Hi there! I'm a colourful lefty guy who's into science and books and nature, living with three friendly ladies in a cosy sharehouse in the heart of Brunswick. I've worked as a researcher and teacher and volunteered a bunch. I'm a huge advocate of effective altruism. With travel I like to share life stories and philosophies and hopefully form some fond memories together.

Other assorted things I like/do: vegetarianism, cycling, flow arts, music festivals, swing dance, books, coffee/beer/red wine, meditation, sustainability.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet genuine people, learn something about each other, repay the incredible generosity I myself have received, and celebrate our common humanity.

Interests

Literature, indie films, music, science, psychology, meditation, philosophy, genetics, neuroscience, creativity, painting badly

• books
• literature
• wine
• red wine
• beer
• coffee
• vegetarian
• meditation
• movies
• juggling
• coding
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• teaching
• languages
• neuroscience
• psychology
• science
• statistics
• art
• sustainability
• effective altruism
• flow art

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Persepolis, Amélie, Choke, Seven Psychopaths, Pulp Fiction, Snatch, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wall-E, Paprika, Her

Music: Shpongle, Slothrust, Jon Hopkins, Nina Simone, Modest Mouse, the Dismemberment Plan, Radical Face, Built to Spill, Queens of the Stone Age

Books: Cat's Cradle (/Vonnegut in general), Handmaid's Tale, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Half of a Yellow Sun, Ender's Game, The Bell Jar, Lolita, To Kill a Mockingbird, Catch-22, Gone With the Wind, The Catcher in the Rye

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived through election riots in Cambodian and an earthquake in Nepal

Teach, Learn, Share

Juggling/poi/staff, guitar, bike repair, Python, random science facts, a vegetarian recipe or two

What I Can Share with Hosts

Meals, going out after work to see music and have food, a bike to borrow, a place to sleep, laughs

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Hong Kong, Israel, Jordan, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Cambodia, Nepal

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