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another 17 days before i lug every single piece of luggage i've had over the last 24 months back to singapore...

another 2 days before i have to defend my thesis... a nightmare scenario... what if my project mate gets more marks than me? think i will die... considering our individual efforts over the past 12months...

another 3 days before i start planning for a possible last trip somewhere... really regretted not going to hungary when i had the chance last july with dave... and also, bergen (norway) sounds really tempting... only minus points - i have to do it alone + the temperatures are plummeting, down to a low single digit...

tour de turkey - Istanbul (final days)

the last 2 days were spent bumming around... breakfast!went to the coast of Bosphorus with Deniz (Duygu's sis's roomie) and Duygu... had some kebab and some forms of pide bread... ha~ duygu said it's turkish pizza... and this particular flower is pretty unique... pink with white flowers... and the seed inside is bright blue! the morning view... had to leave the house before 6am to catch the ferry...

tour de turkey - Istanbul Day 4

lots of walking for this day... went to Taksim district...

followed by the Spice Market, which is the 2nd largest closed bazaar of Istanbul... this bazaar was designated to herb sellers, quilt sellers initially, but the number of herb sellers decreased tremenously in the 70s and they were replaced by lewelers, dried fruit sellers, drapers and other stores...

along the way to the spice market... omans, this man is goooood... hahahah...

oh, yummy lunch... it's known as kokorec (minced intestines)... the mussels with rice is known as midye dolma...

tour de turkey - Istanbul Day 3

day 3 was spent at the Besiktas district which overlooks the asian part of istanbul... but first of all, we went to taksim district which is the main entertainment street... here's my lunch... at the besiktas district... dont know the name of this mosque, but it overlooks the bridge that connects east to west...this little girl is soooooooo adorable! and yes, this place is "infested" with well-fed cats! along the streets...view along the Bosphorus (waterway) which connects the Marmara sea to the Black sea...the evening view while on ferry back to Olgu's place in asian part... look carefully, and you actually get to see hagi sofie and the blue mosque in the background...Efes Pilsen (turkish beer), the making of turkish coffee and finally, helva which is a palace dessert of Ottomans...oh, i loved this helva more than the baklava...