CURRENT MISSION

enjoy working, eating, giving, and thinking with those who make my life richer

ABOUT ME

In Japan, I rented scuba gear and needed to take public transport to get back. So I put on some gear that I couldn't carry and stopped at a grocery store to get a snack.
Ended up making a local friend, going out for soba, having a great conversation and then she gave me a ride home.

I feel like my whole life is like this. a little bit ridiculous but nevertheless one pleasant surprise after another.

PHILOSOPHY

observe

learn from children

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Sitting in the kitchen hanging out with my host's mom in Mongolia. Talking and eating, bringing and drinking, living and cleaning. thanking.

Spent a day talking with and exploring the jungle or the city with hosts and other travelers. learning about each other and ourselves.

Interests

people watching. talking about why and how everything. learning new songs on guitar. food. reading. trees. rivers and other bodies of water.

• culture
• education
• dining
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• scuba diving
• swimming
• economics
• teaching
• languages
• psychology
• rivers
• dance

Music, Movies, and Books

The works of Chekhov, Orhan Pamuk, Graham Greene, Walker Percy, Flannery O'Conner, Kite Runner, the works of Jane Austen, O. Henry Short Stories, Marilynne Robinson, fairy tales, and any good story, the Aeneid, Pygmalion by Shaw, Shakespeare especially Hamlet, CS Lewis, GK Chesterton, Dr. Seuss, Anne of Green Gables...

I like blues, bluegrass, yodeling, Amy Winehouse, the Cranberries, Tears for Fears, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Lake Street Dive, Ragtime, Yoyo Ma, live music with an upright Bass, Jazz piano, Handel, Bach, Stevie Wonder, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, dancing to techno, Bon Iver, Irish melodies, ratatat, harmonica, mandolin, Cat Stevens, Billy Joel, The Beatles....

I grew up in America without a TV...
I am not good at remembering the movies I have seen, I am don't watch TV much, I liked Amelie, Life is Beautiful, Mary Poppins, Die Hard, Men in Black, Napolean Dynamite, Tobacco Road, Miyazaki films, The gods must be crazy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

swam across the Yellow River

Teach, Learn, Share

love to learn about food, culture, your family, languages, new songs your favorite places in your neighborhood, economics particular to where you are

What I Can Share with Hosts

can share my experiences in education philosophy, child development/psychology, Montessori philosophy

love to teach swimming

you can practice your Mandarin Chinese and English with me

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, France, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, United States

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