Edirne

 

Last week my University organised a trip to the city of Edirne which is right next to Greece and Bulgaria. Since I am awesome I made some great pictures for you! Enjoy :)

 

sell out..

I'm a prick!
To some of you this may not seem like news but today I really have reason to be ashamed. I sold my soul to the devil. Of course, that is a little bit over dramatic but right now I feel like that. A mate asked me to do his job today because he couldnt. Handing out flyers for 100 TL...why not?
Thats why not: We went to a University and instead of just handing out the flyers for an English Language School I had to put on an act, asking for directions in english. If someone would answer in broken English I would pull out the flyer handing it to the poor person with a big, evil smile. Got ya! At first it was fun and most people laughed about it, even complimenting me how clever I was...but after someone told me how upset I made some of the students I realised what a prick I had been. They try their best to help me and I just shit all over them, basically telling them that their English is rubbish!
After that I told my boss that I would not continue with this farce and just handed them out in a normal, polite way...

I don't want to be an asshole.

Transfer rumours II

GOING NOWHERE!







Istanbul fans will be releaved to hear the latest statement of Jonas Volz regarding his future plans in Turkey. After being linked to other cities around the country over the last couple of weeks the whole city was in a shock state, fearing they might lose their most valuable asset, the blond angel!
He stated that he "did indeed think about a move when times were starting to be tough" but that he has come to terms with his current employee and was not afraid of taking on the challenge. He stated that he would not run away from his duties and furthermost his fans. "After receiving such great support from my supporters I could not bare the thought of leaving them behind. They are what makes me great and I want to pay them back by giving 100 percent in each moment in this amazing city."
When asked what the decisive thing was to change his mind and make him want to continue in Istanbul he said: "I only had to listen to my heart!". Big words from a big man.

Transfer rumours

SHOCK MOVE DOWN SOUTH

Volz linked with an early exit

Istanbul Fans may be shocked to hear that rumours have been going around saying that the beloved immigrant from Germany may be heading out of the capital of culture 2010 sooner than expected. He was quoted when talking to a group of journalists that he was still indeed "very happy to be in Istanbul" and had no intentions of leaving this city. Other sources though, claim that personal reasons may force him out of Istanbul before his one year contract will run out in August 2011. 

The terrorist attack last week and the constant threat of an earthquake may certainly be factors for this. But close sources to the "blond angel" indicate, that it has more to do with the city itself. They claim that he is enjoying himself a lot, going out many nights a week, socialising and havin fun. But that he seems to grow more and more unhappy with the hectic, tiring and chaotic life which is necessary to survive in this beautiful but overcrowded city. His brother and agent, Phillipp Volz, revealed that he may be flirting with a return to his former host city Izmir where he could see out the rest of his contract, enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of the 3 million sea side town. There he could really focus on his Turkish, which he couldn't really do so far in Istanbul and return to a more relaxed and paradisic surrounding where he and his fans abroad would no longer have to worry about anything other than beer prices and sunburns. 

He will definately remain in Istanbul for this semester but after that it seems like the charismatic German may be heading down south.  

und sonst so?

Ne var ne yok arkadaslar? I am well. A little ill but some may say I am just pretending so that I can stay in bed all day.... :) Im in a good mood today. I would call it my 'Gypsy-mood'. Its a feeling of taking everything easy and seeing the positive in everything. Good old gypsies.......

I havent written much so far because its just not the same without picutres. But I just have been so lazy when it comes to taking pics. And so since many of you dont have facebook I thought I just use other people's fotos to supply you with a piece of my life here.







Here you can see the grand view I enjoy from my living room. Nice

Also very nice!

















  

Now check out the astonnishing view from my room......... :P

Istan...Iraq?

A suicide bomber??? In my town?
As some of you may have heard there was a terrorist attack in Istanbul yesterday. Some man tried to attack a police check point in the middle of the centre, carrying a bomb.  I was at home and only saw it on TV but 35 people were injured in the blast, luckily no deaths (accept for the terrorist of course).
Today though, everything seems like this had never happened. And when asking some of my Turkish friends what they thought about the whole bomb-thing they mostly answered with "what bomb? aahh that. Mhh I don know, dont worry!".  Worrying doesnt seem to be particularly Turkish. I am well and not even that scared. I thought I would be much more shocked if something like this would happen but no. Maybe I have become more Turkish than I thought. Or I am just super hard!
I will certainly avoid Police check-points from now on and be even more careful. Plus I have got God on my side, so dont you worry! ;)

love you all

Almanca Dilbilgisi I

Who would have thought that someone as intelligent and smart as I would struggle when it comes to understanding the grammer of his own mother tongue German? It's rather emberassing when I get asked some question about German by a Turk everyday and can only reply with: "eeeeeehhmm weeeelll....". But honestly, its not my fault! Who in god's name invented this language? Why the hell did he make it so complicated, irregular and hard to understand? If Im struggling with this, how the hell are foreigners coping with it?
On monday I will have an exam on "German grammar 1" and its not looking good for me. Kausal Adverb? Plusquamperfekt? No thanks mate, Ill rather get another Lager in!

Büyük derbi

It was time for the big one. If there was one thing I had to do here it was to go to this match. My team FENERBAHCE was hosting their most hated (rightly so) rival Galatasaray and it was my duty to do get a ticket no matter what. So after hours of roaming the streats of Kadiköy, Hilmi adviced me to ask someone at a kiosk or restaurant, they would shourely know who is selling. How right he was! The first Dönerci was very happy to escort me to someone who had too many tickets. After some haggling I was the proud owner of my very own golden ticket. The happiness I felt as I walked into the ground can not be described in words. Maybe by someone who is more talented than me but I just cant. Lets just say it was f*****g awsome!

getting a better view

The football itself was everything but amazing and the final score (0:0) pretty much reflected the game. I was a bit dissapointed because their was just not enough hate and fanatism in the air. I expected thousands of flairs going off and constant taunting.......this I could only see before the game when a Galatasaray fan who was holding his face in agony was escorted out of the ground by police. Of course, he had to be walked past all the Fenerbahce fans, who clearly didnt mind throwing whatever they could find at him. The Gala fan didnt loose his spirit though, and happily flipped us off, shouting abuse as he was hit by several more objects... :)

Sonunda süper evim buldum!

Finally. Its done. I feel at home in Istanbul!
Not that I wasnt happy before but its just not the same if you are living with a psycho b**** and her 3 cats from hell. So after some arguments on the phone in which I was racially abused for the first time in my live (not counting my years in England :P) I decided its time to move on and I found the perfect flat. Now I live in a cosy place near the centre together with one Turk (Hilmi) and one Australian (Alex) and they are just great. Attached is a pic of my beautiful room with its king sized bed, big windows and a mosque right around the corner! Luckily this seems to be the only one without a 5.30 morning prayer and so I sleep like the angel that I am.

yours truly