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Über mich
I'm Australian, Chinese and Canadian, gay and newly single (kind of).
I lost my job and UK visa in the pandemic and was stuck in France for 2 years.
Based on my new daily meditation practice I wrote a book called "Cradle Meditation: Accessing Joy" see www.cradlemeditation.com
I know a lot about massage, I'm a self-taught amateur and am happy to massage my friends and pass along what I know.
Now I'm travelling back to Australia via near and far east.
Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I am hoping to be able to make friends in new towns I visit.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Surfed
Jun 2011 New Delhi India
Jun 2011 Lugano Switzerland
Hosted
Jul 2011 Vicki & Adam from Regina
Jul 2011 Jim Fridrich from Gatineau
Apr 2012 Paul from Istanbul/Melbourne
Jul 2012 Raj from London
Interessen
Since Covid lockdowns: Bob Dylan, mediation, tantra, writing book, cooking, guitar, cycling, wine, movies, music, books and exploring French towns with the dog.
Before Covid: Bob Dylan, opera, massage, electronic dance music
My best dish is pasta made from scratch though this is best done at home in my own kitchen. I do my Mum's crispy skin pork pretty well too.
- arts
- dining
- yoga
- partying
- drinking
- guitar
- outdoor activities
- tourism
- beaches
- parks
Musik, Filme und Bücher
Books: The Sea of Fertility (Yukio Mishima committed ritual suicide the day he finished writing it), Macbeth (full of sound and fury signifying nothing)
Movies: The Gold Rush (Chaplin), Dersu Uzala (Kurosawa), 9 tp 5 (Lily, Dolly and Jane), Kath and Kim (nice, unusual, different), Best in Show & Waiting for Guffman (Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest), Volver & Matador (Almodovar)
Music: Dylan, Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Kylie, Electronica - sometimes I want to listen, sometimes I want to dance
Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe
Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair, Tasmania
Killarney Provincal Park, Ontario, in the fall
Circumnavigate Auckland in a kayak
Bergheim nightclub Berlin
Sydney Harbour Bridge climb at dawn
Watching a humpback whale play by our boat for 2hrs - Harvey Bay, Qld
Did you know that the last part of the disc of the sun (about a quarter) can turn green just before it sets? I've seen this so called "green flash" in Mexico.
Countries visited - almost 50.
Lehren, lernen, teilen
If my engineering career is lost, I want to become a meditation guru with a mini ashram in Lombok, Indonesia - green rice paddies and eternal summer. Or I'd be a tantric masseur.
I'd like to learn how to make lamian stretched noodles which I saw in Beijing in 1987.
Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann
Exuberance, wisdom and massage.
Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe
Australia, Canada, France, Malaysia, New Zealand, United Kingdom