BACK TO THE UNIQUE PLACE

July is approaching. I am happy and getting excited. I think July significant because I will go back to Turkiye in the beginning of this July. Let’s hope of course! J It will be four years that I have lived in china. I have been to Turkiye just one time during that four years. With this time it will be the second time to spend my summer vacation in my hometown with my family. That is why I am happy. :-D

I know what means of missing someone very well, I know what is feeling of longing. And I also know absence from home. I never forget and always remember when my brother stayed in a boarding school and have returned to home just once a week, sometimes once a month. I was seeing everybody with their schoolbag while they had a smile on their face. I had taken a look at the students crowd but most of time I could not see my brother among the crowded. And I had headed home feeling a lot of frustration. L I think not only my parents but also my sisters wait for my return. Fortunately there are so many opportunity in order to talk and see each other despite of distance. Otherwise every second of being away from home will be a torture for me. Anyway, the time of meeting is approaching.

So many people who is away from homeland feel the absence of the foods, but today you can find any kind of food in everywhere. Even though it is a small place, but still there are a few Turkish restaurants in the city where I live. So in place of foods I miss to talk with my friends so much, reminisce about past days, miss to eat out with them. I miss to hear sounds of adhans, go to a bookshop to select some new published books, stop by a newspaper vendor and get some paper, then return to home to read them. As all we know, reading the actual newspaper is far different from reading it online. Going to bosphorus tour with my mother is also among one of the things that I missed. And of course I will sit across the beautiful scenery of maiden’s tower and Bosphorus and sip my cappuccino too. J The long and the short of it, I miss so many things and I will fulfill my longings.

Most of my friends study abroad like me. So it will be great to reunion with them too. I am especially planning to have an adventure with my bosom friend. Getting camping equipment and clear out of the noisy life of Istanbul will be pretty good for both of us. It is not definite for now but I might visit my buddies who live out of Istanbul as well.

It seems as if I expect a lot from that vacation but I will try to do whatever I missed. I don’t want to say if only I had been such-and-such place or I wish I did such-and-such things after get back to China again. I hope and want all my wishes will come true. :)