doomsday rider

doomsday rider

doomsday rider

EDITORIAL

Over the course of these days I have improved my skills. Mainly I

would refrain to my layout-ing and editing skills and there is a certain features I am us-ing to make my work easier.

I am talking about shortcuts. There are hun-dreds of them. From control+c and control+v, to control+shift+alternate+e. Don’t know what can one do with that in InDesign? I didn’t know it, two days ago, as well.

The idea of a keyboard shortcut is fairly simple, is it not? We press comon combinations in order to achieve a certain result in the most efficient way. We don’t have to take our fin-

gers off the keyboard. There is no need to use the mouse or the touchpad, or whatever else one is using.

Let us be honest here for a bit. We all are at least a tad lazy and shortcuts are made to deal with it. Though, I would also say that the shortcuts can backfire. If you are wondering how, then bear with me here.

We do not like to spend hours and hours of time that we could use in numerous oth-er ways. The computer screen is only a pleasant companion for a while. So we use short-cuts.

But does one ever think about the fact that shortcuts are not meant to underline our

laziness, but to make us more efficient? Skipping a part of the track is only that useful, when you have a high chance of obesity. Using shortcuts in life is only useful so long, until you realise that you have missed a big and fairly important part of it.

Neverminding what I just said, I will still keep using shortcuts. Today, tomorrow and in 10 years time. The only difference you can make is by undermining the goal, why are you using them.

Are you cuting the track in order to spare time or to lose yourself in time. Give it a thought..

Yours truly - K.C.

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Editorial note: The cover picture was selected by the journalists themselves as the best picture from the first two days. Enjoy!

Sometimes, a picture can tell you more than a thousand words..

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Emotional stability is an option, not a necessity. Valentina Marin & Michal Rejman take a look into this phenomenon.

Emotional

“I’ve seen the president naked!”

“World, Y U NO keep going instead of playing apocalypse?”

“I was so sad about having only 5 Euros and then I discovered that in Ukraine you can party all night long for that.”

Maria, journalist Okechukwu, ENVI I Oksana, chairperson

Valeria, DEVE Irina, AFET Flavius, DEVE

Davide, ENVI I Cristoph, ENVI II Adina, chairperson

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Even though you’re always being happy and smiling we know that inside of you different emotions are struggling. With a little help from the best of Polish and Romanian technol-ogy we managed to capture those moments when you’re showing your real selves. Enjoy.

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“I’m environmentally friendly. My motto is: save water, shower together.”

“Last night I told everybody that I wouldn’t oversleep... Amm.. it’s 9.30 AM!”

“I met beautiful girl yesterday, tried to pick her up but got rejected.”

Mike, organizer Artem, journalist Yegor, organiser

Miroslav, DEVE Pia, AFET Valentina, journalist

Felix, ECON Bruno, chairperson Marianne, journalist

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The food journey

Food? Drinks? People running around with plates? Maria Shcherbak & Tua Malmberg took a look back at the Eurovillage.

One of the many won-derful things about cultural diversity is great food. Fortu-

nately you get a chance to ex-perience cultural food diversity at every session, at the Eurovil-lage. Every country brings a dish to represent it and invites the other participant to come and try and to get to know their culture at little bit better.

'All I remember from this evening is the Georgian bak-lava and the Turkish delicious stuff. They were putting this 'cotton candy' whilst telling me to open my mouth as wide as I could. At first it felt like a pillow feather, but then it began to melt and everything changed. I was also impressed by the gener-osity of the Russian delegation.

Their candied cranber-

ries are definitely the best!' (Ira, ENVI 1, Ukraine)

Is there a better way to unite people than through sharing food? Eurovillage is supposed to bring all partici-pants of the session closer to-gether, and the one we had last night definitely did what

it was meant to do. Evening starting with cheese eating at the Italian and Portuguese ta-bles, continuing with desert at the Turkish table and ending with dancing to ”Disco Pogo”. I would deem it a success.

'A great impression was made by Turkish and Geor-gian delegation, because they

showed that their countries are very hospitable. I was es-pecially impressed by one of Turkish delegates, who fed others at the Eurovillage. I also like Germany’s coun-try presentation, it was really creative' (Yulia, JURY, Ukraine)

What the majority of participants agreed on was that the Georgians and the Turks would have a good chance surviving the Apocalypse. The future Germans, with their amazing country presentation film also looked safe. But eve-ryone could agree upon that the two incredibly beautiful, smart and talented Swedish girls singing ABBA would not only survive the apocalypse, but also, surely, live forever.

Is there anything that unites people better

than food?

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The starter

The first time is always a fairly special occasion. Artem Gumeniuk talks about the begginings of EYP`ing.

