Name: Michi
Date: March 22, 2002

PERSPNAL QUESTIONS
 

Name:
MICHI

Nickname:
 MICHI or POTATOEJOE

sex/age/location:
 M/35/HAMILTON ONT CANADA

-What do you do in life, interests, and hobbies?

I WORK AS AN ASSET MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR
FOR THE LEASING BRANCH OF A MAJOR AMERICAN
BANK IN MISSISSAUGA. I ALSO OWN A SMALL HOME-BASED
BUSINESS, A SONG WRITING/MUSIC STUDIO. WITH THAT,
I HOPE TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP PERFORMING ARTISTS
IN THE FUTURE, AND PITCH THEM INTO THE INTERNATIONAL
MUSIC SCENE.

ASHOOR, I AM A MAN WHO IS RESULTS-ORIENTED. I AM PROUD OF THE
FACT THAT OUR COMMON HISTORY HAS ENDURED 6 MILLENNIA, HOWEVER,
AT THE SAME TIME, I BELIEVE THAT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME FOR
ASSYRIANS TO START ACHIEVING AGAIN,

-What are your plans for the future? What will prevent you from achieving them if any?

IN THE FUTURE, I PLAN TO EXPAND MY COMPANY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AS BOTH A POWERFUL ENTITY IN
THE PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF POP MUSIC AND
PERFORMING ARTISTS. I WOULD LIKE SOME OF THE MOST
MEMORABLE SONGS IN RECORDED HISTORY TO COME OUT
OF MY COMPANY. THERE WILL BE MANY OBSTACLES, I AM
SURE; SOME OF WHICH WILL MAKE THE ONES THAT I HAVE
ALREADY OVERCOME PALE IN COMPARISON. HOWEVER, I FIRMLY
BELIEVE IN POSITIVE THINKING. WHAT THE MIND CONCEIVES
CAN BE ACHIEVED IF IT IS BACKED UP BY POWERFUL BELIEF.

-What are your educational and career goals?

I HAVE COMPLETED MY EDUCATION FOR THE TIME BEING,
HOWEVER, I DO SOMETIMES ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF
RETURNING TO SCHOOL FOR A SECOND DEGREE OR A MASTERS.
I AM ALSO TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF ATTENDING SHERIDAN
COLLEGE FOR THEIR GRAPHIC DESIGN/COMPUTER ANIMATION COURSES.

-Have you found your lifetime mate yet?

HMMMM.....NOT YET. I DO HAVE HIGH HOPES THAT SHE IS
OUT THERE SOMEWHERE THOUGH! SHE HAD BETTER BE, OR ELSE
IT’S THE MONASTERY FOR ME ……  ANY HOT, SINGLE, BUCK-
TOOTHED, BLUE-HAIRED, KNICKER-BOXER-WEARING, GRAPE LEAF
PICKING GRANNIES OR GREAT-AUNTIES CAN CALL ME ON MY
“SPECIAL” LINE AT 1.800.OLDONES … ONLINE ATTENDANTS
ARE WAITING FOR YOUR CALL!

CHAT QUESTIONS
 

-Do you remember the first day for you on the chat, and who told you about it?

MAN... MICHI IS LIKE THE MOSES OF THE ASSYRIAN INTERNET
EXPERIENCE! I HAVE BEEN ON THE NET SINCE LATE 95 OR EARLY 96.
I THINK I WAS THE SECOND PERSON IN NINCHAT AND KEPT GOING
FROM THERE. I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT FROM ALBERT GABRIEL, THE
FAMOUS WEBMASTER OF NINEVEH.COM IN THE OLD ASSYRIALINK EMAIL
DISTRIBUTION LIST. IS THAT THING EVEN STILL UP? THE ONE AND
ONLY WONDERFUL DALALE TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR SITE. I BELIEVE IT
WAS IN THE FIRST WEEK THAT YOU HAD CREATED IT. GOOD JOB. ;)

-Why do you think more and more people are going back to text chat or starting to use the message board?

WELL I CAN'T ANSWER FOR EVERYONE, BUT FOR ME, THE VOICE CHAT
WAS KEWL FOR A WHILE. THE NOVELTY WORE OFF, HOWEVER, WHEN
SOME OF THE YAHOOS IN THERE WOULD TAKE HOLD OF THE MIC AND
JUST IRRITATE EVERYONE ELSE WITH EITHER THEIR MUSIC OR THEIR
DISGUSTING VOCABULARY. VOICE CHATS TEND NOT TO WORK FOR ME
THOUGH, BECAUSE I USE A DIGITAL SIGNAL SOUND CARD. IT MAKES
IT SOUND LIKE I AM SPEAKING FROM THE DETROIT TUNNEL OR
SOMETHING ;)

 I HAVE ALWAYS PREFERRED TEXT CHAT TO THE VOICE
CHATS, UNLESS THE VOICE CHAT IS LIMITED TO TWO OR THREE
PEOPLE. AS FAR AS MESSAGE BOARD, YOURS IS THE ONLY ONE I USE,
ASHOOR. I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. ONE
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT IN THE MESSAGE BOARD IS THAT
YOU HAVE BECOME A FATHER FIGURE AND MENTOR TO SOME OF OUR
YOUNGER PEOPLE THOUGH ;)HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF OPENING A
CYBER-CONFESSIONAL FOR ESTRANGED LOVERS? 

-what is the funniest moment you have ever been faced with on the chat?

YES, WELL, WHY NOT ASK BANI IN SYDNEY ABOUT HOW WE MET IN THE
CHAT? THAT WAS PRETTY AMUSING… BANI IS PRETTY RABID ABOUT
SOCCER. ACTUALLY, IT IS BORDERING ON A DEEP PSYCHOSIS! ANYWAY,
I HAD MET BANI’S COUSIN BANI FIRST. HE IS ALSO IN SYDNEY [HOW
SURREAL IS THAT?] AND WAS CHATTING TO HIM ONE NIGHT. HE
INTRODUCES ME TO HIS FIRST COUSIN BANI [OUR PRIMITIVEMAN]. I
MADE THE HORRENDOUS MISTAKE OF SAYING “RABA PSHENA, AZIZA” ..
OUR BANI JUST FLIES OFF THE HANDLE AT ME, CUSSING AND SWEARING
AND LEAVES! COMPLETELY OFF THE DEEP END! HEHEHEHEH … WHEN I
ASKED HIS COUSIN WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM, HE EXPLAINED TO ME
THAT OUR BANI HAD BEEN WORKING FOR FOUR YEARS STRAIGHT IN
ORDER TO GO SEE AUTRALIA PLAY IN THE WORLD CUP IN FRANCE, BUT
HAD LOST AT THE LAST SECOND TO THE IRANIAN TEAM WHEN THEY
PLAYED THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE GOALIE’S NAME WAS AZIZI! MAN,
BANI HASN’T HEARD THE END OF THAT ONE EVER SINCE. ACCORDING TO
HIS COUSIN, HE WAS MORE UPSET THAN SOME OF THE AUSTRALIAN
PLAYERS!  WELL I HAVEN'T REALLY CHATTED FOR A WHILE, BUT
ANYTIME SOME OF THE OLDTIME CHATTERS ARE ON, IT'S A GOOD TIME
FOR ME. THAT WOULD INCLUDE PEACH, BANI, ASSYRIANQUEEN,
MUSHKILLA, ASTRONAUGHTY, BANI, WESTERN ASSYRIAN [ADIDAS],
NINA, VICKY, BOSHY AND OF COURSE OTHERS.. I GUESS THAT ANYTIME
THAT PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND SHOW THEIR WIT WITHOUT ATTACKING
ANYONE ELSE IS A GOOD TIME.

-How do you feel when someone says bad words on the chat or fight? Do you just ignore it because it is just the internet? or take it seriously?

I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHO ACT LIKE IDIOTS IN THE CHATS
AND MESSAGE BOARDS EITHER DON'T KNOW ENOUGH OR CARE ENOUGH
TO REALIZE THE LOW CLASS THAT THEY ARE SHOWING. I DON'T THINK
THAT THESE PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE WORLD-WIDE, FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE, READ THE MESSAGE BOARD. THIS INCLUDES PRIESTS,
DOCTORS, STUDENTS, KIDS AND WEBMASTERS. NOT ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE ARE ASSYRIAN! WHAT A SHAME TO PRESENT THIS SORT OF
FACE TO THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE
BRIGHTEST YOUNG MINDS... THOSE MESSAGES I TEND TO IGNORE.
LIFE CAN BE NEGATIVE ENOUGH AT TIMES!

