tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282493422009-09-10T04:22:45.034+03:00moving to another country, living in another country, making it in another countrycutxpastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980500238905045853noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28249342.post-19151388777978292142007-02-01T16:11:00.000+02:002007-02-01T16:13:30.621+02:00

i've moved this blog over to my own server so get ready to update your bookmarks if you haven't already! i can now be found at:http://www.cutxpaste.com/istanbulthis blogger blog won't be updated anymore, but i'll still keep it so i can comment in other blogger blogs. you can stay here if you want, but all the good stuff is happening over there!

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Today I did two things I thought I would never do:1) I went to the mall and bought a pair of pink sweatpants. Yes, for myself.2) I won not one, but two (at the same time), stuffed dolls from a claw vending machine on the way home from the mall.

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This blog has sat long neglected mostly because I've been too lazy/busy to update, but that, my friends, will change! You'll notice that I've been sprucing up the blog a little bit and changing some things (more to come), and eventually I'll be moving the blog over to CUT+PASTE server. [Edit: it's been moved to www.cutxpaste.com/istanbul, but you can still view it here.]My holidays in Istanbul

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its been raining non-stop here in Istanbul for about a week now and the weather has turned chilly. we've turned up the thermostat and wear fuzzy slippers around the house now. i feel cooped in this week from working working working! but things are getting done and we're close to publishing a site that i've been working on. it's starting to get my gears turning to work on my own website. lots

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i had been wanting to go to a Turkish football match ever since I first visited Turkey, and I finally got to go to one last weekend. there are three big Istanbul-based soccer teams in Turkey: Galatasaray, Fenerbache, and Besiktas. most people are Fenerbache fans, but my friends are huge Galatasaray fans...I'm not really into sports at all, so aside from goals and coaching tactics, i asked them

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i'm back home in Istanbul from my North American vacation. There was a lot of flying involved, but it was so nice to be able to eat Thai food, stock up on mac and cheese and spend 2 weeks with my pup Lola! Got lots of work done, but still lots to do! I came back to Turkey on Sunday (one of my bags got held up in airport security...apparently the Trader Joe's instant Indian food packets caused

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i'm waiting around now for a couple more hours before i've got to head out to the airport to catch my flight. although i'm usually a night bird, i hate flying at night...something about not being able to see anything outside and forget about sleeping...especially if you're flying into different time zones...airlines always try to trick you into forcing you to be in the mindset of the time zone

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i've been kind of sheepish about posting here because i've been too lazy to create "real" posts (it's a lot of work! what with all the picture taking and writing!) but i promise, this will be one of the last "empty" posts before i get my butt in gear. the last few weeks have brought rain rain rain and us busy getting our home in order to prepare for the inevitable winter hibernation. we made a

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kisses and licks from istanbul. i love you always lola!

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if you've ever met and spent some quality time with the Kwok, then you'll know how much i LOVE me my snackies. for a rundown of my daily diet for the last 10 years:Breakfast: bodega purchased coffee (milk and sugar) + plastic pre-packaged Bear Claw, Cinnamon Bun, Dippin' Sticks, Glazed Donuts or Honey BunLunch: Coke or Ginger Ale (if i'm feeling healthy) + Cool Ranch Doritos or Cheeze-ItsDinner:

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i know i haven't posted in a little while, but i'm still alive here and fine in istanbul. a flurry of events have taken place, that weren't too exciting, though have kept me some what busy here on this side of the world. since we last spoke, i've added "Vitamin Water" to the list. to those who don't know, it's basically glorified watered down juice fortified with "vitamins", but oh so

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Time's been flying really fast and it's difficult for me to imagine that I've been here for a month already! When I packed to come here, I had two suitcases (that got lost in Rome for a day)...one filled with clothes and shoes, the other with "stuff". I think I packed everything that I thought I would miss...but now I'm finding I'm missing a whole lot of stuff that isn't in that suitcase...and

