Marcel

Information de voyage

Actuellement, je suis

Description

I am an adventurous and open-minded person from Aotearoa New Zealand, here in Belgium on a one year working holiday visa. I have travelled internationally for literally as long as I can remember, (~20 countries and counting) having lived and been brought up in both the Unites States and New Zealand. Between the ages of 6-14 I travelled back and forth between NZ and USA every 6 months, due to my parents living in different countries. So, I have always enjoyed learning about different peoples and cultures, and I am planning to spend the next 4 years doing Working Holiday Visas in Europe, as well as South America and maybe Asia.

I am a non-binary person who graduated 2 years of fashion school and am ideally seeking a job in the fashion industry. I'm a bit more on the introverted side, but I value more communal living, and enjoy meaningful discussions and company of others. In my free time some of my favourite things to do includes exploring nature and urban environments, get involved with left-wing political activism and projects, be a part of a variety of musical sub-cultures, (mostly punk, metal, goth, techno, and psytrance, but I enjoy a large variety of music) create visual artworks, spend time with animals, and occasionally videogames.

I love sharing stories about culture and travel - Last year for example I travelled around Southeast Asia for 5 months, mostly solo. Some of my more adventurous activities included hitchhiking numerous times, learning to drive a scooter for the first time in Vietnam, visiting regions where I saw no other foreign tourists for a week and couldn't find any information about online, freedom-camping in a hammock on the top of a mountain and in a coffee plantation, mapping out routes down dirt roads that don't exist on Google Maps to unnamed villages in Laos, driving through burning forests, visiting slums in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Thailand, exploring gorgeous temples with nobody else around, exploring abandoned Khmer Rouge military bases... You get the idea.

Centres d’intérêt

Événements/vie sociale

Animaux de compagnie

Politique/justice sociale

LGBT+

Dev. durable

Végétarien ou végan

Mode et beauté

Vie en van

Films et télé

Bénévolat

Arts du spectacle

Architecture

Bricolage / artisanat

Musique

Histoire

Art et design

Cuisine et alimentation

Photographie

Auto-stop

Dessin et peinture

Animaux

Yoga / bien-être

Nature

Camping

Danse

Montagne

Activités en plein air

Randonnée

Cyclisme

Sports d'aventure

Langues parlées

Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Débutant

Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

Ça m'intéresse :  

Travail associatif

Bricolage et projets de construction

S’occuper des animaux

Entretien général

Home sitting

Aider dans une ferme

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J'ai des connaissances :  

Jardinage

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Aider à la maison

Accueil / tourisme

Aide informatique / Internet

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Je peux apprendre aux autres :  

Projets artistiques

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

- I have a 2 year degree in Fashion Technology, Apparel Production, and Pattermaking, as well as 6 months experience as a tailor and 3 months experience as a cobbler. If you have a sewing machine I would be happy to teach you sewing, or do repairs and alterations on your clothes!
- I'm a very artistic person, with my main strong suits being clothing, leatherwork, makeup, interior decoration, and some painting. Anything that I don't know, I'd love to learn!
- 4 years experience as a barista, as well as some experience with bartending
- 2 years experience with corporate cleaning and catering
- Some experience with gardening, but mostly more basic things like weeding and pruning
- I'm a pretty good cook! I am vegan myself, but I'm ok with cooking vegetarian. I'm not comfortable with cooking meat, but I don't mind if people eat meat around me. I don't know a lot of recipes off by heart, but I have been told I have a good sense of taste - Like many things in life, I generally like strong flavours with depth and complexity.
- Solid ability with computers, I've built my own desktop PC 3 times... And spent way too much time on the computer when I was a kid.
- Travel planning. I have considered looking into this as a career, so if you'd like help with research or planning travel then I'd be happy to help. I have a knack for finding off the beaten trail locations, mapping out scenic driving routes, and more rugged, off the beaten trail style of travelling.

Âge

26

Autres infos...

I am currently seeking a place where I can temporarily register domicile in Belgium. Despite already having a Working Holiday Visa that I paid ~€1,500 for, I still need to get a residency card in order to legally work in Belgium, and a hostel is not a valid address. I have been looking for alternatives, but so far it seems that my only valid options are to pay thousands of € in rent and living expenses while I am unable to be employed, or find a Workaway opportunity with a host that would be comfortable with me registering domicile and staying for however long it may take for the police to come verify my address. I have consistently been told that this process normally takes about a month, with the longest wait being 3 months.

Once I have registered domicile and attained the residency card, I intend to move out as soon as possible and rent a flat, (probably in Ghent) where I will register a new domicile.

I understand that this may be a bit of a risk for the host, so I am absolutely happy to discuss this with you (and we could write up a contract, if you prefer) before agreeing to anything.

Informations complémentaires

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  Fumeur

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  Permis de conduire

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  Allergies

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  Vegan, but I am ok with compromising at vegetarian while I am travelling.