Peace 🕊 and Love ❤️;
Honesty and Integrity 🦁;
Balance Materialism and Spirituality ☯️;
(Mostly) Vegetarian 🥦;
Dogs and Children over Adults 💯;
Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe 🙌.

Being raised by a single mom and my dear grandmother turned me into a sensitive, while still masculine, man.

Billie Eilish rocks 🎸

Personality:
- Positive, Friendly, Calm/Zen/Meditative, Curious/Intellectual, appreciate Simple Pleasures and Socializations;
- Community/Socially Conscious, Charitable;
- Romantic;
- Lover of Nature, Physically active;
- Professional/Ambitious;
- Respectful of All living creatures (except mosquitos);

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PERSONAL

Growing disillusionment with modern Western
I. corporate formality, environments and overall lifestyles,
II. extreme materialism/superficiality of too many in the city,
III. extremely polarized politics,
IV. plus being at the right age/timing,
led me to risk quitting my previous corporate job and travel the world for a bit, with the priority being exploring Asia - above all East Asia.

Update APR 25 - Am quite happy to be travelling in China at the moment, to close my trip.

06/04 - Just finished hiking Huashan. Awesome experience 🙏

Next:
07 to 09 - Xi'An;
09 to 11 - Yan'an;
12 to 18 - Beijing.

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Quotes:

"Whoever doesn't learn from the past is doomed to repeat it."

"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and destroy you at their game."

"May my son study history, for it is the only true philosophy and the only true psychology."

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PHILOSOPHY

Some very simple things:
I) The "Golden Rule" - Treat others how I would like to be treated;
II) Don't Overcomplicate things;
III) Open-Mindedness - with the exception of the Essential Moral Code which is the Base for everything I do (care for all other beings, don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal, etc);
IV) Be forgiving - Understanding that people can only give what they have inside of them.
V) Live in Harmony With Nature;
VI) Commitment to Truth, Righteousness and Dignity;
VII) Being ambitious, but not without caring about the means to achieve the ends.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

See above

Interests

The Universe; All things People/Culture/Humanities - Psychology, Politics, Economics, History, Philosophy, Spirituality, etc; Fitness (outdoors and team sports above all) and Wellness (diet, both alternative and holistic medicine, yoga)

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Many different things.

Artists - 2Pac, Avicii, Alborosie, Bob and Damian Marley, Protoje, Manu Chao, Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Nas, DMX, Logic, Duke Ellington, Classic Pianists, Sam The Kid, Valete, Dealema.

Music - Not Afraid, Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe, Lord Give Me A Sign, Keep Ya Head Up, Only God Can Judge Me, Hate It Or Love It, Hey Brother, Levels, Prayer In C, Rastafari Anthem, One Love, Jamming, Exodus, Where We Come From and Rasta Love (Protoje), Strong Will Continue, I Can, Middle Child.

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Movies:
The Shawshank Redemption; The Matrix; The Dark Knight; City of God; Scarface; Into The Wild; Gladiator; Lord of The Rings; Star Wars; Harry Potter; Braveheart; American Psycho; V for Vendetta.

TV Shows:
Three Kingdoms (2010); Breaking Bad; Game of Thrones; Spartacus.

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Literature:
Books - The Story of Civilization; Tao Te Ching; Can't Hurt Me; The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***; How to Make Friends and Influence People; The Art Of War; The Prince; The Anti-Machiavel.

Authors - Will and Ariel Durant; Mark Twain; Dostoyevsky; George Orwell.

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If the world didn't have art (especially the colourful, poetic pieces of art that are 🌺women🌺), it wouldn't be worth living.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I) Started my own business (real estate agency), with the in my opinion noble purpose of both reducing comissions And improving service quality (very needed at the time, and still is);
II) Visited wonderful Egypt twice;
III) Quit my job and went on my current journey (Apr'25) from the very westernmost point - Portugal - to the easternmost point of Eurasia - Zhongguo a.k.a China;
IV) Played basketball with my host and visited a Buddhist monastery, including a delicious free vegetarian lunch, all at 2.700m altitude on a gorgeous part of Lijiang;
V) Hiked up and down HuaShan, where I got to stay overnight at a Taoist monastery - learning about Taoism and the monastic lifestyle, plus witnessed the mountain on the calmer hours of the night and of sunrise;
VI) Working on this 🙏

What I Can Share with Hosts

Above all, good vibes ✌️ and an inter-cultural experience.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal