So yeah, I know I promised the inside scoop on my family but due to some "operations" and other unspeakable situations I'm going to have to postpone it for later. Interviewing the mob isn't easy, even for an inside man such as myself. Anyway, the temperature doesn't seem to be going down easily and it is under these extreme conditions I had to complete a variety of errands and tasks. For one I had to drive my sister to go take her driving theory exam which she finally managed to ace as expected! Congrats Tiggy! The kicker, though, was that while she was scheduled to take it at 12:00 pm she ended up being called at 12:30. The greek public services never fail when it comes to making our lives hard. But all's well that ends well! I'm a proud big brother now! Along with that I had to take some pants I had for shortening (I'm a small guy so I can never for the life of me buy pants that fit). Funny thing is I've had those pants for well over a year but never really had a use for them since I'm a jeans man. Since I'm gonna be working, though, I think something a little more formal is in order. Got some nice shirts to go with them as well! So now I got the style, now time to start gearing into teacher mode. FEAR ME!
Oh, by the way, I got my flight tickets finally...and it ain't a pretty voyage. Departure time from Athens El. Venizelos airport at 23:00 Greek time. I'll be flying to Dubai for about 4.5 hours where I'll be arriving at around 4:30 am local time. Now here's where the real fun begins: my flight to Beijing departs at 11:00 am Dubai time! Yeah you read correctly, I'll be stuck in the airport for well over 6 hours alone and completely exhausted! :-( From there on it's another 7 hours to my final destination (why does that creep me out?). Sadly I need a visa to get out of the airport so can't do some minor sightseeing and take some photos. Oh well...I'll endure it. Now I'm really pondering whether or not I should take my guitar with me since I'll have to be dragging it along with my heavy laptop backpack. Hm, could always sit in a corner and play while random travellers pity me by giving me some spare change....or throw tomatoes at my face since I can't play at all.
Oh well, on a happier note, as of today it's just my bro and myself occupying our residence! Up until the 19th the family bosses and sis are gonna be vacationing so that means it's wild time for the boys! High time we got our "pool" (stop laughing!) ready so we can just lay back and enjoy the sun. Along with some alcohol and good company we are sure to get some neighbor rage going on in no time! From the 3rd until the 10th of August we'll be joining our family for some vacationing at the glorious island of Innouses (it's a tiny dot on the map next to Chios).
Well I'm gonna end this small update. I humbly apologise for this stale post. Promise to make the next one more interesting. You can always keep tabs on what I'm doing via Twitter.
Peace out and enjoy whatever you are doing!
Yannis
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