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Manfred

35 @manfredh
Escazú, Costa Rica Costa Rica
English
Spanish
German
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About Me
-I'm 33, part German part Costarrican(working towards fluency, any native speakers or proactive learners are welcome for practice :) ).
-Mechanical engineer
-ENTJ
-Outside of work I enjoy arts, history, hearing audiobooks(preferably out walking) love sports. health, nutrition and DIY projects
(Weightlifting, running, hiking, calisthenics,  kayaking, fencing, swimming, etc)

a few extra random facts:
- 1 out of 200,000 people don't float, i'm that case(pretty convenient for diving really, full lungs and I sink like a rock!)
- I was born deaf(up til age 3 when I got a surgery), I can still lip read.
-I love drawing, sculpturing and carpentry (Bowyering included)
Requests
1. Languahe Exchange(German  for Spanish or English)
2. Culture exchange
3.  Fun people with uncommon views,  I love excentricity and authenticity.
4.  If you're a literal treehugger and/or a gymrat,  we will most likely get along

NO flirting. I am completely uninterested in this
Language Exchange Requests
I'm not looking to teach or get taught a language,   but instead to get practice.   A regular exchange of messages in the languages we each need sounds like a good way about it :)
Hobbies & Interests
History(Medieval, 1750-1914 Europe), Economics, Politics, Psychology, Science and Engineering.
Sports and the outdoors!(Bodybuilding, Running, swimming, kayaking, archery, camping and hiking)
  Agriculture, Container Architecture, Monuments, Lucid-dreams.
    Videogames(Mount and Blade, Fallout, Sea of Thieves, Age of Empires/Mythology, Total War, Kingdom come deliverance, the forest, Conan exiles, Europa Universalis... yes I know, the map games are peak autism  😂)
Favorite Music
It depends purely on mood :P
  At the beach I prefer to hear pop, country or reggae.
Gym: power metal,  movie or videogame soundtracks
Sometimes i'll just feel like hearing 1800's patriotic music  or something romantic like Katie Melua :P
Favorite Movies
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars(episodes 1-6)
Capitan Alatriste
Big Fish
The Way Way Back
500 days of summer
Megamind
21st Jumpstreet
Clockwork Orange
The Producers(2005)
Favorite TV Shows
The Office
Breaking Bad
Scrubs
Friends(It gets a lot of hate.   I get nostalgia,  it was always on my gyms TV back when I was in highschool!)
Westworld(Season 1 was perfect. no need for a season 2!)
Attack on Titan
Invincible
Favorite Books
-Robert Heinlein's Starship troopers
-1984
-A Storm of Steel
-Deep work
-48 laws of Power
- The Anti-Machiavell
-Paradise Lost
-Democracy the God that failed
-Anything by Thomas Sowell
- A lot of History(mainly 1700's-1914 German history. )
Favorite Quotes
"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain
"Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied" Otto von Bismarck
"We want to posess everything, as if we have the time to enjoy everything" Frederick the Great

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