Yat gezesi

We were invited for a boğaz gezisi (a boat tour alongside the seaside area of both the asia n european side of istanbul) by halil's MBA program students from Fatih Uni on Saturday. Halil accepted the invitation of course. I myself was so excited. The last time i went for such a tour was when Safa's school had held the same kind of tour almost 3 or 4 years ago. I really enjoyed it very much. The view was magnificent and I was sooooooo looking forward to this one tour.

Little did i expect that Allah had another plan for me.. On the way to kabataş (boat area), i had an attack of terrible headache. I ignored it. I was sooo looking forward to the tour. I didnt want such a silly thing like a headache to kill the plan..baddd idea of course coz all thruout the tour (2 hours), i was clearly hopelessly totally into this vomitting condition n my brain felt like it was ready to blow!! And i missed all the fun and joy of the activities conducted by the students..

I really have to hand it to them, if i were in a different condition, the tour would have been such a fun thing. They had hired a guy wearing a turkish style clothing with a sour cherry drink to be handed out to anyone who felt like drinking it. (I was too sick to snap a pic of him)There was also a projection show and i think some sort of a lucky draw (i missed them all coz i could not stand the closed space n my head was totally in need of fresh air upstairs). Halil got some sort of a souvenir n baddin as i was told, picked a draw. There was this some sort of open bufe and tea as well. ..which i could not stomach any due to my condition.. And after the tour, everyone was given a t-shirt with the university name printed on it. We got 4 since we were all 4 people..but the sizes r all too small for this fat halil n simah heheheh i suppose we will just have to wait for baddin n hatice to grow into those sizes hehehehehe

Good food, good activities and good view i wouldnt mind not joining. What sadden me the most was ..and is...i was missing out on the charming and sweet company of the lady students on the boat. They were all sooo sweet..At the beginning of the tour, i managed to somehow chat with one or two..during the tour quite many tried to approach me to chat(esp when halil was not around) but my condition was in such that what i would have done (chatted n laughed) with them could not be realised. I really wanted to know them better. Well...kısmet..that was what it was..

Anyway, we got home safely by taxi..i slept till morning due to the medicine i took. I would like to say that the headache n the vomiting feelings r totally gone....but i cant coz they r still residing quite firmly in place.. I have become too pampered ever since i came to turkey. As ı grew up, i used to take countless bus trips (from uni to home) for hours..i used to take countless boat rides (to reach my home in langkawi years back)..and NEVER was i with any symptom of headache bla bla..n now.. i cant take bus rides..n last saturday...i discovered that i cant take boat rides either.. i guess i will have to carry emedur, dramamine n minoset in my bag from now on..

And u know what?? Hatice warmed very quickly to the ladies on the boat..i cant remember their names but they were really friendly to her... i even overheard one of the ladies..her name is zeynep i think, telling my daughter a story of some sort..chatting with her. baddin? as usual....he wanted to be friendly but he just simply didnt know how..he's a boy after all ..still there is hope for him...

I snapped a few photos of us using halil's hp but they turned out to be blurry..Luckily, Nurcan Karaca (halil's student) has bestowed us the honour by emailing us the snaps they captured using their camera.. Thanks nurcan!! ..enjoy the slide show!!