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Is it "fast" day for you ?

10.11.2017


After a journey I will never forget in my life, I've arrived to Dhaka. At the airport, I should have completed some procedures about the foreigners.





I was looking around and I was flustered..

I'm afraid, my English is not well but I've been to more than 10 countries, hopefully it will not so difficult for me. 

The passport officer asked me this difficult question : Is it "fast" day for you ?
Almost 5 minutes I thought the "fast" meaning.. fast..fast..... What's fast ? Is it fust or something ? Can I say yes or no without understand the meaning ?...

Finally I could answer !

Yes, it was the "first" day for me.. :)

But exactly it means : Welcome to Dhaka, Merve.. :)


The second event : All my friends know very well that the animal I feared most is a "cat". But not Bengal Tiger, or lion.. or snake.. or elephant..... Only cat.

The cats have interesting characteristic attribute that they are there wherever I am... !
I'm serious...

When I was at Dhaka airport, a small cat entered from the huge gate of airport..! ( I wish it had a Bangal Tiger but it was a small cat... Now everything was more difficult for me... )

I didn't surprised..


Finally, I completed foreigner duties and my dearest sweet friend picked me up from the airport. We hugged for a long time.. :)

I was feeling weird...

I was looking around..

she was speaking Turkish with me (with full energy), the driver Cemil (or Jelil or Jalil ?) was smiling to us .. :)

Traffic was from right...
Traffic was crazy...

But Cemil was a cool driver.. thanks to him, we were able to survive :)

We have finally arrived at home.. time is early morning.. It was around 04.00 in Turkey but doesn't matter for me still I'm not sleepy.

The house is great..It has a wonderful wiev..

Tugba and Tousif had prepared a great room for me..

I feel fresh in depth..

I'm really lucky !

Someone should have been prayed for me.. "I hope you will meet with angels in there"

This is exactly what I was thinking, some angels found me there.. 

Tugba is insisting me to sleep.. She could understand I had never slept for a long time..But I'm insisting her not to sleep..  I want to talk and drink Turkish coffee which is my love..

Almost we have been talking all day.. She is insisting me to sleep again again.. But really I feel that I don't need to sleep..

Anyway, she won..I couldn't convince her, she left me alone with me to sleep..

I'm alone now... There is a song in my mind and I need to listen urgently..

Imany-Slow Down..

sleeplessness.. happiness... strange feelings...

The song is perfect..

Can you listen for me ? 

I lay on the bed.. Imany helps me to be slow down.. slow down.. slow down..

I think I can sleep a little now..


"God is love and love is all around.. "




Suddenly I've remembered and I jumped out of bed.. I should check a word meaning.. "impeccable.."








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Where are we now ?

10.11.2017

We're on the plane.. We have started to fly somewhere..

I should sleep immediately... Already I have never slept a few days before.. I really need to sleep.. My eyes are burning.. But it doesn't seem possible, I'm still feeling under the pressure of some feelings. My bones are aching due to stress.


He (who could easily put his bags to up, within 2 seconds.. ) is asking me with the serious expression on his face;

- Are you going to Dhaka?
-Yes, I'm going to Dhaka..

If this plane is going somewhere else, I might go there,too.. :)


I was trying to do something to keep calm down..

May I jump a million times or run million milles  like a crazy right now ? Maybe that time I could feel calm :) 

But it was very difficult for me to sit calmly on the seat..

(In front of me there was a sweet view..  But 5 minutes later, they disappeared.. :)



I asked him his name, it was really difficult, already just one second later I've forgotten..

He is coming from another country, Africa.. Because of his some duties he lived in the middle of the desert.. He has an uncommon life but I feel safe.. He had crossed the borders ;)

I'm saying from my inside: Can you please tell me your story within next a few hundred years..?

However he wants to sleep decisively..

He prepared himself to sleep well. The sleeping equipment is perfect :) (Especially that strange pillow.. ;) I asked him his name again, but just one second later I've forgotten again.. Maybe I asked him 3 or 4 times.. maybe more.. But I have forgotten all..Why is this name so difficult ? :) He also explained me the meaning of his name.. But anyway I've forgotten all again..

