CURRENT MISSION

be AWESOME! :D

ABOUT ME

I'm an IT practitioner, freelance technical writer, and a part-time English tutor. I love to travel, experience different cultures, and meet new people. One of my goals/dreams is to travel around the world!

PHILOSOPHY

Travel. Taste. Learn. Live.

check out my website: https://thisiskirby.com/
Instagram: _thisiskirby

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Host and/or hangout whenever I can!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted:
December 2013 - Waldemar (Kazakhstan)
February 2014 - Tam (Vietnam)
May 2014 - David (USA)
July 2014 - Vivian (Brazil) and Becky (England)
November 2014 - Thao (Vietnam)
August 2016 - Gabor (Hungary)

Surfed:
April 2014 - Onn (Malaysia)
April 2014 - Ken (Malaysia)
September 2014 - Harry (Vietnam)
September 2014 - MaiHA (Vietnam)
September 2014 - Tran (Vietnam)
January 2016 - Junior (Philippines)
January 2016 - Rica (Philippines)
February 2016 - Kenneth (Malaysia)
February 2016 - Brian (France)
February 2016 - Rita (Portugal)
February 2016 - Matteo (Italy)
February 2016 - Thomas (Switzerland)
February 2016 - Rudolf (Germany)
February 2016 - Stefan (Germany)
February 2016 - Christoph (Czech Republic)
February 2016 - Mara (Netherlands)
March 2016 - Hsi (Belgium)
March 2016 - Piotr and Ela (Poland)
March 2016 - Michal (Poland)
March 2016 - Heribert (Germany)
March 2016 - Matthias (Germany)
March 2016 - Andrej (Slovakia)
March 2016 - Waldo (Austria)
March 2016 - Gábor (Hungary)
March 2016 - Adelais (Greece)
March 2016 - Ian (England)
April 2016 - Richard (England)
April 2016 - Sisi and Silver (Estonia)
April 2016 - Jean Michel (France)
April 2016 - Onn (Malaysia)
May 2016 - Steve (Indonesia)
May 2016 - Yusuf (Indonesia)
June 2016 - Kelly (Thailand)
February 2017 - Trevor (Japan)
February 2017 - Erika (Japan)
February 2017 - Agustin (Japan)
April 2017 - Burak (Turkey)
August 2017 - Murad (Maldives)

Hang out:
December 2013 - NYE Countdown
January 2014 - CNY at Clarke Quay
March 2014 - Rang De Holi
June 2014 - CS gathering at Wine BOS
July 2014 - Dinner at Arab Street
September 2014 - Saigon International Friends Meet-Up
September 2014 - Manila's Thirstday CS meet up
January 2015 - Picnic at Marina Barrage
February 2015 - Easy Southern Ridges Hike
March 2015 - Rang De Holi
March 2015 - Evening Picnic at Gardens by the Bay
April 2015 - Couchsurfer's Casual Barbecue
April 2015 - Authentic Thai Cuisine @ Golden Mile Complex
April 2015 - CS Singapore weekly meet up! @ Prince of Wales, BQ
April 2015 - Kilo After Dawn... BBQ Block Party
May 2015 - Saturday Hike / Picnic
May 2015 - Pulau Ubin Cycling Trip
June 2015 - The Friends & Food Social! #FFS
June 2015 - CS Singapore weekly meet up! @ Prince of Wales, BQ
July 2015 - Explore Fort Serapong
July 2015 - Secret Free Party for Friendly People
July 2015 - CS Singapore weekly meet up! @ Zsofi Tapas Bar
August 2015 - CouchCrash SG
August 2015 - Le August
September 2015 - Thai Festival 2015
September 2015 - CS Singapore weekly meet up! @ Prince of Wales, BQ
September 2015 - CS Singapore weekly meet up! @ Prince of Wales, BQ
September 2015 - Chinatown Mid Autumn Festival 2015
November 2015 - A Lazy Late Afternoon @ Coney Island
November 2015 - Lazy Afternoon Picnic & Games @ Sentosa Island
January 2016 - Sinulog PRE-GAME
January 2016 - The Hobbit House Sinulog Happy Boat 2016
January 2016 - Sinulog Day House Party
February 2016 - Jed's TGI Friday!
March 2016 - Couchsurfing Leuven Monthly meeting
March 2016 - An early spring hike
March 2016 - Karaoke Wednesday The Original
March 2016 - The way to Ithaca
March 2016 - Official CS Edinburgh - Wednesday Meet up
April 2016 - CS Singapore weekly meet up! @ Prince of Wales, BQ
May 2016 - Under the Bridge - Micro Festival
June 2016 - CS Singapore's 10th Anniversary Gathering!
June 2016 - CS Bangkok weekly hang out @SKATE BAR
July 2016 - Singapore Food Festival

Interests

Books. Movies. Music. Food. Beatles. Religion. Philosophy. Star Wars. Beaches. Travel...Travel...Travel.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Star Wars. LOTR. The Shining. Stand by Me. The Patriot. Battle Royale. Titanic. Gangs of New York. Into the Wild. The Shawshank Redemption. The Matrix. Inception. Pay it Forward. Gladiator. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. City of God. Bourne Trilogy. Fight Club. Interview with a Vampire. The Lion King. Dawn of the Dead. Shaun of the Dead.

TV Series:
Game of Thrones. Breaking Bad. 24. HIMYM. Walking Dead. South Park. The Simpsons. FRIENDS. Family Guy. Suits.

Music:
Beatles. Jason Mraz. James Taylor. Led Zeppelin. Coldplay. Eric Clapton. Flight of the Conchords. Lou Reed. The Black Keys. The Rolling Stones. Alt-J. Gorillaz. Black Eyed Peas. Rod Stewart. Queen. R.E.M. . The Killers. Red Hot Chili Peppers. AC/DC.

Books:
Religion. Detective Fiction. Philosophy. Biography.
Jonathan Kellerman, Paulo Coelho, Brad Meltzer, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens are my favourite authors.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quit my job, travelled a month in Asia, 2 months in the Philippines, and 3 months Backpacking through Europe!

Teach, Learn, Share

Are you keen to learn UNIX operating system? If yes, message me, and I'll be happy to teach you! :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom