Born in Muscat, Oman and raised for the first six years of my life in Malaysia. Lived in the Netherlands ever since. Studying in Rotterdam, playing sports, relaxing, writing, cooking, sailing and doing about everything that's worth doing with my friends.

Overall I'm a very calm guy with outbursts of happy singing and dancing. It's not easy to get me mad, but if you really insist on being a d*ck, I will play that game and play it well.

Things people have said about me:

-"Your room contains as many weird things as your mind, and that's a compliment."
- "You're the kind of guy who should be driving an old Land Rover in England."

I WAS a student in Maritime Engineering in Delft, the Netherlands. Recently switched to Business Administration in Rotterdam. I like to row, sail, ski, play squash, play golf, and being at parties. I'm currently in the committee to organize the year long celebration of the rowing club's 85 anniversary.

Talking crap that doesn't sound like crap. Playing the devil's advocate. Being a tour guide at a museum. Making tiramisu. Fixing costumes for fancy dress parties. Finding exactly what I need for a ridiculously low price. The list is endless...

I don't know what they notice, maybe my length (not THAT length), my style of dressing, and you will doubtlesly encounter my dirty mind....A dirty mind is a joy forever, and i have been enjoying it a lot! Maybe you'll notice i sing along with EVERYTHING, and sometimes i'll be singing at you...Maybe you'll notice the everlasting big fat smile on my face when i'm surrounded by people. But most probably, you'll notice that i have noticed you!

Books: Catch-22, A short history of nearly everything, Brotherhood of war, In the middle of the road as fast a possible, The Romanov Prophecy, Soldaat van Oranje, Am westen nichts neues. Pretty much everything you toss in front of me.

Movie: Forest Gump, Blood Diamond, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Spy Game, The Thomas Crown Affair, Weddingcrashers, Band of Brothers, Hornblower, Interview with a vampire, The Life Aquatic.....I love watching movies, and I do it a lot. I see them as entertainment, and I'm not very interested in meaningful 'art house' things. The most important thing for me in a film is ambiance, and I will watch a carefully selected 5 minutes of a movie just to get in the right mindset for something.

Music: Anything, but really like '30 and '60-'70 mostly old pop and rock.

Food: I like almost everything, and I even enjoy cooking it. My specialties are mostly oriental and Italian, but I have a particular fondness of having fun with old Dutch cuisine at the moment. The general idea of Dutch cuisine is horrible, but can be really interesting if you do it right.

My heart is always set on leaving the place i'm in. It would be a bummer though, to see the world without good food, smokes, sunshine and booze. Other things:
-books
-music
-humor
-The Holy Trinity (soy sauce, powdered ginger and galanga root)
-New people

I spend a lot of time having thoughts like:
-what to do with my life
-what to do if you'd win the lottery
-what my cat is thinking
-why people can be so stupid
-why do the buttons on mens clothes are on the other side than womens clothes
-if everyones view of what blue is, is the same
-why beer tastes so good, even though it has such an undiserable taste
and so on, and so on, and so on...

Watching a good movie, listening to crappy live music in the pub, going out with my friends or spending way too much time in the kitchen.

I would definitely enjoyed being born a century ago. Oh....and i am in fact Washington Irving...

I believe life is about collecting experiences, the good and the bad. This has resulted in some stuff that I'm typing under the title: "Things I wouldn't tell my mother." Ask me about it.

I honestly don't get the Sushi-craze. Sashimi is awesome, but you can leave the cold rice somewhere on vacation where it will thoroughly enjoy itself.

You feel like chatting about anything, and don't mind doing it in proper English or Dutch.