Aloha mother earth. It's me a half German half Indonesian mixture. I am born and raised in Berlin and I'm very grateful having found CS which allowed me to meet marvellous people from all around the globe. The idea of CS is still fascinating me and it improves my way of travelling, my way to understand the diversity of our planet. I'm always keen to meet new people no matter which ethnic background, skin color, gender, age, sexuality etc feel free to contact me. I really do admire omotenashi, the japanese way of hospitality and I try to let my guests feel that way.

PHILOSOPHY

Love and laugh break down all barriers

Trying to wander around the world by only observing and not judging is a job itself

"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land--every color, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike--all snored in the same language."
~ Malcolm X

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

You know that feeling? You travel somewhere, a new world you explore, maybe not even have the vaguest notion of the language, culture or characters or how to get from x to z. Then from nowhere a 'saint' appears and brings you fragments of the puzzle. I hope I can be that one and I'll have some big pieces for you. ;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

and Hospitalityclub experience as far as I remember ;)

was hosted in:

Quebec - Canada,
Geneva - Switzerland,
Taipei - Taiwan,
Brisbane - Australia 3x,
Riga - Latvia,
Rimouski - Canada,
New York - USA,
Udon Thani - Thailand,
Hue - Vietnam,
Osaka - Japan 2x,
Khon Kaen - Thailand,
Grenoble - France,
Praha - Czech republic,
Lyon - France,
Istanbul - Turkey 2x,
Bucharest - Romania,
Bratislava - Slovakia,
Hiroshima - Japan,
Ubud - Indonesia,
Yogya - Indonesia,
Bandung - Indonesia,
Singapore,
Cibubur - Indonesia,
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia,
Amsterdam - Netherlands,
Muscat, Oman
Seoul, South Korea

hosted people from:

Buenos Aires - Argentina,
Andhra Pradesh - India,
Geneva - Switzerland,
Fortaleza - Brazil,
Santa Cruz - California,
Grenoble - France,
Aberdeen - Scotland,
Riga - Latvia,
Rostock - Germany,
Asturias - Spain,
Bukarest - Romania 2x,
Utrecht - Netherlands,
Madrid - Spain,
Tampere - Finnland,
Hilversum - Netherlands,
St Petersburg - Russia -
Sapporo - Japan,
Poznan - Poland,
Pusan - Korea,
Perth - Australia,
Akron - USA,
Hong Kong - China 2x,
London - UK,
Shawinigan-Sud - Quebec - Canada,
Kokkola, Finland,
Paris - France,
Istanbul - Turkey,
Tokyo - Japan,
Osaka - Japan,
Boston - USA,
Bayreuth - Germany,
Yogyakarta - Indonesia,
Busan - South Korea
Seoul - South Korea
Kaosiung - Taiwan
Hsinchu - Taiwan
Taipei - Taiwan
Hongkong - China
Bishkek - Kyrghystan
Liuzhou, Guanxi Province - China
Seoul - South Korea
Paris - France
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Nanjing, China
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Sichuan, China
Marburg, Germany

Interests

cooking veggie asian dishes, photography, 777 takeoffs, airlines, photo journalism, infected by the travel bug, dancing to all kinds of music especially to electronic stuff like techno-house-minimal but also worldbeats or just pure drums, listening to good varied music, driving a delivery van is like meditating, to go on a journey - it's the best feeling in the world, get lost somewhere without a map or guidebook, nature, hiking, beach, learning japanese, sleeping in the grass - tent - night train - at CS places - under the stars, hosting people of course

Music, Movies, and Books

|Pictures|

I love movies which make me think, rather than entertain:
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang movies - he is the best in particular Last life in the universe, Wong Kar-Wai movies (chungking-express), American Beauty, Waltz with Bashir, A Thousand Times Goodnight, Into the wild, Gondry Jim Jarmusch David Lynch Coen Brothers Takashi Miike Takeshi Kitano Park Chan-wook movies, Kim-Ki-Duk Melancholia, Okuribito and all films about Tokyo and japan, The Lives of Others, documentaries on Arte

{Ears}

So many various stuff I'm listening to just to give you an example:
Bristol Trip Hop, Korean House and Indie, Berlin Techno, Kora music from Mali, Seattle Grunge
Still Corners, Mathew Johnson, Sona Jobarteh, LTJ Bukem, Crumb, Buena Vista Social Club or just just drums and Hihat

[Papers]

Safran Foer, Erich Fromm, Kübler-Ross, Remarque, Sartre, Mitch Albom, Hermann Hesse, Murakami, Orwell, indonesian tales, Lonely planets, atlas and maps,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

countless, being lost without guidebook and not able to read chinese characters in Taipei.
sleeping in a capsule hotel in tokyo is surreal.
every takeoff feels surreal and riding motorcycle in dense indonesian traffic,
meeting good souls on this website is amazing and I will never refuse a hop in a Japanese Onsen.

Teach, Learn, Share

“I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.”-Rosalia de Castro-

What I Can Share with Hosts

I do have some knowledge about photography and I am happy to share my vision, thoughts or perception about it.

I am also an eager vegetarian cook and cooking for me is meditating.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Jersey, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Thailand

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