Being Busy...

Spring didn't good to me I am afraid. I feel more lazy then ever. But I can tell you I've been busy at the same time. Lazy and busy? You wonder how? Well, first of all we had 2 wonderful friends, Kate and Paul, from Canada. They came to Istanbul at the end of the March and went to travel of the west part of Turkey for nearly a month. They were here last week again after their long trip. It was soooo great to see them again and hear all about their journey. We are so happy to hear that they liked every minute of their trip and would like to come again to do the east cost next year. They are such an incredible people. We are sooo glad that we met them and hoping to see them in Canada this July. :) "Hiiii Kate, Hiii Paul. What's up? lol!!! Hope you had a nice flight home. Thank you so much for coming and visiting us. It was such a great pleasure to have you here. Hope we can see you soon. We've allready missed you."

I went to Antalya to see my little sister in the meantime. I was really so happy to hear that she was pregnant but also sooo shocked to learn that they were going to have twins!!!! This is something really big!!! This year is going to be a real baby bloom in our family. First my brother's son is going to be born near August then my sisters twins. Woow!!! I just can't wait!!!! Mum is so excited too. She was waiting to be a grandmother for a long time and she is gonna be grandmother three times!!!!!

And also I am trying to get ready for my trip to Hamburg. I am going with Pinar to take a class from Andrea Guarino next week. I also arranged a full day class with Teresa Laliberte. She lives 2 hours from away Hamburg and one of my favorite glass bead makers ever. She makes amazing sculptured glass beads that I admire so much. I just have to go and see her while I'll be so close to her. I am soo excited about this trip and the idea of meeting Andrea and Teresa soon makes me soooo happy.

Lastly I am going to start a Windsurfing class right after my Hamburg trip. I found a superb school so close to my office. I know I am so lucky to live so close to sea. :) The place and the teacher is awesome and I am going with another glass friend, Burcu. I met her in Glass Furnace, she is going to be one of my student in Jelveh class in June. We were supposed to start last weekend but the weather was so cold so we couldn't. :( Anyway, I am so glad there'll be something else to look forward to after the trip.

Well with all these things I wasn't able to torch and make beads but who cares, lol!! I'll have more time to torch then ever in this summer. :)

Hope to see you later.

Ilknur

Where was I ?

I was here ... (little islands near phuket)


here ...


and also all of the places below :)


(view from the beach where we stayed)




(The pool of Centara Villas)




(one of the hundreds of macaws in Jurong Bird park in Singapore)


(and the night view from the Harbour of Singapore, isn't it amazing?)


As you can tell I had a fantastic time. It was so hard to adjust the normal rutine of life here. I haven't made even a single bead for so long but I have many many ideas and hoping to start torching soon.

I want to show you some other beads I came a cross in a shop in Singapore and bought one for myself. They are Tibetian Dzi Beads. Not the Ancient onces I guess but I love their colors and shapes so much and according the Tibetians these beads bring luck, merit and wisdom for their owner. I just hope with all my heart that mine will bring some of them to me too. :)