My promise I made two months ago to blog everyday went down the drain.
The internet in our school went bozuk as what Turkish people will say or was under repair in English and my internet time was greatly affected.
Thinking of blogging when I get home at night was too much because I usually spend my remaining night hours with friends or host family.
Hence this very late post.
I feel a little guilty not updating what's happening in my life here because this will serve as one of my greatest memories of the kind of life that I lived here.
Nevertheless, it's better late than never.
YAZ GELDI
"Yaz geldi" as what I ofetn here from Turkish people now or "summer has come." And truly, it has finally arrived. Spring was too short. The weather patterns here are also changing just like in the rest of the world.
Temperature can go as high as 27 degrees Celsius and sometimes I feel like I am in the Philippines. I stopped wearing thick and long clothes. My boots were set aside. My thermals have not been worn for several weeks now. And my coat was finally able to breathe some downtime.
Now that it is summer, I kind of miss the cold winter. Hay. I can never get contented.
AZ KALDI
Az kaldi or just a little more. I will be home very soon. The idea of living this country that I have learned to love and live in is breaking my heart. I never thought that I can survive in a country that is totally alien to me. But now, I feel so proud that I did it.
I was telling my host father last night how time flies so fast. It feels like I just arrived yesterday and now I am starting to pack my things and is panic buying for presents for family and friends. He just said something very simple and true, "Welcome to life."
I know I cannot stay here too long. I have my own life to live and I have my own future to think for. This Turkey experience will forever be a great part of what I have become.
I will forever be thankful for all the forces that connive to bring me here and made me appreciate the meaning of my life.
