Importance of Family

As antisocial as I am, today (being the second day of Ramazan/Ramadan) I felt extremely comfortable with my mothers side of the family. There were times where I cowered into the side room to spend some time away from the crowded people and hang out with Vera, my nephew. Besides that, I think I did great. Seeing my Great Grandfather (Vera’s Great Great Grandfather) again felt amazing, and witnessing the sight of Vera

Requests

Hey guys, whether you’re a follower or not, feel free to send me a request. For example, next week I’ll be going to the city of Bursa. If there’s a place you want me to photograph or review, or a food or drink you would like me to try and review, feel free to comment or shoot me an email at alicangarip@musician.org . I get updates on my mobile from my email at 15 minute intervals and I check my wordpress when I wake up and before I go to sleep. Feel free to contact me on a request relating to anywhere in Turkey.

Wonderful Disaster

Like most computer scientists and bloggers, I tend to hold myself back from social interactions. I do not like to pretend to be happy and excited for people whom I have little common factors with. I titled todays evening post as “Wonderful Disaster” because I got to experience something I’ve only experienced as an infant. I experienced the holiday of Ramadan with my fathers side of the family. The scarification of the sheep, the cleansing of the lamb, the cooking of the meat, the food, and most importantly, the family. I’ve met some new family members related by blood today. As you can guess, the day was a little bit exciting for me.

Here comes the disaster.

I am a wall paper. Camouflaging to the room is my specialty, however, today this was not necessarily an option for me. Out of my comfort zone and stressed out, I sort-of just floated with what was happening around me. Most of the time I attended and spent time with my brothers baby (niece?) to keep others from interacting with me.

In conclusion, Ramadan in Turkey with all your family members can be a little hectic, but is definitely an experience that is needed to be lived.

Panoramic Shots in Bilecik, TR

As I woke up this morning, I wondered where to go to take some pics today. I decided on visiting the lake by the skirts of the city. Slowly making my way to my destination on my electric motorcycle can always be an adventure. Motorists driving cars in this city have absolutely no respect for motorcyclists. When it comes to electric motorcycles, well, you might as well be driving on the sidewalk because its safer than the road. Making my way to the lake, I avoided 3 (three) accidents. Other motorists really underestimate my bike and my driving.

Upon receiving to the pond, however, was a huge stress reliever waiting for me.

Put On Blast

As I’ve stated last night, I am retaking classes due to the fact that my credits haven’t transferred from my previous school. Today in introduction to computer science class, a class I’ve already taken in the past, I was teaching myself the language of python. Mid-class my professor stops giving the lecture and comes all the way to the back of the class to ask me why I’m always staring into my laptop and not the overhead. So I simply said that I had taken this class amongst many others that have not yet transferred to my current school and that we should discuss this in further detail after class in his office to not disturb or hold the class back from their education. Apparently teaching a professor, which happens to be the director of the computer science department, is not allowed in any culture. However, he was really cool about it.

Nothing too interesting happened today. Actually, nothing interesting happened at all. Tomorrow I’ll be taking some panoramic shots to upload so I can fill the emptiness of today.

3 Years Worth of College

Most of you may not know this about me, but I have studied 3 (three) years of credits from universities and colleges from the United States. I have a semester attendance at Passaic County College while I was studying in high school, a full years worth of credits in Pre-Med from William Paterson University, and a year and 1 (one) semester worth of credits from North American University.
Many of you know that I’ve just recently transferred overseas to Bilecik Seyh Edebali University.
However, I can guarantee that none of you know the fact that not a single credit of my classes from the United States transfered to my new school in Bilecik, TR.

Even though I can’t receive a single one of my credits from my 3 (three) years of university education, I gotta say

Understanding Classes

Although my turkish language skill is at an advanced skill, I only feel its fluency while I am speaking it. During class, I feel as if my Turkish is not quite “up to par” to completely understand the lessons. Not only is understanding physics complicated, it is also taught to me, currently, in my secondary language.

Through time attending this University I’ve noticed a lot of faults in the communication aspect of the management of this facility. For example, whenever class gets rescheduled or canceled students aren’t notified immediately. There actually notified at the original time of that class that was to take place. There is a place on the student portal where professors can reach all the students that are attending their class to notify them of such events, however not a single professor in the university uses it.

My First Blog

I, Alican Garip, was born and raised in the United States of America. I have just recently moved overseas to Turkey, and will be updating this blog daily on my experiences at this country.

Welcome to my blog