Looking Back, Looking Forward

Mandatory New Year’s Post

2012 was probably the most eventful year of my life so far. At this time last year, I was frantically finishing up college applications, and an incredible amount of stuff happened since then. Here are some highlights

-Turned 18

-Completed second semester of French Theater at Princeton University

-Committed to the Dual BA Program between Sciences-Po and Columbia University

-Awarded $1000 by the Association of Foreign Language Instructors of New Jersey for foreign language proficiency

-Graduated from Princeton High School

-Cooked my first meal. I don’t even remember what it was, haha.

-Opened my own bank accounts

-Traveled to Europe for the first time, visited Paris, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Brussels and Reims

-Settled in Reims to start college

-Bought and tried French cheeses, wines and liquors. It’s hard not to when your local supermarket carries 50 kinds of wines and as many kinds of cheese.

-Received my first electricity and rent bills, and my federal student aid. Hurray socialism!

-Joined the Reims Basketball team and the Chill Beenz

-Tripped around France for one week

-Received a Yamaha YTR-4335 GII

So what’s my new year’s resolution? I don’t believe in them. I’m confident that I will grow faster and faster if I continue the things I’m doing and find more ways to self-improvement. 2013, the championship is ours for the taking.