an ideal end

Blue room of the Four Seasons Hotel in Sultanahmet, Istanbul

S.W.E.A.R, girl is incapable of taking a normal picture, just one of the reasons, the main reason, that makes her moooo

Starting to put my belongings into two piles; the so-called 'to bring' and 'to leave behind' piles. This could only mean one thing: it's almost time to leave summer and Istanbul in the past. Queue sad yet exited music, what is that?? A new semester of school is fast approaching and there's quite a bit to do before then; mainly packing then unpacking and picking up boxes to unpack + move in to the new flat. But before all the PACK-work can take action, i've got a week to kill in this city. As much as I find comfort in roaming around the house, eating while playing dead (similar to my deceased turtles) and watching tv, a so called ' TO SEE' list was brewed in my cauldron (located in my back yard! holla).  The list ain't looking all that great though, please lower any/all standards:

- Dolmabahce Palace
- Galata Tower
- Istiklal
- Sultanahmet
- Istanbul Akvaryum (i like fish)

the past few weeks

On the walk to the port. Or was it back to the car after the class? Keep scrolling. 

Other than the internship, i've been taking sailing classes on the weekend with the fam. By fam, I mean father + semi-crippled asian mama. Well, she complains of muscle and shoulder pains, making me the designated rope pulling + macho person. Hey, I'm cool with it as long as they trust me. If we lose a sail, or even worse, sink, it ain't on me.

Tasty burgers. Is it true that food tastes better when you're hungry, or have worked a full day? Well these mini burgers were mind blowing. Omnomnom in my belly.

Visited a glass studio two weeks ago, thought I would take a short course there. Then I saw the dorm rooms and ehrm, let's just say it wasn't worth the $60 per night price they set. 

internship

Finally! My internship is over. Six weeks of excel, news reading and office gossip. Not so much the gossip, which would have made everything more interesting. And so I ask myself, what has this internship taught me? SIMPLE: office jobs are tiring, office jobs are quite uneventful, office jobs are far, way far, from inspiring, office jobs are not for me. It's made me appreciate art & design a lot more, which means this has not been a waste of six weeks. 

Maybe I exaggerated a little bit, the skyscraper views were pretty sick.

Taaa, lot's of blog posts coming soon. T.R.U.S.T.

rumeli

last summer shots from istanbul. ohh how i miss the sun. shoulda known better before i decided to move here. developing film is so expensive.. it's just not gonna happen here.

nomoretime

ib exams start next tuesday and end on the 23rd. no more time for procrastinating. the next 3 weeks will definitely lead to lots of laying on the ground and feeling dead. even though i don't need a lot of points to go to art school, i wouldn't want to have wasted the last to years of painful all nighters. good luck to all the ib students around the world taking the may exams. i hope you guys get the points you want.

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aquarium at istanbul forum

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istiklal caddesi

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sultanahmet, istanbul

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Apparently airplanes are safer than cars. The survival rate is much lower for an airplane crash but airplanes don't crash as much as cars, making them a safer form of transportation.

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the green project garden at school.