Denise Thomas 25, Female Silverton, Colorado United States Friends since August 2006 "We are Film students who had class together" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Will Baker
Loc Duong 24, Male San Francisco, California United States Friends since August 2008 "we work together" Friendship Type: Friend
Shirley Rapoport 25, Female Jerusalem, Jerusalem district Israel Friends since July 2008 "took me to see a beautiful botanical garden" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
A former film student at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL (VERY new program). Currently in pursuit of a degree in Political Science w/ emphasis in International Relations.
I enjoy cooking (typically for my wife and myself, but guests are always welcome). We love hosting people and will gladly show anyone the sights in and around St. Louis and the metro East.
CouchSurfing Experience
Virgin
Interests
(Go / Baduk / Weiqi 围棋)
Web Development
Asian culture
A lot of DotA (lately)
Philosophy
Non-pushy Christian (who wishes that qualifiers like that weren't necessary). Personal philosophy is what works for that person though. Live w/o regrets, even if that means retroactively not regretting stupid things you've done in your past. Do stupid things often.
Music, Movies, Books
Casablanca
Dune
Teach, Learn, Share
A little bit of:
- Chinese
- German
- Spanish
- (Go / Baduk / Weiqi 围棋)
Considerably more of:
- Enjoying the St. Louis / Metro East area
One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done
Introduced a large number of Chinese students to the tradition of Thanksgiving. The American students set up a buffet style dinner w/ all the classics (including a turkey that I made, which almost wasn't done on time). It was hectic, stressful, but most of all, it was a great time w/ friends from the other side of the planet (if I'd ever dug that hole I was always talking about, maybe I'd have met them sooner, huh?)
Every day for me is an opportunity to be an ambassador and that's a blessing I don't look upon lightly.
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will is an observer-absorber person, kind and open-minded, his eye not missing on the little beautiful things in our world. i had a great time and learned a great deal from him.
From Denise Thomas Silverton, United States Jun 12, 2008
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Chicago
Tai chi
