ABOUT ME

I am a web developer and traveller currently on a long sabbatical with my partner, Portia. We hope to travel Asia, particularly Japan, China, Mongolia and the himalayas. As my name suggests I am of Russian descent and am fluent in the Russian language (and currently studying Mandarin and Japanese).

About Portia:

Portia is a lover of tennis and gardening and a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She hopes to travel to Asia to learn more about the traditional medicines of other Asian cultures and to diversify her practice.

Interests

My non-professional interests include history, anthropology, moral philosophy, psychology, systema, parkour, cuisine and baking. I am also happy to talk shop with any technology enthusiasts out there.

• baking
• gardening
• shopping
• technology
• traveling
• tennis
• anthropology
• history
• medicine
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

A non-exhaustive list would include:

Non-Fiction: Jared Diamond, Bill Bryson, Stephen Hawking, Desmond Morris, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Malcom Gladwell

Fiction: Leo Tolstoy, Frank Herbert, Larry Niven, Ian Irvine, George R.R. Martin, George Orwell, J.R.R. Tolkein, Aleksandr Pushkin, Isaac Asimov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Haruki Murakami, Jane Austin

Music: Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Gorecki, Rammstein

FIlm: Akira Kurosawa, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Paul Haggis, J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Andy & Lana Wachowski, Eldar Ryazanov, Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Joel Coen

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Italy, Russian Federation, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States