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This Is Your Home
This Is Your Home
13th of June. It’s late at night and something amazing is happening. It’s the second day of the FIFA World Cup and The Netherlands is playing against Spain.
Now you might be asking why this is important. The story goes back to 2010. It’s the World Cup Finals and its Spain vs The Netherlands, whoever wins will get their first ever World Cup and the score is 0-0 until Andrés Iniesta scores four…
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The Housing Games
-Oh hey, how was that house you went to look at today?
-Umm… It was… weird. Very weird.
-What do you mean?
Well here’s what I mean:
We are three friends looking for a place together and we found a house at a great street, super close to the center. There is excitement, emails are sent and a viewing is arranged. There was a miscommunication between the agency and the current tenants so our…
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One Piece Vintage
It’s 9am on a Sunday. Why am I up so early?
Two reasons:
1) A friend wanted to thank me and my roommate for opening up our place for a party. The best way to thank someone? Coffee and breakfast! More importantly coffee.
2) One Piece Vintage
So what is One Piece Vintage?
Imagine this: A huge line of people waiting for the doors of a shop to be opened. You get in line and wait and wait…
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Go Dutch Go Orange - Part Two
Go Dutch Go Orange – Part Two
You know how some days you just get up and say “Today, I am gonna be productive.” …and then you take a nap? Well, that is like my daily routine but I am having a surprisingly productive day today so I figured I’d start this post earlier than planned. Here it goes!
Koningsdag. King’s Day. One big orange party!
You can read about King’s Night here. (Part One of this post)
It was 4am when I finally…
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Go Dutch Go Orange - Part One
Go Dutch Go Orange – Part One
Of course I had to write about King’s Day! And the night before!
After I got admitted to Leiden, looking up events, carnivals, parties and quirky shops in Leiden, The Hague and Amsterdam became my new way of procrastination. That’s when I first found out about Koningsdag.
In short it is the celebration of the birthday of king Willem-Alexander. (and if April 27 falls on a Sunday, like it did this…
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Hiç anne olmadım. Belki olamayacağım da. Ama hep merak ettim o yüce duyguyu. İçinde; onu hiç görmeden, neye benzediğini, nasıl koktuğunu bilmeden, onu beslemenin her hücreni nasıl dirilten bir tat olduğunu hissetmek. Mucizevi bir şey olduğu aşikar. Aylarca tüm bunalımlara, streslere katlanıp dünyaya getirme evresinden söz etmiyorum bile,bilim adamları bilmem kaç kemiğin bir anda kırılmasından söz ediyor.. anne kokunu duyup susması,ciğerlerinin yanışını unutuşu anne misliğiyle. Bu mucizeden de mucize. Bir yandan büyümesini isteyip bir yandan elini bırakmasın istemek,içinin hoplaması dizindeki ufak bir yaramazlık izinde. Bunların hepsi annelikten. Üzülmesin, yorulmasın diye söylediğin seyi de kalkıp yapmak ,annelik. O okusun mutlu olsun, hakettiği gibi güzel günler görsün diye dualarla yaşamaktır. Kılı incinse içinde ateşler yanandır. Ne kadar kızsa da başkalarına geldi mi ,dünyanın en gözü pek koruyanıdır. Ne dese dinletemeyendir kimi zaman. Düşmandır. 'Ya anne'dir. Sırt cevirmeyen,dağıtsan da arkanı toplayan,çemkirsen de yüzüne gülendir. O anne hiçbir seyden korkmaz seni kaybetmekten daha çok. Büyütür ,besler, okutur, çalışır, didinir. Ölümlü dünya dese de ummaz,yakıştırmaz minik yavrusuna. Kime yakışır ki ölüm? Berkin'e mi, Ece'ye mi,Burak'a mı? Polis Ahmet'e mi? Allah ,bin-bir emekle büyüten annelere,annelerimize sabır versin. Sabırların en büyüğünü versin. Kokusuna doyulmadan giden evlatların yeri cennet olsun...