ON THE PLUS SIDE, THERE ARE SOME REDEEMING INDIVIDUALS WHO
POST REALLY INTELLIGENT, WELL THOUGHT OUT TOPICS. OTHERS
HAVE THE TYPES OF FRIENDLY PERSONALITIES THAT JUST ATTRACT
PEOPLE. I FEEL THAT THESE SORTS OF PEOPLE PRESENT A POSITIVE
IMAGE TO THE WORLD. THESE MESSAGES I TAKE SERIOUSLY.

-what comes to your mind when you first hear these three nicknames:
J-ROK, SATANTA, Nameless narrator

ACTUALLY, I KNEW THESE PEOPLE BEFORE THEY WERE ONLINE FROM
WEDDINGS, FUNERALS OR SOCIETY . ALL OF THEM ARE DECENT
PEOPLE! I JUST DIDN’T KNOW THEM BY THEIR SCREEN NAMES…
HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS BEFORE I REALIZED WHO THEY WERE:

J-ROK: I THOUGHT, MAN WHO IS THIS GUY TRYING TO IMPRESS?!
SATANTA: UH HUH… BETTER WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE…
NAMELESS NARRATOR: BRUTALLY VICIOUS INTELLIGENCE!

-Who are the most fun people to talk to on the message board?

DJ CUTE COOKIE! SHE IS SO SWEET AND KIND TO EVERYONE.
BUT SHE NEVER STOPS TO TAKE A BREATH! SHE ACTUALLY
TYPES JUST THE WAY SHE SPEAKS IN REAL LIFE – AT A 100 MPH! 

WESTERN ASSYRIAN, TYARETA, MYTH, REALITY, DEFINITELY BANI
“PRIMITIVEMAN” [HE IS ANOTHER RELIC FROM
NINCHAT ], BIRKO, AND XENA – SHE IS SUCH A
LITTLE CUTIE!  SHAMIE MONTANA/HITLER/ASSYRIAN KKK CERTAINLY
SPICES THINGS UP IN THERE A LOT TOO. I DON’T ALWAYS AGREE WITH
HER OPINIONS OR CHOICE OF VOCABULARY, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT SHE SEEMS TO PUT A LOT OF LIFE INTO THE BOARD.

-When you see a new girl in the chat what do you say to her first: "Hi how are you" or "Hi where
from"?
I USUALLY JUST SAY “KHEY BEBBEE .. I BUY YOU SOME CHIP-IS FROM
MACDONNOS?” ;)

-first person that you met on the chat
PRIMITIVE MAN [BANI]

-You are known to be one of the oldest Assyrian chatters in terms of being online. What do you think of that? Can you tell us abit about your history on the internet?

ONLINE AND IN REAL LIFE ;) GROANINGGG……..WELL I STARTED OUT JUST
AFTER FIRAS JATOU HAD CREATED THE FIRST EVER ASSYRIAN WEB SITE
WORLD WIDE. WE ARE TALKING 1995 OR SO… BACK IN THE DARK AGES OF
PENTIUM 75’S  I THINK THAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND THE
INCREASE OF ASSYRIANS WITH PC’S, A LOT OF HIGH QUALITY WORK HAS
BEEN DONE AROUND THE WEB. AREN’T THERE JUST UNDER 900 000 ASSYRIAN
WEBSITES NOW?
 A DRAWBACK THOUGH IS THE EMERGENCE OF SOME KIDS WHO
RUIN CHAT ROOMS WITH THEIR VULGARITY & STUPIDITY.
SOME OF THE MEMORABLE THINGS I HAVE DONE AS REGARDS THE NET
INCLUDE THE WEBSITE THAT I DID FOR THE ARAS IN 1996 AND THE 10 OR
SO CHATTERS DINNERS THAT I HOSTED.

FAVORITES

-favorite sport:

I AM A PRETTY SOLITARY GUY. I LIKE SPORTS THAT YOU CAN DO
WITHOUT BEING ON A TEAM: KARATE/TAE KWAN DO/MARTIAL ARTS &
WEIGHTLIFTING.

-favorite Assyrian/foreign singer:

LINDA GEORGE & EVIN AGHASSI, WITHOUT A DOUBT!

-favorite section in our website?

I DIVIDE MY TIME EQUALLY WHILE I AM AT YOUR SITE: MESSAGE
BOARD, TEXT CHAT AND PHOTO ALBUM. GREAT JOB ASHOOR.

