25 Random Facts About Me

Do you want to know 25 random facts about me? Well, if interested, here they are! 


1. What is my middle name? I don't have one.
2. What were my favorite subjects in school? English, Art and Sociology
3. What is my Favorite drink? Lemonade
4. What are my favorite songs at the moment? "Elastic Heart" by Sia and "Love me like you do" by Ellie Goulding
5. What app do I use the most? Instagram 
6. What sport do I practice? I took dance lessons for 12 years (AND YES, IT'S A SPORT).
7. Favourite book? Harry Potter books
8. What is my favorite color? Burgundy
9. What are my favorite animals? I love butterflies and deers
10. What are my favorite perfumes? Miss Dior or Burberry fragrances (they smell SO good)

11. What is my favorite holiday? Christmas
12. What is my favourite number? 24
13. What countries have I been to? France, Belgium, England, Scotland, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Ireland and The United Arab Emirates
14. Do I speak any different languages? Yes, I speak English and French fluently and then a little bit of Dutch and a teeny tiny bit of Spanish.
15. Do I have any siblings? One brother, Louis
16. What is my favorite store? New Look 
17. What is my favorite café? Little Bettys (in York, England)
18. Did I like school? I loved primary school, then secondary was haaard.
19. Who are some of my favorite YouTubers? The Michalaks, Will Darbyshire, Sprinkle of Glitter (Louise), Tyler Oakley, Zoella (Zoe), and the rest of the gang haha 
20. What are some of my favorite films? I love the Harry Potter films, "The Fault In Our Stars" and "Billy Elliot"
21. What are some of my favorite tv shows? Friends (my all time favourite!!!) , How I Met You Mother and Gossip Girl
22. PC or mac? Mac !!! Once you go mac, you never go back.
23. What phone do I have? Iphone 5s.. it's my little baby 
24. How tall am I? 1,73m / 5'8 ft
25. Do I have any pets? I used to have two goldfish called Bob and Finn

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Oblivion

I'd be a liar if I said that I'd never, at one point in my life, wanted to be remembered by a very large number of people. When I was little I wanted to be famous so that people would be aware that I existed. I didn't want to be just a "temporary thing", that would not leave a mark. I used to care so much about what other people thought of me and I used to want people to know my name. But these aren't things that are essential to me anymore. 

What's more important: dying and knowing that you have lived a fulfilled life and have done good things, and know that you have helped people, or just being famous? Of course you can do both. But just being famous is surely not what I would consider a life well spent. Maybe it's in human's nature that we want to stand out. We want to say "hey, I exist. Don't forget about me". But so even if you were, say, known by these 7 billion people that live on this planet, they all knew your name and who you are... would that really make you a happy person? 

In the book/film, "The Fault In Our Stars", one of the main characters wants to be remembered, so badly. And his girlfriend tells him: "There will come a time when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come a time when there are no human beings remaining to remember that anyone ever existed or that our species ever did anything. There will be no one left to remember Aristotle or Cleopatra, let alone you. Everything that we did and built and wrote and thought and discovered will be forgotten and all of this will have been for naught. Maybe that time is coming soon and maybe it is millions of years away, but even if we survive the collapse of our sun, we will not survive forever. There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it. God knows that’s what everyone else does.” I thought this passage of the book was brilliant. Another one along the same lines is: "You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you. But that's an insult to me. I know about you." 
It shouldn't matter how many people know our names or how long we have to do things on this planet. As long as we remind ourselves to always live in the moment and be the best person we can be, we would accomplish, in my opinion, a successful life. Nobody can be remembered forever. Even the greatest people of our centuries who have revolutionised our world will be forgotten, whether it's when the human race will cease to exist or because their name will be forgtotten with time. It doesn't matter because the world we live in at this very moment, will have completely changed in millions of years. Completely. Something else will replace everything that we know with time. 

At the end of the day, we should mainly focus on the people we do know; the people we meet throughout our lives, our friends and family, and make sure that we help each other and create things and inspire others without feeling the need  to be immortalised. In some way we all are anyway. When you participate in life, when you share your ideas, when you create, you do something; you change the world. On your own scale. No matter how small of a change it might make, the world wouldn't be what it is now, without you. I hope that when I grow old, I can sit back and think about all the things I'll have done in my life and be proud of them. If I have had a positive impact on someone, and inspired someone and loved the people I care most about and I helped people in need and always tried my very best in everything that I'll have done.. I will be a content little human. I don't need a million people to know about me. Whether I influence one person or a thousand or a million, if I manage to influence one person, in a positive way, that would be good enough for me. Of course, if I were to become famous and get to reach more people, then great. If I don't, that's ok too.
In our society I feel like people make a bigger deal of numbers. They want as many likes on a photo or video as possible for instance but why should one person not be enough? Someone that actually really cares about you. Someone that, without you, wouldn't be who they are today.
It's a big world out there. We all have different qualities and flaws, which makes us able to relate at the same time. I believe we all complement each other. We need each other. We're stronger together.

As long as you're happy with who you are, and what you do and try to improve the world you live in, I'd say, you're doing a pretty good job. And thank you - we need you. 

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Let's catch up a bit :)

How is it February already?!

In the last 2 months I have been quite busy working and then on my days off, I've been spending a lot of "energy" doing absolutely NOTHING. But you need to do that sometimes. Maybe, not on every single day off. I should work on that. So if, you're reading this.. hi. I hope you're well and I hope you've done some pretty cool stuff recently. It's 2015, but I'm sure you already know that. But that's cool. Another year. Another adventure. I have some pretty cool things coming up this year. You'll hear about them soon, I'm sure. Winter has been fun this year. My first winter without exams. OH YEAH.




Here are a few things I liked this winter:

1. Sunsets
2.Christmas lights everywhere.
3.Christmas (which meant stuffing myself with food and taking naps all throughout the day.. who knew eating so much was so exhausting?).
4. Iceskating (in London.. highly recommend!)
5. Les Misérables (saw the musical in London. It was brilliant!). Oh and you can see it anytime. Not just in winter. I just happened to see it recently.

I'm still waiting for snow. Of course, the one year I'm not in Belgium, it had to snow a lot over there. I like snow, it makes the whole area look like it's been covered in whipped cream. Weird imagination...I know.



This year I look forward to living life a day at a time. Not worrying about tomorrow. I look forward to meeting new people and seeing old friends. I look forward to travelling to new places.
I look forward to learning more things about the world I live in. Let's hope 2015 will be a happy year. Let's make it special.

I'll talk to you again soon.

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