I am giving myself a week break from reading and writing academic papers. I am not sure about my final paper in Prof. Ayoub’s class, because I personally do not like the idea of Satan in the Qur’an and Bible which I actually chose. I am more excited about my final paper in Prof. Cobb which is about Democracy in Islam and Christianity. At least, for a week, I will live the lazy days with good music in my room, and no more sleepless nights of reading. Tonight I will play OKEY with other international students in our Professor’s house and tomorrow I will be at the Mark Twain’s House for a theater play, and the rest of the week is about dinner parties.

Yesterday was a very embarrassing moment for me; I slipped on a wet street after departing from a bus. I was wearing white pants and white shoes and a light brown long coat. An old lady came and helped me to stand and asked if I was okay, I said yes and told her that my concern is about my white pants. And I guess she wanted to scream “what?”

Last Monday, Babagario woke me up early in the morning. He said I have a visitor waiting outside the house. And before I reached the door, I yelled many times. There was a SNOW!!!! I was yelling WOW! Jacky pushed me to the snow almost naked. I walked without boots and winter gears, but I did not feel the freezing cold. An hour later, Lady, Ata and Sami joined me and we had so much fun from 7 am to 12 noon, and a chilly chicken that Jacky cook came afterwards. Anyway, today is my mother’s birthday; I must call her later today. Happy weekends.

"Grannies"

 "Detective"

  Genamus

"The Beautiful Ebru Painter," Turkish Night, Turkish Cultural Center Connecticut

Ebru or marble painting is a Turkish form of art that produces marble-like patterns as a result of colors floated on plain water and transferred to a paper.