Misadventures and Getting Things Done

Yo, party people~! Yannis here! Hope you are all doing well and having fun in this summer heat! If you are not, well...hope you are planning to have some fun! One thing I have to say is that although summer time is great here in Greece, the heat blast (commonly known as a heat wave but "blast" just sounds more accurate) is just unbelievable. I seriously think twice before walking out of my house between the hours of 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. And it's mid-July which means we have a lot more to look forward to. Good thing we have an inflatable pool! Do I hear laughing? Hey! Inflatable pools rock and I challenge anyone to prove the contrary! Oh, you got a proper pool eh? K... *walks away in shame*



Anyhow, off to some of my news. For starters, my bro Dimitris is back from Portsmouth, UK. Good times! There's definitely some partying that will be going down for sure from now on! Hehe~! The parental units are gonna be off for the weekend. Even more good times!! No worries, we'll keep the place intact...somehow. Also, I've managed to assemble all the paperwork I needed to get my student visa so I'll be submitting those at the embassy tomorrow. Let me tell you it was not an easy task getting my physical examination form filled. As I stated in my previous post, they required that I be examined from head to toe literally. Not only that, it had to be done at a PUBLIC hospital. So I merrily strolled down to the nearest one (ok I drove it wasn't that close) and as I showed this lovely lady there the form she gave me a puzzled look and asked me what exactly it was I wanted. Some clarrifications now: a) I am not really proficient in how hospitals work and b) the form was written in English and Chinese. After a few back and forths with her she decided to get rid of me by advicing me to try another hospital since they were really swamped with appointments all the way to mid-August. So I drove down to another "nearby" hospital with alot of high hopes. I'll be blunt: they were crushed pretty fast! As I gave my form to another lovely lady there she quickly replied "I can't read this". Now I'm not one who asks for too much (for real) but I find that kind of weird in this glorious age of globalisation (clearly overhyped). Or maybe I'm a little naive. In all fairness to her, of course, I do also find it a little off that the form didn't contain any Greek. I mean they do want it to be signed by GREEK doctors in GREEK public hospitals. Oh well, I've managed to get things done in the end. BANZAI!!
Another little misadventure occured right after said form was filled. I misplaced my passport. To make a long story short, I freaked out to a point where I started to believe our house had a gnome infestation of some sort. Funny story though, my mom knocked some sense into me so I started picking on some clothes scattered here and there. It was located in a pair of jeans that was pilled under a cloth mountain I maintain in my room (without fail). I'm a really messy person and the photo on the left barely scratches the surface of what my living quarters are like. All's well that ends well, though! Love you mom!
So the majority of my preparations are almost complete. I got my flight ticket to Beijing with a stop in Dubai which hopefully won't last too long, my visa will be processed within a few days, Kimy found a decent cheap hotel to spend my first few days there vacation-style (yeah I've vacationed enough I know) and now all that remains is a few minor details here and there.

So what should you be looking forward to from my posts until my fateful journey to the Land of the Sleeping Dragon? Well, along with some reports on my activities I'll be introducing you to the people I love the most. Next week I will be giving you the full scoop on the most powerful Mafia, the Vatis Family! So stay tuned!

Peace out~!

Yannis