"Love eats you alive"
Feel.. but the heart is not beating faster; nor harder.
No tears to cry.
But why?
Suddenly i open my eyes.
She told me she loves me, didnt she?
THEN WHY???
Why....
I will sleep again.........
the loser takes it all
Δεν πειραζει που δεν σου ηρθε η ζαρια,
τζογαρισες στο ονειρο κι εισαι ετοιμος για ολα,
το λεει κι ενα τραγουδι που μας μαθαιναν παλια..
ο χαμενος τα παιρνει ολα..
Cant wait for tonight... Dub Rebellion-Aggelakas & Episkeptes-Palyrria-Toshi1
τζογαρισες στο ονειρο κι εισαι ετοιμος για ολα,
το λεει κι ενα τραγουδι που μας μαθαιναν παλια..
ο χαμενος τα παιρνει ολα..
Cant wait for tonight... Dub Rebellion-Aggelakas & Episkeptes-Palyrria-Toshi1
i m going home...
:)
for Stef... now that a new begining is at the door...
because home.. is where the music is what we want it to be.. is where our memories live... is where our people are... is where our heart is..
and this is IN us... :)
the rest.. we make it with our hands and we get there with our legs..
Love you Stef!
Be happy & good! ENJOY!
we are all with you!
where a life goes on...
dreams will keep me young...
You have your clock to remind you that we have time... :)
kai kati akoma...:
"Nothing's lost, all's gain
No more fret nor pain
No more stumbling on the way
No more longing for the day
Going to roam no more
Morning star lights the way
Restless dream all done
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life begun
There's no break, there's no end
Just a living on
Wide awake with a smile
Going on and on"
for Stef... now that a new begining is at the door...
because home.. is where the music is what we want it to be.. is where our memories live... is where our people are... is where our heart is..
and this is IN us... :)
the rest.. we make it with our hands and we get there with our legs..
Love you Stef!
Be happy & good! ENJOY!
we are all with you!
where a life goes on...
dreams will keep me young...
You have your clock to remind you that we have time... :)
kai kati akoma...:
"Nothing's lost, all's gain
No more fret nor pain
No more stumbling on the way
No more longing for the day
Going to roam no more
Morning star lights the way
Restless dream all done
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life begun
There's no break, there's no end
Just a living on
Wide awake with a smile
Going on and on"
My story- AIESEC International 0809
My story is a story full of fun, battles, learning, change, success, friends.
It started in February 08, when Juan came behind me and told me that he wants me to shine, and i was trembling like the fish out of the water..
it started when i got elected for a role that i had just an opinion about, coming from a very successful term as President of AIESEC in my country and an incredible team experience; determined, excited & scared but committed to see & support AIESEC globally to grow to the maximum, as my small AIESEC country did.
So, here i m coming in Rotterdam and this is where the party starts; this is where i ve experienced friendship, hard work, responsibillity, love, fights, fun, parties, laughter, community, house, conferences, mates, inspiration, exploring, challenge, plans, execution, numbers, learning, diversity, journeys, trust, fear, desire, questions, alcohol, family, focus, evolution, strange words (systen, quack, coff, officee etc), happiness, why's, desicions, losses, maturity, co operation, committment, planes, disappointement, people, spaces, success.
And now, i m full of owe for the people who surrounded me, full of respect for every single person who has driven & contributed to the organisational achievement that brought impact to the world;
full of gratitude for a team, for 21 other individuals that worked hard, that sacrificed a lot, that stood up for their beliefs, that they overdelivered what they promised, that became my friends, that supported me, that taught me so many things..
and the greatest learning of all...?
the greatest learning that i m taking with me is
CONNECTING TO DELIVER.
seeking for good, seeing complementary needs, creating mutual benefitial, win- win relationships, knowing that we are more powerful together than when we are apart, being honest & inclussive, being innovative & flexible, keeping things simple & cutting the crap.
And this is a fundamental principle of our community; a community that achieved 47% growth in the financial crisis.
I wish one day the world will become like this community; and i cant wait to receive news from my friends, from my team, AI 0809, that they are thriving in anything they do, no matter the path they follow, making the world this community.
Thank you Juan, Kate, Deepti, Mauricio, Lucy, Mo, Annika, Aditya, Emil, Li Zhen, Cindy, Laura, Lala, Pipe, Koni, Petra, Ewelina, Aman, Phil, Walter, Ellen.
I will always look up to you and i will be an ambassador of our message!
It started in February 08, when Juan came behind me and told me that he wants me to shine, and i was trembling like the fish out of the water..it started when i got elected for a role that i had just an opinion about, coming from a very successful term as President of AIESEC in my country and an incredible team experience; determined, excited & scared but committed to see & support AIESEC globally to grow to the maximum, as my small AIESEC country did.
So, here i m coming in Rotterdam and this is where the party starts; this is where i ve experienced friendship, hard work, responsibillity, love, fights, fun, parties, laughter, community, house, conferences, mates, inspiration, exploring, challenge, plans, execution, numbers, learning, diversity, journeys, trust, fear, desire, questions, alcohol, family, focus, evolution, strange words (systen, quack, coff, officee etc), happiness, why's, desicions, losses, maturity, co operation, committment, planes, disappointement, people, spaces, success.
And now, i m full of owe for the people who surrounded me, full of respect for every single person who has driven & contributed to the organisational achievement that brought impact to the world;
full of gratitude for a team, for 21 other individuals that worked hard, that sacrificed a lot, that stood up for their beliefs, that they overdelivered what they promised, that became my friends, that supported me, that taught me so many things..
and the greatest learning of all...?
the greatest learning that i m taking with me is
CONNECTING TO DELIVER.
seeking for good, seeing complementary needs, creating mutual benefitial, win- win relationships, knowing that we are more powerful together than when we are apart, being honest & inclussive, being innovative & flexible, keeping things simple & cutting the crap.
And this is a fundamental principle of our community; a community that achieved 47% growth in the financial crisis.
I wish one day the world will become like this community; and i cant wait to receive news from my friends, from my team, AI 0809, that they are thriving in anything they do, no matter the path they follow, making the world this community.
Thank you Juan, Kate, Deepti, Mauricio, Lucy, Mo, Annika, Aditya, Emil, Li Zhen, Cindy, Laura, Lala, Pipe, Koni, Petra, Ewelina, Aman, Phil, Walter, Ellen.
I will always look up to you and i will be an ambassador of our message!
"Let s dance little stranger, show me secret sins.. seduce me once again.."
Nouvelle Vague- my favorite
House of Action
Welcome to my house..The House where 2 Australians, 1 American and 1 Greek lived a year..
where a Brazilian lived for 5months.
a House that hosted parties.. GREAT parties;
"Opening", "Come as you are not", "I remember the night when...", dinner parties, movie parties, 80s nights..
sporcle nights... :)
a House that hosted people from all over the world; 1 month living with 15 more people, Lucy & I being the "hostel" managers- which coach is free tonight? which part of the floor? how many changes will we have tomorrow?
that hosted friends, hosted lovers, hosted family...
a House that hosted great conversations:what are the drivers of the world today? what are our thoughts? why this is happening? how should i react?
a House that lived laughter, crying, love, fear, pain, ultimate friendship, jokes, happiness, fights, bad smells, floods, broken pipes, cold, sun, flowers, creativity, candles all over the place...
that is equiped with "recycled" furniture, posters, DIY constructions (our table, our selves..)
..drilling holes on the wall, taking the HORRIBLE garbage bags from the back yard when we came, the dead mouse, painting our walls, putting the fingerprints of our first visitors on the hall way, leaving messages of love & friendship on the black board, living for 2 months without hot water & heating system, having bucket showers, super barbeques, improvising, having crazy combinations of food for dinner..
The House of Action.
The Winners of Life.
Making the best (& the worst) of every day.
Creating our own family; our own world with our friends that we totally love..with our adventures & stories of which some will and some will not be forgotten.
A house that with a great frequency experiences arrivals, departures, arrivals and again departures...
soon, will experience one more departure, a big- no- return- departure from the current crew..
but as for its residents, for the house as well, this will also mean a new arrival!
New people will come for sure. New stories will be lived. New secrets will be said.
As we will continue our lives, as we will open a new cycle, the house will go through the same experience.. with us!
And as we will always remember each other..
as Marcio, Annika, Lucy, Kate and Sophie will always love & remember each other, we will always remember our house..
Same with our friends, and our visitors.Same with our team!
This is our House!
The House of Action! :)
See? In the end, we fixed it! We made it what it deserved to be!
And it will be always in the stories of AI 0809!
Cheers!
π- it s meaning and importance
When i was in school, and i was having my history & philosophy classes our professor told us the story of π.
π= 3.1415926535897932384664338327950288419716939937510
the mathematical constant of the circle' s circumference..
the constant that shows balance, the golden line.
mmm... circle.. balance.. perfection.
