Allah Allah
Holy shit. Istanbul is nothing shy of remarkable.
I flew out Monday at 1:35 PM and started on Tuesdays with Morrie. Not going to lie, I didn't like it. Yes, I cried at the end, which was a little embarassing, but the effect that I believe it was going for, I had already encountered in "Chasing Daylight." If anyone has read it, please let me know how you felt about it, and maybe enlighten me on what I may have missed.
Landed in Chicago and bought DaVinci Code which I read all the way to Istanbul. What a ride! I didn't really like the ending but I'm now really interested to see what the movie is like.
Flying into Istanbul is a gift, a privilege. As we inched toward the coast, I saw a large mosque. 5 years ago I traveled to Istanbul for 2 days and visited the Haghia Sofia and the Sultanahmet. "Wow! I've been there!", I thought. Then my eyes panned out across the city and I counted more than 75 humongous masques before we hit the runway. In reality, I had no idea which mosque was which, and was utterly amazed by the beauty of Istanbul.
Muge, my hot @ Istanbul buddy, picked me up and we took a bus to Taksim, the center of Istanbul. We walked past the @ office and to the Bilgi university dorm. I was a little nervous about the place, but damn it's pretty nice. We are 16 trainees in one room (it's a huge room), with girls and guys from Germany, Colombia, India, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and more. It feels like an international conference almost!
Basak Emeklilik, the company I work for, recently got bought out by Grupoama, a French MNC. The final day of transition was Wednesday, so I started work on Thursday (today). Yesterday was very much needed, as I got a bus ticket with Kelsey, learned some Turkish, walked around a lot, and went to @ Istanbul's GMM. I'll say one thing: the LCP wears a suit. Mehmet kicks ass.
This morning, before work, I did an unbelievable thing. I woke up at 645 and went for a run across the Golden Horn, and nearnig the Sultanahmet. I remember when I was going to India, and I started my first journal entry with, "I can't believe the amount of times I've started a journal entry with 'I can't believe I'm..." in the last 2 years." Well, this morning topped it all.
Changes in your life will hit you like a freight train as you look up from a steady jog and see the most beautiful mosques, palaces, bridges, houses, imaginable. "Allah Allah, I can't believe I'm on a morning jog in Istanbul." Riley, we talk of AIESEC moments? You have to try this one.
Work is awesome so far. The team in the IT department is very small, so I feel like I actually can make a real impact. I'll start a project next week, but I'm already set with an English schedule for next week where I'm working with a different employee each day on their tasks/responsibilities.
Hope everyone is doing great, holler at me when you get a chance.
I flew out Monday at 1:35 PM and started on Tuesdays with Morrie. Not going to lie, I didn't like it. Yes, I cried at the end, which was a little embarassing, but the effect that I believe it was going for, I had already encountered in "Chasing Daylight." If anyone has read it, please let me know how you felt about it, and maybe enlighten me on what I may have missed.
Landed in Chicago and bought DaVinci Code which I read all the way to Istanbul. What a ride! I didn't really like the ending but I'm now really interested to see what the movie is like.
Flying into Istanbul is a gift, a privilege. As we inched toward the coast, I saw a large mosque. 5 years ago I traveled to Istanbul for 2 days and visited the Haghia Sofia and the Sultanahmet. "Wow! I've been there!", I thought. Then my eyes panned out across the city and I counted more than 75 humongous masques before we hit the runway. In reality, I had no idea which mosque was which, and was utterly amazed by the beauty of Istanbul.
Muge, my hot @ Istanbul buddy, picked me up and we took a bus to Taksim, the center of Istanbul. We walked past the @ office and to the Bilgi university dorm. I was a little nervous about the place, but damn it's pretty nice. We are 16 trainees in one room (it's a huge room), with girls and guys from Germany, Colombia, India, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and more. It feels like an international conference almost!
Basak Emeklilik, the company I work for, recently got bought out by Grupoama, a French MNC. The final day of transition was Wednesday, so I started work on Thursday (today). Yesterday was very much needed, as I got a bus ticket with Kelsey, learned some Turkish, walked around a lot, and went to @ Istanbul's GMM. I'll say one thing: the LCP wears a suit. Mehmet kicks ass.
This morning, before work, I did an unbelievable thing. I woke up at 645 and went for a run across the Golden Horn, and nearnig the Sultanahmet. I remember when I was going to India, and I started my first journal entry with, "I can't believe the amount of times I've started a journal entry with 'I can't believe I'm..." in the last 2 years." Well, this morning topped it all.
Changes in your life will hit you like a freight train as you look up from a steady jog and see the most beautiful mosques, palaces, bridges, houses, imaginable. "Allah Allah, I can't believe I'm on a morning jog in Istanbul." Riley, we talk of AIESEC moments? You have to try this one.
Work is awesome so far. The team in the IT department is very small, so I feel like I actually can make a real impact. I'll start a project next week, but I'm already set with an English schedule for next week where I'm working with a different employee each day on their tasks/responsibilities.
Hope everyone is doing great, holler at me when you get a chance.
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