CURRENT MISSION

to love the life you live, to live the life you love

ABOUT ME

Light on my feet, socially active though often I cannot resist the gravitation power of books.
I had a happy childhood in Russia, 5 exciting and tough years at Moscow Language University, dancing, travelling now and then, 3 years of career ladder, 2 years of running my own language project, 3 years of working in China. Now that I'm back to Moscow, life has taken a new turn, dreams become closer and more implementable. My passions are languages, books, making music, dancing, jogging, making money, being a professional, finding the right people all over the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is so full of a number of things
I think we should all be as happy as kings

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surfing, hosting, organizing activities

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CHINA - http://alienn-a.livejournal.com/95961.html
THAILAND, PHILIPPINES http://alienn-a.livejournal.com/59188.html#cutid1
http://alienn-a.livejournal.com/58783.html#cutid1
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INDIA - http://alienn-a.livejournal.com/11948.html
http://alienn-a.livejournal.com/11948.html

Interests

Mike Shaw, people, Russia, cultural differences, books, traveling, dancing hustle-disco-fox-jazz-swing-salsa, sports, languages, life-long learning, education, humor, business opportunities, making money, history

• books
• dancing
• education
• running
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• piano
• surfing
• sports
• rock climbing
• business
• teaching
• history
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES - Preferences change. Thinking about starting a movie club that would show significant movies from all over the world to an international audience. Documentaries.
BOOKS - I like English-language literature, from Chaucer and Shakespeare to W.Styron and H.Miller. Classical and contemporary Russian writers - that goes without saying.
MUSIC - I get inspired by occasional song/piece of music and I'll always be loyal to the Beatles because they were my passion when I was 13 and were the reason why I got interested in the English language at all.
TIME - USSR 1920-90s , US and UK 1940-1960.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

playing piano in the street in Germany, a parachute jump on the outskirts of Moscow, Munnar Hills in India, islands of the Phillippines, sunrise in the Crimea after the sleepless night with my dancing gang, climbing the Great China Wall in its dangerous vertical section with no equipment

Teach, Learn, Share

1) course 'How to survive in Moscow jungle', 'How to survive in Beijing/Shanghai jungle'
2) training in international mentalities 'West vs. Russia vs. East'
3) Russian/English/Chinese language express-course
4) dancing theory and practice programe
5) support in international business start-ups
6) traveling experience seminar

What I Can Share with Hosts

my place
a walk in Moscow or any other city of Russia where I find myself at the moment
silly jokes

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Russian Federation

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