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I had known about the film for quite some time, but wasn't really planning on seeing it any time soon. Then one night it just dawned on me to rent it and see it and... well I feel glad that I did!! I don't know, whether you have heard other people talk about this film before; if you have, I'm guessing that most of them had something in common! They were enthused, surprised, almost breathless and promised two and half hours of an irresistible uproar, an inner turbulence that movies rarely cause. What really strikes me as unprecedented is that I don't know how I should exactly describe the feelings that were generated in me while and after watching the film: it's not that it was a hilarious comedy, a heart-breaking drama, a nerve-racking thriller or that it got across a very powerful political or social message. It was just strong, very strong, formidable, turbulent, tumultuous, unexpected, shocking even. It wasn't lyrical, it wasn't poetic, it was ra...

You can find a thousand and one articles about the facts and figures of zumba but you won't know anything about it until you try it yourselves. I am now going to speak to you as a sensible, average western-world citizen about my own experience, so feel free and identify yourselves with me without thinking I might be telling you extraordinary fiction-stories like "anyone can look like Giselle" or "skydiving is a peace of cake". To put it more simply, I love eating and I've always been dead-bored of the mere idea of a gym. No, I haven't ever been fat (sorry guys), because I am quite an egoist and can't stand not being at least dignified in all fields; I had  only just reached chubby in the sense of regional chubbiness and had, however, a huge potential of doubling myself every couple of years, if I continued to scoff carbs and lipids with this tempo. And then zumba came into my life and I was surprised to find out that it really is possible ...

It's an island in the Aegean sea, are you familiar with it? Funnily enough, this question is not only meant for foreigners but for Greeks as well. It turns out nobody knows enough about Lemnos, except for those who come from this island or have had to spend some time there at some point in their lives (that would mostly be people who work in the army, doctors and teachers). For the newcomer, Lemnos sounds like a bore; a bare, yellow island with a lot of steep rocks and dark-skinned people who talk little and smile enigmatically. There's a rumor that the islanders more or less insidiously sabotage their own land against tourists and new inhabitants. I could find one very good reason for that: Lemnos is too good to be shared with others. If I were to describe its form, I would say that it strongly reminds me of Dartmoor. A formidable sight of raw, rough, rugged beauty and a series of hidden natural-treasures that surprise the unwitting visitor. A harbour that is the bigg...

falling asleep on my lap....what a wonderful feeling.....

Here I am, evidently not white! Hey, guys!!! Sorry for the long absence!!! I just found out something incredible and I had to share it with you!!! I just learned, that we, Greeks, are considered to be non-whites!!!! I mean, I haven't enjoyed such amusing conversation-threads in the various social media in years!!! I was literally amused to tears!! Ain't it extraordinary to spend your whole life believing one thing, as in being 100% certain about it, only to find out one day, that the rest of the world sees things completely differently?? They say, and swear upon it, and bring arguments forward that we are not white!! And to think that I've always been so white, that I've been called "Snowwhite" since infancy. Well, what are you gonna do? I personally find it immensely exciting to be perceived as brown, or black or something like that. I've always despised it inside me, belonging to the class of the mighty, white, ferocious, cruel whites! Wha...

Frexos Dogs have been around man for thousands of years. Scientific data are not yet conclusive as to when exactly dogs were domesticated, but it seems that they accompanied the hunter-man before he turned into an agriculturist. It is also not definitively known, what the exact genetical origins of dogs are. Although the notion that they descent from wolves is widely popular, evidence shows that they most possibly stem from a wolf-like canine that is long extinct. The endless years of co-existence with mankind have endowed dogs with qualities that no other animal manifests. Experts have experimentally proven that although chimpanzees bear a huge genetical resemblance with men, they cannot understand them as well and they cannot follow their orders as easily as  dogs. Dogs complete humans, they fit in their lives effortlessly, they know how to adapt and behave around them and most of all they know how to give; what they mostly give, without apprehension and without ulterio...

Personally, I find it hideous to generalize, especially when it comes to whole nations. And that I say because my experience in this matter is a very bitter one (I am Greek). I am supposed to be lazy, to squander your money (think about me when you'are working for that precious paychek), to party all the time, and, I am not supposed to speak English. Once I spoke with a Dutch on the phone; I was working in the ER and had just treated a tourist from the Netherlands, so I had to speak with his insurance company about the details of his case. After our patient-related discussion was over, the kind Dutch told me: "Congratulations, you are Greek and yet you speak English so well!". Nice ha? I didn't know wether I should take it as a compliment or as an insult. My heart said the second.  Every coin has two sides, however. It sucks when you are the victim, but you can derive a vicious pleasure fom judging; others. You can momentarily feel strong, even if this only happ...

You might have heard, or thought, that failure is a very relative term. Each one of us determines failure differently: there are those who are really difficult to please and those guys who seldom get "rocked" simply because they choose an investment-free, that is, a "rock-free" curriculum. There is, however, also a group in between: those who do take up responsibilities and do set risky goals, but don't react to "failure" the way most people do; or they just don't call it "failure" at all.   I have developed a theory of my own. I've thought, over the course of my life and mostly during its rough patches, when thinking was one of the things that could really help me out, that our happiness, our purpose here on earth, and some say that these two things are one and the same, cannot possibly be influenced by failure. Just stop for a minute and imagine that. Imagine what it would mean, if every thing that went wrong, or differently t...

An amazing short-read book saw the light of day only a few days ago and it is the first "serious" work of young doctor and author or author and doctor (she hasn't decided yet), Aikaterini Tsentemeidou....aaand that would be me, so I'll just quit the scizophrenic third person and start speaking about myself . I'm guessing all of you aspiring authors out there and generally all of you out there are more or less familiar with the amazing and endless kindness of the publishing world, which overwhelmes us with choices and opportunities. I need to share with you, that I faced the exact same problem, not long ago, as the time came to get my "child" of a book published.  I just couldn't decide!! And just because I am very sensitive and couldn't hurt anybody  (I mean publisher) by turning them down, I resorted to publishing the book myself on amazon, fair and square. And now I can sleep well at nights. Well, that's a good one! To start...