hobbling towards amsterdam
wow, i just write less and less. i think about writing, writing about a lot of things, but its like after thinking about it its 'done' and i just dont bother further.there are the fun things with friends, more existential musings, and interesting things in the world i plan on commenting on.
i had my 7 week check up for the fractured 5th metatarsal. there is slight cloudiness visible in the x-ray, which means NEW BONE forming!!
pretty awesome, cant take these things for granted as not everyone is as lucky. but this means i can start putting more weight on the foot and progress to full weight bearing. with the boot and crutches, but nevertheless. will make our amsterdam holiday in a couple weeks that much easier. i booked the airport wheelchair service from KLM a couple days ago. i worry a bit about my mobility since we are meeting friends and i dont want to hold people back but i am gonna work on it. yesterday i met a friend in a restaurant some 400-500m away and hobbled there AND BACK. felt so smug. i can do it. but yeah, amsterdam will be a bit of a test.
Guardian made a 'neighbourhood review' of Kadiköy! sheesh! after i left it! i mean i know it is getting better in so many ways, despite the government - its hard to see from afar when you read the bad news etc, but kadiköy is blooming in many ways. it hurt a little bit to read it. anyway, now im here and you cannot be in several places at the same time. i know there are other awesome places in the world, too, not just kadiköy. i have noticed in a trend though, i tend to gravitate towards awesome places. in 1996, moving to helsinki, i soon started to feel that kallio was the place. it took me a few years to get there, but it was the right move. then kadiköy and now brixton. all these cities have other potential areas too, but usually there are a couple really 'up & coming' districts, and i find my way to them.
its clear there are more people in the house now, there is more stuff around, and working from home its kind of... weird, as im never alone. although, i LOVE our guests and love helping them with flat search and whatnot. it seems that worked out too, their offer was accepted and they are moving next week.
the boxes in the bg are these peoples 'world'. when DHL delivered the boxes (they were not around), i almost got emotional because it reminded me of our move here. we sent boxes to ourselves. its such a big change, im so excited for them but trying to manage expectations as well. Can is starting work at doctors department next week and his gf Burcu should most likely have a job in the same hospital as well. yes, a turkish mafia is forming, little by little. haha.
so turkey's 'e-gov' portal recently added all the family history of all the citizens in the system. (Hurriyet Daily). hardcore! so now people can see their family tree up to the beginning of 19th century. crazy. i was wondering who was keeping the records back then and based on the the people ive talked to, it was probably the ottoman tax officials. surnames in the beginning are a bit hazy on those records as only Ataturk introduced them properly and as compulsory, before that a lot of families would not have them. im glad al-monitor wrote a good, slightly deeper, thing on thing on the turkish genealogy "project". one friend of ours has some bulgarian ancestors so he is considering applying for citizenship there, i dont know if its all countries but i think especially bulgaria is very generous with the descentents of bulgarian citizens. so, i think, go for it. having a EU passport would be great for him and his partner. doctor then... every single one of his ancestors were from the same village all the way from 1832, which was the last recorded date. just like his parents had told him. and that was a kurdish alevi village, double minority. i really wonder when do these tags come off, cos his parents are neither religious nor very kurdish (i dont know how thats measured but they dont speak kurdish or anything... i personally dont think they are kurdish). anyway, doctors parents were the generation that left the village, moved to a big city and so so forth. and its interesting, cos as far as i know, my ancestors are all from one little village too; Sysmä.
below is a photo of a printout from turkish e-devlet (government portal). would have printed out mine but lol i dont have turkish roots. i do have e-edevlet since i was a resident! anyway, the death dates are not visible and i covered first names and such. this oldest only goes down to 1860s. there are locations which are clearly not in turkey, maybe macedonia or other countries. interesting stuff! (this is the record of someone i know who allowed me to print it)
in the left column in says like "mothers mothers mother" or "fathers mothers mother" etc.
enjoying Married at first sight UK now :D
aaaand Bachelor Winter Games. and the usual Shark Tank and whatnot.
i had my 7 week check up for the fractured 5th metatarsal. there is slight cloudiness visible in the x-ray, which means NEW BONE forming!!
Guardian made a 'neighbourhood review' of Kadiköy! sheesh! after i left it! i mean i know it is getting better in so many ways, despite the government - its hard to see from afar when you read the bad news etc, but kadiköy is blooming in many ways. it hurt a little bit to read it. anyway, now im here and you cannot be in several places at the same time. i know there are other awesome places in the world, too, not just kadiköy. i have noticed in a trend though, i tend to gravitate towards awesome places. in 1996, moving to helsinki, i soon started to feel that kallio was the place. it took me a few years to get there, but it was the right move. then kadiköy and now brixton. all these cities have other potential areas too, but usually there are a couple really 'up & coming' districts, and i find my way to them.
its clear there are more people in the house now, there is more stuff around, and working from home its kind of... weird, as im never alone. although, i LOVE our guests and love helping them with flat search and whatnot. it seems that worked out too, their offer was accepted and they are moving next week.
the boxes in the bg are these peoples 'world'. when DHL delivered the boxes (they were not around), i almost got emotional because it reminded me of our move here. we sent boxes to ourselves. its such a big change, im so excited for them but trying to manage expectations as well. Can is starting work at doctors department next week and his gf Burcu should most likely have a job in the same hospital as well. yes, a turkish mafia is forming, little by little. haha.
so turkey's 'e-gov' portal recently added all the family history of all the citizens in the system. (Hurriyet Daily). hardcore! so now people can see their family tree up to the beginning of 19th century. crazy. i was wondering who was keeping the records back then and based on the the people ive talked to, it was probably the ottoman tax officials. surnames in the beginning are a bit hazy on those records as only Ataturk introduced them properly and as compulsory, before that a lot of families would not have them. im glad al-monitor wrote a good, slightly deeper, thing on thing on the turkish genealogy "project". one friend of ours has some bulgarian ancestors so he is considering applying for citizenship there, i dont know if its all countries but i think especially bulgaria is very generous with the descentents of bulgarian citizens. so, i think, go for it. having a EU passport would be great for him and his partner. doctor then... every single one of his ancestors were from the same village all the way from 1832, which was the last recorded date. just like his parents had told him. and that was a kurdish alevi village, double minority. i really wonder when do these tags come off, cos his parents are neither religious nor very kurdish (i dont know how thats measured but they dont speak kurdish or anything... i personally dont think they are kurdish). anyway, doctors parents were the generation that left the village, moved to a big city and so so forth. and its interesting, cos as far as i know, my ancestors are all from one little village too; Sysmä.
below is a photo of a printout from turkish e-devlet (government portal). would have printed out mine but lol i dont have turkish roots. i do have e-edevlet since i was a resident! anyway, the death dates are not visible and i covered first names and such. this oldest only goes down to 1860s. there are locations which are clearly not in turkey, maybe macedonia or other countries. interesting stuff! (this is the record of someone i know who allowed me to print it)
enjoying Married at first sight UK now :D
aaaand Bachelor Winter Games. and the usual Shark Tank and whatnot.
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