He could learn some Turkish letter spellings and meaning of some words. If we had had enough time, he would be able to learn Turkish well. But I could never learn his name :)

                                                     (Video : In realitiy I feel.. :)


I kept moving like a mouse again.. Due to some unknown reason he did not feel comfortable to sleep.. No, no .. I'm sure it was not because of me.. Maybe I might turned on the light or something.. maybe.. I don't know.


There is no sound.. All passangers are sleeping like a baby.. but there is not even a drop of sleep in my eyes.. Why I look like a mouse looking around.. ? :)

-Good morning....:)
-Why don't you sleep ?
-I don't know.. do you know where are we now ?
-Afghanistan..
-Afghanistan .. !?
- ..


Just remember the novel " A Thousand Splendid Suns.." author is Khaled Hosseini.
The most impressive novel I've read in my life. Living especially to be women in Afghanistan, it must be difficult than we thought.

Little information about the author:
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and history at a high school in Kabul. In 1976, the Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then their homeland had witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet Army. The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States, and in September 1980 moved to San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1988. The following year he entered the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, where he earned a medical degree in 1993. He completed his residency at Cedars-Sinai medical center in Los Angeles and was a practicing internist between 1996 and 2004.


“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns


He looks tired.. I should keep quiet and I have to let him sleep...
 
-Sorry... I've forgotten your name again...

With the warm smile on his face, he told me the most difficult name in the world again...




- Where are we now ?

 

This is your captain speaking...

we're coming in for a landing!

Let's go to Dhaka..

Hello everybody ! ( I mean : Hello someone who looks like me ! ;) 

I want to write without forgetting what I have lived.. that's why I want to say you welcome to my blog website.. :)

As I've learnt, the worst day of my life will actually take me on the roads..

09.11.2017

-Yes, it was the worst day. Some desperate feelings were very strong and they were coming with me.. I was trying to get rid of these strong negative feelings. I couldn't allow, it couldn't be my worst day. Trying to do something but I couldn't find any way.. Just I was pushing myself to forget all.-

Finally, I'm on the way.. going to Istanbul airport. I have 3 hours to flight. I don't have any heavy bags. ( Definitely I love to have light bags! ) I have a classic backpack, tablet pc, hand luggage which is full with Turkish coffee :) That's all.

I proceed to the gate for boarding. I promised myself along the way..pushing myself to forget all.. forget it.. forget it.. nothing happened. 

I was looking around to find correct way, Where is the gate..? I was trying to calm myself down.. nothing happened.. calm down and forget all.. Yes, I found the gate. I was looking around carefully.. I was looking carefully at the people who were going to Dhaka. I feel weird.. But not bad.

My seat number was 35J.. Actually I didn't have any heavy bag but I was exhausted while I was putting my luggage to up. I worked on this for almost 10 minutes !.. How am I so weak ? ( I mean how am I so unskilful ...) I had a complete struggle with the luggage.. It's always the hardest job for me ..

Anyway I could finally sit.. 

Someone came quickly.  He was delayed but he looked relax. I'm not sure he was delayed or he used the time until the end. 

He could put the luggage to up easily..- It's not realistic for me- it took just 2 seconds.. He just lifted up the luggage, he put and he sit just near seat.. that's all. It was really impressive for me.. :) 

I was compassionate to myself. Just before boarding the plane I bought myself a gift. It's a book, "Pigmelerle Dans". Dearest Meltem is author of this book. She refused the boring city life, she refused the business life,  she refused her career, she refused Istanbul life.. She moved to Uganda.. She is living in Africa.. What an interesting life.. What a crazy woman.. What a brave women.. What a sweet woman.. :)  I appreciate her.. Good luck Meltem.. We love you :)

We love you and your childiren Meltem :)

I learnt Meltem through Juliana. I read Juliana's book a few months ago, Meltem and Juliana know each other.. Juliana has mentioned about Meltem on her book. I am very excited while I read them. ..:)



I will mention about Juliana Buhring @JUHRING .. Juliana Buhring holds the first Guinness World Record for Fastest Woman to Circumnavigate the World by Bicycle.

Juliana was the only woman to race the inaugural 2013 Transcontinental Race from London to Istanbul, coming in 9th place overall.
In 2014, Juliana participated in the inaugural Trans Am Bike Race across America, winning the women’s category and coming in 4th place overall.

I appreciate her, too..  I was really happy reading it.

I want to thank to all who encourage me .. ;)

ROTA :)

This is your captain speaking.. 

Let's fly to Dhaka captain.. :)