Bernard

Information de voyage

Actuellement, je suis

Les activités qui m'intéressent :

Working out, cooking, meditating, talking about emotions, psychology, science, art, design and meditation. I love to bike, hike, play basketball, play with kids and animals. I also love to teach!

Description

Greetings! -
-Je peux bien sur parler en francais si vous le souhaitez.
My name is Bernard (or Bernie) and I am a young man living in Norway, and would love to help you as good as I can while getting to know you!

I'm a cognitive neuroscience and psychological research assistant (University of Oslo and Oslo Univeristy Hospital) from Oslo. I mostly work on neuroscientific studies on music and art perception as well as design research.
I have more than 8 years of experience working as a translator for different translation services. I have worked as a language teacher for adults, and a substitute teacher at a private school in Oslo (teaching 1st to 10th grade, French, English, Sciences, Cooking and Art) and as an after school program assistant. I've also taught some (introductory) courses at the University of Oslo. I have a 120 hour TEFL certificate.

I'm multilingual, and have dual citizenship - Norwegian and Polish. I speak Norwegian, English, Polish (Fluent academic level) and French (intermediate). I learned French when I was studying in Paris.

I love to work with children and I'm experienced with children in all ages, as I've worked at a private school from first grade to tenth grade. I've also worked for a communal resource center for children and youth in Oslo, for two years. In addition I have quite a lot of organizational experience: when the war in Ukraine broke out I co-founded and worked as the board member of the organization Safebow, which has gotten out more than 3500 Disabled, LGBTQ+, BIPOC and other underrepresented group refugees out of critical war zones.
I helped on the ground at the border and in Ukraine. Scroll down for a short interview with me (I'm Bernard Vaernes): https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/22/i-will-not-be-held-prisoner-the-trans-women-turned-back-at-ukraines-borders

I am an avid meditator and I practice with my sanghas in Oslo and Warsaw in the Plum village (Thich Nhat Hanh) and Rinzai Zen tradition. I love to lead guided meditations at my local meditation group, so if you're interested we could sit, walk or do some dharma sharing together!

I'm quite sporty, and love all kinds of sports - especially calisthenics, basketball, swimming, skateboarding, bicycling and martial arts, so I will not have any difficulties to keep up or to perform harder tasks.
I can perform a lot of different tasks, and I especially love to cook, garden, teach, design (web, services and apps) and take photos.
I'm communicative (maybe a little too much), so I could also work in a hotel, a bar or in a restaurant, or gladly just chat with my hosts!

I have volunteered through workaway twice, each time for 3 weeks.
Once in France working on the countryside of Bordeaux, where I worked as a lumberjack helper, gardener, and took care of the animals there as well as their 7 year old daughter.
I also cooked many meals for the whole family and other volunteers.
The second time I went together with my girlfriend to New York where we helped a retired man with garage sales, house chores and cooking!

I'm am very passionate about product and user experience/service design (read: some app and web design in Figma, but no or very simple coding!) as well!

I hope you consider me as your helper, as I really want to help and get to know new inspiring people around the word like you!

I believe that by connecting and cooperating with people around the world we can learn and understand more about each other and ourselves, and become better towards the world!

Some key words about me and the people I'd love to meet:
Honesty, empathy, compassion, mindful presence, enthusiasm, eco-friendliness, non-violence, creativity!

Centres d’intérêt

Écriture

Dev. personnel

Dev. durable

Technologie

Vidéographie

Yoga / bien-être

Animaux de compagnie

Nature

Activités en plein air

Langues

LGBT+

Jardinage

Bricolage / artisanat

Fitness

Cuisine et alimentation

Animaux

Art et design

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Norwegian: Courant
Polonais: Courant
Français: Intermédiaire

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
Ce workawayer a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa ou ses propre(s) langue(s) ou en apprendre une nouvelle. Veuillez le contacter directement pour en discuter.

Trouver un partenaire de langue

Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

Ça m'intéresse :  

Entretien général

Éco-projets

Accueil / tourisme

Projets artistiques

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J'ai des connaissances :  

Jardinage

Aider dans une ferme

Aider à la maison

S’occuper des animaux

Aide informatique / Internet

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Je peux apprendre aux autres :  

Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Travail associatif

Langues

Enseignement

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

Teaching (children and adults), gardening, language skills, physical strength and endurance, good morale, friendly and open personality, cooking skills, taking care of children, technological/research and design knowledge and skill, meditation

Âge

29

Autres infos...

I would love to get to know you, your friends/family/coworkers, home, workplace and culture!
I believe that by connecting and cooperating with people around the world we can learn and understand more about each other and ourselves, and become better towards the world!

Informations complémentaires

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  Fumeur

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  Permis de conduire

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  Allergies
  no

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  I will adapt to your diets, but might supplement meals with protein (shakes and bars) if they're not as protein rich as I'm used to