Personas: Mr Harris Yiakoumis

Name: Mr Harris Yiakoumi

Age: 62 years old
Occupation: Retired Policeman

Marital Status: Married
Wife: Mrs Eleni Yiakoumi

Children: None

Mr. Harris Yiakoumis is a first generation immigrant from Greece to United States of America. He went there with his family when he was at the age of 15. He lived in New York City for many years during which he finished his high school degree at the age of 18. His parents were working hard when he was young to provide him with the best education possible at that time. At the age of 22 he became a police officer for the New York police department and he had a successful career for 35 years. During his career he met and married his wife Mrs. Eleni who was also an immigrant from Greece. They have a happy marriage but unfortunately they did not manage to have children. After retirement Mr. Harris and Mrs. Eleni spend their time at Louisiana where they bought a cottage near the river. Mr. Harris is fond of fishing and he now wants to be able to learn how to cook his own “catch”.

Hobbies: Mr. Yiakoumis spends most of his time fishing which is his favourite sport. Furthermore he enjoys watching television mostly programs concerning various fishing techniques. Finally Mr Yiakoumis wants to keep his body in a good condition therefore mostly on weekdays he spends more than two hours for walking.

Patterns of behavior: Mr. Yiakoumis is stubborn and independent man, characteristics which he inherited from his years in the police department. Being a policeman for 35 years he has been into situations were his mental and physical abilities had to be tested, therefore he relies on the his abilities to overcome the difficulties that he now has in life. Nowadays that he is retired he has more time to spend for enhancing his knowledge on modern technology but being in his age and because of the simplicity of the products that he used during his early years he still prefers products that are easy to use and are also efficient.

Health Condition: As mentioned earlier Mr. Yiakoumis is an active person who likes to keep his body in a healthy condition. Unlike most of the elderly in his age he does not suffer from any health conditions but he suffers from a wound that he carries from a difficult night at the line of work. Even though he is still very active for a person in his age.

A day in his life: Mr. Yiakoumis wakes up at around 5 o’clock in the morning and begins his day with his morning walk. After his return to the cottage he takes a quick shower and heads to the kitchen to have breakfast with his wife. Mr. Yiakoumis believes that breakfast is the most important meal of the day therefore his wife is making for him a meal consisting of cereals that contain wholegrain and is low in salt and sugar, fruits and to wash down his breakfast a fruit juice.

He then gets his fishing gear and heads to the lake where he spends the rest of his morning. At mid-day he returns to the cottage with his catch (if there is any) and he makes an attempt to cook it. Most of his attempts up to now are ending in a failure but stubborn as he is, he still tries to make it and cook it well.

After he and his wife have lunch they take a nap for 2 to 3 hours. After he wakes up Mr. Yiakoumis sits in front of the television and watches programs that are mostly related to fishing. Because of his latest interest in technology he also spends some time watching programs related to modern technology most of which he cannot understand due to the lack of knowledge that he has about innovative products.

Around 6 in the afternoon he goes to the coffee shop located in a village near his cottage where he spends around 2 hours with some of his latest friends who are also retired. Around 8 in the evening he returns to the cottage where he finds his dinner ready by his wife Eleni. After they finish their dinner they spend some time in front of the television mostly watching some soap opera during which Mr. Yiakomis falls asleep.