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THe Champion, the Hero: My bro!

I have a bro back in Greece, i call him terrasboulbas! He is known more or less with the nickname i chose for him, Griever! As brothers as used to live together. We are at the same time quite different but also incredibly alike.

Games, especially when we had to play against each other, was a our main common activity since our age wouldn't let us share any other activities. Both of us would be quite good at games, but i would have the upper hand at fighting games, shoot them ups(debatable) while he would beat me really heavily at sports and driving games.

Over the years we clashed thousands of times at PES(Pro Evolution Soccer, a.k.a. Winning Eleven). At the beginning I was able to fight for the win and keep the match on par. My efforts were doomed after some months i would keep counting goals and goals and goals.

So it is not a big surprise that my bro has become an expert at that(since he can beat me). Last Saturday on my birthday we was in Athens for the Greek national championship. I was 100% sure he would make the cut and become the rightful champion.

It is funny how life sometimes makes some things happen. on the 4th of July my bro will be in Paris for the world finals while i have my graduation on the 5th and then we can travel together in France for 1 or 2 days! let's hope we will have a trophy with us!

This was the best birthday gift the little mario could get me! Thank you bro,you made me proud while @ INSEAD! get ready though i am not such an easy opponent!

Family Coming to Singapore

After 8 months it will be a nice chance to see my parents again. They will visit me on their way back from China. I have prepared for the to see Singapore. But what can you see in Singapore? ONly malls. It will be a good chance to stop sending emails and applications for a change.

Team Dinner/ happenned!

View this photo Hey finally it happenned! The 4 of us went for dinner to a very good restaurant called Hooters. We ate more than we should. That was the purpose of it. We had a grat time. We talked about our group, about other INSEADER, the subjects and Fonty! anything. The food was fantastic, we left nothing untouched. We liked the place, basically we only thought we would find food at 22.00 in Clarke Qauy! the 3 of them drank beer. I envy them! i do not drink beer. we made our pressence known. We even heard the super "last call" cheer. It was a bit cheesy. After that we ended in INDOCHINE!i do not remember what happenned there. Why? I only remember that the played the same music twice. That was strange. I think we really enjoy our group. There is some chemistry among us. Happy with my group. They are civilised and interesting. We have to do this more often! u can check our photos here. They told i fell asleep in indochine.. Is it real? More to come again. Go A112! We also have to drink our trophy.  Soooo let's see when we do it again! Indochine was a nice place. hope we can go there again, no sleeping this time

My Big Sis & me

There was no chance this blog would be complete without reference to Melissa. Who is she? She is From Singapore and she is my big sis(like Stamatia). Melissa, Charles and me spend a lot of time together, school and clubs. She is great fun to be around with. We also went to the espalnade together. Melissa works and lives in the Netherlands. just one more piece of unrelated information. I met her on Business foundations where she gave me the first piece of golden advice. "For shopping go to Takashimaya". She is a non stop dancer, who actually never drinks. You have to respect that, esepcially since she is driving. She must b very clever 2! She is the VP of the Student council(by the way she applied to join the Student Goverment) and at the same time Academic representative. I hope she doesn't go to Fonty after p2. Our clubbing party will get reduced. Stay big sis.....

O GIORGOS

Giorgos, from Cyprus. He belonged to the the FATS gang.  He is great. He studies Computer Science. He is always quiet. he may be making fun of you without any1 realising it. we had a lot of fun at Swansea. He knew how to Fats the fats. I havne't seen him for a long time. I sure miss him. We had a lot of fun clubbing. One time he was rejected because he was wearing sneakers at a club. we got back via taxi and gave him my own boots. Tehn we came back. It was so funny. We were so drunk. the best scene was when our hero(u know who) was talking to his "Girl" so we could hear. That was the only time George couldn't stop laughing. u remember that? what lese do u remember? the interviews? the clubbing?

Jovanis!

I have to refer to another person. He is Jovanis. I've known him for 6 years now and he is one of the most interesting and diverse persons I know in Greece. we were at elementary school together but we didn't know each other. We met again through counterstrike, ag reat game that ruined a bit my life. He is very tall, strong and sharp. What i really enjoy about him is that he is there when u need him. He has bailed me out some times and he is a great person to hang out with. We hav emore or less the same hobbies and always have a great time when we are together. He is also LU BU(he knwos what this means). He is good at everything he does. He is quite the challenge when it comes to chess. It is good that he plays fast and falls into my traps. he is doing his military service now(poor him). We are anti-trendy and that gives us special powers. He would like to go out of Greece(who doesn't) and work in the UK! i hope he follows his dream. He can get angry very easily but will recognise that he is losing it and stop it. OH! john! i miss eating souvlakia while playing Dynasty warriors! He is very strong minded, but he is honest and consistent. He is a real friend! wish him well

My family? I love my family. I have 2 great parents and one fantastic brother. I am very close to my uncle and I am used to be spoilt by my grandma. I have a culturally educated cousin and an Aunt with a good taste. That’s my family. My father is an engineer. He is so like an engineer, although he has no respect for deadlines. He is like the best when It comes to organise something. We are so different. I will try to finish an assignment ASAP; even I have to disregard some details most of the times. On the other hand my dad will do everything VERY SLOWLY but the result will b like a diamond, flawless! He is very strict and works like a slave. He definitely needs to improve his efficiency.
My mom is a lawyer turned entrepreneur-designer. Maybe it runs in the family. She is very hands-off. She takes everything very lightly and just gives direction. She is very charismatic and knows how to keep her calm in every situation. I try to make her work more.

My bro, Marios , is so unlike me. he is more outgoing, more social and more trendy. I am the brains, he is the heart. That’s what our parents tell us. My bro rocks. He is 18 now. He studies hard, has so many friends and he is always busy. I miss him in Singapore. We used to play a lot together and our relationship was nice. Although he has a grudge against me since he were small.
My uncle is like my role model. I have never seen any1 who is more educated. He knows almost everything that goes on. He is so sharp. He is an avid crossword solver(I suck at them). He has such a wide variety of skills. He is also an engineer. He is never late and hates it when my family is late.
My grandma used to spoil me, she still does. She is the typical grandma. I am her favourite grandson, yes that’s me. Unfortunately she buys a lot of stuff., stuff that she doesn’t even need. My friends call her the MARS grandma, because whenever they visit me I give them a lot of chocolates and ice-creams from my grandma’s fridge.

JACOB

I know some great ppl! One of them is Jacob! jacob is 23 years old. I know him for the pas 10 years. I had another friend who i have known longer thna jacob. But i have to admit that jacob has always been there for me. The world would b such a greater place if there more ppl like jacob. I could keep on writing and writng about him. His personality and feats require one whole blog.
What can i say in one post? He has a heart made of GOLD. He knows what friendship is about. He can relate to me. He is always the person every1 wants to be around. he is charismatic. He is always so clam that i call him for fun the SILENT POWER(ok in greek it sounds better, ηρεμή δύναμη). He is extremely talented. He is one of th emost creative guys. People like him make me think that Greeks are either extremely useless or way too talented and great. He is a designer and he is really good at it. He is the one who implemented our ideas for ebio(more aobut ebio in another post).
We were at school together and we been best friends since then. In singpaore, i have to admit i miss him. We had some of our own traditions! The night for example was when we would gather to mine or his place and watch dvds or play games till next morning. This sounds pathetic but we had great times. He also was my teammate at a lot fo games. I am running out of time. I will definetely come back to him.