Heads up!
The pictures above are random pictures from past 2 weeks.
In the weekend I organised a big party at my house. I could only invite one third of my friends, because if I’d invite more, the house would be too full. I plan to organise another one this weekend. Then I will invite other people.
Yesterday I had my first Cultural Diversity and Communication lesson. Most Erasmus students attend this class. It was quite full, 70 people. It was very funny, I got myself an applause twice. Yes, also in Turkey the freakshow is in tha house, if not only because of my ridiculous length.
The first applause was because I had the most (step) brothers and sisters (7).
The second one. I was with a Turkish girl and a polish boy. We told the teacher we all liked to sing. Jaap-Ruurd told the teacher that Jelmer wanted to sing a song (did I?). So, later the teacher asked: ‘Jelmer, can you sing a song for us?’ Of course I could, but I had het op de longen (I don’t know in English), so I answered with a croaky and hoarse voice: “Yes I can”. So, I sung a little Turkish song for the class. “Hajaib haiwandera benzierzin, Hajaib haiwandera benzierzin, Elibier ekrandera benzierzin, Elibier ekrandera benzierzin” (You look like a strange animal, you look like a strange animal, Your head looks like a television screen, your head looks like a television screen. lalala). After I sung the first sentence all Turkish students laughed, but the Erasmus students don’t speak Turkish so they just smiled. It was very funny. Same happened in the cinema (cost of a ticket: 80 eurocents). We watched Lucky Luke in Turkish, sometimes everybody laughs and then we Erasmus students were guessing what they were laughing about…
It’s seriously heads up this week. I am very busy with my website (you will be informed when it will come online) and arranging internship. I got in touch with a multimedia company in Australia. In the Netherlands, as a result of the Twinspiration market this monday, where all concepts from last semester were presented, four companies showed serious interest in the EduTaal concept. Furthermore at school I am working on a photo documentary for the Anadolu University. In 15 years they want to be able to say “Look, this was how our campus was like 15 years ago”. I attend to this assignment with some other students. In-between my occupations in the evening I usually take a walk outside. Mostly I run into some acquaintances and have a drink or something like that with them somewhere.
Yesterday evening was very exiting for me and exiting ánd emotional for my roommates. There was an important football match. Last time my roommate (no names) put his head through the window because his team Fenerbahce lost. Before the match started he warned me about his destructive behaviour. When I took my walk outside I got an sms: “You had better leawe house tonight, min 10, we lose 2 0.” So after 10 minutes Fenerbahce was 2 points behind. Back home I hid a knive under the carpet, but after the penalties Fenerbahce could fortuonately celebrate, and so could I… I thought. Melih’s cousin hugged my to death and the exiting jumping through the room caused the electricity to shut (OK, that’s a joke). The electricity does fall out daily by the way. And don’t get me wrong about my roommates, we’ve become very close friends!
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Tomorrow I will go to a Raki party, but before that I need some sleep. Iyi geceler!
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