| MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY On September 24, 1983, the boy was born in the family of Fridon and Tamar Panchulidze. This little child was me and I was named Michael after my grandfathers (both grandfathers' name was Michael). My parents (they are both doctors) are very educated people and probably that is why I was raised in reading a lot of books, what I really enjoyed to do. Most of the books I read were on the Russian language, so I became really fluent on Russian. I also know Georgian, English and little bit of Spanish. The books, kindness, surrounding society, and solid knowledge of three languages gave me the intellectuality, what helps me a lot with the communication among the different people in many parts of the world. The country that I am from is Republic of Georgia, which is located in Eastern Europe, at the coast of the Black Sea. When I was born, my homeland was a part of the Soviet Union, but as I was growing up the socialism began changing and my country started to gain the democracy little by little. Very soon Georgia became the first country to seperate from the USSR. From my childhood I was always interested in computers and business. Because of that, my parents were helping me to get more knowledge in the subjects that are appropriate to these professions. I even had the private teachers in some subjects to improve my intelligence. As we realized that the average wisdom doesn't give much credit in finding good jobs, I knew that i had to be educated more than the others. I played basketball (which is the sport that i love and admire) for the Tbilisi University Club and averaged about twenty-five points per game.The dream of playing in the professionals comes also from my childhood and I know that to reach this goal requires a lot of hard work, self-discipline, strong desire, and self-confidence. I also understand that not just in basketball, but in life too, these things are very valuable. Some people laugh when I say that my future career in basketball will be at the pro ball, but that gives me more will, more desire to reach my goal and show everyone that they were wrong. I know that sooner or later I will prove to everyone that I am very special. On August 26th, 1999, I arrived in America to go to Nyssa High School, in Nyssa, Oregon. I went there for two years and graduated in the year of 2001. I played basketball there on my junior year, but was prooved ineligeble on my senior year, so I had to skip one year of playingtime. After graduation I decided to stay and go to college at Treasure Valley Community College, which was in the nearby town of Ontario. I finished my freshmen year there and then I decided to stay and get my Associates Degree in Business. M i s h k a |