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More city adventures
Carrie, Alexis, Dave and I visited one of the former sultan's palaces and death place of Ataturk this morning. We also visited an exhibition of photographs by a Turkish photographer who did a series on people who are missing limbs (definately the highlight of my day).
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Merhaba, nasilsiniz?
Dave and I went to an Albanian party for a student who just graduated from the psychology faculty. Besides Albanians, I met some Turks, Macedonians, and Greeks. Luckily, all of them spoke English very well and I charmed them with my elementary Turkish that goes something like "Hello, how are you? I am fine, thank you. What is your nationality ( Read more... ) -
5am in Istanbul
It's a jetlagged induced sleepless night for me here in Istanbul. I haven't even been here for 48 hours yet, but it feels like it's been much longer ( Read more... ) -
Welcome to Turkey
Driver: Don't be scared about driving, think of it as a Nintendo game! -
60 miles, 7,000 vertical feet, 1,700 calories, 2 water bottles, 2 GUs
I headed out this morning for a bike ride with just me and my iPod (my favorite way to ride a bike). I decided to do the famous coastal route via Tunitas Creek which basically just means going from my house to the ocean and back.
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Sick = Lame
Due to being sick, I have missed
- A Guitar Hero Party
- A night of foreign cinema in San Francisco
- Box seats at a Sharks game
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My friends response to my report card
[Your nemesis] in the end will end up impregnated by a thai man and be disowned by her parents
thus you will win the end in that conflict
Don't be hating everything too much
it'll make you age unnaturally (like the nazi in the third indiana jones movie) and end up in a group home
