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Overview

  • 31 references 25 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish, Turkish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • heuu???
  • cinema, urban studies, agriculture, agronomy
  • From Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
Working at montreal botanical garden
Visiting Taipei and Tokyo, first time in Asia.

ABOUT ME

I'm a easy going person who like to do many things. I'm a insatiable learner person and a avid reader.I'm open to all kind of people and I like good community living. I can be reserved or outspoken depend on the context. I considered myself being part of the rational/humanist community but I'm open to all kind of beliefs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Some people may say you have to work on your Karma . For my part I just think that after using couches all around the world it is my time to host and try to be a good one.

Interests

Playing music, reading, skateboard, weight lifting, running,urban agriculture and urban ism, Cinema, riding my bike around town, filming, documentary,photo,food,sit in a parc and do nothing, piano,guitar, walk, hikking, cook, learn language, be in a very different culture then mine...travelling,

Some short documentaries I did some years ago:
https://vimeo.com/user7482248

  • culture
  • documentaries
  • dining
  • cooking
  • gardening
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • cycling
  • agriculture
  • carpentry

Music, Movies, and Books

A separation(Asghar Farhadi),winter sleep(nuri Bilge), Biutiful ,Amores Perros, beast of the southern wild, Mal education,carnet de voyage,Gaz bar blues,science of sleep, nouvelle vague francaise like Truffaud, Turkish cinema,Yasamin Kiyisinda, Emir kustcurica movies, la bataille d'Alger,

I listen to all kind of music (blues, folk,electronic, balkan music,Turkish music,classical, rock,french music and much more...My favorite would probably be , Leonard Cohen, Richard Desjardins and Chopin. But latetly: Nicolas Jaarr, Nils frahm, timber timber,

I wish I would read more novel but those days I'm reading more social books like essay. I like reading about anthropology, origin of agriculture, political science, history, climate change and risk management, epistology, science.... Those are the one that I enjoy lately: the peace that end all peace(David Fromkin)/ demoniac male/gun, germs and steel/

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did many different jobs in my life and in many different places. I sold Christmas trees in New-York-I pick cherries in British colombia-I was a waiter in Dublin- a ''tourist guide'' in Istanbul and working in the construction in France and in Nunavut

Teach, Learn, Share

I guess I can teach many things but none of them properly :)

piano, guitar, french, english, building stuff, agriculture, photography...

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Ireland, Turkey

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