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this past weekend was Samet's younger sister Saadet's wedding to her fiancee Suleyman. we traveled to their home in Izmit for the short wedding ceremony, then a 5 hour bus ride to Enez (the groom's hometown), in the Edirne region of Turkey, for the wedding party. it was my first Turkish wedding, so I got to experience all the festivities and customs and got to swim in the Aegean Sea!marriage

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so here i am writing from istanbul, turkey! sitting in the new apartment with the DSL and wireless finally set up. so far so good. at the last minute, i opted out of going to my turkish language class for a number of reasons, mostly due to the fact that i think with any language, the most difficult obstacle for me is not learning the grammar and etc, but actually my self conciousness of using

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my last full day here, and it is like an oven in New York. so hot and stuffy and been feeling really lethargic. all the outdoor things i had thought i would do (go to chinatown and pick up some house slippers...some grocery shopping) didn't end up happening because of the heat. i leave for my flight tomorrow evening with a little layover in Rome before landing in Istanbul the next

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while in california, i have been doing some work, but also finding time to help out with my master organizing tips and fooling around with my new computer. in la, i helped eric organize his house (this is the before picture...i'll try to find where i put the after pics)...fooling around with my webcam. really everything is g-rated. i just think webcams are so funny...they always have that "

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i'm on the second leg of my moving excursions...back home in california! it's sunny and the weather is ace and even when it's 100 degrees out, it feels good and nice and dry. been eating lots of good fresh food and had a nice bowl of strawberries. spent a few days in Los Angeles and i've been setting up and training my sister back at home. it's been good...i know the hard part of packing and

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burning the midnight oil...packing and sorting and repacking and resorting. it's so hard to decide what i need to bring...or more like what i want to bring (everything!) with me and what to leave behind. i have only a few more days in ny and i think i may be spending them all packing and getting paperwork sorted out...which isn't what i planned on, but may have to happen. if only i could

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i just wanted to say thanks! to all the great responses i received after sending out my email. you guys are the best and so encouraging! i was so worried and stressed about "the business", but you all have been so supportive and while i'm now really only stressed about fitting my belongings into 2 suitcases, i'm super super excited!!

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some more moving news! the date i'm leaving new york is all set! my plane ticket has me departing Wednesday, June 28th. that's almost one more week of packing and shipping until I head out to california. I'll be in california for 2 weeks, flying into LA to help train my sister and then back to new york on Wednesday, July 12th.i'll be in new york for 2-3 days until i depart for turkey.

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just popped on over to craig's list again and found this great little apartment in istanbul! it's right in the area/neighborhood that i think i want to check out and live...cukurcuma (which is behind the galatasaray high school on taksim). its supposed to be a bohemian neighborhood. or so they say. i think i only remember going there once to a my co-worker's boyfriend's apartment, but i

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the other week when my sister was visiting before her trip to china, we stopped by a bookstore so she could pick up a few books for her class. i couldn't help but look at the istanbul guide books, though i hardly ever use guide books to guide myself to the nearest 4-star hotel, but really only enjoy reading the strange facts and unusual customs parts of them. i found a copy of the book

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i realize that i haven't posted for a while in this blog, but i haven't posted anything much in any of my blogs...because i've been busy busy off the computer. here's an update on my moving plans:spent the better part of the last couple of weeks packing and have pretty much packed everything except my clothes and cut+paste stuff. now i have to ship boxes home. i sold some things on craig's

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a more substantial update soon...but help! i've got so much work to do!been back working at ELLE this week, but i've been drowning in CUT+PASTE work i need to catch up on! i just finally got the bulk of consignment payments out (about a month behind!) and i packages to pack and ship and pick up!list of to do:+ go through site and check inventory+ finish straggler consign payments+ pack and ship

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going to the Souther Salazar opening at Giant Robot NY as Eric will be there and i will be showing him my impressive long fingernails.went to beacon's closet and sold a bunch of stuff. it felt great! now i'm really ready to tackle my closet and sell sell sell! my goal is to sell $1000.00 $845.00 worth of clothing in the next month!

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