EYP is believed to be a special kind of activity because of the memo-ries it creates. While

attending EYP session, you get this odd feeling when you are just happy to be alive. The atmosphere can be described as vibrant and lively, where

the individuality of everyone is respected and interaction is the priority. Of course, there have been dark times when you didn’t know about EYP. But somehow you were just lucky enough to discover it, therefore to change your life in some way.

But how did that hap-pen? Every EYPer has his own story that led him onto EYP-way. Some delegates of TRAN committee were de-lighted to share it with us.

'I have a friend... We’ve been really good friends since childhood, and now she’s the Board member of EYP-Georgia. So there was no way she couldn’t share her experience with me. That crucial talk took place in 2010. So here I am.'

I’ve always longed for more than just studies at the universi-ty. Once I received an invitation to the first session ever of EYP-Moldova this February, and I couldn’t resist it. I’m excited to start my EYP-career and I’m thankful to my friend for getting me into it.

'I feel bad now realising that I was not involved in EYP, while it’s been in my school for many years. My first session took place in March 2011 in Traunstein. Friends of mine, who were already in EYP, just mentioned that they didn’t have enough people to complete delegation to go the session. I asked if I could go, and that resulted in my current presence at Kyiv Regional Session.'

Temo Basilaia (Georgia)

Marina Sulima (Moldova)

Kai Wittig (Germany)

I bet you have that feeling, when the moments of every session you went have the touch of pure randomness. But let me assure that there are no accidental meetings. Every coinci-dence or lucky situations you have experienced are the part of the future, and they were meant to happen. So if in the dim background of your mind you know what you’re going to do, then don’t hesitate to begin. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

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Feeling kind of special these days? Dana Klimova can explain why, that is so and what can you expect from the Apocalypse.

The doomsday

Your fashion style will change dramatically this evening. The reason will be meeting a special person that will be your fu-ture, and also your wardrobe guide. After the Doomsday you will be shot to the Shopping planet.

You need to deal with your

feelings today and figure out what you

really want. Something special will happen to you

tonight that will affect your fu-ture. Though it is not going to be

such a long life, but after the Apoc-alypse you will end up on planet Love.

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Some inspira-tion from the previous day will not let you sleep at all. Your creativity will be infinite and you will not be able to decide whether to sing, paint or dance during the GA. When the world ends by an ex-plosion you will fly to Rainbow planet.

You´re an inner extrovert. You will

raise above the sur-face and your speeches

will be memorable. You will set an example for the fu-

ture generations and say some-thing that will inspire crowds. The

Apocalypse will provide you with the chance of living on the EYP planet.

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Your dream of having a happy family and fun chil-dren might start off to-day. The real change will eventually come 9 months later. Just be aware of safety and expressing your true feelings. When the Doomsday happens, you will already be living on Baby planet.

Your task today is to deal with your

finances. You will go bankrupt. You will have

to find a sponsor for the rest of the life. You already

got to know who drives expen-sive cars and you should take that

into consideration. You will spend the end of your life on Luxury planet.

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Aries March 21-April 19Taurus April 20-May 20Gemini May 21-June 21Cancer June 22-July 22Leo July 23-August 22 Virgo August 23-September 22

Libra September 23-October 23 Scorpio October 24-November 21 Sagittarius November 22-December 21 Capricorn December 22-January 19 Aquarius January 20-February 18 Pisces February 19-March 20

horoscope

You will change dramatically to-day. You will feel as a tiger inside and a but-terfly outside. Be aware of schizophrenia and don't re-ject to talk to anyone trying to help you. Before Apocalypse you will be already sent to Secret planet.

Sun shines not only outside but

also inside you. Many people will

find you as their energy source and you will be a

positive magnetizer for every-one. After Apocalypse, you will

live on the Sun.

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aquarius

Soon you will realize where your place is. There has always been a need of proper coffee breaks and you want to make it final-ly happen. After the end of the world you will live on Polish plan-et, because only in Poland they have Starbucks as a coffee breaks sponsor.

Tonight you will meet a person

confessing to you with mathematical pas-

sion. Just one negative ep-silon will make you finally re-

alize which way you want your life to go. When Doomsday comes

you will be fine because you will have counted your way to the Infinite planet.

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You will be lucky today as being the one get-ting the most sleep. On the other hand, your sleeping mode is fixed or a while and soon you will be con-sidered lazy. When the Apoca-lypse comes, you will already be on your way to the planet of Dreams.

Today the stars decided to give

you special abilities, such as travelling in

time, influencing minds of others and extreme strength.

You should use it your best and do not forget about Mother Earth.

