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In short: College student (history major), lover of books and movies, destroyer of worlds..........okay, scrap that last one.
Still here? I'm surprised. Curious one ain't ya? Well, what can I say. I'm Yahya, 22 years young and currently trying to get through university unscathed. So far so good. When I'm not studying or attending classes, I'm probably sleepi....uh doing productive things, such as doing sports (I go jogging, once in a while), writing stuff, including but not limited to, poetry and essays, and last but not least, eating waffles (I'm Belgian, one gotta live up to his name right?). Concerning my character, you'll have to find out for yourself I suppose, but be sure I won't bite!
That'll have to do for now, but I'll be more than happy to chat with you, i'm an open book ;)
Requests
Arabic, Japanese and French
In return, I'd be happy to help with Dutch (my mother tongue) or English (Fluent enough to learn beginners a thing or two)
Hobbies & Interests
mountain biking
cycling
travelling
watching movies (and recommend the good ones to anyone willing to listen)
reading
writing (poetry)
thinking about everything that crosses my mind
Favorite Movies
Just a few of my favorite ones:
Full metal jacket
Pulp fiction
Django unchained
The Shawshank redemption
Forrest Gump
Interstellar
Inception
Alien franchise
LOTR
Parasite
Casualties of war
behind enemy lines
The silence of the lambs
Kill Bill
Shichinin no Samurai
Back to the future
The mist
Catch me if you can
(...)
Favorite Books
too much to sum up, here are a couple
The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi (1955)
21 lessons for the 21st century
The name of the rose
Sapiens
Private Peaceful (Michael Morpurgo)
Bochan (Natsume Sôseki)
A history of Japan (C. Totman)
De Rivier van Herakleitos (book about Philosophy, Dutch; Etienne Vermeersch, Johan Braeckman)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Favorite Quotes
"It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below another man. Any existing distinction between the wise and the stupid, between the rich and the poor, comes down to a matter of education." - Fukuzawa Yukichi (An Encouragement of Learning - 学問のすすめ)
"Learning never exhausts the mind"
- Leonardo da Vinci
"A person's tongue can give you the taste of his heart."
- Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah
"Alles, was uns begegnet, läßt Spuren zurück. Alles trägt unmerklich zu unserer Bildung bei."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre"
(Everything we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education)