#3(117) 2012 Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

Reveal your true colour...

SA General Partner SA partners 2

Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome our third issue!

After the last Insider we have got a lot of useful comments and advice regarding what we have to work on, and we hope that we’ve managed to incorporate all the things mentioned during our meeting into Je Joue issue of our school’s magazine. This issue is indeed very diverse: a lot of people have participated in preparing the articles, a lot of various topics have been covered, a lot of ideas have been discussed and implemented. With each issue we are gaining experience and our struggle with Indesign is becoming easier, with each issue we are getting more pleasure from working on the content and formatting of our beloved magazine. The weather outside brings inspiration, the coming Museum Night is promised to be legendary, the thoughts about the coming summer are livening up our mood, so why don’t we just enjoy our lives to the fullest, appreciating every moment of these wonderful days! We wish you to be patient and pay at least some attention to the studies despite the weather, and see you in the next issue just before our Year3’s officially leave the walls of the school.

Insiderly yours,

Viktoria, Irena, Tanya, Olja

contents

Organisation news 4-5 Chat with the Minister 6-7

Peak Time 8-11 What’s up, iFund? 12 Je Joue 13-16 Interview with Ali 18-19 Crazy Art 21

Master Studies 22-23 Life between deadlines 26 3

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In a devilish way I enjoy that sentence – it is the best indicator of a bachelor thesis or a macro report having been too hast- ily put together to, frantically, meet a deadline that the authors have known for a long time… Another good indicator is an abstract that provides no infor- mation at all: “In this report the authors use various methods for analysis and provide some conclusions”. What a beauty! Precision is also an interesting issue: “Unemployment fell from 8.76% to 6.43%”. This is just too much precision – who cares if it is 6.43, 6.47 or 6.42? Or this one: “Monthly wages are 2512.5 Swedish kroner”. And in some more well-known currency, that is how much??? That said, I really enjoy reports in micro and in particular in macro – students may some- times tell an overlong story (“GDP went up; then it went down”…) and sometimes with too obvious suggestions (“They should improve productivity!”) but there are many gems out there, references I haven’t seen but which I can later use myself, ideas that are interest- ing and well-handled and therefore information that makes me wiser – and that is exactly what it is all about so please keep up the good work!

But, for God’s sake, don’t write 3,4% - it is 3.4%......

Dear SSE Riga family,

The last month has gone by so fast. It was like yesterday that it was snowing like crazy in Riga and now the grass is green and trees are blossoming. The spring is finally here! Year 0’s (students who are applying to become SSE Riga’s Y1 next year) completed their tests and lists of people invited to the interviews are available on SSE Riga’s webpage. SA has had a busy month – meetings with the Cooperation Council and also with Alumni’s Associate were held. You can read more in SA’s meeting minutes that are uploaded on the elearning. Finally I want to wish all of you good luck with your internship applications and interviews. Choose you internship based on where you can grow and develop yourself most. Also, don’t forget to enjoy the spring!

Anu Kalmurand & the SA board 4 News from organizations

Hola, nuestros amigos! Bonjour, nos amis! Dear members and students, Hallo, unsere Freunde! And finally, hello, our friends! The Investment game is running at full pace and we are already in the second Here you are, reading this special version stage where players can not only trade of Insider dedicated to JeJoue. Inside, stocks, but also can try their luck with you will find all the information about the some more exotic instruments, such as Museum Nights event that will take place in the volatility index. Another important SSE Riga in just a couple of days. We hope event is Investment [UN]Limited, a an that you will come and thoroughly enjoy it! internal competition of SSE Riga students, Remember – this is not one of those events where groups of students try their luck in where you have to come, sit and listen to a various trading, valuation and forecasting boring guest speaker for a couple of hours tasks. Apart from that, we are preparing just to be able to eat at the banquet later. a series of guest lectures on interesting Here surprises, entertainment and a whole topics in applied financial analysis (which bunch of wild emotions wait for you! might come in handy if you’re thinking of applying for the next year’s board :)), so stay tuned for the news from our organization. Yours financially, iFund Ladies and gentlemen, The Debate Society has returned back home from MRU IV and Estonian Open, where Y1s proved that they are quickly catching up with experienced debaters. Dear SSE Rigians, But there is still one event left to organize Thanks to all of you for attending the this year: from 25th until 27th of May SSE main event of DoO. Hope that all of you Riga premises will be taken over by the found it valuable and now are having a lot Debate Academy. This is a new type of of internship or job offerings. The studies event in the Baltics where the participants are almost finished and the chance to will have a chance to develop their prove your skills at your dream company debating skills in various workshops led (or summer internship period) is about to by successful debaters and adjudicators. take place. Remember, being cool, patient, We are expecting to see people not only outstanding, attractive, smart, and positive from the Baltics, but also Russia, Belarus, during the job interviews pays you back and Finland and Sweden. And, since one of you are able to find your dream placement. our sponsors is a beer company, you know what will follow. We promise: this is going Always caring, to be legendary! The team of DoO News from organizations 5

Dear all, Dear students,

It is easy to write the new blast this time Last couple of months have been filled since nothing much happened since the with various happenings that have been last Insider except for one especially juicy beneficial both for students and for the piece of news. So, long story short, there organization itself. Without a doubt, the is a new and awesome team of BEFS 2013 most noteworthy was participation in organizers elected to bring this event to the Caroll Round by Anastasija Oleinika and whole new level now. Madara Bogdane; hence, continuing the It is our pleasure to announce that the tradition set by Krišjānis Krustinš and BEFS 2013 board of 4 people: Zane Siliņa they will share some insights Artūrs Dzenis will be in charge of everything of their experience in Georgetown. by becoming the Chief Oganizer Carroll Round is an annual international Diana Mitroškina will take care of money economics conference at Georgetown by taking up the position of Chief Financial University that provides a unique forum for Coordinator Lauma Vernere will tweet, research and discussion among the world’s post, share, talk, call etc. – meet the new top undergraduates. The goal of the Carroll Communication Manager Alina Morozova Round is to foster the exchange of ideas will be the one to thank (or blame) for the among leading undergraduate international content of the BEFS 2013 – the Program economics and political economy students Manager. by encouraging and supporting the pursuit Congratulations to the new board! Be of scholarly innovation in the field. strong and active, guys! Don’t make our mistakes, make your own ones! Good This year 26 undergraduate research luck! =) papers were accepted based on quality of the research and econometrics behind Yours, it. Each Carroll Round participant had to BEFS 2012 board: Domas, Olga and Alex present their paper and discuss another paper. We met students from many leading universities: University of Warwick, Macalester College, Dartmouth University, Poker Club Brown University, Harvard University, and Starting with next week, the weekly many others. In-between the presentation tournaments will be back and better than sessions, participants had an opportunity ever. We are planning to introduce a ranking to get to know each other over delicious system to improve your participation. meals and listen to top level keynote About the system, final table players will speakers - Dr. Jonathan Levine (Stanford get points according to the position they University) and Gene Sperling (National will finish in the tournament. At the end of Economic Adviser to Bill Clinton and the semester, we will award top 3 players Barack Obama). according to the number of points they will We enjoyed the experience a lot! And we have with some nice prices. We hope you hope next year SSE Riga students apply will like this small addition and see you in and get selected as well. the next tournament. 6 Interview with Daniels Pavluts A FRIENDLY CHAT WITH THE MINISTER

Some facts Favorite pub in Riga: In the past it was Pulkvedis, these days - favorite “cafe” is being at home, having nothing to do with a glass of red wine. Favorite book: “Europe: A History” by Norman Davies. Favorite quote: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Reinhold Niebuhr. Favorite composer: Bach; contemporary music – Radiohead. If there was a week to do whatever you want, what would you choose: I could survive a week without having to do anything, but then I would travel around the world.

What could be Latvia’s economic growth? These are And then we have skilled staff comparative advantage in the the question we are working in the Ministry who deal with 21st century? What does the at a lot. We are thinking how macroeconomic development, Ministry of Economics do to to develop our human capital they do it all the time to, achieve that? in order for it to be more first of all, forecast economic Let’s say that there are two productive and bring a higher growth patterns, to analyze groups of advantages. The first value to the economy. And we performance in various sectors one consists of the things we have a promising potential – and make predictions for, let’s possess as a geopolitical entity. our workforce is rather skilled, say, future labour demand. Latvia is positioned at the work ethics is on a high level. From your experience, crossroads of the East and the We just need to develop it what makes Harvard so West, we have good logistical further. special, and which practices infrastructure. Also, it includes Are macro theories and and procedures you would our resources such as forests, frameworks applied in reality recommend to implement arable land, lots and lots of by the Ministry of Economics at SSE Riga to make it a step pure, high quality water – these or you mostly rely on gained closer to top-class institutions are the things the rest of the practical experience, or such as Harvard? world seems to be increasingly intuition? I would name three main things: short of. It is something First of all, what is intuition? people, teaching methods and that will become even more Intuition is a subconscious resources. Resources Harvard valuable with time without us analytical capacity which is has enabled it to have the best doing anything about it. It is acquired over your life time. It is teaching materials, the best just a matter of whether we are not the worst adviser you might technologies, the best libraries, utilizing them or not. have. But seriously, of course, which are fantastic there. The second group of advantages we do apply macroeconomic Though today, when you can is the one we can create. Human concepts pretty much. As a enjoy online lectures from top capital seems to be the key thing minister I don’t write formulas, universities for free, it might be in the future. Is the quality of I mostly talk to people and try not that important. But still in a human capital high enough? to analyze various scenarios of number of areas you really need Do we have enough people in policy development to facilitate money to have laboratories, to the country to fulfill potential the objectives that we have set. do research, to travel. But that, Interview with Daniels Pavluts 7 maybe, is the least important. then actually you realize that twice to me. It is very powerful, What really matters is its there is a good reason for you but very lonely… people and teaching methods. being there and there’s no need I have realized that I also have Regarding people, I am not to look down on yourself. You managerial abilities, logical talking about the staff only. The see that even those famous mind and I like to organize, ability to attract the best people professors have flaws. So, you engage, make things happen around the world is very special could say that it is healthy self- and achieve tangible results. about Harvard. So it is also the esteem that comes from the I knew that I have to do people who study there. I could realization that you are part of something else. I have started have gone to another university, this community, that in many organizing concerts, then I whose academic program is ways you are excellent, but there went to marketing, then to possibly even a bit better in are also things you still have to business management and specific fields, but I was told learn. You just realize what you finally to public sector. For that people going to Harvard are good at. me it has always been very are outstanding and important to change the setting, that’s what made my keep pushing myself out of the choice. And in terms comfort zone. It is the curiosity of teaching methods, that makes you change what well, it might not be you do. something unique to Harvard anymore, but What would you suggest it used to be the main to students struggling with difference for me when identifying their career path? I went there. It is a It is very difficult to give participatory learning anybody advice, it is very concept, when you personal. However, something learn not so much from I would like to say is that it is somebody lecturing to very normal to have questions you, but by engaging about your path. An important with people in the class, thing to realize is that it is not a and it is not only group one-time choice that will shape work – you get case your remaining life. There will studies very close to real follow many other decisions, life, do role plays. And crossroads and you will never that’s also what I brought be able to see all of them in to SSE Riga during the advance. Don’t be too hard on class of Negotiations yourself. Make the choice which and Dispute resolution, seems right at the moment and we use games, teaching You started your education most importantly try to listen materials from Harvard. studying to be a pianist. to what feels true. I believe that What is the most important How did it turn out that you if you do what you like and thing you learnt there? ultimately chose economics? what you are good at, you will be successful. To start off, I think I need to First of all, it did not happen in tell a story. The first reaction of one day. It was a gradual process. anyone who gets an acceptance Over time I have discovered letter from Harvard is “No, it that I am very much a social cannot be true, they probably animal, that I like to engage in made a mistake”. Then, after social contact, in group work. you’ve checked that you are Being a pianist is rather a lonely really accepted, you go there profession. Of course, you can and at first you feel so humble express your feelings, tell stories because all these people in by playing and even make Viktoria&Tanya your class are so bright. But people cry, which happened 8 Events

The beginning of May brought The organizing team’s a truly amazing change into How Peak Time associates should also be everyday life of SSE Riga. The given applause – during the event, which will stay in our rocked SSE Riga event they tried the roles of memories for a long time, took compadres, jury assistants, place in the walls of our school waiters, cleaning ladies, – Peak Time 2012! Everything was Nadezda Zute, promo of the event chefs, errand boys, and whatnot. So there: the delight of victory and – undoubtedly, a great job done by remember the names of people who the bitterness of a defeat, tireless Nadezda: 1481 applicants from you can sure rely upon: Andrius work and wild partying, unexpected 48 countries got to learn about Čiapas, Evelina Saurusevičiūtė, difficulties and even more and decided to take part in the Ieva Skrivere, Ieva Grigalune, unexpected miracles. The ones who competition thanks to a word spread Darya Skakouskaya, Gintarė thought that spending a few hours in by her. Stravinskaitė, Aliaksei Chekel, this international festivity of intellect Aušrinė Isodaitė. and creativity was not worth putting Aiste Virkutyte, media person, off their MAF books definitely lost CESIM simulation – this girl who SPONSORS a lot. But for them to feel at least a kept an eye on all the little part of that atmosphere and for information The event would not all the rest to refresh their emotions possible without a and memories, I will try to cover generous support the most exciting of the sponsors. moments of Peak Not for the first Time 2012 in this time already, article, so enjoy! Civitta remains the biggest In the first place, let’s contributor once more remember by providing the people thanks to cases for whose 8-months’ work participants Peak Time was possible. and judging Here they are: the rounds. Kristina Malukaite, Huge thanks also go to McKinsey & the Chief Organizer – the Company, the British Council, our girl who knows how to run own school for hosting the event, the things being firm and coming out as well as CESIM, Ernst & Young, decisive, but at the same time about Peak Time 2012 Tymbark, Fazer, Microsoft, Red smiling and friendly. She did not on Facebook, Twitter, Picasa, their Bull, Hellenic, NORDIC Training lose control even when the situation official website and in press releases. International, Aibe, HeadMade, seemed to be getting out of it, and She as well arranged a business Nokia Siemens Networks, Latvijas in the end everything went smoothly simulation from CESIM, which was Zalas Punkts, Student Events and and (almost) according to the plan. enjoyed by everyone. others. Martynas Stankevicius, Jelena Gvardina, event coordinator, responsible for sponsor relations – the one whom we should thank for the guy who definitely knows how the program of these 4 unforgettable to make contacts, as the number days. She took care of the of companies who supported the participants’ time in a really proper event was impressing. This support way! No wonder what most of them was achieved not without struggles remembered was not the case studies (difficult economic times we live in, or presentations, but Pub Tour and indeed!), but eventually both sides parties :) But this will follow a bit Viktoria found common language with a most later… beneficial outcome. Events 9

This year Peak Time welcomed its finalists in Riga for the 13th time already. Having gone through the preliminary rounds of CESIM simulations, case study presentations and creating of a team’s portfolio, best of the best came here on May 2 to prove what they are worth of. 80 bright minds from 19 countries were rivaling for the title of the winners of the most prestigious business competition for university students – Peak Time 2012. Let’s look at what they experienced during these 4 days.

This year Peak Time provided Guest lectures stay in one place, about how men its participants with an are not smart enough to sell cars opportunity to attend four members from another angle: “If I to women, about the importance prominent guest lectures. Experts in start a business, am I going to take of ironed pyjamas, he also gave a their fields, the guest lecturers shared this girl with me into the business?” lesson to men on proper look and their experience with the young I hope that this is how people are style and talked a bit about sex, talents and brought inspiration going to use this time, so that when drugs and rock’n’roll. to them by their own examples. I they go away they will think: “Damn, managed to talk to two of them, and this guy is smart, if one day I need here what I heard: a person like him, I know whom Maris Martinsons, Director of Glen Grant, a CEO at GG to turn to”. The brain should start the Pacific Rim Insitute for the consulting actually to assess whether you are a Studies of Management, Professor risk-taker or a workaholic, of Management What determined your decision to give What is the most a guest lecture for important trait of a Peak Time, and what young specialist which is the main idea you will help him to be are planning to share successful? during your talk? I think an ability to stay Actually, I was asked flexible. We know that to give a lecture only the market will change, yesterday, because and you’ve got to be the previous speaker willing to change and couldn’t come, and continually learn new I have a very simple things. rule: if people ask you Where to get to do something, unless strength after you physically can’t, you have failed in you should always say yes. So I something really sat down yesterday and thought: important for a hundred 20-year-olds, just you? starting off in life… so I will just talk about life. I think it comes from the inside. You What is the main benefit of know, if you first such events as Peak Time for don’t succeed, you its participants? keep trying again and The main benefit is that people find again – and that’s the out many things about themselves a leader or a good characteristic most and probably for the first time in number 2 and so on. If people don’t successful people have, their life start to think of what it have these kind of thoughts in their they didn’t achieve it in one day. means and what it involves to be a head, they’ve wasted the time. Those who will give up after one professional. What I mean is that in time are not going to make their such an environment you not only The lecture was indeed about life. impact on the world. So keep looking interact with people, but you begin Glen talked about how we need to for your passion and learn from your looking even at your own team be ready for coming changes and not mistakes. 10 Events

Starting with the very first day, Next day the PeakTimers got to the participants delved into the Culture & Fun know how difficult a life of the atmosphere of hospitality of magic average SSE Riga student is: in the centre of Riga. It helped to start Riga. Our caring SSE Riga students a true SSE Rigan knows what it communication generally, whereas prepared well for their stay: a costs to foster an ability to resist the the following Cultural evening number of ice-breaking and cultural temptation of dropping into one of deepened their knowledge of the activities will be remembered by all those lovely pubs in the Old Town, countries each one represented. All of them! and then to another one, and then to of the teams presented their national one more… when another deadline food in the lobby. Vietnam students Peak Time associates were meeting is coming) The night was epic and brought delicious candies, Georgians them with wide smile on their faces made everyone even closer, isn’t the and Hungarians - wine, Greeks - to release the tension and show that good old beer the best way to achieve Feta cheese and so on. The evening they are most welcome guests in synergy? our school. However, some teams ended with a “Movie-Presentation received smiles even brighter than Night”. others, they say some Y1 girls created a to-do list for the event: on top of it came the team from Copenhagen Business Schools called Victorious secret, which stayed among the favourites till the very end of the event. The Opening ceremony started off a 4-day run for the victory with welcoming speeches from the organizing team, Diana Pauna and the event’s supporters. During the National evening Latvian culture unfolded for amazed guests from abroad with delicious food, nice songs and dances involving everyone and making even Singaporeans a bit more Latvian. The more, the better. And there it was – a party at SSE! Awesome as All of the our parties always are, Peak Time groups had a task party was special in that you could to prepare the hear many more languages used by video about their already a bit drunk guys trying to team. The team hit on our bella donnas. For many In the beginning, the teams were from Belgium was fond of guerilla people the fun finished when tireless mostly sticking to their 4’s and felt a marketing (they were advertising finalists were already hurrying to the bit shy to communicate to the others. Peak Time 2012 instead of us), the school for case study briefing. At that stage ice-breaking activities team Vista from China showed An official Closing ceremony came in very handy. All of the traditions of their country, while the concluded the whole event with participants were randomly divided team from SSE Riga showed the speeches from Peak Time 2012 Chief into 5 big groups and showed their funniest video of the evening talking Organizer, jury members, and of enthusiasm, team-building and about themselves and turtles. negotiating skills doing funny tasks course, with rewarding the winners. Events 11

So, how did the whole event look in the eyes of those for whom it was created?Let’s see for Peak Timers think! Opinions

The thing I actually found very peculiar and interesting is the impressing number of various English accents we have had here. We are all so diverse, we live thousands of miles away from each other but there are things which tie people together: the English language and surely such event as Peak Time. Srinath Srinvasan, iBrains, Singapore

What will I remember most? Pub Tour! Those shots were unforgettable;) But seriously, I think that I was most amazed by how different our cultures are: even the ways different teams presented shows different outlooks on things,Matej I got aUrban, few tips. UoB Enterprise , UK

The beauty of Riga is amazing, its architecture have had a really strong impression on us. We definitely want to come back! The people we met here are all very smart and friendly, we want to keep in touch, so whenever you happen to be in Hong Kong, we will tour you around without any problem! Team “The Cables”, Hong Kong

Team “Quartet A“ from Belarus - winners of Peak Time Before the results: After the results: Fun vs. Work: It is really hard to have fun and achieve Key to the victory: We are different. We all study differ- the results at the same time, so we chose results, and ent things: marketing, finance, international econom- therefore couldn’t enjoy cultural events to the fullest; ics, business administration – this mix of competences Expectations: We for sure expect to hear our name now made us strong. And, of course, passion!; in the final. We did all we could and I think we couldn’t Overall impression: The event was on a really high have come up with anything better; level, well-organized and intense. The quality of tasks Differences: Even though accounting we study in Bela- was also impressive, what else would you expect from rus is very different from IFRS accounting, we managed such companies as Civitta and McKinsey? And of to “balance the balance sheet”, so to say. Actually, your course, lots and lots of useful contacts, it has been a accounting is less complicated and it wasn’t much prob- great experience! lem to understand it. Only terminology was sometimes unclear. 12 IFund news

form, redesigning the website and After Marijus has answered stu- What’s making sure that everything runs dents’ questions, everyone was wel- smoothly is no easy task. He did a come to enjoy the final and perhaps great job, though, and that is reflect- the most enjoyable part of any event up, ed in players’ feedback and com- – the banquet! The lucky (or should ments from our fellow students. I say the smart) ones who attended iFund? What is a birthday without a birth- were able to grab a plateful of snacks, day cake? We simply couldn’t let the a glass of juice and have a nice chat The spring has finally come to Riga celebration go unnoticed and thus with Marijus and other partici- and although many of us would decided to host a special ceremony pants. The banquet, which probably like to just go outside and enjoy the for students and sponsors. And it is couldn’t rival our colleagues DoO in first few sunny days, we are con- why we invited a very special guest size but nevertheless received AAA stantly being held back by the not- to come visit us – Marijus Kales- rating, was finished with a huge and so-warming school stuff: project inskas, the founder and ‘father’ of delicious cake. deadlines, exams, presentations and iFund, who was particularly happy What does the future hold for us? so on. Some, however, have been that fifteen years after estab- Currently, we have our hands busier than others and that includes full with event organization - us, the five iFund guys and Investment [UN]limited, In- a bunch of our vestment Fund Conference, associates. and at the time of writing Just as cats come this piece we are also dis- into heat, spring cussing plans on hitting up is also the ‘active’ Rome in early September. I season for the believe that I speak on eve- Investment Fund ryone’s behalf when I say Board (okay, bad that it has been an amaz- analogy, but just ing year and we look for- couldn’t resist). By ward to finishing it with ‘active’ I mean, ob- a bang at the iFund elec- viously, event-wise: tions party! Investment Game, Fifteen years is a truly Investment [UN] significant amount of limited, Investment time for a student Fund Conference, organization. I can and, of course, elections of the only hope that fif- new Managing Board and the teen years from now I ground-shaking iFund party will be the one giving a all take place in this beauti- guest lecture at the 30th ful season. For our organiza- anniversary. LONG LIVE tion, however, this is not just an iFUND! ordinary spring – this year Invest- ment Fund is celebrating its 15th lishment, anniversary and just like the other Investment four members of the team I am both Fund was not only honored and challenged to oversee functioning successfully, our activities in this very special but has also become a signifi- time. cant part of SSE Riga community. To mark the occasion, Investment He also talked about his experience Game received a full overhaul this after graduation and gave a lecture year. This might also be the reason on behavioral finance and irration- why Liudvikas, the Chief Invest- ality in the financial markets, a sub- ment Game Organizer, has been Justinas ject that we have touched upon in more stressed than usual, after all, the You-Know-What course. building a brand new trading plat- Je Joue 2012 13

SAY „HAPPY BIRTHDAY“ FOR JE JOUE! LET US REMEMBER HOW IT STARTED...

I guess „Happy Birthday” is required as this is the 10th anniversary year of Je Joue event.

It started small in year 2001 when several students of SSE Riga decided to prove that the school is not all about economics and business, but it also holds dazzling creativity. They created an arts event Je Joue [zhe:zhuu] ('I Play' fr. French) to involve active and curious students in diverse activities where they could express their personality as they wished.

At first (2001) Je Joue organized an event called “Arts week”, which consisted of several small performances, expositions, etc. for the students of SSE Riga and RGSL. Since then the range of activities has been growing and changing, including concerts, fashion shows, graffiti workshops, drama performances, various kinds of challenging contests and so forth.

In 2010 the team under the leadership of three most beautiful and magical girls- Līva, Zane and Māra- decided to do something different and instead of a week-long event signed up for the Museum Nights – a one day during which not only students, but all the interested residents could come and enjoy the show.

To organize such an event many skills are needed. Even if one cannot draw, paint, sing, play, dance or does not consider himself/herself an ‘artist’ in any sense, there is still a lot work to do and any help is needed! Je Joue team consists of people responsible for the premises and decorations, others are responsible for the creation of yearly promotional video. Fundraisers and sponsorship seekers are also a high necessity, one always needs to find new participants, advertising posters require to be created and distributed... Everybody can find a place where to offer a helping hand.

Every year the compilation of the Je Joue group is changing: Year1 can join already experienced group leaders from Year2, who were ‘newbies’ in the previous semesters, but then gained experience and replaced the former leaders. This means that the event is also changing every year along with its new organizers; however, one thing is crystal clear- Je Joue team always strives to provide events and activities of the latest trends in culture, arts and society, as well as put conventional arts in new amplua.

The theme of the first Museum Nights in SSE Riga was ‘Across the world and culture’. Visitors could acquaint themselves with the exotic aspects of many cultures: Japan (Aikido lessons), Greece (Star gazing), France (Photography), USA (Hippies), Brazil (Traditional capoeira dances) and many other countries. The event was finished off with a performance of an amazing orchestra, which played traditional rock ballades, while lithesome dancers were dancing in the spotlights behind the cafeteria big windows. The night was truly magical!

*continiues on page 16 14 Je Joue 2012

JE JOUE 2012:

A CHANCE TO SEE THE FUTURE AND GET BACK TO THE PAST

Museum Nights 19th of May from 19.00 – 01.00

This year the team of Je Joue presents a game of life - “Blue Dabudai”. The rules are simple: one should go through different periods of life (childhood, teen age, university age, working period and pension) and collect points. The ones who manage to collect the largest amount of points will be able to see what happens in “paradise”, others will have a chat with the devil . We have chosen a title “Blue Dabudai” because of the Eiffel 65 song Blue Da Bu Dee. This song is a story of a man who sees everything in blue color/ has a blue life, which also relates to the living with never losing hope. Our guests are welcome to visit not only the activities in the rooms, but also the theater performance, the choir concert and the live music concert with dances at the very end of the event.

Below you can get acquainted with the activities in each of the rooms.

CHILD ROOM LOCATION: LOBBY

Do you remember your room when you were a child? Can you imagine all the stuff you had in there in the Lobby of SSE Riga? If the answer is negative or you have problems with imagination, come to the Museum Nights and you will be able to remember. Lots of fluffy toys, funny music, dolls, little cars, candies and bright colors - all of that you will be able to see in the Lobby on the 19th of May. Here’s a little secret: if you want to get more points, start preparing a funny joke. Also you can start refreshing doll dressing, drawing, and Super Mario playing skills, since you will use them a lot. Be ready for a colorful photo shoot, being dressed in a childish way will be a huge advantage for you . Je Joue 2012 15

TEEN ROOM LOCATION: 3RD FLOOR

Ohh yeah, sweet sixteen! The time when all of us had an idol to copy, a pair of stylish jeans with glitters and some more very cool clothes. We offer you to get back to this period and have the fun that you used to have. You will be able to fill a wide range of personality and relationship tests from the most famous teen magazines, create friendship bracelets and even play the spinning bottle game. When stepping into this room you will feel about five years younger - be ready for that!

UNIVERSITY ROOM LOCATION: SOROS

The studies in the University of Je Joue are taken to the next, not yet experienced, but awesome level. All the activities in this room go along with the motto: “study hard, party harder”. One will be able to check his/her IQ by filling in tests, create his/ her own brand new square academic cap, get to know some interesting and random facts and, of course, have a small party afterwards.

WORK ROOM LOCATION: 4TH FLOOR

Work is not just about being serious and doing tasks all day long, it is also about fun and entertainment. As much as we love hard work, this time we have chosen to show the entertaining part of the working period. By stepping into the room you will meet some corporate-looking people, who will offer you to do some fun things. For instance, competition of throwing paper into a trash bin while sitting on a chair, darts with a picture of some boss, role-play: secretary and boss meeting, racing with books and a lot more.

PROGRAM IN SHORT 19.00 – 01.00 – activities in rooms

21.30 – 22.30 (Soros) – performance of the theater

22.30 – 23.00 (Lobby) – SSER choir performance

23.00 – 01.00 (Lobby) – live music and dances 16 Je Joue 2012

Everyone got an opportunity to learn about the phobias in the Fear room, find out the meaning of desire in the Love room, get awe-struck in the Surprise room, get cheered up in the Happiness room and so forth. The highlight of the day was the performance of the improvisation theatre. And who could forget the flashy guy? :)

More detailed information regarding this year will follow .

ORGANIZING TEAM 2012

We are so many that even did not manage to fit into one picture 

You are more than welcome to come and enjoy a nice evening/night together with us during the Museum Nights!

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you are in fashion this season, there and other geometric patterns, as RFW 2012 - are a couple of things you have to well as animal prints. For example, remember. This spring and summer QooQoo presented us a collection Is SSER in designers have a tendency to play in pale colours with edgy prints, with colour groups of tender, earthy, which made it fun and unique at the fashion this and floral. To be more specific, it is same time. going to be soft pastels with pale Riga Fashion Week was a bright spring or mint green in the front row, earth event, which many of the students nuances with a lot of copper, orange from SSE Riga could not skip. Even what? and red, and of course all sorts of though “study hard” is the most Spring has been late this year, but vivid floral prints. Actually, the important part of our lives at the in our souls it started with the most prints were quite popular not only moment, as spring comes there is a exciting fashion event of March, Riga at RFW, but also at fashion shows need to renew the wardrobe in order Fashion Week. to be “in fashion”. We It revealed the can observe how well styles of several SSE Rigans manage local and foreign to keep up with the designers, theme of this season reflected the as our girls wear colour tendency dresses in bold colors of this season and our guys try out and brought all shirts with a tender the fashionable touch. people of Riga As for Year 3 students, together. it seems that they The participants choose to stay classy of RFW 2012 and professional. The were mostly from traditional black suites Latvia: Natalija and skirts with a white Jansone, Zanete shirt were the most Auzina, Sarmite popular outfits at the bachelor thesis Ostanevica and presentations. Well… You cannot go Katya Shehurina, wrong with it. More than that, the „Narciss”, „SockBox”, runways of this season around the “QooQoo”, „PAVILJONS”, world had a lot of black and white; „One Wolf”, „Glam Deco” most designers just cannot deny the and „Red Salt”. There fact that these colors have earned were also guests from their own place in the history of Estonia: „Pohjanheimo” fashion. and Liisi Eesmaa, and a special guest from Italy: „Leitmotiv”. The magazine “Vogue Italia” presents “Leitmotiv” as their favorite duet of designers. The show, aside from being pleasant to our eyes, was able to make everyone feel even better with good music of “Jazzy” and DJ Dubra. across the whole globe. The Katya designers were offering diverse and If you happen to wonder whether fun prints, such as stripes, zigzags 18 Interview with Ait Si Mhamed Ali the Foreigner who got into “Sapni and kokteili”

Why did you become a teacher? refused his offer. Next time we did a reservation in the same place and I am not only a teacher, I do my own then no one seemed to care that we research and publications as well, for are foreigners example, on North African higher education, student loans in Latvia, the How doing business in ME Baltic states and education language different from West? policy. I got here because I received a prestigious scholarship from the Well, generally, the same common US government, the US Fullbright sense and behavior apply. However, Scholar, given to professors for 4-10 there are some things ME people do months of exchange. It is very hard to completely differently. get it, every year only 200 people are For instance, US people are usually selected out of 6000 applicants, but I straight to the point, they do not Ait Si Mhamed Ali was lucky to be chosen. It works like have a meeting with a person if they ME is all about values and morals. this: if any institution needs a scholar, don’t know their goals in business It is very difficult to separate culture they apply with their requirements and what a potential outcome is. ME and religion from daily business and then you as a potential candidate people are usually not to the point life. Al Waleed – bin Talan, one of go through those descriptions and until 3-4-5 meetings. Time is not the first and richest ME billionaires, apply if you feel a match. SSE Riga such an issue for them as it is for who has shares in almost every was looking for a social scientist, Americans. company you can think of, is very with good knowledge of finance in interlinked with Western, globalized education and expertise in RM, so it world. However, there are several is more that I chose SSE Riga. things that are not debatable: first, We know that you educate not he never drinks alcohol, second, only students at school but also he prays 5 times a day. Even in his security in Latvian club ‘Sapni private aircraft jet, there is a special un Kokteili’. Could you share this section for prayers. story? Some of our students may be Well, one evening my friends and I Height: 1m 82cm willing to work in a banking went to Sapni un Kokteili. When we Weight: 84 kg sector. Are there any differences got there, the security guy stopped in the Middle East? us and said that this club is only Eyes: brown for Latvians and no foreigners are Nationality: US Well, the main difference is that allowed. When I asked why, the and Morocco (Dual there is not only conventional security guard said because they do citizenship) banking. They have a special type not accept foreigners. I said this all of banking system called Islamic Citation: “There is no was pure discrimination and asked Banking , which is in line with time like the present for his manager to provide me a clear Sharia law. In several countries, as time.” © Immanuel Kant official law that would support this. Indonesia and Malaysia, this system When a manager came, he could not is governmental. present anything but some excuses about Irish people who used to behave badly there. Then he found out that I teach at SSE Riga, calmed down and sincerely invited us in. As my mood was already spoiled, I Interview with Ait Si Mhamed Ali 19

Internet - brings us closer to schools for education and research. My early months in the US were dif- each other. Mostly, in the Arab world people do ficult in terms of language communi- not rely on the Internet for informa- cation because I didn’t know many This is one of the solutions that could tion, they have another way of doing things people talked about. Once, a help to integrate closer. things. Latvia, in its turn, is a para- professor in Psychology of Educa- dise in terms of the Internet use. I tion said that we could have a cheat Story: I was in Egypt three weeks am impressed by how it has caught sheet for our exam. I did not know ago and decided to run my CFEB up and now has the Internet every- what it was and thought it was not class from there, which seemed not where. important, so I showed up without to be a problem as I am certified to a cheat sheet. The exam was made teach online and believed it will be College memories: Morocco really difficult and I scored 60/100. the same. I got there and was stay- and US universities. The professor came to me afterwards ing in a 5 star hotel, which did not to express his surprise as to why I, provide a Wi-Fi connection. In a bro- When I was studying in Morocco the such a good student, scored so poor- chure it was written that the Internet, system was that if you passed a writ- ly. I just said that the exam was quite which is located in the business cent- ten test in each subject, usually in difficult. He then said that we were er of the hotel will cost you money, May, you were then entitled to take supposed to use a cheat sheet for but it is money for good quality and an oral exam at the beginning of July. help, and when he heard that I sim- the high speed Internet. Indeed it Since there was a gap in time, and ply didn’t know what a cheat sheet cost money (10 LVL per hour), but it as a student I had to pay for lodging was, he couldn’t believe his ears and was the slowest Internet connection and food, once I did not have enough exclaimed that a student who did 60 I have ever experienced in my life, I money left by the end of June due to out of 100 without a cheat sheet de- waited 2-3 minutes for the first page a shortage in money in general. First serves A+, and he gave it! We have to open. In the end I had to buy an thing I did, I returned all soda bot- stayed in touch, became good friends Egyptian phone card for 40 $ to use tles from my home to the store and and did research together. I also as- my own internet connection. got some 5-10 cents for each. Then sisted him with his book on Stand- I bought green tea and just put hot ardized testing. Implications: The world is very water into this same green tea for digital nowadays but in most coun- at least two days. I barely ate that tries in the Arab world the system is week, but passed all the exams with somewhat not organized in a sense excellence. This is how creative you that the Internet access there is most- can be in order to make ends meet if ly in cafes, but the Internet is not needed. yet popular around universities and Masha&Nastya 20 Je Joue 2012

more beneficial, food and drink tips, chocolate; as well as very successful advice on time management and regional newcomers such as the Joie de vie keeping fit and much more – all refreshing and low-calorie buttermilk with the sole purpose and in hope of and the personal favourite for many Fellow students, making your leisure more beneficial, – the caramelized oat ice cream. It has come to our attention that we work more productive The friendly salespeople are always are often either too sleep-deprived and daily schedule helpful at explaining the ingredients behind every flavour and or uninformed to look through more enjoyable. giving you samples to our mundane routines in search of taste, so if you’re aspects, which hold potential to not sure, improve our mood. just ask. Everyone knows how much attention athletes pay to their diet, their physical state and lifestyle in general. It is my personal opinion that what and how we study at university makes these various aspects of our everyday lives not less important. Mens sana in corpore A combnation sano (a sound mind in a healthy of two of any flavours costs body) is the best way of explaining approximately 2 LVL, why – it is our mental capability that which is well worth the we base almost all of our success scenic minutes spent sitting on the and progress on; just like the benches right outside the shop and athletes base theirs on their tasting heaven, especially if you physical performance. ask for your ice cream to be placed in a delicious waffle that is cooked Motivation isn’t the on the spot as well. In addition, Not far from our only fundamental the shop also sells not easy to find school, on one characteristic that an good-quality traditional sweets of the most scenic athlete and a good „pumpermiķeļi”, which, in short, streets in the Quiet student have in resemble softer and milder versions Centre, lies a small common – something of gingerbread cookies. Or you can cafe-like shop with that the longer I am just have fun trying to pronounce it great atmosphere in SSER, the better I quickly, that too. understand. It is lifestyle and even better and how much attention you home-made Latvian So when you feel like your studies pay to details - how well ice cream (Skrīveru are taking the best of you and you you rest in your free time home-made ice cream need some sugar in your bloodstream and how well your body parlour on 1-3A as well as a few minutes out in the Antonijas Street). is prepared to endure a spring sun – this nice little venue The shop offers couple of late nights makes with very customer-friendly service ice cream for all the difference. Starting and great atmosphere is just the thing every student’s for you. from this issue, every now taste, with and then under the section delicious versions Cheers „Life between deadlines” in of such traditional The Insider magazines, we will flavours as rum and supply you with information raisin/dried fruit (with about nice places where to a relaxing emphasis on relax and events to go to, rum, btw), blueberry or how to make your leisure Jekabs Contemporary art 21

it in its collection and in the exhibit the message of a poem could be How “I Just Can’t Stop” (devoted to completely dull. Sometimes the creativity relentless creativity). Oh Man, in author ignores a certain rhyming 50 years this picture will become system, ending up with something turned into antique!!! miscellaneous and chaotic: crazativity The world of sculpture ‘surprises’ Indeed, this example does not hat does one mean by with breath-taking novelties: Patricia give to the readers any insight, its saying “a work of art” Paccinini, who graduated from content remains pure abracadabra. nowadays? Is that about a Victorian College of the Arts, tried W to look at her works from a different I like divorce. I love to compose phenomenal skyscraper in the centre of Shanghai? Or a non-conformist angle. Hence, she created a series of letters of resignation, now and monument in the parks of tiny sculptures which embody ugliness, then Monaco? Or mythological paintings horror, hatred. Her sculpture The I send one on and leave in a lemon- by London’s street artists? Indeed, Prone (2011) reflects a flawed infant, hued Huff or a Snit with four on it is more and more challenging Sarah Irani, Mama and Babe (1995) the floor. for architects, sculptors and poets Do you like the scent of to impress demanding audience. hollyhock? Blurred imagination, outstanding To each his own. I love a burning thinking, over-extravagance bridge. equally contributed to establishing of a category of bad arts, refined William Matthews, “No return” collection of the dullest artistic endeavour in the world. Let’s find Unfortunately, very many books out how these masterpieces look like published nowadays contain this and how some of them are valued in kind of meaningless lines, which acknowledged auctions. harm one’s sense of beauty and perception of a real masterpiece. Modern artists tend to surpass their predecessors by joining neoclassical So how bad are art movements such as metaphorical these bad arts? realism, de-constructivism or neo- Some sceptics expressionism. However, not all would say newcomers succeeded in those that the vision undertakings. For instance, Sarah whose deficiencies of an artist Irani’s Mama and Babe (1995), push him aside is a measure which is worth $ 120,000 according from the society. of his/her to Bonhams & Butterfields auction The author’s creativity and house, does not seem to be a vision is highly tastes differ. Patriccia Pacinini, The Prone (2011) masterpiece. The blood red eyes of appreciated by Yet creativity both mother and daughter terrify the other sculptors; she is a prominent could overlap observers; moreover, the hair and person in her field. At the same time with a bit (or a lot…) of ‘crazitivity’ mouths provoke strong disgust at Patricia could be accused of the and the most ingenious idea would the work. Two hundred years ago distortion of human’s nature in her turn into a disgusting work. Let’s an expert would rebel against this work: such a destructive sculpture hope that in the nearest future kind of high art, which offends the should join the ranks of bad arts. Even the collection of bad arts won’t aesthetic taste of audience. The real though the author was contemplating be increased significantly and we value of the portrait remains on a meaningful content, it is not an will always be able to admire truly inspiring pieces of art. questionable. Who’d want to hang aesthetic work of art. such a picture above his/her bad? The art of writing isn’t an exception: Perhaps, there are some amateurs of a lot of contemporary poetry is exotic portraiture… Nevertheless, senseless, lame. Poets pursue a blind the Museum of Bad Arts included desire of rhyming lines, whereas Andrei 22 Master studies

“Get in the best school you can get hardest part you had to get through in”. Now, looking back this was the in order to enter one of the top advice worth a million. I applied to business schools? top 3 programs, got a single offer at INSEAD, and never regretted the Admission process is similar to all outcome. schools. You have to provide GMAT score (TOEFL is not necessary for What are the differences between SSE Riga students), transcripts, write MBA and MSc degrees? Does it 6 essays, get 2 recommendations, require some certain previous and pass 2 interviews with INSEAD experience and does it give you any alumni. GMAT is really painful, as special benefits? you have to take sample exams on Saturdays to prepare. Writing essays MBA is a business degree, while MSc is also a nightmare, and can take is an academic degree. MBA program months to properly prepare them for Deividas Tumas is much more oriented to provide several schools. Yet the hardest part a practical skillset, which would is to make time commitment and get be applicable in real business life. funding to do an MBA. as a decision to get an MBA Some call it a “glorified recruitment Wplanned or did it come to agency”. MBA students are in the Could you tell more about the your mind because of a certain beginning of their professional financial side? reason? carriers, yet they have made some achievements already. Average Getting an MBA is definitely not I was always dreaming to do an experience of a student is 5 years. cheap. Tuition fee keeps on rising MBA, already while studying at SSE Students share their experience, every year. Cost of living is outrageous Riga. Working in Switzerland, I got views, knowledge, and much of as well: after 5 years of gruelling bored after a while, and I felt that the class learning experience comes carrier students have saved up some timing was right. specifically through this knowledge money and are desperate to spend. sharing. So MBA lifestyle is more expensive Was INSEAD your main goal or than you can imagine. In France, we you had several options where to When did you start to look for would eat oysters with local cider in get your MBA? Why did you choose information about MBA? What was neighbourhood restaurants, travel to exactly INSEAD? your main turning point? Bretanie, party in Paris. I was attracted to the brand of Application process is long: you In Singapore, we would travel to INSEAD since the days of yore. I have to apply 12 months or so before Hong Kong, Bali, or Sydney almost believe a brand plays a big role, no the beginning of the program. every weekend, travel to the school matter how rational you are. INSEAD You need to prepare and take (and with a taxi (which is 10 minutes’ was “the MBA” program that I always possibly retake) GMAT, write essays, walk), or enjoy local delicacies in wanted; most of it was my emotional organize funding. So you have to top restaurants. My actual expenses image I have built around INSEAD plan in advance. turned out to be twice that I have over the years at SSE Riga. However budgeted. However, there is a when I decided to apply for an MBA, What is the admission process number of financing options and I rationally planned everything: at INSEAD like? What was the researched rankings, forums, websites, visited MBA fairs, met with school representatives and alumni. I made a spread sheet with top 30 programs, tried to do a rational ranking based on my own criteria. I remember, ESADE school was one of the few that came on top. And then, over a couple of beers a good friend of mine said a phrase that was pivotal: Master studies 23 scholarships available. They are not of East Timor, Israeli fighter pilot, jams, 10 minutes to airport, 3 hours guaranteed, and usually cover just a animator from Al Jazeera, Olympic to the seaside... Yet you have to live part of tuition. The fact is you have to gold medalist. abroad, here and there, to appreciate have your own savings. that. I am really enjoying it now. Can you remember any funny I do not have plans to leave, but I Could you please tell more about moment from your studies at would not be surprised if in 10 years the study process at INSEAD? How INSEAD? time I would live aboard. Life is an does Master degree programme experience. differ from Bachelor? You’d rather ask how many funny moments I do NOT remember. There Where do you currently work? MBA program is based on the case must be a few, I suppose. One of the What do you like the best about method. Instead of having lectures as images I have is from Singapore your job? we know it, you have a case discussion. Airport. Cases are derived from a real world I am a founding partner of Strategy and are meant to demonstrate Friday 6:00am, twenty of us arrive and Labs, a management consulting specific business problems. Students queue to check in to Kho Samui for boutique that will serve clients prepare on the night before, and a full moon party. On the left, there primarily in the Baltics. Currently, we discuss a case in the lecture. Again, are 20 fellow classmates queuing for work with a couple of Private Equity a lot value added come from the Hong Kong flight; on the right, 20 funds, helping them to sort out their students themselves, who students queuing for Pangkil. portfolio companies. In the share their own experience. future Strategy Labs could serve as a vehicle for private Did you study in France? equity investments. I have spent 4 periods in France, What are your plans for and 1 period in Singapore. You the future (regarding have to stay on the campus education and career)? you have been accepted for the first two periods; afterwards I no longer have any plans you are free to choose which regarding future, and tend campus to study at. There is to live more in the present. an exchange program with Nowadays I try to maximize Wharton, and some students lifestyle, do more of what go there for a period as well. is really interesting and exciting, and do less of what Overall, did you like the atmosphere Why would you go for an needs to be done, to buy the things I and people at the school? International Political Analysis do not need to impress people I do Atmosphere is really great! There class when you can lie on the beach not care about. instead? are so many interesting things Is there anything you would like to happening, that you want to tear Another blurred image I have from say to SSE Rigans? yourself apart. Every week is a the band’s performance in one party. We only live twice. 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On June 2 Russian National Orchestra, the famous jazz Jack White has finally pulled up his sock to introduce us to voice Peter Eldridge from New York and many others will the first solo album. It took him almost 15 years to bring come to Riga’s Festival. You may go and listen to Pyotr out a debut album Blunderbuss, recorded in his own studio, Tchaikovsky’s The Symphony No. 5 on the 18th of May. where only vinyl pieces come out. To regale one’s eye go to see great works of SaintPetersburg Warm spring days may become even more sunny when and Moscow jewellery houses Fabergé (24.03-20.05) at listening to the new Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts. Great Exhibition hall of Art Museum RIGA BOURSE, where also from 5.04 till 3.06 an exhibition of Dutch avant- For alternative dances and funny adventures put the new garde movement called The Style by the artist Hendrik Valk records of The Ting Tings Sounds from Nowheresville in will take place. In order to enjoy a different view on the your playlist. tendencies of the last century visit an exhibition 90. at kim? However, when going to a party feel free to warm up with inspired by the exibition in the Centre for Contemporary the new remixes of Madonna’s MDNA, the twelfth studio Art of Lithuania about Anthony Blunt. album, and check out how Mark Ronson has streamed Rufus The same place offers to find out the fashion of Jugenstyle Wainwright in Out of the game. However, for those who do from June 15 till October 28. It is suggested catching not find any of these movies interesting there is a Latvian the last exhibitions in the hall of The movie Mona in the Splendid Palace this National Museum of Art, where you can month, which is praised for a mysterious be amazed by the finest works of Latvian WHERE TO WHAT TO play between the different worlds of rural contemporary artists brought in one GO? LISTEN? areas and cities. exhibition called Test.

Explore healthy eating at Ecocatering Movies made in the old-time style are and do not forget to taste delicious WHERE WHAT TO dominating in the cinema world this year. creme brulee in the end. Prepare People seem to be tired of technology and yourself for the summer with vitamins TO EAT? SEE? seek for old values by indulging in silent and minerals at a raw eating restaurant movies. The film which collected almost Raw Garden. If you wake up late on all Oscar awards is The Artist by Michel Sunday morning and there is nothing to eat at your place, Hazanavicius, which should be the first on the list to watch this go and check brunch at Innocent Cafe and eat as much as spring. Black and white and half silent movie Tabu (Miguel yuo can hold. The best way to a man’s heart is through his Gomez) was awarded for the great deal of innovation. To see stomach, Stockpot could be a great place to spicy up your what is happening in the Hollywood have a look at how a feelings by enjoying Indian or Thai food. However, if you long-running vampire soap opera has been brought to the still miss a partner, Fazenda will be a perfect place for a big screen with Johnny Depp in the Dark Shadows. Those blind date, designed in a romantic French style with good who want to shake up feelings after the winter sleep have a food and a small market in front of it to grab some take- chance to watch a horror movie with an unusual plot, Cabin away dishes. in the Woods, on the big screen in Forum Cinemas. If you are a douchebag , there is a new 3D version of The Titanic Story in cinemas this spring.

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