The circle is a perfect symbol- every part of the circle has equal distance from the center; the real conversations happen in a circle- where everyone has the same power, where if one person leaves the circle will close without being spoiled and when a new person is coming in, the circle will welcome him/her again, without the dynamic to be changed.
a circle of an experience; the spyral- the evolution.
the power of the circle
Anyways, the story is about π!
Do you know that ancient Greek words can be translated in mathematical forms?
So the word αγαπη (love) translated in mathematical form is 3,14, which is... π!
Not at all strange, as π symbolises balance, love symbolises balance.
If we take away the ego emotions that associate love with pain, the pure love, the love that means serving and being unselfish brings balance.
The love that is in the nature; the love that is in the mother for the child..
This is how our ancestors, related love with god; unselfish love, a love that is a principle of christianity in its theory.
Interesting, nah? π= αγαπη (love)= balance= being unselfish= god..
So... i think that this means.. that love is god; or god is love!
Yea.. it s love.
Love is also a unique characteristic of the human being.
Of the core of what a human being is.
So, I think that when we, the people, the humans that conquer the Earth and try to master Nature, will connect with our core, with what and who we really are...
the world will be better; because we will be serving, we will be offering, we will be respecting.
As Juan always tells me "Be good. Give good and good will come back to you" :p
Maybe it s true.. maybe it s not.
But still, i think we should be giving & doing good.
It s in our nature..
In love, in the nature, in the balance, in the golden line, in the circle, in π.
Thank you Mo mu :)
π= 3.1415926535897932384664338327950288419716939937510
the mathematical constant of the circle' s circumference..
the constant that shows balance, the golden line.
mmm... circle.. balance.. perfection.
The circle is a perfect symbol- every part of the circle has equal distance from the center; the real conversations happen in a circle- where everyone has the same power, where if one person leaves the circle will close without being spoiled and when a new person is coming in, the circle will welcome him/her again, without the dynamic to be changed.
a circle of an experience; the spyral- the evolution.
the power of the circle
Anyways, the story is about π!
Do you know that ancient Greek words can be translated in mathematical forms?
So the word αγαπη (love) translated in mathematical form is 3,14, which is... π!
Not at all strange, as π symbolises balance, love symbolises balance.
If we take away the ego emotions that associate love with pain, the pure love, the love that means serving and being unselfish brings balance.
The love that is in the nature; the love that is in the mother for the child..
This is how our ancestors, related love with god; unselfish love, a love that is a principle of christianity in its theory.
Interesting, nah? π= αγαπη (love)= balance= being unselfish= god..
So... i think that this means.. that love is god; or god is love!
Yea.. it s love.
Love is also a unique characteristic of the human being.
Of the core of what a human being is.
So, I think that when we, the people, the humans that conquer the Earth and try to master Nature, will connect with our core, with what and who we really are...
the world will be better; because we will be serving, we will be offering, we will be respecting.
As Juan always tells me "Be good. Give good and good will come back to you" :p
Maybe it s true.. maybe it s not.
But still, i think we should be giving & doing good.
It s in our nature..
In love, in the nature, in the balance, in the golden line, in the circle, in π.
Thank you Mo mu :)
HOME- the Earth
Earth is our HOME; see below the trailer of an AMAZING movie;
how the humans have changed the balance that is so essential for life? what the effects of it? how the planet, the life, the nature, our lives will be influenced & changed in the near future?
If you want to watch the whole movie, click HERE
how the humans have changed the balance that is so essential for life? what the effects of it? how the planet, the life, the nature, our lives will be influenced & changed in the near future?
If you want to watch the whole movie, click HERE
The Planet
Take some time and watch it all.. and think about you and your impact to the environment, our environment..maybe we can still fix things but it will take so much effort..because its us who caused the damages of this large scale in the first place..and its definitely only us who can change it..
Tsosmi' s statements
Translation:"Throwing art at your houses.
There will be a city that will really belong to her citizens; where they will be free to write whatever they want on the walls, shape the public spaces as they wish...
Today i ve dreamt of a city different from the one that i m living in..
A city full of tall buildings and pirate flags..
A grey city full of colors and lights; drawings & quotes on her walls.
A city with really tall trees and ivys, drowning her buildings.
A city full of sounds, noise and music.
A city where bridges connect the balconys.
A city full of festivals and creativity where the people dance, love and share"
This is the city i want to live.. adding the bikes.. :)
Σε αγαπω Τσοσμηηηηηη!!!
