Confessions questions | Alain G.'s Answers |
Your favorite virtue | Wisdom. The wise uses knowledge from his/her ability to see, listen, and understand, in order to act rightly for the Good. |
Your favorite qualities in a man. | Faithful, funny, empathetical, household tasked, charming, good dad. |
Your favorite qualities in a woman. | Emotional intelligence, grace, intuition, humor, attraction, caring. |
Your chief characteristic | Absent minded (a spinning head up in the clouds) |
What you appreciate the most in your friends | Simply being there when needed, without asking a lengthy list of questions -) |
Your main fault | Procrastination (1), but hey, what’s the point of planning to do something if you already fully know what it’s going to be? said Picasso. Then obviously, (2) liking too much to have the final say. |
Your favourite occupation. | Playing with software algorithms on a Mac, barefooted, with illy coffee around, listening to loud indie rock music. |
Your idea of happiness | Based on Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Buddhist idea - living harmoniously material and spiritual development through a few specific assets: Physical and mental health; no solitude (social/community integration); cultural and spiritual vitality; rich education; prosperous living standards; good governance of the political system; and ecological sustainability. |
Your idea of misery. | Consciously committing suicide to escape a life you cannot stand. |
If not yourself, who would you be? | Steve Wozniak, an engineer who crafted a wooden box with a keyboard and an operating system, which later became the first Apple computer. He then preferred organizing rock festivals, and first use its 'blue box' to call the Pope faking Henry Kissinger. Still 'free' as we speak. |
Where would you like to live if you weren’t in Brussels? | In Tibet (free however). |
Your favorite flower. | A lotus, also because of its symbolism of the floating and expansion of the mind. |
Your favorite area in Brussels | Forêt de Soignes - Arboretum |
Your favorite place to hang out in Brussels | Delirium café |
Your favorite EU Commissioner. | Viviane Reding, for generally standing up against her peers and Member States to defend 'her' dossier or a cause. |
Your favorite place to get lunch in Brussels | A brunch on Sunday @ Cook & Book. |
Your favorite season in Brussels. | Spring, the first days to enjoy riding on my VESPA again. |
Your heroes in real life. | Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Mandela. |
Your favorite heroines in real life. | My two daughters |
What characters in history do you most dislike. | Stalin, Pol Pot, Judas (?) |
Your heroines in World history | Marie Curie, Anne Frank, Rosa Parks, Queen Victoria, Hatshepsut (Lady Pharaoh) |
Your favorite food and drink. | Sashimis (fugu and akami); Fresh raspberry juice. |
Your favorite names. | Eve |
What I hate the most. | Children dying of hunger |
The Brussels-based event I admire the most | The Marché du midi, Sundays. |
The European reform I admire the most | The European Coal and Steel Community Treaty, the mother of all peaces. |
The natural talent I'd like to be gifted with | Soothsaying. |
How I wish to die | Holding my beloved ones in my arms. |
What is your present state of mind. | Rebellious |
For what fault have you most toleration? | Lying to someone for his/her own good. |
Your favorite motto. | To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy (Hippocrates). |
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