What's Going On?

Hello everyone!

I’m secretly hoping you all still remember who I am... I have been gone for quite a while as I've been on vacation since the 5th of August. I’m still in Bodrum (a vacation place located at the northwest of Turkey) which is a beautiful place but I was with my friends so I didn't have any time to pick up my laptop and do some blogging. I was craving it after 3 days though. I am back now and I will be doing frequent blogposts from now on. 

I was planning to write a beauty post when I first sat down to write but I feel like giving you guys an update on what’s been happening in my life lately.

• I will move out with my friends this month! After my vacation ends I will go back to Istanbul to rent an apartment with my friends and we will live in a house as 4 friends. I cant tell you how happy I am about this change in my life! I wasn’t quite happy with living with my parents for a while now and when I asked my friends (who were going to move out anyway) if I could move in with them they told me that they were going to ask me if I wanted to! I was over the moon and I still am! The only problem we have right now is that we cant find a good house! It either has a terrible bathroom, a very high rent or isn’t located anywhere near public transport. If we ever find a house that ticks all the boxes for us, it is either taken right before we make a deal or the owner of the house doesn't want students to rent the apartment. It is insane! We currently have our eyes on this one apartment and I’ve talked to the owner personally, she is lovely and she said she was going to start showing the apartment next Saturday which is perfect for us as we will all be done with our vacations. Please pray for us so we can get the apartment! We are desperate at this point! 

• I’ve been having a very great summer! I’ve been doing lots fun stuff ever since I’ve been off to vacation. First I went to stay with my friends for a few days so we could spend some time and go out together. It didn't go as planned though as neither of us wanted to go out at night. We just had fun at beach and in their homes and planned our life in our own apartment! We then went to Bodrum together to stay at our summer house where we had a lovely week! We went to the beach, spent the day at the poolside, played some cards, some ball, went out to party and did a boat trip! It was fantastic. 

• Second year of university is coming soon! I do enjoy summer and LOVE being lazy, not doing anything for the entire day but I have to say; I MISS SCHOOL! If it was high school I would beg for summer to last longer but I actually love my classes in uni and I enjoy going to the campus, I honestly cant wait until I can pick my classes for this semester on the 15th of September!

These are all the things I can think of that is currently going on in my life. Some exciting things are about to happen for me. How is it going for you? Give me a little update of your own in the comments :)

xx

Am I In Narnia?

How time flies!

I can’t believe I started university three weeks ago! It’s been such a whirlwind. I don’t know where to start; the friendships, the classes, the campus!

First of all i want to say that i feel like I've made the right decision when i picked my major. I have always loved English but now that I’m actually studying English Literature I realize how much I actually love the language! We have four core courses and two free elective courses. The first class everyone in the university has to take is a class called “Humanities” (HUM 101) and to be fairly honest, it’s my least favorite class. I like history but as soon as it becomes a responsibility I suddenly hate the entire subject. I just don’t like memorizing all that information and it’s not even about our major so I don’t understand why we have to take it. Plus my teacher has the worst English accent and most of the time I have difficulty understanding him… My favorite class is “Literary Genres” (ELIT 107) which is basically what we learned in Turkish Literature in high school but in English which makes it so much better and it’s more in dept. I’m also the best in my class at the moment in this subject so YAY ME! 

We have “Introduction to English Literature” (ELIT 101) in which we study the history of England and English languages development. There’s “Introduction to Western Literature” (ELIT 105) and we read and discuss important literary works such as “The Epic of Gilgamesh”, “The Bible”, etc… These were the core courses. I also got “Creative Writing” which is a class where we write about a given topic one lesson and then read it out loud to the entire class the next lesson. I really wanted to take this class as I want to improve my writing skills and I feel like it will help immensely. Lastly I took “Italian” (AFIA 101). It was a sudden decision, I knew I wanted to speak a third language but I wasn’t sure yet and when my advisor asked me if I had a language I wanted to learn Italian just came out. We’ll see how that turns out.

 The campus is HUGE! It’s beautiful which has 5-6 main buildings and a lot of cafés in it. There is a huge forest-like place where there are tables to sit which is our go to place when we have some free time. The only thing I whine about is that I have to walk so damn much since the campus is this big and our classes are in different buildings.

Oh God! The friendships! It’s been going so well! I have all the friends I loved from high school and on top of that I met 10 amazing new people on my first day! It was so surprising because I expected awkward conversations and lonely breaks on my first weeks but all of us connected super fast and we all love each other, share so much in common and just have fun together. I really want to write a blog post just for this topic alone because I know if I start talking about this the entire post will be like fifty paragraphs longer… oops. But just know that I’m really happy with all the friends I’ve made so far and I hope I will be friends with them throughout university. Fingers crossed J

...Is Anyone There?

Hello there!
I'm officially a college student! I still can't believe the day has come. I was so sick of my high school years and couldn't wait to go off to college but at the same time I always had this voice in the back of my mind telling me I wouldn't be able to go... Hah! suck it you stupid little voice!
As I was saying, I'm now officially a college student and there were many things I planned on doing once I was in college. One of them was to start a blog. I kept planning it but I never actually did anything about it because I was too nervous it would be a train wreck. I do this all the time, I avoid doing things because I think I will just make a big mess of myself. however, I will push myself to do more challenging things in college and this is one of the many reasons I'm creating this blog. I want to document my adventures in college, my thoughts, memories, fears, tears, laughs... everything! I want to look back in four years and read the first posts and see how much I've grown since then. I want to share my experiences with others and maybe communicate with others experiencing the same things as me.
I hope you join me on this little journey because I'm looking forward to fully living the next 4-5 years of my life.
Thank you for reading.

 Have a wonderful day!
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