Where would you like to wake up tomorrow?
London:
Brooklyn:
ah.... :) i will keep this to myself this time... :)
Fifty People, One Question is a simple project with surprising results. We go to a place, ask fifty people the same question and film their responses.
Visit the website here
Brooklyn:
ah.... :) i will keep this to myself this time... :)
Fifty People, One Question is a simple project with surprising results. We go to a place, ask fifty people the same question and film their responses.
Visit the website here
What would you wish to happen by the end of the day?
By the end of today... i wish i will be able to have a wish for every day... :)
Fifty People, One Question is a simple project with surprising results. We go to a place, ask fifty people the same question and film their responses.
Visit the website here
Visit the website here
ok... there is hope!!! :)
BIKES- BIKES- BIKES-BIKES- BIKES- BIKES- BIKES- BIKES
What comes to my head when i think about bicycles;
morning, going to the office..
students are going to school, old ladies are going for shopping, families have their kids in the front sits.. everyone is biking!!!
Crossing the Erasmus bridge with Annika & Mauricio going to Hotel New York.. looking up the beautiful metal white lines as i m running under them, the sea is sparkling under the sunshine...
Going with Lucy to the flea market buying veggies, fruits, flowers and many other house stuffs, putting them all on our bikes, struggling to fit everything in the pockets, the bike itself and our hands and backpacks..
Trying to find balance with Deepti, the two of us on the bike, looking desperately for beers in the middle of the night, or going from the office at home and back...
Falling off the bike in the middle of the biggest crossroad with Sofia, while driving her to the train station..
Drunk night/early morning drives back home, not able to see in front of me, but happy after chilling, dancing, laughing, loving, caring, fighting and all these cool things that happen when you are out with your friends!
feeling free..
content..
calm..
happy...
like a kid ready to explore the world!
I wish bikes will come in Greece as well.. giving the chance to people to be more free, more happy, feel on their faces the wind, the smell, listen voices & noices, go fast, balance, be fit.. ;)
Today i m happy because i found that there is hope..
Randomly came across a wonderfull blog of a greek cyclist, exploring Athens- my favorite city, with his bike- my favorite transport mean (together with trains & planes) art, people, places- my favorite things sharing stories, thoughts, emotions, experiences... i will follow his stories here; it s a good inspiration & preparation..
Today...
i think i m less afraid that i m going back :)
What comes to my head when i think about bicycles;
morning, going to the office..
students are going to school, old ladies are going for shopping, families have their kids in the front sits.. everyone is biking!!!
Crossing the Erasmus bridge with Annika & Mauricio going to Hotel New York.. looking up the beautiful metal white lines as i m running under them, the sea is sparkling under the sunshine...
Going with Lucy to the flea market buying veggies, fruits, flowers and many other house stuffs, putting them all on our bikes, struggling to fit everything in the pockets, the bike itself and our hands and backpacks..
Trying to find balance with Deepti, the two of us on the bike, looking desperately for beers in the middle of the night, or going from the office at home and back...
Falling off the bike in the middle of the biggest crossroad with Sofia, while driving her to the train station..
Drunk night/early morning drives back home, not able to see in front of me, but happy after chilling, dancing, laughing, loving, caring, fighting and all these cool things that happen when you are out with your friends!
feeling free..
content..
calm..
happy...
like a kid ready to explore the world!
I wish bikes will come in Greece as well.. giving the chance to people to be more free, more happy, feel on their faces the wind, the smell, listen voices & noices, go fast, balance, be fit.. ;)
Today i m happy because i found that there is hope..
Randomly came across a wonderfull blog of a greek cyclist, exploring Athens- my favorite city, with his bike- my favorite transport mean (together with trains & planes) art, people, places- my favorite things sharing stories, thoughts, emotions, experiences... i will follow his stories here; it s a good inspiration & preparation..
Today...
i think i m less afraid that i m going back :)
An amazing world
How much do we know about our world? How much do we know about the thousands different cultures? How much do we know about the thousands different traditions?
I remember when i was in the kindergarden and i was taught about the 4 different cultures that exist:
the chinese: that had the vietnamese hat, japanese eyes; their skin was of the color of the north chinese and it was really yellow and were leaving in pagodas- that ok, are all around mainland china, hong kong, thailand, vietnam, cambodia etc etc :)
Then there were the indian indigenous of Latin America;
red skin, bids all over, living in the forests, running like horses, talking with the animals, understanding the nature as noone else, having square faces and big eyes
The black Africans:
all black people had the same black skin, curly hair, were walking around naked & barefoot, wearing bones to be pretty, running like tigers and living in huts.
then the white ones; ourselves...
