Amsterdam Reloaded!

Yillar sonra yine Amsterdam’a gitmeye karar verdik.. Aslinda ben geldigimden beri 3-4 defa gitmistim, Ama sonra bu Christmas tatilini nasi gecirelim diye dusunurken Baharla hadi dedik Amsterdam’a gidelim. Ikimiz icin degisiklik olur diye.

Cumartesi oglen Amsterdama vardik, saolsun Asti diye malezyali bi ABM Amro stajyerinin evinde kaldik. Gerci evin sekli semalinden oturu biraz tuvalet problemi yasadik ama olsun, iyi agirladi bizi.. Bu nedenle ’’Thank you Asti, you are so fine you are so fine you blow my mind’’ demek istiyorum buradan kendisine..

Esyalari birakir birakmaz, ver elini Amsterdam sokaklari.. Hemen bi tapasciya girdik, zaten o anda tapasla baslayan yemek maceramiz hic bitmedi 3 gun boyunca.. Asagida resimli aciklamalari mevcut :

Ilk gun Amsterdam sokaklarinda donduktan, biraz yemek yedikten ve yine usudukten sonra, orada olan diger genclerle (Anis + Onur + Onur) bulusup karaokeye gittik… Baharla biz de bizim Hasal’in milli marsi gibi olan i will survive’i bi guzel soyledik..

anis yine mesaj icerikli sarkilardan birini soylerken


biz donarken..

Sonra ertesi gunu yine yiyip usuyup yine yemek yedik. Bir de kenan doguluyu gorduk.. Boyle Damsplein’a yakin bi yerde alisveris yapiyordu, cok kisa boyluymus bi de solaryumluydu. Bu gereksiz bilgiyi de paylasayim dedim.

irish pubi gibi olan yer...

Daha sonra boyle guzel, biraz eski, bizimle birlikte yas ortalamasinin 65 falan oldugu irish pub tarzi bir yere gittik. Hollandaca christmas sarkilari soyleyip sen sakrak bir noel gecirdik oradaki amcalarla beraber. Italyan yemegi yedik bir guzel aksam yemeginde.. Sonra yine yuruduk Amsterdam sokaklarinda..

Silinip supurulmus tabaklara dikkat!


Kung fu hareketleriyle odaklanmaya calisan Tatar amcanin cektigi fotograf.Amsterdam albumunun en guzide fotograflarindan nitekim..



Bahar Amsterdamin butun heykelleriyle yakin temas halinde




Titrek amsterdam fotolarindan bir demet.. niye odaklanamadik acaba?


Onde ben arkada 3 kocam..
Anis, Onur, Onur… :)


Kartpostal sanki...



Sonra da lisedeyken ziyaret ettigimiz Fons Vitae Lyceum’u, bir de kaldigimiz Inner Amsterdam Otel’i bulduk.



Lisede gittigimiz lise.. Baharin bi yerden hatirladigi ziplangac sayesinde yolumuzu bulabilmistik zate..


Kaldigimiz hostel, erkeklerin yangin merdiveninden kactigi, ali naci hocanin sabaha kadar girisinde nobet tuttugu..


Bi de bu da okula giderken onunden gectigimiz ve tirstigimiz kilise..
Nereden nereye ? Heey gidi gunler heey..Yaslandik iyice, iyi mi..

Mine Teyze in town..

Mine Teyze is Pinar’s mom + Pinar is my best friend = Mine Teyze is like my mom..
Last week, these two nice Turkish ladies came to visit me in Brussels;

First we had a little tour around Grode Markt, and had dinner in an Italian restaurant. We also went to a ‘must see’ thing, Manneken Pis. But (like everyone else) she wasn’t very much impressed by it :)

Although it was a bit cold, I hope these two ladies enjoyed city + dinner + chat + gossips.

Thanks God, I am going back home next week.. As I envy these two ladies having all these mom-daughter jokes, talks, gossips.. Allaaah, annemin cicekli corbasini ozledim ben deee ..

Andrejzki*

*It means something that i don't know in Polish :). This is how the Polish girls promoted the fortunetelling night to us.

On November 30th, we celebrated the St Andrew's night with the initiative of Kamila, Kasia and Asia. As far as I heard, the main purpose of Andrzejki celebrations is to predict the future of unmarried girl, especially her prospects for a good marriage.This night is also celebrated in other Eastern Europe countries such as Slovakia, Czech, Russia, Romania, Ukraine and even in Greece.

http://www.pgsa.org/Traditions.htm

There are different ways of predicting future:

1) Pouring hot melted wax (in the past also melted tin or lead) through a key into a bawl of cold water - hardened wax is held up to the light and the future is guessed from its shadow cast on the wall. The lights are usually off (except the light of the candle). It not only help to read from the shadow but also helps to keep an unusual atmosphere of this evening. The shape of the shadow is observed from different angles and the future of the girl (especially her marital future is guessed from it). In the past not a usual key was used to this ritual but a key from door in the church was the best.
Prediction for me: I will marry a black guy, and move to Africa. There will be farms near to our place. I will work not in a company but a nongovernmental organisation. haha! :)

2) Four cups flipped upside down to cover a ring, a leaf, a coin and nothing - girls are choosing one cup and it indicate their future fate- the ring signify the love, leaf - marriage, coin is the money and nothing is unfortunately nothing...
My prediction : leaf = marriage! haha!

3) to toss the shoes - shoes of all people are arranged one after another along the wall and moved gradually in the same order to the door. The one whose shoe would first cross the doorstep would be married first.
Result : Feidy!!! Indonesian casanova.

4) Choosing the husband with the needle. Names of the guys/girls are written on a piece of paper and each person touches the other side of the paper with a needle. The one they touched is the person they are going to get married with.
Mine = Marcin (he is not black) ?!? :)

Unfortunately from the very beginning all the signs weren't right for me so i cant say that i was very much impressed with my future prediction. However it was fun, especially ''Feidy with the red wig'' part. :P

Being a good alumnus..

Last month, i tried to be a good alumnus and attended some AIESEC activities.

1- TTS - Train the Sellers seminar
Basicly a one day conference where external relations people are trained on AIESEC knowledge, brand promise, presentation skills etc. Being the facilitator and pretending as a ''tough'' company manager reminded of my old days back in Turkey as an icx person.

only pic i have-thanx to Marteen-

2- Global Village
One of the local committees here, AIESEC Ichec, organised a global village.. Having attended zillions of global villages, i felt more stressed at this one, as my LC, AIESEC Ehsal came with a suggestion of representing Turkey..

lynn and chris at turkish table

And we were successful representing my country by
1- being late :)
2- Turkish coffee (although we couldn't make any)
3- Turkish raki (finished in first 2 minutes)
4- Turkish delights
5- Nargile (aka shisha, waterpipe etc...)
6- Pismaniye (kind of cotton candy)
7- olives, fetta cheese
8- pide
9- Pistachio nuts, almonds etc. (cerez.. )
Unfortunately (or fortunately :)) most of them were not eaten as we were a bit late. Then we decided to make our own Turkish night and eat all ;)

also a Brazilian percussion band performed (dont remember the name), the performance took longer around 20 mins. I heard that they were a Brazilian band living in Brussels more than 10 years. It was nice to feel the beat and dance again...

Pina Colada..

