Interview with a Yammer: Akiva Bassin!


1) How did you end up in Ottawa?
A Shliach in Sydney went there and he said it would be a good place for me

2) What caught your eyes when u arrived at the dorm the first time?
Lorena and my room it was a tiny bit of a middle east war zone and it was the first day

3) how did you get along with Lorenna?
a lot of ups and downs i thin she had bipolar, we had a love hate relationship

4) How was the overall learning for you?
a bit to easy every one had ADD including me not much got done

5) Why didn't you wanna leave a day after you got there?
I thought i should give it a fair go before judging it

6) What did you like in vocational school?
welding it was awesome fun and the teacher was really great

7) Would you move to Ottawa if you had a good job offer there?
I don't think so north America is not my style

8) Did you ever go for Ice hockey in Ottawa?
yeah but i sucked and the "coach" was to serious, dovi i think the guy with the orange beard

9) What was your Beinuni Jersey number?
i want around long enough to get one and all the numbers i wanted i
wasn't aloud like 99, 1, 69, 0,

10) Where was your place to hang out when u needed to get out a little?
the movies ...um rideau centre

11) did the Ottawa weather get to you coming from sunny Sydney?
Na i really loved the snow it was a nice change

12) what was ur BEST moment you can remember in Ottawa?
there was a massive fight involving shochat and a bunch of guys and
some guys runaway for like a couple of nights
so funny it was the biggest deal

13) and now may i ask you what was your WORST moment in YAM?
hmm to many people with to many issues locked in the same place it was madhouse

14) Did Ottawa yeshiva contribute anything to your personal life or outlook in life?
yes it through me to be patient with others, to be thankful for what I have and Independence wow that's a lot for a place i didn't rely like

15) If you were in charge of the school what would you have changed?
discipline

16) How was the food for you?
I gained a lot of weight there it took a while to work it off could be
more healthy but it tasted alright

17) How many times did u piss of rabbi Berger
none that i can remember there where a lot more crazy things going on
for him to give his attention the worst thing i did was sleep lol

18) What do you think of YAM closing down for ever?
its sad to much effort any way for the people concerned no one really
appreciated the effort that was put in

19) What do you wanna be when you grow up?

when i grow up i wont to be a fashion designer traveling the world

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