Rain is good..

When i left my home at 8.15am,it was drizzling....it started to pour soon after.... the weather dropped 10 degree celcius from the day before....

Yeah... it rained..still raining outside in fact... the whole day long....... Turkey needs the rain...i dont mind the rain... i had stuffs i needed do at the other side of bridge (europe) today... and so...despite the rain... i was on my mission...out in the rain... :0)

Yes... i was soaking wet for sooo many hours... after i got home, i could actually squeeze my socks n got half a glass of water from that! hahahaha i was actually freezing and was starting to shake... but mission accomplished! I am tired ... and i am happy...-

Yup! Kak Elle... i hope u will like what i got for you! they r not much but they come from the heart...wait and see! hehehehhe ...ur last request tu.. insyaAllah the next time, ok? that i promise :0)

The famous istanbul uni entry.... i never did enter that place...even when halil was still working there... biasa la kan ..orang pakai tudung mana bole masuk..
beyaz camii...
this was how wet my jeans at the beginning of my day...

Just look at these guys.. they r in line to carry the heavy stuffs to be brought to the shop...
we should be thankful for what we have eh? these guys... the amount of money they get depends on the things they carry... still it is a halal way of living... they should be saluted

This is a street not well known among tourists...but if u r into headscarves...

this is the place u must go... varieties of heads craves... but some r wholesallers...(most of them actually)

the same street of head scarves heaven...

my jeans after one hour of walking (despite the rain)..

in the end, i abandoned my umbrella n was wet all over hehehe

the bookstores around the ist uni...

the book seller hang this flag at his shop..thinking i was a tourist..he made the sign encouraging me to snap the flag pic....layaaaaaaaaaannn hehehe

while waiting for the ferry...2 lcd screens to take away the boredom

in the ferry... i deliberately made the color black hehehe

it stopped raining for a while and this guy took the chance to fish....

views from inside the mini bus..

a simit seller /photo taken from inside the mini bus..hence the blur vision...

YES! my beloved camera is back.. i was thinking of making Mıstık go and take the camera from the service centre but then i thought of baba...baba needs mıstık ..baba has not been feeling well even before bayram (raya)... and so taking instructions from mıstık on how to find the service centre... Yes! i have got back my beloved camera :0) Now my blog will be full of pictures again! yippie!

Today, i have just realised....after the kids started school.. this is actually the first time i went to europe using the minibus, ferry and train on my own....

I thought that i would enjoy a leisure breakfast at kadikoy... i mean..come on!! freedom!! no kids to tag along...just me and me...but i missed my kids so much that i only took a bite of poğaca and left it uneaten...there was no fun eating alone... But i did ordered my favourite freshly squeezed pomogranade (buah delima) juice...rahsia awek muda tau! hahahah

It was raining heavily by the time i reached the headscarves street.. i needed to buy somethings for halil n the kids there... drenched i was...and again... in my mind, i kept feeling as if baddin was next to me telling me...

*anne.. ben yorgunum*

(anne, i am tired)

or hatice asking...

*anne, işin bitti mi?*

(anne, r ur chores finished?)

believe it or not, i'd rather have the kids crying n complaining next to me rather than being up and on the go.. free but alone... i guess i am not over yet the empty nest syndrom eh?

I didnt eat my lunch as well even though my tummy was grumbling.... it was a matter of choosing the right place to eat for a single lady... i had to find a decent place... then it was the matter of the food choice.... can u believe that despite all those delicious food everywhere i couldnt make a choice???? hahahahahahah..pathetic eh?

i ended up going home and later had my breakfast, lunch and dinner all combined with the kids at 4.45pm! hahahah

The conclusion is... eat with ur kids! Dont try to eat alone!!

This is the translation of the song being played right now...

Yağmur (rain)

The hands of the Angels

carry all the raindrops

with great mercy they cover

all the leaves with abundance

Flowers drink the water

lamb drinks the water

children drink the water

they all thank for the blessings

Oh Allah send rain with your angel

please Allah give us some rain

Thank You for hopping by...Hope to see u again the next time..