Aniden aklima bi' sey geldi, belki de yillar boyu hiic dusunmedigim..
Lise 2'deyim.. Babam beni ilk defa yurtdisina yollamis. Yapmazdi pek, yapamazdi hos istese de.. Nasil yapsin adam?
Lisemiz, tarihinde bi' ilke imza atarak, belki de bir lisenin ogrencilerini goturmesi gereken son yer olan Amsterdam'a gezi duzenlemis.. Ben de giden 30-40 kisiden biriyim.. En yakinlar orada, Bahariko, Irmak, Gokce, Melda..Merve gelememisti.. Umit vardi, Tim vardi mesela, Koekie diye siyahi bir arkadasimiz vardi.. Sonra erkekler ilk gece, ismini vermeyeyim bi hocamiz lobide nobet tuttugu icin yangin merdiveninden kacmisti falan, istikamet 'Kirmizi Isik Bolgesi' tabii ki..Zaten yillar sonra Gokhan'la o geceyi cok andik...
Ben kolumu incitmistim, bi kac hafta sargili dolasmistim, hatta Istanbul'a dondugumde otobuste kac kisi yer vermisti bana, bir kere oyle kolum sargiliyken Sonat ile karsilasmistim otobuste, FB1'de.. Kadikoy - Fenerbahce otobusunde. Ne kadar heyecanlanmistim, hic unutmam...
Kolumu incittikten sonra hastaneye gitmistik, Tim'in bisikletiyle. Sonra Sedat vardi, o zamanlar pek bi yakin oldugum, simdilerde ise pek gorusmedigim. O cok dalga gecmisti, Tim 'I like you, ben de i like you as a friend' dedigimde.. Komik olaydi vesselam..
Gezinin son gununde bir Cin lokantasina gitmistik, soya fasulyesini ilk gez gormustum orada, corbasini icmistim, hic sevmemistim..
6-7 yasinda bi cocuk bana dilini cikartmisti yolda yururken, ben de ona dilimi cikartmistim. O da bana ingilizce ' you are so ugly' demisti. O yastaki bi veledin ingilizce konusmasina sasirmistim. '
Bi de tabii hic unutamayacagim bisikletler vardi.. Gokce ben Sarp (sarisin) bisiklet kiralamisiz, Sarp kaybolmus falan. Biz de yolda Turklerle karsilasmistik, yol sormustuk onlara. Sonra bi de bi gece Gokce, ben, Bahadir, Kerem bisiklet turu yapmistik, sabah 4'e-5'e kadar. Hic bilmedigimiz bi sehirde, bilmedigimiz yerlere dogru... Uzun bir sure 'hayatimin en guzel gecesi' olarak bahsettim o geceden... Fotograf cekmistik, Kerem'in makinasiyla ama cikmamisti. Sanssizlik iste...
Damsplein'e yakin bi alisveris merkezine gitmistik, orada Bahar'la yeni cikan sarkilari dinliyorduk, New Radicals ''You only get what you give'' sarkisi yeni cikmisti o zaman.. Onu dinlemistim. Simdi bunu yazarken de onu dinliyorum..
Ozlem, Damsplein'in yanindaki alisveris caddesinden 18 guldene Nike ayakkabi almisti.. Anne Frank muzesine gitmistik, baska bir muzeye daha gitmistik. Ama Van Gogh Muzesine gitmemistik galiba.
Misafiri oldugumuz okul, bize her gun ogle yemegi icin 10 gulden verirdi. Ilk gun eti pufun ustundeki kucuk cubuk sekerli ekmek vermislerdi, adamlar ekmek arasina o sekerlerden surmus diye bayagi sasirmistik.. Sonra okul ilk gun 'joint nasil yapilir' diye kagit dagitmisti. Ona da sasirmistik tabii.
Tum bunlardan once, ucakta Seda'nin kiyafetine laf etmisti bi kac adam, gayet normal birsey giymisti tabii ki, hatirlamiyorum bile. Pilot Izmirlileri kokpite sokmustu, Ozen ve Engin girmisti sanirsam.. Zeelanda gitmistik gezi sirasinda bir de. Oradan hediyelik esya almistim evdekilere.
Bi de bi gece, Gokceyle markete gitmistik, diger kizlarla birseyler icelim diye.. 10-15 dakika yurudukten sonra acik bi yer bulmustuk, bi kac sey almistik oradan; bira, portakalli likor, bi de bi sise pina colada..Ilk defa orada gormustum..
2 hafta once pina colada aldim rotterdam'a gittigimde, simdi tam karsimda duruyor, ona bakarken bunlari hatirladim.. bi anda.. yazayim dedim..7 sene sonra..

Ocak 4-Istanbul yolcusuyum..
Aslinda Ocak sonunda temelli donecektik memlekete, ama sonra biraz daha kalmak istedim buralarda.. Simdilik Temmuz 2007 sonu gibi geri donus.. (-ya da baska yere gidis..) Dayanamazdim bu kadar uzak kalmaya, onun icin 4 Ocak'i 5 Ocak'a baglayan gece Istanbuldayim, hayat bi yamuk yapmazsa..