MEET SOME OF MY CLASSMATES!
There are 130 people in my class so this represents a small number of the people I regularly study and socialize with. These are some of the nicer pictures I have.
This is a picture taken at one of our Piano Bar parties which take place every Wednesday and Sunday night here (see my November 5th entry for more on the Piano Bar). I think I might have been bartending that night, and this a shot I took from behind the bar. The guy in the yellow soccer jersey is Flavio from Brazil, one of my best friends here and fellow band mate. Next to him is Zak (Lebanon) with his mouth open, German (Argentina) behind him, with Amine (Morocco), Ignacio (Argentina), Aurelio (Spain) and Ozgur (Turkey) across the back upper right. The guy in front with the white shirt is Remi from last year's class, Ruba (Lebanon) is behind him with the drink, and the guy at the right is former submarine commander Patrice (France.)
This was a birthday party for Kimi from the Philippines, third in from the left with the blue shirt and big smile. When the Piano Bar is not open the socializing then moves to our rooms. Note the lovely yellow curtains. Left to right we have Andrew (Canada), German (Argentina), Kimi again, Judit (Hungary) behind her, me in the back, Flavio in front of me, Mariana (Greece) smack in the middle, Aurelio (Spain) behind her, Ruba (Lebanon) in front with Mariana's arms around her, Zak (Lebanon) in the back with his mouth open again, Julian (Lebanon) with the short hair, Alessandra (Brazil) the short girl in front, and Amine (Morocco) on the far left. Can't tell who the guy is with the glasses in the upper right.
Here's dinner in Paris last autumn at a place called Chez Papa. Far left is Cristiano from Brazil, also one of my good buddies here and fellow band mate. Moving right we have Jodie (US), David (Germany), me in the back, Olivier (France), Jon (US), Sanjeet (India) and Sanjeet's wife.
These girls form a small rat pack, and all live on my floor close to me. Kimi is in front, Mariana is in the middle, her friend Yotta (sp?) visiting from Greece in the back left holding the mug, Ruba (my neighbor) in the middle and Judit on the left.
Here are pictures of the Christmas party at the Piano Bar. We have Eric (Germany), Hans (Canada) and Jon (US) on the right, with Judit (Hungary), Mariana (Greece) and Ghina (Lebanon) on the left.
Here's me with Edward (US), Judit, Mariana and Hans again. Hans likes taking his shirt off, as well as punching elevators. Future global business leaders.
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