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This is what I look like!
This picture was taken in Japan in March 1998,
just after I finished working at the
Nagano Winter Olympic Games.
Hi! Here's just a little about me, for anyone who's interested. You're quite welcome to e-mail me to find out more should you wish to do so!
Vital statistics:
Age: 39. Lifestyle: strict vegetarian, don't smoke, rarely drink
Nationality:
Australian
Current job:
Program Manager
Previous jobs:
Junior high school English (as a foreign language) teacher in Gifu Prefecture,
Japan; Volunteer at the Nagano Olympic Games; IBM mainframe (VM) systems
programmer
Academic qualifications:
B.Sc. (Computing) at the University of New South Wales; Cert. TESOL at
the University of New South Wales; Dip. Indonesian Language and Culture
at Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, Central Java, Indonesia; plus many
other lesser courses!
Languages: Japanese,
Indonesian, Malay, French, German
Interests and
hobbies: many!!! Some are: reading; travelling; anthropology (cultures,
philosophies, religions); photography; nature and the environment, bushwalking/hiking;
science and technology; languages; films, music and the arts; eating healthy,
vegetarian food; organic gardening and cultivation; current affairs and
politics; law (especially constitutional law); electoral systems; foreign
affairs; the urban environment; transport systems...
Values: Compassion,
justice, fairness, honesty, loving-kindness, humility, ...
Impersonal Goals:
To make some contribution towards making the world a better place. If I
were superhuman, I would bring peace, justice, fairness and well-being
to all peoples and bring about harmony between humans and nature. Since
I'm not superhuman, I would strive to at least go some small way towards
achieving these goals!
Want to know anything else? Ask!
If you'd like to contact me, please email me at petergc@bigfoot.com.