On Doomsday you will be trans-ferred to Super Hero planet.

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What have you done to fight against the ecological problems? Tua Malmberg writes about her committee and their topical activity.

Today was the day when the Commit-tee on Development saved the world.

Armed with a tree and a shov-el the brave DEVE delegates fought evil and took a step to-wards salvation. Today was the day their quest to save mankind from the Apocalypse began.

There is nothing more important to DEVE than sav-ing our world from defor-estation. And one wouldn’t believe how active they are! On the 5th of April at 12 am they took action. They fought back by planting a tree.

The committee truly made a statement today when they were walking down the streets of Kyiv carrying their soon-to-be-planted tree.

DEVE is not just anoth-er committee saying that they want to change the world, they are a committee dedicated enough to actually take a stance.

As the committee ar-rived to the park where the tree was to be planted you could clearly tell how excited they

were. Wearing neon-orange colored gloves on their hands, and important looks on their faces. Each and every mem-ber of the fashionable farm-ers’ team took turns digging.

The committee organ-izer Valentyn Bandaruk helped the delegates by sharing his superb tree-planting skills. He showed the delegates ex-actly what they needed to do and how they were to do it. He also helped the chair Oksana to protect the del-egates from an angry gar-dener who wanted them to 'Go away! Off the grass!'.

When the tree had been planted the committee stood in a circle around it with pride in their eyes. They de-cided to name the tree Davie, after the committee, and to protect it forever and always.

'This tree is like Ygrasil. Holding the worlds together.' Flavius Balauca said with a fa-therly look on his face as he

looked upon the baby tree. And that is true. This tree will help save the world. It will pro-vide inhabitants of Kyiv with ox-ygen for many years to come.

It was a very satisfied Committee on Development that returned to the team-building room. Pleased with themselves they talked about how great they felt about the tree planting during a well-deserved coffee break.

As the committee Jour-no asked the delegates too tell her what they thought about their quest of a topical activity Aliaksei Varavin, Be-larus answered for them all:

It was so cool, he said smiling happily.

Farmville kids

This was putting words into action!

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Gossip Girl here. Your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Kyiv RS’ elite. What has been going on during the first days of the session? Who are the mysterious, tall gentlemen in ITRE, and what are they up to during the night time? Why does the orga of JURI love

the blue stickers?

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Spotted: Ukrainian girl having a crush on a German. Currently, there are not too many Germans present in Kyiv, so luckily, she has two quite similar to choose between.

At the Eurovillage country presentations, we had a pretty handsome gentleman who led us through several wonderful presentations with humour, masculinity and some-thing we like to call the little extra. Girls, I believe he is single.

Rumour has it that there was a round of the kissing bot-tle going on in one of the deli rooms last night. I believe the two tall and handsome foreign-ers of ITRE were quite happy with the outcome, seeing as they were sur-rounded by plenty of Ukrainian beauties.

Among the officials, there are not only the men who are popular. A certain head or-ganiser was classified as a long-legged beau-ty with short skirt. 'Very nice indeed', says an anonymous man-source among the delegates.

The one and only, President St(r)ipp, expressed his honest opinion on how miserable he felt as rumour has it that the Vice-President from Lat-via is rated higher than himself. However, ac-cording to a delegate in his own committee, the President is actually quite a hottie.

The Eurovillage party is often quite ex-hausting for first-time-EYP’ers. How-

ever, in ECON, it was the more ex-perienced delegate from Georgia who slept through committee work. What was he up to last night, one might wonder?

You might have noticed all the stickers that flow around in

Kyiv at the moment. Green repre-sent hug, red is for a kiss, while blue is

an invitation to dance. One might presume dance means a small, innocent dance, however, the orga for JURI would rather like a lap dance. Give her a blue, guys!

They are not so tall, but on the other hand they are quite sexy, especially when they speak their own language. I think you know who I’m talking about, as they made quite a perfor-mance at Euroconcert, actually twice.

That’s all from Kyiv RS for tonight, ladies and gentlemen. And who am I? That’s a secret I’ll never tell. You know you love me.

Xoxo, Gossip Girl.

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Debating and playing games is one thing. But Iana Yukhimenko & Marianne Munz know talents when they see them.

The last

Thursday night was the night for a big event - Eurocon-cert. Delegates and

officials had been rehears-ing for weeks, and Kyiv Re-gional Session was finally set to welcome them on the stage.

The happening began with the premiere of Anna Sa-fronova’s introducing movie of

the session, as she is the video editor. Our dear President did also contribute at a high level, with a song and music video he had made himself, called 'The World Is Gonna End Today'.

