Jean-Baptiste Queru ([info]jbq) wrote,
@ 2008-12-21 07:53:00
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10 years ago Meme via Max, via Clawfoot, via GandalfGreyhame...
1) How old were you?
THEN: almost 25
NOW: almost 35 (geee, am I good at math or what?)

2) Where did you go to school?
THEN: Had graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, was in final internship while at ENSEEIHT.
NOW: graduated from ENSEEIHT in 99, been working since then.

3) Where did you work?
THEN: Software Engineering intern at Be.
NOW: Software Engineer at Google.

4) Where did you live?
THEN: San Mateo, CA, with a schoolmate.
NOW: Foster City, CA, with my wife.

5) How was your hairstyle?
THEN: Messy, had grown for 5 months.
NOW: Long ponytail, more than halfway down my back.

6) Did you wear braces?
THEN: No.
NOW: No.

7) Did you wear contacts?
THEN: No
NOW: No.

8) Did you wear glasses?
THEN: Yes.
NOW: Yes, and my formula hasn't changed in 10 years.

9) Who was your best friend?
THEN: Tough choice. I'll say Matthieu (who ended up being my best man a few years later), but it's close.
NOW: My wife :)

10) Which of your pets were still alive?
THEN: Some of my malawi cichlids were still alive in my brother's fish tanks.
NOW: My wife :)

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
THEN: Nobody.
NOW: My wife :)

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
THEN: Nobody.
NOW: My wife :) (she's a celebrity)

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
THEN: Nobody.
NOW: My wife :)

14) How many piercings did you have?
THEN: None.
NOW: None.

15) How many tattoos did you have?
THEN: None.
NOW: None.

16) What was your favourite band/singer?
THEN: Iron Maiden.
NOW: Awww, that's hard. Green Day, the Killers, Audioslave...

17) Had you smoked cigarettes?
THEN: Never.
NOW: Never.

18) Had you gotten drunk?
THEN: Yep.
NOW: Yep (but now I tend to get sick before I'm really drunk).

19) Had you driven?
THEN: Yup.
NOW: Yup (licensed driver for 18 years almost to this day).

20) If so which car?
THEN: '98 Escort ZX2 (co-leased with my housemate).
NOW: '99 Camaro Z28, '03 Focus ZX5.

21) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 2008?
Yes and no. Yes, because I was at the point where I had decided to stay a bit longer in the US after my internship (to my family's great dismay), though I didn't know how much longer that'd be. No, because I didn't expect to be married.




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