What I'm doing now

Updated August 9th, 2025, from Saigon, Vietnam.

Living in Vietnam

I moved to Vietnam on June 26 — and for at least 7 months.

I'm on a new start.

I was looking for a place :

I spent the first two weeks in a hostel, The Common Room Project, in Bui Vien. The street is known for it's nightlife, but the hostel was calm. The place was spacious, built with raw materials, minimalistic lines. The staff was friendly. I loved being there.

I eat most of my meals in street food restaurants. It cost me 5€/day. I especially like Bánh xèo, Cơm Tấm and Cơm sườn. I didn't expect to find so much food diversity.

I've met more people over the first 3 weeks than over the past 3 years. I also made local friends — but the language barrier is real, connecting with people when you don't speak the same language is hard.

Learning AI

I’ve signed myself up to teach a course on ML in February.

The thing is that AI is not my topic. I didn't attend the classes when I was in school. And it didn't spark my interest until now.

It sounds stupid to some people to say that I will teach it in 6. But for me, it's really part of the fun.

I read Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans. Loved it. She introduces the core concepts in their historical context and expose the limitations, the challenges. I'm pursuing with the Stanford's Machine Learning Specialisation course.

I code my own models. I want to deeply understand the foundations.

Learning to dance

I've started taking House Dance lessons.

I've been fascinated by dancers for years. I remember walking through the spaces of Le 104 in Paris in 2012, watching in awe groups of dancers training informally. I remember early mornings, admiring the last dancers at the party. Learning how to dance was something I wanted to do for ages, but I never dared.

I'm so happy I've started learning.

I take 3 lessons per week. The other days, I train 45 minutes by myself.

Running

I used to think that talking to people was a waste of time, that I could do better alone, and that people I met were never good enough. With no surprise, I wasn't happy.

I flipped my mindset. Now, I think that any time spent talking to people is worth it, and that the people I met are the ones I needed to encounter.

I embrace the idea that "alone you go faster, but together you go further". On weekdays, I'm out of this world from 6am to 18pm. But out of that, I get the more I can in contact with other people.

To say: I run with the people of Founders Running Club every Saturday morning. After the run, we have a drink all together. It's so good to see them every week, check up how everybody is doing feeling, provide support.

No more coffee

During my podcast interview with Derek Sivers, my energy dropped after 1h15. It became hard to focus, come with follow-up questions, decide whether sharing a story or move on. My hypothesis is that the drop was due to my breakfast or to coffee. I realised that it's been 3 years since I want to stop coffee, but I was too scared to take this path.

I quit coffee overnight.

I feel so liberated.

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