I have never been to Turkey before and before this trip, I do not know much about this country except that Turkey tried hard to get into EU but was rejected (I read this somewhere). After going there, I am glad I chose Turkey as my holiday destination.
Turkey has a bit of almost everything. Turkey is rich in its history and culture. It has a unique blend of eastern and western culture. It is a Muslim country but it is not ruled by Muslim law. It has mosques that are more than thousand years old, ruins from the Greek as well as churches, caves and underground city that was bulit way before Christ. Mesmerizing, is the one word that can describe Turkey. The standard of living there is almost the same as in Singapore, but the salary which the people are getting can be quite miserable. The pay of a teacher is around 1000YTL ( around $1000 ) and an engineer is 1500YTL. The locals are extremely friendly, especially the children. They are always eager to help and happy to chat. Although most of their time, we have to guess what they are trying to say, we can sensed that sincerity and friendship. These are the people who are poor in the pockets but rich in the hearts......
2 comments:
eh? so many pics... haha. cher srry nvr come look at ur blog. todae just come and look for a while since i can use com. cher just look at ur comment a few blog ago u sae me and kenny no punctuation. nvr mind wat anyway so hard to put. waste time too. haha for us this generation we all , all using short forms and no punctuation and broken english. it is like we just changed the whole world but only singaporeans do those. i think it must be that we are to pamper as our parents keep letting us what we want to do and not letting us do the things that we want to do unless it is a must. haha.
Singlish is part of the S'pore culture but proper English is still vital. Although you might think it is a waste of time to use proper tenses etc, in time to come you will realise that it would be an advantage to know how to speak and write well, be it English language or Chinese language. It does not mean that if everyone is doing it, you have to do it. As I always said, have a mind of you own.
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