On the verge of a quarter of a century

In a couple of days, I will turn 25!
This is quite incredible to me, but at the same time I feel like it's about time. I can't believe how much time has flown over the past years. It feels just like yesterday I was bemoaning the fact that my 17th birthday was approaching. And now it's 25. One of my quirks is that I do not like the odd number ages as much as the even. I don't know why, lol. It just irks me, but 25...j'adore ca. It's such a rounded age. It's grown up, wise (with room for mistakes), definitive. I love this age already. I'm trying to remember, where I imagined my life would be at this age when I was much younger, but nothing specific really comes to mind. I am more the flexible kind who takes life as it comes, deals with it and moves on. I learnt this when I was about 12 and realized how much I hated the mention of diseases, blood...anything medical. Prior to that my lifelong goal was to become a doctor. Ha! Talk about revising of future ambitions, no need forcing that medical route.
I love where my life is right now. I had my quarter-life crisis earlier. Thank goodness! My crisis saw me reevaluate life, apply to grad school in France, get accepted, quit my job and begin this amazing journey. This has been one of the best things I have ever done for myself and regrets I have none. More important than knowing what I don't want out of life, I know now exactly what I want (ok more like big picture becoming more defined :)). The words to this song comes to mind and it mirrors the mood I've been in lately. I'm definitely not perfect right now, still a few elements needed...ahem a man! But i feel pretty darn blessed right now.
Count your blessings name them one by one
Count your blessings see what God has done
Count your blessings, name them one by one
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done

My school the circus

I was telling someone about this recently and I thought I'd share here. Its abut my school in France. It's a business school, and a pretty reputable one too but sometimes I feel like I go to a circus. Now that I'm on the corporate grind for a minute doing this internship, things are quite dull in comparison and I kinda miss that madhouse. I was just telling someone about the day I got to school and they were having international day, so there were all these cultural clubs doing their various presentations. Some had food, some had activities, games etc. but the Moroccan club absolutely took the cake. This is why...


Like where the hell do you find a camel in Paris??

This was right in the main hall in school. loves it.
So sometimes its a luxury sports car exhibition (like seriously they had Ferraris, Lamborghinis, etc. in the main hall), other times its a freaking camel, or its the undergrad kids going into classes to serenade girls with roses and spanish guitars...its always some damn thing going on.
And this is why I love it!

Celebrity sighting in Prague

So I'm walking through Old Town Square after drinks with friends today, and I spot a group of black folk.  I had to stare a little because such sightings are very rare in this city...and it wasn't just one or two black people, more like a whole group of 5, 6 whoaa.  Lol, I'm sorry but I was intrigued. 
So as I'm focusing on this group, 1 of them becomes vaguely familiar, like I know the dude or something.  And then it finally hit me.  I had just downloaded a free episode of 90210 (a new show on CW thats a spin-off of Bev Hills) recently and watched it and this guy was from the show.  Tristan Wilds. I also saw him in The Secret Life of Bees (which was such a good book AND movie, btw).  I never really got hooked on The Wire, but he was in it too and Half Nelson as well.  I just looked up his bio on wikipedia, and I see that he's also from New York...Staten Island (ewww) but New York nonetheless.  

So now I'm officially a fan.  I hope he loved Prague.