CURRENT MISSION

To experience other cultures and lifestyles

ABOUT ME

South African, who lived in London for many years and who has now just moved to Brussels. Love watching the sun rise, snowball and pillow fights, lying on my back looking at the stars, gazing at the moon, chatting all night long, doing crazy things, smiling at strangers, spreading happiness, listening to music, jumping around, chilling out, spoiling my friends :-))

PHILOSOPHY

At worst we are immortal for a lifetime. The ride of our lives begins when we are born.

Is it possible to meet this moment with curiosity?

How does my experience change when I meet the world from my heart?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Got some good tips for Gothenburg and met up with someone in Berlin for a drink and she invited us to a party and to dinner at her house which was FAB!! We also met others at the part and were then invited to a club where a friend's band was playing. Also met up with couchsurfers in Andalucia.

I have hosted Bene from Germany.
I have helped Jens from Finland find people in London.
I hosted Susana from Berlin.

Interests

Film, photography, writing poetry and my thoughts, dancing, philosophy, psychology, cycling, smiling and laughing lots, having fun, drinking wine and chatting all night, dancing till my feet are sore.

5Rhythms, movement meditation.

I like art galleries and old buildings. Love Andalucia (in southern Spain), speaking Spanish, good food, finding pleasure in little things.

I like talking about deep things, silly things, and try to challenge myself to change for the better all the time. I am currently practising the amazing concept of unconditional love :-)

See my photos on Flick:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_grasse_matinee/sets/

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• design
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• meditation
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• music
• cycling
• languages
• psychology
• language exchange
• squash
• movement meditiation

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Arthouse and independent. Directors, Almodovar, Kusturica, Medem, Jarmusch, von Trier, Satyajit Ray, Kurosawa, Mizayaki, Monthy Python. Films: City of God, Lovers of the Arctic Circle, Amores Perros, Arizona Dreaming, Ghost Dog, Breaking the Waves, Dogville, Amelie, Delicatessan, Waking Life, The Apu Trilogy, The Chess Players, Three Colours Trilogy, Being John Malkovich, Gilbert Grape, Tillsamens, Night on Earth, Donnie Darko, Babette's Feast, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Le Grand Voyage, Bab'Aziz (The Prince who contemplated his Soul) etc. etc.
Music: funk, rock, indie, alternative, deep house, soul, african jazz, "world" music - , psy trance. Examples are Dead Can Dance, Björk, The Smiths, The Cure, La Brassbanda (mad Bavarian band - you should see them live!), Gotan Project, Manu Chao, Ojos de Brujo, Massive Attack, Pixies, Cure, Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Zaz, Ane Brune, Deep Dish, Pink Floyd, Ethiopiques, Jimi Hedrix, Bob Marley, Frankie Knuckles, etc.
Authors: Mostly non-fiction, philosophy, psychology, economics with socail justice, classic poetry/prose - Jostein Gaarder, Jean Cocteau, Rimbaud, Robert Johnson and Thomas Moore (Jungian), Shakespeare, Roald Dahl, Carlos Castaneda. Books: The Solitaire Mystery, 1984, Things Fall Apart, The Good Earth, The Value of Nothing, Prosperity without Growth, Small is Beautiful, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, "New Self, New World", William Shakespeare (yes, his writing is beautiful. I love it!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Canoeing down the Zambezi River at Victoria Falls through nature reserves past elephants playing in the river, and hippos half submerged in the water.

Dancing at a wonderful party with complete strangers in a container on the middle of a field in Berlin after meeting the DJ for the first time at a cafe in the afternoon.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English.
I can design webpages.
I can teach film-making skills and post-production.
Movement meditation

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking skills :-)
Movement meditation
How to use Traktor DJ software

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Wales, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, South Africa, United Kingdom

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