CURRENT MISSION

YOLO: You Only Live Once. To live mindfully, and be happy! :-)

ABOUT ME

I'm enthusiastic about life and all that that entails - love, loss, compassion, understanding, laughing, crying, learning, teaching, sharing, enjoying, dancing. I like to work hard, I like to party hard, but I also LOVE to relax hard! :-) After many years on the road I definitely feel a little older, and hopefully I'd like to think I'm a little wiser for it! :-) But still love all the same the wonder of travelling and the marvellous things it brings to you - maybe more than anything else in my life! :-) The best thing about travelling is that whatever you think you are, there'll always be someone out there to challenge it, and that's an amazing thing - you constantly are seeing the many sides of yourself, and discovering what you're about...

PHILOSOPHY

La vida es una.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just want to meet people, and CouchSurfing is a great way to do that...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Wicked. Met LOTS of very good CSs out there, and others that well, just opened my darn eyes.

Interests

Anything outdoors! Hiking (or just walking & using your legs in general! :-)), discovering the Philippine countryside on a motorcycle, & especially in the water, chasing waterfalls, snorkelling, diving, floating out in the ocean or floating down a river (floating is the key word here! ;-)), lazing on the beach.

And... Um, people, and all that helps you understand them, or us :-). So, that means - yoga (I've taught kids and adults volunteering, but I'm certified only for adults), languages for sure, travelling obviously, talking, I love talking haha, DANCING!, reading - something amazing about someone's thoughts and imagination on a piece of paper, a testimony of who we are, or what we're about.

Architecture, art, literature, music - what I think are all the colourful things in the world that make it go, and us, round!

• arts
• literature
• architecture
• dancing
• yoga
• walking
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• scuba diving
• teaching
• languages
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music from anywhere I've lived, including OPM (Original Pinoy Music) haha, Brazilian, Cuban, French... Joaquín Sabina, The Dodos, Fleet Foxes, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift (remember CS is about tolerance ;-)), Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, Joan as a Policewoman, Jeff Buckley, The XX, Bon Iver, Caetano Veloso, Vetiver; Le Professionel, Juno, The Misfits, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Central do Brasil, Jane Elliot Blue-Eyed/Brown-Eyed docos; The Autobiography of Malcolm X, 1984, Entre Les Murs, Roald Dahl, Fernando Pessoa, Mike Davis, Pí­o Baroja, The Jungle Book... LOTS! I'll keep thinking, and keeping adding more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

You smile at someone, and they smile back. A stranger, a lover, a teacher, a parent, a child, a family member. Evil begets evil, and kindness only returns kindness. Karma, baby, it's all about karma.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Germany, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, France, Philippines, Spain

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