English Blogs
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Some Other Thing
In the morning of the day after my 35th birthday, I woke up with an uneasy feeling in my chest. I remembered coming home from my party and hopping into bed without even brushing my teeth. The uneasiness was unexpected yet familiar. The lights of the warm sun were dancing on the Marmara Sea. I… Continue reading
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HUGGING the TEACHER
I love my students and I love hugs. I don’t like hugs from my students. I remember the feeling when one morning in Istanbul, after my class, a student, who is also a good friend, walked up towards me and gave me a big long hug and a loud kiss on each cheek. I felt… Continue reading
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Love Affairs of Self-Destruction
Special thanks to Kokia Sparis for his meticulous editing and for his inspiring ideas on this blog. Yesterday I went to the swimming pool with my father. One of us is a Cancer, the other a Pisces; so we like socializing in the water. Instead of meeting at a café we often make plans… Continue reading
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Blue Forest
Tonight I am all alone. My roommates are out for the night. There is no humming of the TV from downstairs or human voices traveling through heating ducts. Behind the closed doors I am reading, knitting and listening to music. It is late but I don’t care about the time. I feel so complete in… Continue reading
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Arrival of the Soul
Dear People of the Other Side, 2 weeks after the arrival, I am feeling balanced again. This has a lot do with the fact that I started teaching again. I think I am a workacholic. I don’t feel good when I am on vacation. (Well, maybe, maybe not. Why come to conclusions about ourselves?) What… Continue reading
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