Generally, the artists kept a red thread about be-ing green, being strong, being independent and being con-scious of life decisions. Firstly, the sexy Portuguese guys per-formed a really touching re-bellious (as they said) anthem. Although we had no clue of what they were singing about it hit right into our hearts.

Amazing as it is, the sec-ond song was finished five min-utes before the Euroconcert. The good piece of old-school homemade rap made the audi-ence go crazy. And we stayed like that until the very end.

Bruno and Miguel were followed by Oksana from ITRE, who in a beautiful red dress convinced everyone that we are 'Simply The Best'. Then orga Kristina and chair Oksana sang beautifully about love in Spanish. They were again fol-lowed by girls from ITRE, who performed the hit-song ‘Pri-cetag'. It is clear that it is not about the money, and they

sure made the world dance.

A special performance from Georgia was up next at the Euroconcert, and he did something quite different. The national costume had been

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brought all the way from Geor-gia to Kyiv, for Eurovillage and Euroconcert, a traditional out-standing Georgian dance that we were all really impressed by.

Performer number eight was Alex from Belarus and DEVE. Personally, I would like to call him the new Aleksander Rybak, since he is both from Belarus, and has an amazingly strong and manly voice, ac-tually quite a lot better than 'good 'ol' Rybak. Adele’s 'Roll-ing in the deep' got a new

meaning, and we were im-pressed to see a guy sing-ing such a challenging song.

Another gentleman that made his way to the glorious stage was the orga Valentin. He was singing a pop-rock

Ukrainian song about the guy who fell in love for the rain-bow, or 'Veselka'. We loved the performance, despite his casual outfit, and we hope that he has had the chance to go home and get his clothes for the rest of the session finally.

Valentin was followed by another Ukrainian, Ilija from ITRE. He amazed us all with an outrageous guitar piece and a sweet voice that melted hearts of all the young girls. The Rus-sian song he sang was 'Prostitsa',

which means: 'to say goodbye'.

The last, but absolutely not least, performers of the evening, were the marvelous head organizers Zhenia and Tania. They, with the help from orga Vitalik, performed

a song and a dance that touched us all. Several com-plicated lifts and dance moves that not everyone can manage were introduced. It became clear for us, once and for all, that our H.O.s are the best.

Finally, we have to say a big thanks to the two won-derful hosts Katja and Rich-ard. They lead us through the evening with humor, smooth-ness and pure love. Moreover, thanks to all of our outstand-ing performers at Euroconcert.

We can all agree on the fact that the Euroconcert of the Kyiv RS 2012 will be remem-bered for a long, long time.

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How EYP environmentally friendly you are? Michal Rejman gives you a fairly simple way, how to find out.

Quizalicious

Mostly A:

Obviously, you’re living in hap-piness in comfort. Good for you! But the world around you is tearing apart and you have also contributed to the process. While enjoying your nihilist, destructive life, stop and think for a minute. You like having nice things, right? Earth is yours as well.

Mostly B:

You’re not really harmful for the environment. But if you’re being eco-friendly, you usually do this for slightly different reasons. You’ll probably use this cot-ton bag because other hipsters already got one. Or choose the fair trade coffee because being eco is the new glamour.

Mostly C:

You’re a member of the two ENVIs or you consciously take all the green issues seri-ously. Mother Earth is smil-ing and high-fiving you right now. Just be careful that you won’t end chained to the tree with other hippies fighting for rights of another nasty worm.

1. How did you get to the session?a) By plane or by car - like a boss.b) I chose the train. That's the way I roll.c) I hitchhiked. I always do.

2. During Committee Work...a) You use all the flipcharts, play snowball all the time and tape A4's to walls constantly.b) You recognize that every sheet of paper is produced with the other side.c) You actually use the other side.

3. How often do you shower during ses-sion?a) Twice a day is a reasonable minimum.b) One day, one shower. Isn't it obvious?c) Screw it, I smell nice anyway.

4. Are you a smoker? a) Yes! I was afraid you'll never ask. Let's go.b) I occasionally enjoy a puff.c) That's disgusting and bad for you, didn't you know?

5. After Committee Work...a) You throw everything in the range of your hands and sight into this big, plastic bag you got from the organizers. That's what they wanted, right?b) You check if you don't by accidence throw something valuable. Pens, unused papers, fellow committee members wallets.c) Paper here, plastic there! Recycling makes you smile.

6. Committee on Environmental Affairs is presenting their resolution. What do you do?a) Once you heard words: 'pollution' and 'defor-estation' used in one sentence, you decide to take a nap and wait up for FEMM.b) You managed to get through their resolution and you even understand it.c) You actually raise your placard and try to be constructive.

