CURRENT MISSION

To expand my travels/experiences, meet interesting people, and utlimately to teach English in Latin America, or Japan somewhere...

ABOUT ME

Hello, مرحبــا, Kaixo, 你好, Saluton, Terve, Salut, Hallo, Γειά, Aloha, שלום, नमस्त, Góðan daginn, Dia dhuit, Ciao, 今日は, Сәлем, nuqneH, 안녕하세요, ສະບາຍດ, Salve, Sveiki, Ellohay, Yá'át'ééh, Сайн  уу, Hei, سلام, Cześć, Oi, Привет, Hola, Hujambo, Hej, สวัสดี, Xin chào, Molo, Pa diuxi, Sawubona :)

(Don't see yours? Let me know, and I'll add it!...)

Above^^ was supposed to be "Hello" in many languages, but a CS change scrambled it:( Oh well. "Hello":) To see (and hear!) all the "hellos", go to http://www.swamistuff.com/stuff-ling-'Hello'InManyLanguages/stuff-ling-'Hello'InManyLanguages.html.

Father was an engineer; mother was an artist. Both sides of my brain are continually going!

PHILOSOPHY

Respect yourself, others, and nature; the rest will fall into place...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surf, host, attend local CS Group gatherings, and hold regular Multi-Lingual SCRABBLE event! Plus, created/moderate Photography Aficionados of Orlando group (travel-centric)

SURFED 2009 (Japan) (3):
Kyoko (Yokohama), Eri (Nara), Haruna (Nara).

GUESTS TOTAL: 70 (as of Jan 2012)

GUESTS 2010 (29):
Anya, Chris - “Kicken” & “Bitten” – Terence - “Dom”, Mark – Beverly - Matias – Glamis – Yulia - Sergi - Ana - Tsuru - Kaja - Blair - Joseph & Lauren - Annemarie, Melissa - Chris, Pat - Lian, Tina, Catherine - Barbara - Jenny - SaeHaeNa, InKyun.

GUESTS 2011 (38)
Julia, Maria - Paulo & Conny - Jacques - Dani & Morit - Isi & Carola - Ilia, Olga, Aleksandr - Johannes, Tamara - Cris - Alex & Cindy - Edwin - Debasis - Yevgen - Ling Ling - Luis, Kevin - Johnny - Mahhad - TaeSeop, Nori - Piotrek & Kasia - Alek & Kala - Jamie, Jezel - Jonathan - Petar & Irena - Joash, Jo-Ann.

GUESTS 2012 (3, as of Jan 2012):
Scott & Tume & Baby-O.

COUNTRIES HOSTED (29, as of Jan. 2012):
Argentina - Australia (2) - Austria (6) - Belarus - Canada (4) - China (3) - Colombia - Croatia (2) - England - Germany (7) - India - Indonesia/Finland - Ireland - Israel (2) - Japan (2) - Mongolia (3) - The Netherlands - New Zealand (2) - Pakistan - Poland (5) - Russia (3) - S. Korea (3) - Singapore (3) - Spain - Sweden (3) - Ukraine (2) - U.S.A. (7)...

Multi-Lingual SCRABBLE (~30 events!)
http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=46015

Photography Aficionados of Orlando (PAO)http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=45245

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Enjoyed couchsurfing thru Japan in 2009. Hosted my first surfer in JAN-2010, plus many more after! All experiences have been enriching and AWESOME!:) Looking forward to couchsurfing thru South America, soon...

Interests

Culture, language, music, yoga, origami, poetry, math, science, physics (especially Relativity), computers, cooking, politics, philosophy, comparative religion, skateboarding, rollerblading, biking, parkour, and MUCH more!

• culture
• poetry
• photography
• cooking
• yoga
• politics
• traveling
• origami
• music
• cycling
• skateboarding
• engineering
• languages
• mathematics
• physics
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Baroque, Rock, Jazz/Jazz Fusion, Reggae, Flamenco, etc.
MOVIES: Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, West Side Story, etc.
BOOKS: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Politics of Ecstasy (T. Leary), Chaos: The Making of a New Science (J. Gleick), etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

SEEN: 10,000 hippies meditating for world peace and healing at Rainbow Gathering in Colorado. In fact, I was one of them!:)

DONE: Wound up in little village in India hanging w/ children and sharing origami w/ them:)

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH: English.
LEARN: Culture.
SHARE: Enthusiasm.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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