 2008 |
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| profile views | 774 |
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| age | 28 |
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| gender | Male |
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| membername | ABSALONE |
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| occupation | Learning sociology, reading, writing, playing music, and photographing with my vintage cameras |
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| education | again and again |
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| grew up in | Aix en provence (France) |
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Languages- FrenchExpert
- EnglishIntermediate
Groups I Belong To Wellington 2716:11502
Why: I live there so..
|  Aix-en-Provence 1874:10359
Why: I live in aix en provence , and the group is active
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Couch Information
No couch currently available for surfing. I'm living in the center of Aix en Provence, i live alone , i don't have pets , i don't smoke a lot in my appartement so if a no-smoker come , i'll don't smoke it's not a problem..
I can host anytime , i'm just working the days (somtimes i got free days ) and i don't stop working late.
I've a couch that i can unfold for 2 persons in my lounge..
I don't have a big appartement it's a 38m² with my separate room..
For the rest or a clearer explication , contact me Friends (31)
 Alina Savin
31, Female
Wellington, Wellington
New Zealand
Friends since July 2009
"je l'aime aussi"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
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 Christian Dufour
28, Male
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory
Malaysia
Friends since September 1999
"We were in college together"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
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 MARY CC
25, Female
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
France
Friends since November 2004
"By a friend"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Mathieu Noir
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 Mihaela Savin
26, Female
Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Friends since October 2009
"through my sister"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
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 Jérôme Mazouiller
27, Male
Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
France
Friends since June 2004
"grace a sofia"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Cédric Duliere
27, Male
Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
France
Friends since September 2007
"By JP and Mary"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Mathieu Noir
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 Vincent Burckel
28, Male
Saint-Martin-d'Heres, Rhone-Alpes
France
Friends since November 2009
"I know Mathieu through his girlfriend Alina"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Julie Delvaux
27, Female
Vins-sur-Caramy, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
France
Friends since November 2005
"A la faculté"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
2 10 |
 Talim
25, Female
Vaison-la-Romaine, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
France
Friends since November 2005
"I met him cause we were friends of friends..."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Dawn Blanquier
33, Female
Ballina, Mayo
Ireland (Republic of)
Friends since October 2008
"I hosted Mathieu and Mary for one night ;)"
Friendship Type: Friend
I vouched for Mathieu Noir
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Personal DescriptionI was living in Aix en provence ( France ) with my girlfriend, and we moved ( about one year ago) to Wellington ( New Zealand ), I worked for a while and I went back into studies, so now I am studying sociology, it was actually a better choice than I first thought, learning about (my own for now) contemporary and past society (and yourself include and appart) is a way to accurate my feelings and is leading me to a better understanding of contexts. Because knowing the space of freedom you got leads you to a better use of it and you finally extend it.How I Participate in CSI knew couchsurfing from friends, and I both hosted and travelled through this program.CouchSurfing ExperienceWell, that's a brillant extension of the hitch-hiking concept, the idea is about two people having something to offer to each other.InterestsI like doing what I try to call "art".
I am passionate about old photographic process ( darkrooms, negative combining, handtinting..)so you got chances to see me with my vintage cameras ( I carry my sweeties everywhere )
Music ( I play guitar, bass guitar and I like to compose songs -that I never finish- I know it's a shame..)
Sport ( Hockey and actually I'm like a cat who just need a game in which there is a ball to run after )
Travelling, but it is a very long subject to talk about, 'travelling to' and 'living in' are widely different ways of seeing things, and of feeling things, it touch to heaps aspects in our selfdefinition, so I am mainly wondering, in our 'authentification process' era, which goals do we look for and achieve (here and there), of course there is no unique answer, that's why i am still wondering about that.
And you might have guessed, but I like to discuss, discuss and discuss, but well, it makes me apreciate the silence aswell.PhilosophySo this opinion is personal :
Knowing and using the interval of freedom I have, it leads to an optimistic state of mind rather than an escape attitude. Learning a context and learning how chains are made helps me more to liberate myself than having a utopia in which I imagine that these chains wouldn't exist. Music, Movies, Booksmusic : The Doors, trio Joubran, Ezekiel, Air, Agnes Obel, Myself, Nick Drake ...ect..
Books : Mainly my sociology stuff, and News papers like "courrier international"
Movies : Well, my Types of People I enjoyPeople who enjoy meOne Amazing Thing I've Seen or DoneI do not know, maybe moving my 2 meters high fridge to the third floor (where I lived in France) without expensive collateral damagesLocations TraveledTRAVELED: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Guadeloupe, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Romania, Spain
LIVED: France, New Zealand
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 From Vanessa Loke Singapore, Singapore
May 3  Positive it was such a pity i only got to host mathieu for ONE night! lol...i do thank him ALOT for downloading songs for me on my macbook. decided to play one song at a time, n hey who knows! by the time i go through wats in my folder, i'll meet mathieu again! x
 From Lotta and Jörg Schneidemesser Erfurt, Germany
Oct 31, 2011  Positive Mathieu and Alina are a lovely couple - well-travelled, spontaneous, generous and a pleasure to be with! We would love to be your flatmates - and then do some nice cooking together. And it would be cool to do some tramping! Looking forward a lot to our time here in Wellington with Alina and Mathieu!
 From Paul Stephanus Wellington, New Zealand
Aug 27, 2011 Positive Mathieu and I have been living together in Wellington for a few months now. He is a formidable chess player, and a brutal wrestler. If you are a musician, a photographer, or a social critic, this is the guy to hang out with.
 From Greg LONGIN Strasbourg, France
May 9, 2011 Positive Yeah it was pleasure to have you (both) at home. I liked very much the late evenings on the balcony drinking your "T-punch" rum while learning about each other and sharing one's world vision.
And the ride and walk in town.
Meeting Mathieu is as natural as water flowing from spring... And he is never in lack of questions about human (himself, you, human being...)
Hope to come and see you in N.Z
 From Siying Goh Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jun 22, 2010 Positive Mathieu plays some wicked guitar! Honestly. (: He is friendly, kind, funny and considerate. He made the effort to find out more about my interests and was really generous! I wish we had more time to hear him play more music. I am always very happy to meet a fellow musician out there on the side of the world. Keep on creating music! (:
From Vincent Burckel Saint-Martin-d'Heres, France
Apr 3, 2010  Positive Mathieu is cool and very interesting, I enjoy discussing with him for hours and hours, about different subject like photos, projetcs, travelling through the world in which we live. He has good ideas and good tips to give to the others. I shared with him a nice day skiing near Grenoble in very good snow, hopefully we'll share other trips soon... see you man!
 From Hamac Rijeka, Croatia
Sep 12, 2009 Positive You survived whole summer with your i-don't-eat-travel. congratulations! I spent short but nice time with you. now it is my turn for holiday so maybe we will really go on cheese tour.
 From Robert Sertic Rijeka, Croatia
Jul 27, 2009 Positive Mathieu was one of our international group this weekend, and i hope he had enough fun with us lazing around at the beach, seein a bit of the nightlife in Rijeka, and the nearby interesting places.
I hope he has fun on his travels and keeps practicing his english so he'll be a pro in no time! :) I cant wait to get the opportunity to visit him in France some day. Merci Mathieu!
 From Alla Khalitova New York, United States
Jul 7, 2009 Positive Mathieu is a marvelous and interesting host! Thanks for letting me crash on your couch for two nights and letting me draw on your fridge! I'm still impressed with your hat collection, boxed rum, and song writing skills (... school girl? ahahah) Come to San Diego- it's not Mexico, but close enough right?
 From Marty Morales Barcelona, Spain
Dec 26, 2008 Positive black? quoi?! what?! monsieur black what can i say thanks for letting me live in your sejour for 2 weeks. this is a great guy in many many respects and i am glad to have made a friend who fights the good fight for art. i bet you haven't cleaned up still.
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