CURRENT MISSION

Times are changing, let's try to keep up!

ABOUT ME

I work from home and travel whenever I can. I love a good yoga practice as much as I love my wine & cheese!

PHILOSOPHY

Everyone must decide for himself whether it is better to have a brief but, more intensely felt existence or to live a long and ordinary life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want to meet people that are traveling to my city, and likewise to meet people in their cities during my travels.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I mostly use the website just to meet people.

I live far from the city and find it inconvenient to host. And when I'm traveling, I usually book in homestays or hotels, whichever is available.

However in one of my travels to Palawan, Philippines, I found myself without any of these options and luckily I remembered I was on CouchSurfing. I found a gracious last minute host, who it turned out I had a common friend with and shared more than a few interests, including advocacies in education, film, and volunteering, to name a few.

It was quite a pleasant experience.

Interests

Beaches and fine white sand. Tattoos. Traditional tattoos. Yoga. Photography. Good Food. Freshly brewed coffee. Traveling. Jack Daniels. Charles Bukowski. Beau Taplin. David Bowie.

Aspiring to promote environmental awareness through conscious consumerism, living a zero waste lifestyle/ low impact movement and saying no to single-use plastic.

In no particular order. ;)

Music, Movies, and Books

I can listen to pretty much anything except country.

Current music obsession: Nicolas Jaar

I read everything from classics to Anne Rice, Chuck Palahniuk, Nicholas Sparks, Haruki Murakami and Paulo Coelho.

Watched Reality Bites hundreds of times.
Jerry Maguire
Almost Famous
Pulp Fiction
Factory Girl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled solo to Buscalan, Mt. Province in the Philippines to get my tattoo from the revered, Whang-Od, also known as the last "mambabatok" or traditional tattooer in the country.

She employs the hand-tap method using the thorn from a calamansi or pomelo tree.

While many people have already done this, I traveled through a not-so-popular route. I almost got lost a long the way. I miscalculated my schedule and it took some time but I got to see places other people have never been to.

I want to do it again. :)

Teach, Learn, Share

People who love life not because their life is perfect, but because it is flawed - they have struggled, maybe even lost but choose to triumph over it. Scarred people can also be beautiful. ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm a stickler for cleanliness especially in other people's homes. I can do a bit of cooking and cleaning. I have many stories to tell.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines