I was born in Ukraine and although I came to the states when I was 5 and only went back to Ukraine on vacation twice, i’m still proud of my Ukrainian heritage and try to keep it close to me.

Family is also something that is extremely important to me because no matter how much we might fight or bicker, I always know that i can count on my family and they can count on me in any situation.

Friends, not just acquaintances but true friends, are just as important to me as family is and i know that i can count on my true friends in even the worst of situations.

Music also plays a big role in my life. Whether it’s Pandora playing in the background while i study or my IPod playing on a long train ride, you’ll almost always see me listening to some sort of music.

What started off as a hobby to kill some  time after school has now become something that i do at least once every week. Whether it be playing pick-up games at the local court, playing in a team-based tournament, or just shooting alone to help clear my mind, I’m on a court as often as possible and the game has become one of my personal favorite sport.

I’ve spent a couple months of my life living in California and although i don’t live on the West Coast anymore, some of the hobbies i picked-up there have definitely  stuck with me. Perhaps one of the biggest ones is longboarding. sometimes it’ll take the form of a big down-hill race and sometimes it’ll take the form of me just cruising to the park, but whatever the form, longbarding has become something that i take great pleasure in doing.

Paintball and Airsoft have also become hobbies of mine. Although i don’t play now as much as i used to, the few times a year that I do manage to make it out to Skirmish or other fields are always some of the best times of my life.

Handball has also become a fairly big hobby of mine and currently i’m working on becoming  a ranked B player.