User:Grzegorz Sankowski
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Grzegorz Sankowski - (Nicknames: "Sanki", "SMW", "The Truth", "Saneki") born - 23.01.1987, son of Helena and Edward Sankowski.
Grzegorz was born on 10:15, 23 day of January 1987 in the city of Biala Podlaska in Poland. He met his mother, father, two sisters (Anna and Malgorzata) and brother (Krzysztof). He dosen't remember the first few years of his life... well who really does? As far as he remembers, it all started in kindergarten. Unfortunetly there's only one thing he remembers - he said: "I remember that one day I was sitting on the floor... I saw a car way up high... I wanted to get that car, but it was out of my range - and that's sad, but that is the only thing I remember from that time"
Primary School
Grzegorz went to primary school when he was 7 years old. He found out what is the meaning of word "Friends", "Friendship", and "Fake Friends". His first class was named "1 F". It's obvious, that he was there only one year. The class fell apart, and he had to make new friend in second grade ("2 E") - see the differece? "F" and "E". New people, new teachers. For the next four years, he was hooked on to those guys and girls, and teachers. In fifth grade Grzegorz fell in love for the first time in his life. He says: "That girl was very nice. I wrote her many leters, she writing them back. From the letters I knew, she feels the same as me, but every time when I was close to her, I could say that magic word, that could change every thing. I saw, that that with time, she looked like less interested in me - I know it's my fault - I never told her how I feel. Those "two words" were to big for me then. Or mayby I was just too young. Anyway it all passed - we forgot. I don't see her anymore.
Primary school was combined out of two levels - first level starts in 1st grade and finishes in 6th, second level is named diferently, but I do not know the translation - any way it starts from numer 1 again - this time is "1 G", and it's like that till "3 G" - Sport Class:
Dyplom 2 - "For great achivements in sports"
Dyplom 3 - first place in FireDepartment "relay race" placed in Hungary
Not much, but when you're 10-14 it's more fun just to play, than be first at everything (although it's a nice feeling).
Let's talk about his Hungary trip...
Well... It was a two weeks trip to Hungary - the coutry where wine is cheap. It was something like Firedepartmet Camp, he was staying there with 7 people in one room... in a school building. He was 15 than, and guys that lived with him were: one 15, one 16, five 18 and one 20 or 21. So Grzegorz for the first time felt the taste of wine... at biger amounts of course. After two liters, he was, let's say... happy. He even startet to talk with hungarians. He met them just outside the school. There were like 30, maybe 40 guys there - two of them were fighting, so Grzegorz asked one of those guys why are they fighting - as an answer he heard "girl", and it's all clear. Grzegorz tried to talk about different things, but the hungarian didn't speak english very well... anyway they were both "happy" - if you know what I mean.
Secondary School
Again.. like in primary school. Every thing changed. Techers changed. People changed. He didn't know anyone there. But, was it a problem? Not for him really. At the start, he found two guys that were going the same bus with him every day to school, so most of the time, he was spending with them - i mean like talking in school, on lunch breaks. First few weeks everyone was just knowing everyone. Grzegorz wasn't really interested in making friends, because - if someone will know you, he will become your friend - if someone will want to know you - he will. If you will act a little different than others, someone will be interested, others won't. But - who really gives a "square" ?
First School Trip
Grzegorz: "This I remember very well. Because I wrote most thing that I remember. And it's starts like that. First school trip... As "1 F". Few of us know each other, because they were going to the same school, other didn't. I knew only as I saw, but not personaly. But I had a plan for the jurney. We all got on the bus. I was lucky, because i found a place in the back of the bus. I had like 50 zl (L 10) with me, but about it later on... We were going to the capital (Warsaw). After like 30 min. one guy asked me: "are you drinking?", I said: "No". Second question: "are you drinking?" ... as an answer, I took the glas with vodka all the way up, and then a bottle of Fanta, so the throat won't burn much. So we were going on like that. When we arrived at the capital, 3 bottles of vodka were empty (only two stops we had). We saw the castle, or something like that. Then we went to 3D cinema, but we had like 2 hours free before the film. So what could we do. We went at the back of the cinema - 15 minutes - one bottle gone. With more than 1.5 hour left - we went inside. We saw a game... I don't know the english name of it, but the rules are easy: you need to punch that "big red thing", and than the game shows you like, how stong you are. After that we needed to eat something - we were lucky, because there was McDonalds near. I knew that we gonna drink more, so I orderd a Big Mac, and a "Shake" (you know, excuse if you will fell like sick). OK. We went to see the movie than. I saw only 5 min of it anyway - I fell aslep. When I woke up, I saw the credit titles, so I didn't miss much. We got up, went to the bus - and gone home. We had like 3 bottles left - vodka of course. I even sold 3 glases of vodka. One I sold to "Brzoza", don't remember those other two guys. At our second stop, when we were going back I fell down twice... and in the end I was defeted - and we had 0.5 left. I could't drink anymore. But, the third stop was the funnyiest. Two guys grabed me, and drag out of the bus (really, I couldt walk, my arms, and legs were like dead). They throwed me into mud, and I done, what I had to do... I "felt sick" (you know - fighting with the infection). I saw one of my friends ("Grzybek") - I asked him to help me out. He helped me get up, and I went with him to the street-lamp. He left me there. So I was on my feat again. And when you're standing, you need to piss - is't so natural. Somehow, I went back to the bus. I camed back home - I mean, we got out near the school, and I phoned my brother to pick me up. Home, I told my mum, that i had food-poison. Next day, was school day - I could't get up from the bed even. I've heard, that every one was asking: "how is Sanki?". I went to school after two days. I saw many happy faces looking at me. Suddenly, so many people knew me. So many people wanted to know me. But, there are always two sides - and many people were maybe dissapointed, or like lost respect. Anyway - respect is something that you "build", you don't have it at the start."
