The sNOw picnic

This Sunday all the staff members of my company including myself went for a picnic to Gozne(25 km from Mersin).This was meant to be a snow picnic but unfortunately there was only patches of snow so i thought to myself(when the hell will i get to play with snow)As i have never experienced snow before except for some little patches of snow in cappadokai.After we reached Gozne we walked around the place.Its a nice place, green and surrounded by hills.Then we had a round of good barbecued sausage and meat.

Then my boss got a call that the office security alarm had gone off and nobody knew as to why it had gone off so we had to leave early.The security alarms were recently installed in our office as there was a break-in and fortunately there was not much damage.The picnic even though short was nice, more snow would have made the day much better.

New Flatmate

Finally we have a flatmate.Its been over 2 months since we started searching for a new flatmate but even after great effort we dint find anyone(preparing an advert,distributing the advert among friends and students,informing everyone)I actually met him in a pub the night we were caught by the cops .He is a cool guy who knows very little English but is keen to learn English so lets hope I will be able to help him with it.

He moved in last week and he brought with him a TV and receiver which has a 1000 channels.The best part of him moving in is we now have a good TV and 1000 channels to select from.All these days I would come back home and had to read a book as I had nothing else to do but now TV gives me a 1000 options other then reading.

Life

Some interesting quotations i came across today.

Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

The greater man the greater courtesy.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Ah, what shall I be at fifty,should nature keep me alive,if I find the world so bitterwhen I am but twenty-five?

I hold it true, whate'er befall;I feel it, when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all.

Alfred Lord Tennyson The English Poet (1809 - 1892)

Rendezvous with Turkish Police

Last Saturday me and a friend got drunk in a pub in mersin and were walking back home.A police car stopped by and asked us for our identification but both us had left our passports at home so we were escorted to the police station.By the time we reached the police station i was a little sober.I explained to the police officer that i had left my passport at home but nobody seemed to bother and for 2 hours both us were sitting in the police station and just looking at each other.

After 2 hours a officer took us home in his car but i had a difficult time giving him directions as i was drunk and dint know how to give directions in Turkish.We reached home around 3 in the morning then he checked our papers and left after telling us to carry our documents at all times.After this we had a few more beers and went to bed.The moral of the story carry your documents at all times and drink lots of beer !

Holiday in Cappadokia

Since it was Ramazan i had a week off from work so me and imran decided to travel.We decided to travel to Ankara and Cappadokia .We reached Ankara early in the morning and it was freezing, easily below zero.The main reason for visiting ankara was for my European visa but unfortunately all the embassies were closed and some had closed minutes before arrived.Ankara is the modern capital city of Turkey.Its a very nice city but not much to do has a tourist so we took a overnight bus to cappadokia/Goreme and reached around 11 pm.The place we stayed was a cave carved out of the fairy chimney(large stone structures).

We stayed in cappadokia for 3 days and we had a great time.we met a lot of people and surprisingly met a few Aiesec trainees who were staying in a hotel next to ours.All of us partied at night and on the second day took the daily bus tour.The tour was great .They took us to the most popular places in cappadokia.The places we went to were impressive especially the underground city at kaymakli and the Valley really beautiful .I must say cappadokia is really a special place in Turkey.The landscape is amazing.Even though it was very tiring i enjoyed every moment of it.Cappadokia is a land, which seems to be a fantasy. Words are inadequate to describe the beauty and charm of this place you must experience it for yourself. It will certainly take a particular place in your memories and in your photograph album.

Ephesus

2 weeks ago I went to the conference in kusadasi(western Turkey) with adana aiesecers but unfortunately it was cancelled because the anakra LC people were involved in a bus accident and 2 people lost their lives. It was really sad to see everyone disappointed and hurt. I hope the families of the people who lost their lives cope with this great tragic loss.

Since the conference was cancelled I decided to go to Izmir to visit Fari(Turkish friend) and i stayed with him for 3 days.I should say it is an impressive city.The next day did a day trip to Ephesus.Efes the famous turkish beer is actually named after Ephesus.It is an ancient roman city with lots of impressive structures.The most impressive was the Great Ephesus Theater with a capacity of 25000 people(Picture of the Theater).The town near efes is selcuk.which i thought was very pretty.In selcuk i meet a local guy.Who showed me around Efes and even took me home for a cup of tea.

The next day went around Izmir and explored the main parts of the city with fari.By the end of it all i was really tired and dint want to do anything the next day so i relaxed the whole day went for a movie and bought the most expensive bus ticket to mersin as i dint want to tire myself as i had to be in office the next morning.The bus was very impressive with two decks,comfortable seats and excellent service.On the whole the trip to Izmir was not great but I was happy that i atleast saw and travelled to a diffrent part of turkey.

New Year or christmas

Last night we had a party at Mete's summer house.The party was fun. All of us had the punch made by joe.The punch was really spicy and not many liked it but me,joe and imran thought it was good.Some even went on to say it was like cough syrup.

After the punch we danced for sometime and when the clock hit 12 everyone started wishing each other.Some people cameup to me and acually said marry christmas which i thought was funny.Sadly not many people in Turkey know the difference between newyear and christmas.They think both are the same.