Hi friends,
(Now I’m listening “Our bright future” from Tracy Chapman, here’s the link if you like to listen while reading my dear blog! 🙂 Click here to listen with me, pleaseee, I beg youuuu… 🙂
You know that google blogger has been blocked in Turkey for long time, so I’ve thought that “change” is good 🙂 , and I have a new blog from now on.
The third and the last day of the fair, and I could hear my heartbeats when I was entering the expo center in the first day, at the end of the day only curiosity was left behind. Though it was not one of the first organizations I’ve been involved in (most of my friends already know about my olympic adventures.), however it was the first trade fair I’ve organized so far. I had expected many professional visitors.
The fair was good. And you know what? The most satisfactory thing was making new and precious frendships. So, I would give very special thanks to dear Julie and Yousuf. BTW, I’ve been recieving all the visitors and other colleagues’ thank you mails and phone calls for a week. Honestly, it’s definitely decreased my mental tiredness. Thanks for coming to Istanbul!
I suddenly found myself thinking of my life, the day before yesterday evening on the way back home. Who I really am, what do I appreciate most in a person, what I appreciate, what motivates me, what makes me happy in the life, what I am intolerant of, where I would like to be at the moment, where I belong to, what my goal in the life, and what I can risk to reach my goal/s, etc…
And I also thought about my pure life… My pure relationships, and intentions… My pure friendships… Yes this is true and I don’t let insecure people run my life. And suddenly saw all my true friends when I closed my eyes. Though they were so far away from me geographically, yet thanks God, I still have them. And they definitely have me. And it reminded me how thankful I was to God, and found myself smiling!
Suddenly I asked myself that how I would feel if I moved to Korea or somewhere in Africa for example. (Recently I find myself asking this so often, but believe me the idea of moving somewhere full of egocentric people is really not attractive to me!) Would it make me happier or more satisfied to live in an eastern country? Or do I find Istanbul or modern city culture so dull to live a meaningful life (though I do know well how fantastic Istanbul is, believe me even the amazing partial Bosphorus view from my window is not convincing to stay!)? Well, why do I feel so obsessed these days with this question? Do I really got bored of my country or people here around me? May I be between love and hate? Both, feeling love and hate for where I live in? Maybe I hate because of my love, or maybe I have never known what hate is…
Recently, I have been reading “Kite Runner”. I must confess that the book’s impressive, I guess I have been too much affected by its sad story in the middle of the book. The sad cancer story affected me so much that I suddenly had to wake up in the middle of the night breathlessly and I sat on my bed for couple of minutes thanking God it was only a nightmare. And almost all the people I love was healthy and still alive, only with an exception… my grandpa… I think I should skip this for now. it hurts…
I chose this song for you just to make this part of my blog more significant. Reading Kite Runner in March 2011 has become quite significant as the Middle East’s been suffering from civil wars. It will definitely make you show much more sensitivity to the issue. By clicking here you can read what people said both for the book and the movie version of Kite Runner.
As some of my colleagues know, the best time to read book for me is on the way to the office. Every time I wake up in the morning, the first thing comes to my mind is to get some more sleep when I am in the service bus. However, every time I get in the service bus is to open my book and read my book. Btw, I gave up complaining about the time I waste on the way in the chaos of the rush hours and stopped swearing at the horrible traffic of Istanbul since I picked up reading habit! I highly recommend to read book in the traffic but only if you are driving 🙂
You see, having alternatives is always great, and it’s given me the chance to have a new blogging platform. So, thank you wordpress! (at least for not having been blocked in Turkey 🙂 )
Thank you, شكرا, grazie, gracias, ευχαριστώ, danke, teşekkürler for reading my blog. I’ll be glad if you share your new ideas with me. As I am so new in wordpress I know I need your suggestion.
With my very best wishes 🙂
GNB ♥
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