Istanbul ( Read more... )

So far its been a month since the beginning of my program in Istanbul. Its odd, ive been hanging out with people who i would normally not be friends with in college ( Read more... )

uh oh, it seems that i am the only Turkish person in the northwestern program. I am really surprised by that, looks like there are non-Turks in the world who are interested in Ottoman History. The only disapointment here is that my Turkish will likely not improve at all if i am speaking English all day ( Read more... )

This is so fucked up

The history channel has now removed the DVD documentary "The Ottoman Empire: The War Machine" from its online store. First the postponed airing the show prime time to July. Next, they canceled showing the program all together. And now, they have even removed the DVD of the program from its online site ( Read more... )

The history channel has been doing some shaddy shit. For the first time that i could remember in american media history, a documentary on the ottoman empire was suppose to be aired on the history channel. A two hour special from the empire's birth in 1300, to ataturk dissolving it in 1923. How badass is that ( Read more... )

I tried making summer i time free zone, but as they say in cowboy bebop (im having daydreams about the show everywhere i go), you cant stop time. I have been out of school for a month already, and my days in miami are now numbered ( Read more... )

I had a good friend yesterday tell me that i had matured a lot since college began. I dont really see it that. It suggests that now my personality and way of dealing with things are better, more "mature", then they were when i was younger. In a way, i dont even see how i acted in my childhood as immature. I just had different responsbilities (none ( Read more... )

My freshmen year of college is almost over. I know, everyone is saying it, but how did time pass by so quickly? The length of senior year seemed more than twice of my first year in college. And yet, they are technically identical in length ( Read more... )

"Our path through life is strewn with many such sad memories: and were we to brood upom them always we could not find the heart to go on bravely with our work amoung the living. We have all of us living duties and living affections which claim, and rightly claim, our strenuous endeavours ( Read more... )

I might have no where to live next year. The only plan that i was able to difficulty form with my friends is bothched. Not a single apartment avaible only after 5 hours sign up began. Fuck ( Read more... )