My first Publication Alumni Magazine21-online | Page 9

ISSUE 21, JUNE 2019
Do you remember your proudest moment at ACS? Would you change anything about yourself?
Not really, could’ve been the musical again, because people
loved it. I mean, I have no academic achievements, in fact, I
was on an academic probation. Twice. And, funny thing is, I
was quite bad at math and physics, and now I’m an engineer
and I actually made the top of the class at the University of
Sheffield, so it’s kind of funny how times change. Not really, I’m quite happy with how things have been
going for me.
What is your most distinctive feature as a person?
I cannot recall any sort of proud moments. More like
moments of fear when my parents would go to parent-
teacher conferences. Could be the fact that I don’t want to follow the normal
path of people, you know, going into university, graduating,
landing your first job etc. Could be that, because, looking
at people my age, of course there are many who are like me,
but the majority seem to be a bit different, and I think they
are more ordinary in terms of following their life path and
making their choices.
I too remember that feeling, it’s a very acute one. What is perfect happiness to you, what would it look like?
Do you keep in touch with many of the other alumni? Personally, it would be living somewhere where I feel I belong,
partially, and then, having the time and resources to do what
I like – road trips, skiing, surfing, all these things. Also,
working with people. I have often thought that I’d probably
like to become a university professor at some point in life.
That’s amazing, congratulations on that!
Not so many, but I do. I have some very close friends from
my class of 2006. And a lot of close friends from 2008. But
I mean, I do keep in touch occasionally. I wish I were more
involved, but many of them are in London, and me being
here makes it a bit more difficult.
Wow!
Well, not a professor, but a teacher probably. This would be
quite nice. And, if I could combine it with a bit of business on
the side, that would be perfect. I don’t know how this would
fit with having some free time, but it would be quite nice.
What one thing would you change about the school if
you could?
Good question! I don’t think I would change anything. Of
course, now I’m not involved with it, so I don’t know what
some internal issues might be, if there are any, but from
what I perceive and from my memories, I don’t think I
would change anything.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? You kind of
mentioned it – teaching.
Yes, but I don’t know in which country. I’d love to feel fine
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