Bernard

Informações de viagem

Eu estou

Atividades em que tenho interesse:

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!

Descrição

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!

Interesses

Escrever

Autodesenvolvimento

Sustentabilidade

Tecnologia

Criação de vídeos

Yoga/bem-estar

Mascotes

Naturaleza

Atividades ao ar livre

Idiomas

LGBTQ

Jardinagem

Faça você mesmo

Fitness

Culinária e comida

Animais

Arte e design

Idiomas

Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Norwegian: Fluente
Polonês: Fluente
Francês: Intermediário

Mais detalhes sobre meu interesse em idiomas
Esta pessoa indicou ser um workawayer com interesse em compartilhar seu(s) idioma(s) ou em aprender um novo. Entre em contato diretamente para discutir o assunto.

Encontre um parceiro de estudo

Habilidades e conhecimento para compartilhar ou aprender

Tenho interesse em:  

Manutenção geral

Projetos ambientais

Hotelaria/turismo

Projetos artísticos

---

Conhecimento de:  

Jardinagem

Vida na fazenda

Ajuda a cuidar da casa

Cuidar de animais

Ajuda com computadores/internet

---

Poso ensinar:  

Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

Trabalho beneficente

Idiomas

Ensino

Quais são suas habilidades?

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

Idade

29

Algo mais...

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!

Mais algumas informações

• 

  Fumante

• 

  Carteira de motorista

• 

  Alergias
  no

• 

  Dietas especiais
  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