CURRENT MISSION

understanding our cat's language and improving my communication skills :)

ABOUT ME

I was born in Istanbul and grew up there. I love my home city. It is a mixture just like me. I have elders from Thessalonica, the Crimea, Bulgaria, Bosnia Herzegovina just like Istanbul.

I'm doing Translation Studies and Interpreting, we can also say I'm studying Transcultural Communication. Translation is a kind of transcultural communication, you know. I like making cultures communicate :)

PHILOSOPHY

Have your own teeth when you are 80. Stay healthy.
Don't hesitate to criticise yourself, but find the balance.
Believe in change.
Don't do things you don't like. Become the person you want to become.
Trust yourself.
[If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're probably right.- Henry Ford]

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I also want to show that hospitality has not died yet and I expect to experience the same! :)

Imho cities have to be experienced with locals, with insiders, otherwise you don't feel the spirit of them. That's why CS is a wonderful idea! Because visiting the cities without locals does not mean so much as it does with locals.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't hosted someone in my apartment yet but I was a kind of co-host by my brother, when he hosted people.

Interests

I like singing and listening to music. I sing in CorISTanbul Chamber Choir. Come listen to our concerts :)
I like skating.
I like running.
I like learning and talking about languages.
I like writing and translating.

• cats
• writing
• singing
• concerts
• dining
• running
• drinking
• music
• ecology
• languages
• ecofeminism
• nvc
• non-violent communication
• yoga and meditation

Music, Movies, and Books

Fight Club (David Fincher), Becoming Jane (Julian Jarrold), Big Fish (Tim Burton), Ice Age (Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha), Into the Wild (Sean Penn), Soul Kitchen (Fatih Akın)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

sorry, i'm not easily amazed. but still, life itself is amazing at times.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some Turkish, how to play backgammon, how to brew Turkish tea :))
I can learn how to say "I don't speak your language. Can you speak English or German?" in your language :)
I can share my food and drink and my thoughts.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, New Zealand, Turkey

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