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Overview

  • 25 references 19 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Turkish; learning French
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • EFL teacher, and self-unemployed at heart (freelance tran...
  • American Studies, long time ago. Then kicked out of M.A. ...
  • From Bolu, Bolu, Turkey
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to prove the world I can do sth and start by finishing this sente...

ABOUT ME

An addict to lose and run away from things silently. Sometimes losing himself in a certain feeling of nostalgia with damaged screenshots from child/boyhood. A creature for shallow waters. Protagonist of his own low-budget independent dark sci-fi movie. A social disaster (And i like eating Iskender Kebap)
In short, quite boring and bored guy and I mean it! pfffff.

PHILOSOPHY

"Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness."*
That's what I'm trying to achieve.

*George Orwell

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

was a member of Turkish translation group.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

so far, I've only had the chance of being host for a CouchSurfer, that's all. Not quite an experience I suppose... I didn't get anything in fact from this and doubt if I did the things in a wrong way. I hope I change this in the future.
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well... that was my opinion about one year ago. Meanwhile, I had some opportunity to travel, experience CS as guest and also host some other people. Here is my cs experience so far, chronologically...
-somebody from CA, USA (not sure about his name, probably Andrew)
-Tim from Germany (through HC)
-Jevgenijs from Russia (through HC)
-Fabrice from France (through HC)
-Ian from Canada
-Nathan from France

People who hosted me:
-John and Molly from Seattle,USA
-Deniz from Ankara, Turkey
-Serkan from Antakya, Turkey
-Veysel from Erzurum, Turkey

Interests

cinema and literature generally and some genres; Sci-fi and fantasy, gothic, horror, suspense, film-noir;
graphic novels and comics;
mythology and myths;
animes;
tv-series
popular culture, cultural relationships and interactions;
different kinda food or food generally.

  • culture
  • literature
  • dining
  • comics
  • movies
  • traveling
  • history
  • sci-fi

Music, Movies, and Books

Oldboy, Aoi Haru, Le Haine, Equilibrium, The X-Files, El Labirento Del Fauno, Big Fish, Bin-jip, The Descent, Cube, The Big Lebowski, Gemide, Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam, any Batman Movies (especially The Dark Knight), The Heat, The Matrix, Dark City, Paradise Now, The Terminator (doesn't matter which one. Including TSCC. Even the third or fourth)...
Or some pieces of work by Terry Gilliam, Michael Mann, Alex Proyas, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky.

some genres of Metal (Heavy, Nu, Gothic, Power etc.), Rap, Gothic, Ethnical or Folk

1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Lord of the Rings, A Scanner Darkly, I am Legend... anything from E.A.Poe and H.P.Lovecraft. Works by Ihsan Oktay Anar. Swords&Sorcery tales.
Works by Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Promethea...) and Neil Gaiman. Hellboy. Preacher (which one is cooler: Saint of Killers or Cassidy?).

The Sopranos, Game of Thrones and True Detective

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was a child, one time I tried to go through the sea with my slippers (I probably thought that I could walk easily through it). It didn't take much time to realize that I couldn't. When I returned back to the beach, I saw that one of my slippers were missing.

Teach, Learn, Share

firstly; anything from my own country and culture (such as Turkish cuisine). it can be also about literature, history and myths. I expect the same to learn from others.

What I Can Share with Hosts

my awkward moments... (i got plenty of them).

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States

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