But no one told us about the Arabs, the Scandinavians, the Russians, the Indians, the Australians, the Aboriginals, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Male, the thousands of different tribes that exist in Africa even in the same city, the same village- eg. the Luo, the Kikuyu, the Meru..
no one told us about the Peruvians, the Central Americans, the Mexicans, the South Africans that are black and white, the Ethiopians..
the world is so big and so beautiful..my god, it s so beautiful! so diverse, so different, so contradictory, so colorful, so smelly, so clean and so dirty, so miserable, so happy, so free, so conservative, so liberal, so traditional, so pure...
Our horizon is endless and the borders that human race is setting are relative. I dont believe in boarders in the way they are nowadays.
I understand that there needs to be clear distinction over the area that certain people live etc etc BUT i dont believe in the boarders between nations, between traditions, between people.
i dont believe in boarders that limit people's mobility, people's chances; limit innovation, diversity, discovery, evolution, knowledge...
Today i ve read about Polynesia. It s somewhere, there in the Pacific, over New Zealand..
Polynesia, with the Easter Islands, Hawai, Tahiti, the Cook islands, the Samoa islands..
Do you know about the political institutions in Samoa or in Tahiti?
Do you know about Rapa Nui and that at 1860s the inhabitants destroyed completely the earth because of the agriculture, and only the 2% of its nature was left there?
that almost the enitre population was removed from the island because of slavery, famine and poverty? that there were spices of landbirds that are extinct?
Do you know that technology and information arrive there many many years later because they are far away from anything?
Do you know about the great dances and traditions they have?
Take a look here and in the following videos
National Geographic- Hula the island:
Hula Hula- the Men:
Women Dancing & singing (for more check here)
Man.. the world is great!!! I love the world..
I wonder how many things our planet, the nature, the human race and tradition can teach us?
I remember when i was in the kindergarden and i was taught about the 4 different cultures that exist:
the chinese: that had the vietnamese hat, japanese eyes; their skin was of the color of the north chinese and it was really yellow and were leaving in pagodas- that ok, are all around mainland china, hong kong, thailand, vietnam, cambodia etc etc :)
Then there were the indian indigenous of Latin America;
red skin, bids all over, living in the forests, running like horses, talking with the animals, understanding the nature as noone else, having square faces and big eyes
The black Africans:
all black people had the same black skin, curly hair, were walking around naked & barefoot, wearing bones to be pretty, running like tigers and living in huts.
then the white ones; ourselves...
But no one told us about the Arabs, the Scandinavians, the Russians, the Indians, the Australians, the Aboriginals, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Male, the thousands of different tribes that exist in Africa even in the same city, the same village- eg. the Luo, the Kikuyu, the Meru..
no one told us about the Peruvians, the Central Americans, the Mexicans, the South Africans that are black and white, the Ethiopians..
the world is so big and so beautiful..my god, it s so beautiful! so diverse, so different, so contradictory, so colorful, so smelly, so clean and so dirty, so miserable, so happy, so free, so conservative, so liberal, so traditional, so pure...
Our horizon is endless and the borders that human race is setting are relative. I dont believe in boarders in the way they are nowadays.
I understand that there needs to be clear distinction over the area that certain people live etc etc BUT i dont believe in the boarders between nations, between traditions, between people.
i dont believe in boarders that limit people's mobility, people's chances; limit innovation, diversity, discovery, evolution, knowledge...
Today i ve read about Polynesia. It s somewhere, there in the Pacific, over New Zealand..Polynesia, with the Easter Islands, Hawai, Tahiti, the Cook islands, the Samoa islands..
Do you know about the political institutions in Samoa or in Tahiti?
Do you know about Rapa Nui and that at 1860s the inhabitants destroyed completely the earth because of the agriculture, and only the 2% of its nature was left there?
that almost the enitre population was removed from the island because of slavery, famine and poverty? that there were spices of landbirds that are extinct?
Do you know that technology and information arrive there many many years later because they are far away from anything?
Do you know about the great dances and traditions they have?
Take a look here and in the following videos
National Geographic- Hula the island:
Hula Hula- the Men:
Women Dancing & singing (for more check here)
Man.. the world is great!!! I love the world..
I wonder how many things our planet, the nature, the human race and tradition can teach us?