[edit 29/03: Guillaume, aka Guigui, aka Giyume... was there too!]
I started this blog to share some thoughts and start some discussions on the topics of leadership, entrepreneurship. It has embraced wider topics already.
I've received some feedback that some people don't like my blog. They say it's too serious. 2009 is the year in which I've learned that I can survive people not liking what I do. So far so good :)
I've received some feedback that my posts are too long. I agree. It is not the most convenient way to carry my message, plus I should really learn to synthesize my ideas more around here.I've tried to write everything (a bit) shorter.
I have NOT received ANY feedback on the fact that my blog is not personal at all, that I dont share anything about my life or almost nothing. Still, I think it is too big a limit, and my ideas and points of view cannot be understood if i do not say what I'm going through on my personal life.
I've moved in a new flat with 3 amazing people: Viviane, Abhishek, François.
International people : Brazil, India, France, but they've all lived abroad, as have I.
Crazy people: our "flat meetings" last 2 hours or more and are punctuated by the wailing of a toy hippopotamus from a McDonald's happy meal, supposedly impersonating the female hero from the hit animation movies Madagascar 1 & 2.
Beautiful people: since I've moved in, I have had total peace of mind as to the fact that we can work out any problem together, that we will grow & develop together, and that we all try to be as meaningful as we can in our daily lives.
Last saturday took place a semi-official House warming party. It was a great evening!! I had my high-school friends coming over, most of them visiting my new place for the first time. A couple of friends from 'classes prépa'. A few friends from business school showed up as well, and it was great to feel that the connection created from studying together for 3 years (and maybe, also, from working in aiesec together for 1 year :p ) was still here. Aiesec people of course, friends and friends-to-be,who I've met recently. My sister also came, who I've seen less since I moved in here, though she works in Paris too.
Thanks a lot for showing up Audrey (x2), Céline, Faïza, Irène, Maryse, Manon, Mélanie, Sophie, Abdo, Benjamin, David, François, Guillaume Pat, Tri.
They brought me the perfect gifts for my current stage of settling, among which: a Lonely planet pocket guide of NEw York City, which is gonna be soooo useful for my two weeks there this summer.... , and a cocktail shaker with a 150-recipe book.
It's not so often that I manage all those busy people at the same place & time, so that was a really unique night.
On the whole, life if pretty hectic now, with heavy work hours, yet work is (almost) always personaly rewarding . On average, one person is crashing our flat every week, so we always have the company of the usual flatmates and new, changing faces for one or two days. It's a great lifestyle so far, it's a bit the anti-habit life, as everyday something new and surprising happens. Like when we all try to find where the water main tap is, or when try to clean under the oven, in the kitchen, and find new forms of life no one suspected could exist ;)
That reminds me I have to go and cook something.
Good night world.
I started this blog to share some thoughts and start some discussions on the topics of leadership, entrepreneurship. It has embraced wider topics already.
I've received some feedback that some people don't like my blog. They say it's too serious. 2009 is the year in which I've learned that I can survive people not liking what I do. So far so good :)
I've received some feedback that my posts are too long. I agree. It is not the most convenient way to carry my message, plus I should really learn to synthesize my ideas more around here.I've tried to write everything (a bit) shorter.
I have NOT received ANY feedback on the fact that my blog is not personal at all, that I dont share anything about my life or almost nothing. Still, I think it is too big a limit, and my ideas and points of view cannot be understood if i do not say what I'm going through on my personal life.
I've moved in a new flat with 3 amazing people: Viviane, Abhishek, François.
International people : Brazil, India, France, but they've all lived abroad, as have I.
Crazy people: our "flat meetings" last 2 hours or more and are punctuated by the wailing of a toy hippopotamus from a McDonald's happy meal, supposedly impersonating the female hero from the hit animation movies Madagascar 1 & 2.
Beautiful people: since I've moved in, I have had total peace of mind as to the fact that we can work out any problem together, that we will grow & develop together, and that we all try to be as meaningful as we can in our daily lives.
Last saturday took place a semi-official House warming party. It was a great evening!! I had my high-school friends coming over, most of them visiting my new place for the first time. A couple of friends from 'classes prépa'. A few friends from business school showed up as well, and it was great to feel that the connection created from studying together for 3 years (and maybe, also, from working in aiesec together for 1 year :p ) was still here. Aiesec people of course, friends and friends-to-be,who I've met recently. My sister also came, who I've seen less since I moved in here, though she works in Paris too.
Thanks a lot for showing up Audrey (x2), Céline, Faïza, Irène, Maryse, Manon, Mélanie, Sophie, Abdo, Benjamin, David, François, Guillaume Pat, Tri.
They brought me the perfect gifts for my current stage of settling, among which: a Lonely planet pocket guide of NEw York City, which is gonna be soooo useful for my two weeks there this summer.... , and a cocktail shaker with a 150-recipe book.
It's not so often that I manage all those busy people at the same place & time, so that was a really unique night.
On the whole, life if pretty hectic now, with heavy work hours, yet work is (almost) always personaly rewarding . On average, one person is crashing our flat every week, so we always have the company of the usual flatmates and new, changing faces for one or two days. It's a great lifestyle so far, it's a bit the anti-habit life, as everyday something new and surprising happens. Like when we all try to find where the water main tap is, or when try to clean under the oven, in the kitchen, and find new forms of life no one suspected could exist ;)
That reminds me I have to go and cook something.
Good night world.
Good to know that you are enjoying yourself in these crazy flat =)
ReplyDeleteNext time we will have a party, ok? ;)
bisous
Vivi
I wish I were there, again ! So glad you're having quality moments with your flatmates. Hugs n kisses to you all ! -Faty
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