-favorite country/city:

GERMANY, BABY! MY FAVOURITE CITY? LET ME SEE NOW… TO LIVE,
HAMILTON! I AM A BIG FAN OF LONDON ONTARIO AS WELL. SASKATOON
IS VERY NICE, MUNICH IS BEAUTIFUL, I HAVE TO SEE ABOUT ROME 

-favourite NBA/NHL/NFL teams

I DON’T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO FOLLOW SPORTS OR TV IN
GENERAL. HOWEVER, I DO LIKE THE OCCASIONAL RAPTOR OR HABS
GAME.

-Best city to live in other than your current city and why?

ANYWHERE I HANG MY HAT IS HOME TO ME.

-Favorite soccer player

PRIMITIVE MAN [BANI] … JUST KIDDING ;) IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
BEBETO OR PELE. AMMO BABA, BABY!

-favourie number, and colour:

13 & BLACK & BLUE

-favorite food:

ANYTHING AT MIKE’S SUB AT 02:00 ON A MONDAY NIGHT …..

 

Assyrian Related Questions
 

-Do you know what is the current situation of Assyrians in North Iraq? What are they doing? and what they have accomplished in last ten years or so?

I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THE FOCUS IS ALWAYS ON THE ASSYRIANS OF
NORTHERN IRAQ. THERE ARE MORE ASSYRIANS THROUGHOUT IRAQ THAT
ARE ENDURING THE SAME OPPRESSION AND HARDSHIPS!
WHAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE THEY HAD, OTHER THAN OPENING THE
SCHOOL? NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT, BUT WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS
THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE ASSYRIANS ARE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT OTHER THAN MANAGING TO
SURVIVE.
 

-What do you personally think is the best thing Assyrians can do to get their rights or at least
some of them? Any plans or ways to achieve this?

IN ORDER TO GET RIGHTS, ONE HAS TO FIRST KNOW WHAT RIGHTS HE IS
ENTITLED TO. THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS IS TO GET EDUCATED. WE
NEED MORE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, TEACHERS, ARTISTS AND ENGINEERS,
NOT MORE GAS STATION OWNERS.

-Is Assyrian youth doing what they have to do to show their belonging?

WELL, WHILE I WAS A “YOUTH”, THERE WERE SO FEW ASSYRIANS
AROUND THAT YOU COULD HAVE LISTED ALL THE ASSYRIANS IN CANADA
ON ONE PIECE OF PAPER. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM OUT OF
TOUCH WITH THE IDEA OF WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE AN ASSYRIAN YOUTH
WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE OF YOUR OWN AGE AROUND YOU. FROM A LOT OF
WHAT I HAVE SEEN THOUGH, THERE ARE POCKETS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. TOO BAD FOR THE OTHERS… WHY
WASTE YOUR POTENTIAL AND YOUR TALENTS?

-How often do you speak Assyrian in your life?
DAILY.

-How do you feel when thinking "I am from a nation which dominated the world once, developed
a lot of the sciences we have today, has my language spoken by Jesus, and a civilization
extending for more than six thousands years?" how proud does that make you?

ASHOOR, I AM A MAN WHO IS RESULTS-ORIENTED. I AM PROUD OF THE
FACT THAT OUR COMMON HISTORY HAS ENDURED 6 MILLENNIA, HOWEVER,
AT THE SAME TIME, I BELIEVE THAT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME FOR
ASSYRIANS TO START ACHIEVING AGAIN, RATHER THAN SAYING “YEAH
WE DID THAT & THAT & THAT” WHO WANTS TO LIVE OFF THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THEIR FATHER? I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO
ACCOMPLISH IN HIS OWN LIFE IN ORDER TO FEEL SOME SENSE OF
SELF-SATISFACTION. SITTING BACK ON YOUR LAURELS IS A GOOD IDEA
WHEN YOU RETIRE. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE SAME IDEA
APPLIES TO POPULATIONS, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS.

-Do you think it is wrong to use English with your Assyrian friends?

IT DEPENDS ON THE SETTING. IF YOU ARE IN ETHNICALLY MIXED
COMPANY, THEN THE IS NO. IF YOU ARE AMONGST ONLY ASSYRIANS,
THEN THE ANSWER BECOMES YES.

-Would you date an Assyrian girl who doesn't speak Assyrian, yet she can speak the language perfectly?

TOUGH QUESTION! I THINK THAT IF THE CRITERIA WAS SOLELY TO
DATE AN ASSYRIAN GIRL, THEN THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO. WHAT WOULD
BE THE POINT OF DATING AN ASSYRIAN GIRL WHO DOES NOT SPEAK
ASSYRIAN? IF THERE WERE OTHER CRITERIA INVOLVED, THEN YES, I
WOULD.

