Life has started to be normal. I do not feel like I am in a completely different city, away from home and away from my university which I had called to be home for last three years. Istanbul has a lot of things to offer and there is always so much to do and see. For nerds who love history, culture, arts, language, architecture, religion and food, there can be no better place than Istanbul.
After almost two months in this city I do not feel like a tourist anymore. My routine has started to be normal again. My body is now comfortable with this environment (also includes sleeping in until 9 am everyday). Here is how a typical weekday is for me:
After almost two months in this city I do not feel like a tourist anymore. My routine has started to be normal again. My body is now comfortable with this environment (also includes sleeping in until 9 am everyday). Here is how a typical weekday is for me:
- Wake up around 9 AM ish
- Grab some food if there is time before the first class or if there is food in the flat
- Rush to campus for the first class (I live 10-15 mins walking distance from campus)
- Couple of classes a day, drink some chay in between and eat whatever this town has to offer.
- Sit in the computer labs for a couple of hours, try to finish assignments but not without distractions.
- Then there is two options, either pick up a bite on the way home or stay out with friends (watching soccer or just hang out) before heading home.
- Plan on going to bed around midnight but procrastinating sleep for at least until 2 AM.
- While going to sleep, set up 3-4 alarms promising to self not to sleep for more than six hour.
- Next day, wake up even later skipping all the alarms and breaking all the promises from last night.
It has been a good two months but it also means that this life is coming to an end. It is definitely one of the biggest opportunities I ever grabbed. I have just over two more months before the semester gets over and life will be back to normal. It feels like I am living in a cocoon avoiding the responsibilities I have taken for last few years but the cocoon will eventually break and the big beautiful butterfly will come again.
Oh yeah, about the weekends, nothing special there either. We go out or stay home, the nights are even longer and the days shorter.
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