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Overview

  • 55 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish, German, Spanish, Turkish; learning Esperanto, Russian
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • music
  • MSc at TKK in Mobile Computing
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

100 countries before turning 50

ABOUT ME

Studied computer engineering, like computers, music and traveling, try to improve myself in many aspects.

PHILOSOPHY

seize the day

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Participate the local events where I live and when traveling. Surf, host, spread the word.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In summer 2008 I've traveled all over Europe, stayed at the places of 16 members in 6 different countries and generally had great time with every single one of them. That's how it all started.

Interests

music, movies, computers, photography, chess

  • culture
  • photography
  • dining
  • flying
  • movies
  • chess
  • traveling
  • music
  • engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

music: mostly nordic bands; stratovarius, persuader, kreator, kalmah, catamenia, shade empire, eternal tears of sorrow, trail of tears, siebenbürgen, old man's child, tristania, dissection, draconian, illnath, graveworm, novembre, agathodaimon, equilibrium, haggard and so on.

movies: like psychothriller and related stuff the most, but don't limit myself to that. stanley kubrick would be my favorite director. the killing, pi, requiem for a dream, barry lyndon, a clockwork orange, the shining, funny games, le temps qui reste, dogville, the machinist, the tenant, fight club, seven, el secreto de sus ojos, oldboy.

if black mirror episode "white christmas" were released as a movie, it would probably be at the top of this list.

books: douglas adams, edgar allan poe, franz kafka, george orwell, cemal süreya, sabahattin ali.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Revontulet, Machu Picchu, flying a stunt plane over Wanaka, Tuska 2008, night cruise in St Petersburg, Gullfoss covered in white, becoming a Väinämöinen. Many wonderful places in many different countries.

http://bit.ly/visited0120

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm very interested in the culture and food of different countries. What I'd be able to share is probably my knowledge about music and computers, along with stories from past journeys.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Turkey

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