-Last word to all people out there and how they can serve our nation even better?

GET EDUCATED AND THEN GET SOME AMBITION.

General and Miscellaneous Questions



-If you were to rename our website, what would you call it?

ASHOOR’S HOT TAMALE EMPORIUM

-We have a lot of new things coming to our website? Do you wish to add anything in particular?

A MUSICIAN’S CORNER WOULD BE A NICE IDEA. HOW ABOUT A ROMPER
ROOM FOR SOME OF THOSE LITTLE MINDS ON THE MESSAGE BOARD? ;)

-Do you know what does ICQ stand for?

I CAN’T QUIT

-Evin or Sargon?and why?

EVIN!!! HAVE YOU HEARD THAT FRIGGIN’ GUY’S LYRICS? BADASSSS… I
TRULY BELIEVE THAT HE COULD BE THE DESI ARNAZ OF OUR TIME 

-How would you define love? Do you love the idea of being in love?

LOVE IS ETHEREAL IN ITS EXISTENCE… A MERE WHISPER AND IT’S GONE.
I BELIEVE THAT IT EXISTS, BUT WHERE, I HAVE NO IDEA. I LOVE THE
IDEA OF BEING IN LOVE AS LONG AS LOVE LASTS LONGER THAN THE IDEA
OF BEING IN LOVE.

-What do you think of the following figures?
Ashur Panipal, Saddam Hussien, Bill Gates

ASHURBANIPAL: FIRST ASSYRIAN LIBRARY – EXCELLENT IDEA. WISDOM IS
THE REAL SOURCE OF POWER.
SADDAM HUSSEIN: SINCE I HAVE NEVER HEARD DIRECTLY WHAT HIS
MANIFESTO IS FROM HIM, ALL I CAN DO IS BASE MY
COMMENTS ON THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AROUND HIS
ACTIONS. HE IS A FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLE OF THE
CORRUPTION OF POWER. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT HE HAS
DONE TO ASSYRIANS SINCE 1979.
BILL GATES: A SUPREME EXAMPLE OF WHAT A LITTLE INTELLIGENCE + A
LOT OF DILIGENCE CAN DO. NOT BAD CONSIDERING HE
INITIALLY “STOLE” THE WINDOWS CONCEPT FROM APPLE
AND THEN CREATED A MONOPOLY ON IT AND ADVOCATED
AGAINST PIRACY! THIS SHOWS THAT MONEY IS THE TRUE
POWER BASE.
HEY ASHOOR… WHY DID YOU CHOOSE POWER AS A THEME FOR ALL THREE
FIGURES? DO YOU HAVE A SECRET PLAN OR SOMETHING? 
 

FINAL THOUGHTS
 

-What was the hardest question we asked you? or didn't like?

WHAT I THOUGHT OF SADDAM HUSSEIN. HOW CAN YOU ACCURATELY DESCRIBE
YOUR THOUGHTS ON SUCH A COMPLEX CHARACTER?

-One question you were glad we didn't ask you?

“HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE OLDEST CHATTER” OH WAIT, THAT’S
RIGHT, YOU DID 

-Your best quote in life

IT IS BETTER TO DIE OR YOUR FEET THAN LIVE ON YOUR KNEES.

-What do you think of this interview?

LONG AND COMPLEX, BUT A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU FOR
HONORING ME WITH THIS INTERVIEW.

-Is there any question(s) you would like us to add to these interviews?

“WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF THE DONAIR KABAB TO
MODERN ASSYRIAN IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA?” LET’S ASK BANI THAT ONE 

-What can this interview idea help us with?

ASHOOR’S DIAL-A-DATE SERVICE – CLICK ON A NAME TO GET IN THE GAME ;P

-If you were to choose the next person to be interviewed who would it be from the chat and why?

MYTH…….. SHE IS SUCH AN INTRIGUING CHARACTER.

-Any final comments or thoughts?

GOOD WORK ASHOOR. YOU HAVE A LOT TO BRING THE ASSYRIAN YOUTH
TOGETHER OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU ARE
SINGLE-HANDEDLY KEEPING SEVERAL YALIKHYATEH MAKERS IN BUSINESS.
 

At the end of this interview we would like to thank you and wish you a good luck in your life.

THANKS ASHOOR. GOD BLESS AND KEEP ROCKIN’.