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I'm about to graduate. In 2 months, I will be done with University, and out in the world. And to be honest, I'd be lying if I said I I'm not worried about it. Now that's nothing new or special, and I'm sure most people go through that feeling of insecurity at the end of college, and don't feel the need to write about it in a blog... This is why I want to give you guys a bit of back story, to help you understand.
I'm French, more precisely from Corsica. I have lived most of my youth in Paris though. Until the age of 13, I was always top of the class, without putting any effort into school. I put in so little work that my school started to worry, and as I started skipping classes (school felt pointless, so I decided at the time I'd rather walk around Paris all day than go to class), they asked my parents to get me to do an IQ test. The logic was, I was doing too well for the amount of effort I was putting in, and they were afraid I would become completely incapable of doing any work at all in the future. I did the IQ test with a professional, and I scored rather high + Show Spoiler +
for people that are interested, I scored 142. I didn't know at the time, my parents felt like I didn't need to know
Hong Kong is an amazing city to live in, and my 2 years there will always be some of the best of my life, but let's just say being in a new awesome city didn't help with the whole "I can't get myself to sit down in front of a desk for more than 5 minutes (unless I'm playing video games that is ^^)" issue. I still managed to do decently in my last years of high school and, at the age of 17, I decided it was time to leave home and my family and do something a bit crazy.
That's why I joined UNNC, the University of Nottingham's campus in Ningbo, China (3 hours south of Shanghai). Like I said, I was 17 at the time. I have now studied 5 years in China, mostly enjoyed all of it, and I should be looking at a bright future. I mean, I have traveled the world, I speak 4 languages + Show Spoiler +
French, English (as good as my French, people can't actually tell I'm French^^), Mandarin and Spanish
I just make sure I always do "just enough" to pass my exams, but I spend most of my year partying and playing sports and video games. I'm a very social person that goes out and party many times a week, and I sometimes feel borderline alcoholic. I play both rugby and football twice a week, as well as run track frequently. When I'm not doing any of that, I'm sitting here, in front of my computer, playing SC2, Dota 2 or FIFA with the boys. I took up DJing as a hobby, and I'm now able to support myself through DJing in clubs in town. The one thing I can't do, is sit down and read my economics books.
I think I'm going to stop here for now, I felt like I needed to start writing down my issues, and maybe get people's opinion on them. The problem is, I'm too proud to let my friends know about them. So I'm going to make you guys endure the boring stories about my life and how I ended up being such a wreck. The one thing i can guarantee is that I have plenty of them, and some of them are actually rather funny. That's the thing with China, it's never really boring. :D
