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Overview

  • 20 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish; learning French, Japanese
  • 48, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Work for the government.
  • I majored in acting and world langauges.
  • From Portland, OR, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
Make the world smaller.

ABOUT ME
Every time I see a mountain I want to climb it and see what's on the other side. I love going out and having fun as much as I like spending lazy Sundays watching the rain and reading books. I like doing Jiu Jitsu and boxing as much as I enjoy reading well-written academic articles.

I love living in different countries, absorbing the cultures, the foods, the languages.
Vivi medio ano en la Argentina, un ano en Paraguay, y tambien trabaja por el gubierno de Mexico.

PHILOSOPHY
"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." - Oscar Wilde

How can I improve on that?

Interests

Having fun, MMA, BJJ, hiking, camping, surfing, clubing, bar hopping, and doing nothing!

  • books
  • dining
  • cooking
  • drinking
  • flying
  • reading
  • hiking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • boxing
  • jiu jitsu
  • emergency services
  • languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Fought in one war and one police action. Learned to fly planes, learned to speak Chinese and I cook a cook some pretty good Mexican-American food!

Teach, Learn, Share

My advice:
Seldom give advice - 98% need your advice, but won't listen. 1% already know what you know. For the 1% that does not know, but wants to learn, you have but to ask.
My advice for college students (especially Americans):
Take at LEAST one semester abroad. It will change your life forever.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, France, Haiti, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Haiti, Paraguay, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

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