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Overview

  • 13 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Portuguese
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Poet
  • Theater, International Student
  • From Alcala de Henares, Spain
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel the World

ABOUT ME

I'm Spanish from birth, came of age in Hong Kong, and have lived in the US for the past 4 years.

Soy español de nacimiento, pero pasé mi adolescencia estudiando con una beca en Hong Kong y después en EE.UU

PHILOSOPHY

Today, I believe in the possibility of love, that is why I endeavor to trace its imperfections, its perversions. Frantz Fanon

Hoy creo en la posibilidad del amor; por eso intento trazar sus imperfecciones, sus perversiones.
Frantz Fanon

Interests

Theatre, opera, laughter, literature, Indian food, Shostakovich, poetry, zazen, harmonica playing, Peter Brook, languages, history, Won Kar Wai and Kim Ki Duk, running, swimming, rock climbing.

  • literature
  • poetry
  • dining
  • indian food
  • running
  • traveling
  • opera
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Pedro Paramo (Rulfo), 1984 (Orwell), Midnight's Children (Rushdie), Omeros (Walcott), The poem of Gilgamesh, Life of Pi (Martel), The Prophet (Gibran), Kafka on the Shore (Murakami), Siddartha (Hesse), The Master and the Margarita (Bulgakov), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Kundera), The Cave (Saramago), Libro de Frío (Gamoneda).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing the sun rise from the highest tower of Angkor Wat.

Having a picture taken with Ian McKellen

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, China, Denmark, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Netherlands, Spain, United States

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