I'm Australian, Chinese and Canadian, gay and newly single (kind of).

I lost my job and UK visa in the pandemic and was stuck in France for 2 years.

Based on my new daily meditation practice I wrote a book called "Cradle Meditation: Accessing Joy" see www.cradlemeditation.com

I know a lot about massage, I'm a self-taught amateur and am happy to massage my friends and pass along what I know.

Now I'm travelling back to Australia via near and far east.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am hoping to be able to make friends in new towns I visit.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed
Jun 2011 New Delhi India
Jun 2011 Lugano Switzerland

Hosted
Jul 2011 Vicki & Adam from Regina
Jul 2011 Jim Fridrich from Gatineau
Apr 2012 Paul from Istanbul/Melbourne
Jul 2012 Raj from London

Interests

Since Covid lockdowns: Bob Dylan, mediation, tantra, writing book, cooking, guitar, cycling, wine, movies, music, books and exploring French towns with the dog.

Before Covid: Bob Dylan, opera, massage, electronic dance music

My best dish is pasta made from scratch though this is best done at home in my own kitchen. I do my Mum's crispy skin pork pretty well too.

• arts
• dining
• yoga
• partying
• drinking
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• tourism
• beaches
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Sea of Fertility (Yukio Mishima committed ritual suicide the day he finished writing it), Macbeth (full of sound and fury signifying nothing)
Movies: The Gold Rush (Chaplin), Dersu Uzala (Kurosawa), 9 tp 5 (Lily, Dolly and Jane), Kath and Kim (nice, unusual, different), Best in Show & Waiting for Guffman (Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest), Volver & Matador (Almodovar)
Music: Dylan, Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Kylie, Electronica - sometimes I want to listen, sometimes I want to dance

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair, Tasmania
Killarney Provincal Park, Ontario, in the fall
Circumnavigate Auckland in a kayak
Bergheim nightclub Berlin
Sydney Harbour Bridge climb at dawn
Watching a humpback whale play by our boat for 2hrs - Harvey Bay, Qld

Did you know that the last part of the disc of the sun (about a quarter) can turn green just before it sets? I've seen this so called "green flash" in Mexico.

Countries visited - almost 50.

Teach, Learn, Share

If my engineering career is lost, I want to become a meditation guru with a mini ashram in Lombok, Indonesia - green rice paddies and eternal summer. Or I'd be a tantric masseur.

I'd like to learn how to make lamian stretched noodles which I saw in Beijing in 1987.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Exuberance, wisdom and massage.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, France, Malaysia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

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