7. During the party you drink:a) Fancy drinks consisting of 3 kinds of alcohol, 4 kinds of juice and 7 kinds of fruits.b) Beer. Vodka. Repeat.c) Water from the puddle outside.

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All of us have things we feel passionate about. Dana Klimova & Artem Gumeniuk went out to find passionate delegates.

passion in my...

Alina 'As the Ukrainian star I like to drive different cars. I actually change car every day, because I don´t only love to drive my own, but also my boyfriend’s or my dad´s one. I like to speed a lot and also I find the steering wheel kind of sexy, mainly in Audis and Hondas!'

Kai'Chasing the dream of completing all the pos-sible computer games in the world. It is just so much fun to be schizophrenic and live 2 lives'

Oksana'Singing. I love it! When I go on stage and I can just make all the people laugh, dance and get energized. I also do it when I am tired in or- der to keep up my mood. And the Euro-concert just made me love it even more.'

Pia'Normally I wouldn't know since I don't really have a secret one, but now I can tell you: Riding in the limo has just definitely become my biggest passion. We are such a brave team that we al-ways choose dare while playing 'Truth & dare', even in the limousine.'

Sarp 'Threesomes. Just two girls and me, my awe-someness. I slept with two Turkish girls yester- day, like just lying in one bed. And at the moment I just realised I want to get married. It was such an incredible feeling to have them sleeping on my chest. In this way it would easily become my passion.'

Maria & Lara 'British boys. But unfortunately there are none at this session so we will just leave our passion for some future one.”

Andreas 'As a twin I prefer quadro foursomes with other twins, but I mean female twins of course!'

Olya 'I totally love junk food, like McDonalds, for in- stance, or shaurma. On the other hand, I truly love going to the par-ties mainly to meet up with all the new people. It´s amazing how one can actually have so much fun with people he doesn´t even know!'

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Tired of drinking instant coffee? Iana Yukhimenko knows the best places to wonder around.

Kiev’s

Here you are. Man-aged to put all the clothes in the cupboard (even if

there’s not enough space), met some new people and tried to remember their names (im-possible quest), breathed the EYP spirit during teambuild-ing, survived the first day till the evening... So what now?

During the session or after it you’ll find yourself in a situation when some spare time arous-es and waits for you to spend it properly. The best way to solve the problem is to take a small walk with a fellow to the nearest cafe for a cup of tea and a round of conversations. For this particular occasion (or even several of them) I would like to introduce you with sev-eral very special places in Kyiv.

For your convenience all of them have Wi-Fi access. We will start the guide from the outskirts of 'Shuliavka' (the dis-trict where your hostel is situ-ated), go through the center of Kyiv (sightseeing time) and end up on the railway station where you would probably have some time before the departure.

ResPublikaThe place is stylized as an Irish pub with walls covered with football fan’s attributes jumbled up with prints of famous rock groups. You can get a rather cheap and tasty breakfast or lunch here (about 2-3 euros for a meal with a cup of tea or cof-fee). Peculiarities:- You can order playing cards (but not allowed to play poker)- Almost all the visitors are the students of the Kyiv National Economic University.Howtoget: the place is in three steps from the central building of KNEU if you head to the un-derground station.Address: Pobedy ave., 52-2

metro pubThe design is dedicated to the underground and trains, the waiters are in the conductor’s uniform, and you feel yourself like in a carriage. There’s a lit-tle toy-locomotive wheeling round the room under the ceil-ing. Peculiarities:- Get a Russian-speaker to translate jokes from the menu- A must-see lavatory- Huge collection of various beer-cupsHowtofind: Standing in front of entrance of 'Shuliavska' station, go round the building to the right. You will find a blue door leading to the stairs. Walk up on the 2nd floor.Address: Pobedy ave., 48a

pobedaA fancy Soviet-style restaurant 'I’m at my grandma’s country-house”. Take a precise look at all the wonderful backdrop – old books, household articles, lamps, toys and even suitcases. Try the traditional Slavic cui-sine and the speciality of the house – dumplings with various fillings. The best place to have a tea – a 0,5 l teapot with free basket of bakery for 2 euros. Specialties:- Soviet movie on the screens and background music of early 80's- A rabbit and songbirds in the non-smoking hallAddress: Dovjenko str, 1;Voksalna sq, 2

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finest

VarenjeOne more place near the rail-way. Too sweet to miss it – quite a little cafe full of good coffee. Feel yourself like at home, soft, warm and com-fortable. 'Varenje' supports ‘Un caffe sospeso' or otherwise «Give If You Wish - Get If You Want» system. In other words you can either get one coffee or panino for free or buy one for somebody who’ll visit later. Peculiarities:- Plenty of tasty home-made jams (the name of the cafe is translated 'jam')- Non-smokingHowtoget: From the Central railway station go straight ahead to a crossroad, cross it so that you'll get on the left side and look for a black-board.

