New Discovery

*EDIT*
When I mentioned in my earlier blogs that a new environment brings you to new discoveries within yourself, these days I'm intrigued by what beckons me away; things I never thought I'd be associated with.

-Boxing
The intensity level is striking and brushes off all aggression known to your body.

-Photography
Possibly an influence on the artistic scenery itself in Paris?

-Cooking
What the? Yeah, that's right. Your boi is finally getting comfortable in the kitchen. Here's the first time I ever cooked something legit, lol.



Btw, I attended this Taekwondo tournament last weekend hosted by the Korean embassy here in Paris. I went into it thinking it'd be soft & boring nonetheless. Wrong. I was amazed how these guys were just flying around and punishing one another. It almost felt like a real Muay Thai fight. This black guy was a BEAST just destroyed his fellow sizable opponent! What he did didn't look like Taekwondo to me. On the girls side of things, there was a petite girl in the tournament who laid out her opponent TWICE with blows to the head which caused a ruckus from the crowd. Can't knock our national sport.

New Horizons

A change of scenery doesn't necessarily just bring you to a new environment, people or a new culture to bode with. But a change of place brings you a change of pace, from your daily routine and from your comfort zone. And those changes combined bring you to new discoveries within yourself. The things you were never used to doing, the roads you never crossed, you realize, can actually bring light to the world you haven't seen yet.

Since the day that I was born up until this point, I can count with the fingers of one hand how many books I've read. I never liked to read, I thought it was boring and I was living in the high-tech generation preferring to see the visuals. And here I find myself today already finishing two books within a month and already that's all of what I've read up to this point. I realized how much depth reading brings and not only does it teach but it inspires. It can provide you with so much knowledge and understanding as well as motivation. And all of a sudden you find yourself having answers to the questions you had for yourself as well.


'A Year In The Merde' By Stephen Clarke
Stephen Clarke is a man from England who comes to Paris for work and discusses his work experience, cultural differences and many of his romances. I definitely could relate to his experiences adjusting to a new city in Paris.


'Become a Better You' By Joel Osteen
A book on better ways to live your life, not only through just motivation but positive outlooks and optimism. It definitely helped me crawl out of a very negative stage and I've been a positive man ever since...