Too many to count

It's the nature of things, I think, to always be saying "hello" or "goodbye" to this or that person, especially when you are surrounded by foreigners, and furthermore Aiesecers. Last night we had a farewell dinner for two people, Zalan, a German trainee who will go back to Germany, and Beyhan, a Turk who will go to India for a traineeship. Beyhan will go to another country after India for another traineeship, but I think at the moment it's uncertain which one. He is planning to not come back to Turkey for the next three years or so, because as you may or may not know, all Turkish males have to serve in the military and he wants to hold off on serving for a little while. Also, next weekend I will go to Istanbul to visit my relatively new and dear friend Tuğba, who will leave for a position on the Australian national Aiesec (Australian MC). Though I'm happy for her opportunity, and I didn't get to see her too much, it is still difficult to know she will be so far away. Who knows, though, maybe I can visit her there sometime; Aiesec has a strange way of creating boundless opportunities. And lastly, Onur, not the one from the MMF project, but another Aiesecer will leave for Poland. He will be gone only for a few months to be involved in a project there and possibly a CEED.

On to happier things and enjoying the here and now, this weekend should be pretty awesome. Tonight a bunch of people will watch the Greece/Turkey World Cup qualifying match at the Aiesec office-we got a hold of a projector, so that should be pretty sweet! Then, if we're feeling in high spirits (ie if Turkey wins) or we need to drown our sorrows (Turkey loses), we'll head over to Zalan, Walid, and Ramazan's place for one last little bruhaha with Zalan. I suppose on Sunday I should do some work, but if the weather is nice during the day, I know that won't happen. In the evening I'm going to go over to Mert, Ibo, Berk, and Ufuk's for a bbq!! Woohoo! I'm thinking of it as a belated Memorial Day celebration.