I was born in Algeria, from a Malagasy tailor family. I grew up in Algeria, Germany and Madagascar. I travelled a lot, as a kid, for my studies or for my work.

I love being in an international ambiance. I hate frontiers! :) between people as well as in people's mind.

I used to be a part of the corporate world and work as a financier/auditor/controller. I dropped everything to start a fashion company. So now I can sew, I can design, I can do fashion sketches, I got to fund one of the hypest Fashion concept store in Paris and I am writing a book about writing business plans in fashion.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Actually I am very new at this. Having launched my company, I am on a budget and yet, I have a few prospects to visit worldwide. So friends suggested I connect with hosts on CS and they thought I would love the concept, since I am fond of networking with international people. So here I am.

Interests

Music (in a past time, I used to play the piano with the Philharmonic orchestra of Madagascar and I was in a choir. I still sing sometimes, mostly jazz standards. And by the way, I am also an official singer/songwriter :))

Reading. These last years, I ended up reading mostly self improvement books.

Watching sitcoms (my favourite are Gossip girl, Sex & the City, The Big bang theory...)

• writing
• books
• singing
• design
• fashion
• cooking
• reading
• music
• jazz
• piano
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: classical music (Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Dvorak, Addinsell, Tchaikovski), jazz (Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald...), Electro house music (I looooooooooooooove Berlin for that), French music (Gainsbourg, Aznavour), Berlin groups (MIA, Rosenstolz, Wir sind Helden etc) and so much more

Movies: eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, matchpoint, Simone, The pursuit of happiness

Books: L'ecume des jours, Der Schachspieler

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well honestly I am pretty proud of having dropped everything for my passion

Teach, Learn, Share

I am very good at boosting people to reach their goals, I used it for my own sake. I know a lot about personal development/self improvement. I attended the 2015 Tony Robbins Unleash your Power Within seminar in London and it helped me a lot to find the courage to jump into uncertainty and start my own business. Plus I come from a rather fortunate family but having lost everything, I had to learn to live without not much, which taught me a lot about life, values!

I would love to share more of that with people

What I Can Share with Hosts

- I can cook (Some French dishes or Malagasy dishes)

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Madagascar, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Madagascar