mafiaIf you are a big fan of pizza's and sushi's at the same time you have a unique opportunity to visit a cafe with Italian-Jap-anese cuisine. Doesn’t matter if you dream to fill the rows of Yakuza or Mafiosi, this place is for you – luxury interior with crystal lamps and wide mirrors won’t leave you indifferent. Howtofind: You are standing on the Square of Independence and looking at the column with Berehynia. Now turn to the left and go straight ahead till you'll see the next European square. On the left side of the Hresh-chatyk str. (hope you don't have levophobia) look for a big black abat-jour. Address: Hreshchatyk str, 6 (2)

divanIt’s a festive-restaurant of an exclusive art and glamor-ous design. The prices are a bit higher than moderate, al-though the outlook’s worth it. Still a glass of beer won’t cost you much. The whole impres-sion of the establishment is kind of psychedelic, especially due to on-going crazy cartoons on the screens.Specialties:- Visit the lavatory- Sometimes they serve crayfish and you can see them live in the aquarium at the entrance to the dining-hall- Live rock and jazz music in the eveningAddress: Bessarabs'ka str, 2

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Maria Shcherbak takes a look back at the posh and fun evening con-clusion. May the swag team be with you.

You know, in EYP we don’t talk about money, we imag-ine ourselves as

'rich bitches', who have money for everything they want. And now, after a city tour in a limou-sine with two bottles of cham-pagne, we can be sure about it.

During the amazing Eu-roconcert all the participants had an opportunity to enjoy the performances of the most talented and brave EYPers of the session. The most memo-rizing was the session song, written by Mr. Riaan Stipp, the President, accompanied by an extraordinary music video, captured at 3 o’clock in the morning by officials.

After an unforgettable Bruno and Miguel song, tender 'The Shadow of Your Smile' per-

formance by Head Organis-ers, no one had expected such an unbelievable continuation.

8 limousines were wait-ing for us outside the Euro-concert venue. With 9 people

inside and a lot of funny games in mind we had the great-est and craziest city tour ever. While dancing, screaming committee shout, playing mafia, pointing game, 'I have never ever', 'Truth or Dare' the time passed very fast. 'It was memo-rizing and unexpected. I think it is the best session I have ever been to' (Flavian, DEVE).

From the name of all the participants of the session I would like to thank Organisers for giving us an opportunity to admire Kyiv from the roof of the limo before the End.

Limotastic

Let the best host win!

She’s a girl;Her dress is the best;She picks you up from the first look; She’s cute;She’s a real lady;She’s our committee organiser

He’s a boy;He feels the stage;He acts naturally;

He’s a Czech guy;He’s a great kisser and

dancer;He’s got a good sense

of humor

Kate’s the best ‘cause:

Richard’s the best ‘cause:

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Where do you spend hours and hours of time? Valentina Marin has a couple of places, where she lets herself go.

Le wild Apoca-lypse is get-ting closer and closer but

people seem to be just as laid back as always choosing a fun-nier approach to it. I am going to take a wild guess and say that most of you have heard about 9gag, 4chan or at least tumblr.

You might be famil-iar with that warm feeling of getting home after a tiring day at school, crashing on the bed and just starting checking 9gag, realizing with every post that you skim and laugh at that you’re progressively loosing your soul to the internet de-mon. It looks as if the road to hell is paved with funny posts.

So high is the dedica-tion level of 9gaggers that they spread the word to every single friend on facebook, fill-ing walls with massive reposts. An authentic hipster would immediately reject the idea of following this kind of sites as

they represent a fast-grow-ing trend amongst teenagers who will most likely start talk-ing in meme quotes a day or two after discovering the site. One thing is for certain: 9gag will give you all pos-sible and ridiculously close to impossible scenarios of the zombie Apocalypse and means of survival in the fight against them. Fellow EYPers, you shall be introduced to a great vari-ety in weaponry, zombie proof constructions and tips on how

you could react in a face to zombie face confrontation (the latter involving mostly running the hell away). With a mot-to that says ‘Just for Fun’ you can easily expect to see a fair number of witty, funny posts and comments that will bring a smile on your face as well.

During the session I got the chance to see just how memes work in real life and you’d be surprised at how often meme-like expressions popped up in the photos.

All in all, 9gag might be for you a way to relax and have a laugh from time to time (refreshing ‘hot page’ every 15 minutes). It might be the burning desire to follow some trend. Or it can be a random site that you consider more or less useless. No matter how you feel about it now, beware at the ‘vote page’ section! Once you go there, you’re never getting your soul back.

