Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 13:05:13 +0200


      COUNTRY: USA / California
         TOWN: San Francisco / Oakland
         NAME: Tony Ooka
      ADDRESS: 118 Athol Avenue #302, Oakland CA 94606, United States
        EMAIL: antonio.b.ooka.2@ebay.sun.com
        PHONE: 510-444-5584
      SEX/AGE: Male/28
ACCOMMODATION: share small studio apartment
     LOCATION: Walking distance to BART subway stations/Regional
               transportation
               across the street from grocery store and pharmacy
               minutes away from airports and city centers
               next to scenic municipal lake (Lake Merritt)
               ideal for rowing, sailboating, picnicking
   MAX GUESTS: 2
   MAX LENGTH: one week
     EXPENSES: tranportation/food
 RESTRICTIONS: I am a non-smoker and prefer that guests not smoke
               indoors. No pets can be brought into the building.
 EXPECTATIONS: I have a small studio apartment ideal for guests
               or tourists who will spend most of the day away
               on sightseeing excursions. My apartment is small
               but clean and will not suit more than two or three
               people at a time. Despite the cramped quarters,
               I am clean and very friendly and polite.
               I am especially interested in meeting guests from
               Germany, Northern/Eastern Europe and Japan.
               I have a car and we can arrange to make local trips
               together. I am partial to guests who are gay or do not
               mind having a gay host as I am myself gay.
               I would also like 2-3 weeks notice if you plan to
               stop by. I get along great with students and young
               adults (18-35) who enjoy cross-cultural experiences.
    LANGUAGES: English, German, Spanish
     THE HOST: I am a friendly clean polite physically active
               and healthy host. English is my mother tongue though
               -- I have a very good command of German and Spanish.
               I have visited Germany and Japan and would like to meet
               people from Germany, Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech
               Republic, Hungary, former USSR) and Japan.
               On the personal side, I am an openly gay male and would
               like all my guests to feel comfortable no matter what
               their sexual orientation is. I am also a U.S. citizen
               of Pacific Island ancestry (My parents come from
               the island of Guam.)  I am a University of California
               graduate and work currently for a wor kstation company
               in the Silicon Valley. I try to indulge as much as is
               practical my guests' taste for sightseeing. I like
               activities like bicycling, rowing, camping, visiting
               museums. Though I a m not an avid cook, my kitchen
               is open to guests willing to try their luck at cooking.
               I look forward to meeting you!