But what would be life, if there was no sport in it?
"For liv school representing in many sport events"
Grzegorz was the first goalkeeper in qualifications, and finals - played full time in all games. Grzegorz: "I remember one thing. It was in the final. One player (my friend anyway, was playing for our rivals) was going one on one with me. He trick me nicely - it was only seconds, but in that time i felt like I lost every thing... and had to act immediately. I was even les than two seconds. That gus hit the ball. I tried to touch it with one hand, but couldn't reach it... than I tried the other one, and I manage to reach the ball that was going in to the goal.. just a slightest touch, that was so importat for all of ous (becaus it was the last minute of the game) - lucky for me, the ball went just outside the post. It was just seconds, but in those seconds I felt: fear, than power (power to face the fear), and finaly relief, that it ended like I wanted it to end.]
And it ended with the cup in my hand, in our hands.
"For liv school representing in many sport events" - the end of secondary school.
Will always remember:
"Przemo", "Arczi", "Grzybek", sor. Wojtuszkiewicz, "Pydys", "Krzysiu", "Kamil"
Ariel, Przemo, sor Pawelek, Zaba, Arczi, Adam, Marek, Low: Trzcina, Krzysiu, Mietek
"Everything dies with time - memories never die"
"Life after school"
Grzegorz didn't pass (something like) his A-levels, but that didn't close his way to go ta a higer school. He had an option: go to army, or go to school. But he's dream was to start to live by himself - earn money, buy food for the money he earned. He choosen school. School that he had to pay for, but he was gettin benefits - just because he was going to school (Why? 28.08.2002 - his father died. Grzegorz was always saying, that he will never cry on his fathers funeral - he lied. Everyone cries when they lose someone, that was close to them. It hurts knowing, that he won't have a chance to be proud of me, and I won't be able to make him proud ). So, he went to school, but only on the opening (first day of school) - and few times after that, only to pay. He wrote an aplication form to work in "Driving Egde" - company that gets polish, to work as a warehouse operative. Although he was only 19 (because, when you're that age, not many employer want to employ you - no experience = no work, no connections = no work), he was hopeing that everything will work out. After 4 months they finaly called him, and said: "you're plane is booked for day after tommorow", witch left him with two days to say goodbye. Dreams starting to become true. It wasn't easy. Work was hard. But strong people have something more than muscules - something that helped polish survive 123 years of annexation, something that helped them fight with Germans in WW2, and Russians after 1945 - that thing is hope. Lifting havy thing made his hands bloat. Working hard for something that wasn't sure. Two months like that, than he had to change.. he wanted a change. Although he had an option: go to Manchester, get a house, get transport and work in a warehouse, or stay, find a flat, room, somewhere to live, and work as a Delivery driver. He chosed the second one. He bought a SatNav, witch left him with L 7 to survive. Because he couldn't live in the place that he was living before, he needed to find something else. Unfortunetly - one day he had to sleep in his new place of work, but in the new place storehouse - It was January, outside the temperature was about 1 degree, inside mayby 5 degrees, but what can you do. Happily he found a room to let next day. And he's living there still (will be moveing in near future). Still working hard for better future.
"I have fire in my heart, there's hope in it" "Some things don't change... some things do change"
Life - To Be Continued...
In loveing memory of EDWARD SANKOWSKI *28.08.2002
