American Classics in Turkey?!?!

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Ich kann es nicht glauben! Ist es echt dich?! Ich wüßte nicht was hat bei dir passiert. Es ist fantastisch von dir etwas hören! Ich kann vorstellen, daß Jena immer gleich genau Jena ist :) Du sollst mich anmelden. Ich will alles was ist neu hören. Bhoye hat mein Email. Aber, du sollst auch bitte immer Bemerkungen auf mein Blog schreiben. Es freut mich zu sie sehen. :)

Okay, back to the native language..phew. I just wanted to say that my first full week at the new job is almost over, and I survived!! Just kidding, it's actually pretty great so far. Today was pretty interesting. I saw a car accident on my lunch break-nothing major, just a fender bender headlight knocker outer. But what was kind of funny was that the car that was hit belonged to some sort of authority figure. The car had blue lights on the top and the driver was in a uniform, but I know it was any kind of normal or traffic polis car. I think it was he was the kind of security/police that get called out for riots and stuff, and this is why:

Today there were some protestors that were walking down the street (our office is very near the city center) past our office. They were protesting Imperialism. They were holding up signs, pictures, and a huge banner with a picture of a guy named Deniz Olunmalı, and chanting things like 'We won't forget!' Of course, they were chanting in Turkish, but my co-worker, Nurhan, translated for me. He was apparently murdered. Don't you hate being ignorant? I immediately went back to my work station and started an internet search. I wanted to take a picture of the event, because we had a perfect overhead view of the group protesting, city police, and onlookers because they walked right past our office.

I didn't go to the Aiesec office tonight or last night. Some of you might realize just how out of the ordinary this is. I'm not sure if it's really because I've been so busy, or that I can't bare the ugly truth that when I show up there is no chance of me seeing any of the MMF trainees.

I came straight home after work tonight because I wanted to get some worky done, and I told Berna and our other mom-friend, Elif, I would hang out with the girls, Bensu and Buse, tonight so they could have a mom's-night-out. We went and got a bunch of snacks and listened to music. Oh, we also watched 'Stand By Me'! It was on TV here-I thought that was crazy.

I am trying to apply to be a facilitator at a really huge international congress that will happen this August, which is why I came home to tonight to work on the application. I just found out about the congress not too long ago, and also that the deadline has already passed for applications, but I'm going to send in the materials once they're ready anyway. I will finish the application tonight(or this morning, as the case may be), and then I'm just waiting for a couple more reference letters of recommendation. It's worth a shot..at least I won't regret not trying.