Memesville

An authentic hipster would reject these sites

automatically.

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During brainstorming: We can breed with her! And have a good time with her! - Flavius

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Have you been to the metro lately? Michal Rejman & Valentina Marin talk about enviromentalism in Kiev.

The green mile

At the first glance or-g a n i z i n g a session

about environmental issues in a city such as Kiyv seems a bit paradoxal. If you wonder why: just go outside. Thousands of cars stacked in a never-ending traffic jam, burning bazillion tones of gasoline destroying the environment more and more. (and also human mental health: those who remember Michael Douglas from Falling Down know what I’m talking about).

This critical situation is even reflected by Ukrainian language. In English we just talk about traffic jam. In Ukrainian you can distinguish tianuchka- sort of traffic, but still slowly moving and propka – more still than hangover delegate at 8 in the morning. If you add to this planes flying over the city, factories and power stations powered by coal the whole picture is less than colourful.

But if you think about it deeper there’s no better place than Kiyv for a 'Think Green' Session. The close perspec-tive can help delegates un-derstand and relate to the problem more easily. That’s probably the first time in his-

tory when fumes can actu-ally stimulate brain functioning.

Getting the chance to stay in Kiev for these amaz-ing few days has taught us just what being eco-friendly actu-ally means. We do complete tasks, we even pick up the trash lying on the grass of the univer-sity’s lanes. Moreover, we also use the most environmentally friendly means of transporta-tion: feet. That goes for every location of the session from the walk to the teambuilding and CW venue to the actual labyrinth like corridors that take you around the univer-sity. Confused delegates and officials were running at first from one side of the building to another in search for their committee rooms, the cafeteria or even just a place where to do the teambuilding activities.

Another manifestation of our support for eco-friendly means of transport is the eve-ry day morning walk towards the tram. However, after get-ting an anonymous tip from a delegate it seems that the gorgeous Kiev can especially be admired at night when the bright lights of the city cover the sky in sparkles. Walking for a whole hour in search

for the way back to the hos-tel was made worthwhile by the view, says the enthusias-tic and still a little bit shook up delegate who had got lost.

To keep away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the overcrowdings in the traffic or just for the sake of adopting an envi-friendly attitude peo-ple in Kiev also use the sub-way, our ultimate guide around the city for this session. The English version of some signs might be confusing, we might not hear a thing from what the metro station person is saying and some of us definitely need to improve our equilibristic aptitudes to keep away from nearly falling when the metro starts working or stops, but all in all we are choosing the eco-friendly way. The ENVI way!

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The dark man

Maria Shcherbak has a fairly special man in her life. We believe it is about darn time you get to hear about him.

I’m going to tell you about one of the most eccentric film director of all times. He may seem crazy from

the first look at his gallery and characters, but I find him as one of the modern geniuses.

As every average fan I can talk about my idol for hours. To save your time I’ll give you 5 reasons to admire Tim Burton.

1. He is a talented nugget-artist from the Hollywood suburbia, which has made a brilliant career exclusively due to hard work and unlimited imagination.

2.He has an absolutely unique outlook and his personal style. That’s why he couldn’t stand drawing Walt Disney characters and decided to work on solo projects.

3.He has built a strong team of actors, shooting staff and musicians, who are involved almost in all his latest works. All of them are his closest friends, and

I, as an amateur film director, assure you that it’s one of the keys to success. 'I would do anything Tim wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do it' (Johnny Depp)

4.He can make you believe in mira-cles. Every time he drives you to another reality, which seems more realistic than the one you

are in. Definitely, he is a professional.

5.He made 'Vincent’, ‘Batman’, ‘Edward Scissorhands’, ‘Big Fish’, ‘Nightmare Be-fore Christmas’,‘Charlie and the Choc-olate Factory’, ‘Corpse

Bride’, ‘Sweeney Todd’, ‘Alice in Wonder-land’ and even more. Isn’t it enough to admire?

Someone would say that his films are dark, quirky-themed and frightful for chil-dren. But I see them as inspiring master-pieces, full of inner light. To understand Tim Burton you have to read between lines. Sym-bolism and grotesque are his main weapons. The last words from ‘Big Fish’ reflecting the idea of the movie, to my mind, also can be told re-garding Tim Burton as a unique Hollywood film director: ‘A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on af-ter him. And in that way he becomes immortal.’

'One person’s craziness is another person’s real-ity' (Tim Burton)

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What tends to be black, green, red and white? A beverage that Marianne Munz doesn’t drink, that’s for sure.

A coffee-holics diary

Ever since I was a little girl, I have thought that all the people walking around with to-go-

cups of coffee are extremely cool. To be like them, I began to buy cocoa at my local coffee shop, in a to-go-cup of course, and then walk home, feeling like a superstar. I would keep the cup all the way home, even if I drank up the cocoa quickly, just so people could see how cool and grown-up I was.

However, at one point, I said to myself; 'grow up, Marianne! Start drinking real coffee!' And so I did. I began at the age of 13, with a cof-fee latte filled with sugar and syrup. Since then, my taste in coffee have expanded quite a lot, actually so much that I dare to call it a passion.

Coffee can be compared to a bunch of friends. They are always there for you, whenev-er you need them. They differ from each other, and to fulfil your needs from your friends, you will require the qualities of each and every one of them. Friends are among many con-sidered as family, however, no matter how you are feel-ing; coffee can always cheer

you up. In that category, you have more than a few options; Personally, I would enjoy a small, but strong espresso shot – exclusive drops of energy – whenever I need an extra kick.

My virgin-cup – latte – is still one of my favourites, best suited for an afternoon at a cafe with good friends and long

conversations. Or how about an ice cold glass of ice coffee on a steaming hot day in the park during the summer, mmm! Moreover, you can not get away from the delicious coffee mocha. If you are feeling a little down, a mocca will definitely cheer you up. It is like latte, only with chocolate; who can resist?

Last, but absolutely not least, I always enjoy a cup of well brewed plain black cof-fee. As I said, coffee is like a bunch of friends. They differ, but you need them all for dif-ferent purposes. Actually, I would dare to say that I would rather rely on coffee than friends; after all, coffee does not care about them selves!

Coffee-break in EYP is something we all love. Tough discussions in committee work are forgotten, and we can all relax with a cup of wonderful black drops and a snack for a couple of minutes. I don’t know anyone that cherishes coffee more than EYP’ers, and that is honestly one of the reasons why I love EYP. Even if the cof-fee taste like shit, it is still coffee, and it still makes people happy.

Finally, if you are one of those people who like to have a sweet snack along with your coffee, don’t feel guilty! So, I urge you all, dear delegates, at coffeebreak, please enjoy a nice cup of coffee, together with a sweet snack (hopefully a Bar-ni!) with a good feeling. It will only give you additional smart-ness that will come quite handy further in committee work.

Even if it tastes like shit, it still makes people

happy!

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The land of freedom

The illuminist ideology talks about the need for seeking personal happiness as a hu-

man’s fundamental right. It does get one person wonder-ing... what is happiness afterall?

Can we define it as a complementary value of free-dom, an ideal that people have been yearning for since the beginning of time, as Greek mithology reveals? I have been identifying freedom with a certain place that I’m fond-ly attached to. One cannot achieve that extatic sensation of complete freedom as there are too many boundries that keep us grounded to this so-cial environment that we live in.

However, we can some-times let our inhibitions loose, spread our wings and shout at the limitless sky: „ I’m free!”Without further adue, I give you Vama Veche or „The old border” (connection point be-tween Romania and Bulgaria), a small village on the shore of the Black Sea that people like to think of as the land of freedom.

A random drunken punk rocker might cross your ways on the beach while your ex-hausted self is waiting chillingly

for the sunrise, but not to wor-ry! Everybody is friends with everybody in Vama, the so-cial awkwardness is no longer valid and asking for a cigarette or money from someone you don’t know and probably nev-er see again is pretty common. After an eventful night of dancing, random hook-ups,

awesome swimming sessions in the slightly warm sea and a fair consumption of alco-hol, there is nothing more that someone could wish for than sleeping like a log for at least half a day. Some people are so eager to get the true sen-sation of being at the seaside that they don’t even bother to walk half zombified to their tents in the disturbingly bright morning and simply crash on the beach, waiting for the soothing music from the close by therases to wake them up.

Ever since the com-munist era this place has been considered an escaping point from the harsh reality, a place that you’re genuinly happy to have arrived to even if you

have no money left in your pockets. Life here can be cheap and chill, it can be wild and unpredictible, it can be whatever you want it to be.

Sipping from life’s vodka glass, contemplating on the spiritual aspect of hu-man existance, wondering about the ephemerity of the moment... this is how Vama Veche works its magic on you.

You have the right to search for your happiness, to discover your inner self and evolve on a spiritual level. From my obviously subjective point of view, Vama Veche is the perfect place to be on a hot day of summer, listening to reggae music while enjoy-ing a well deserved morning cup of coffee, the refreshing breeze of the see filling your lungs and soul with pure joy.

How well do you know your inner self? Valentina Marin knows a place that might help you in the process.

You have the right to search for your

happiness!

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