Emre: Yup.
Me: But why dont boys want to talk to you?
Emre: Idk. Some people are prejudiced against me. Because boys wanna flirt with girls! I think its a paradox. Lol.
Me: It isnt, but its strange that boys dont want to talk to you. Because its just practice.
Emre: Its quite another perspective. People like the ones interested in him or her. I dunno, I think their ideas are strange. Anyway, what will you do when you graduate?
Me: Will be searching for my place in life. Wbu?
Emre: Come on! Its a general answer! Dont you have any specific idea? For example, Ill go to Japan to do my Masters Degree.
Me: I want to become a translator. Haha. Wow! Youll do it.
Emre: I didnt expect this answer. (Sarcasm).
Me: Haha. Are you going to learn Japanese?
Emre: Yup. If you have a question, Ill do my best.
Me: Haha. And when are you going to start?
Emre: I have to get a scholarship, but Turkey doesnt have enough of them. First of all, Ill apply for Erasmus.
Me: Thats not a problem. You can easily apply for a scholarship right there, in Japan.
Emre: Yup. I think so.
Me: How many years left do you have?
Emre: A year. But Erasmus will be longer than expected.
Me: As for me, Ive got to study another 1.5 years. Dont give up. Follow your dream.
Emre: Ill do my best. To be honest, Im a little bit embarrassed about all this because you do many things, but I dont do anything. If I can do something for you, tell me, please. Ill do my best for my friend and teacher.
Me: Okay. Could you tell me about life in Turkey? Its customs? Habits?
Emre: What? What do you want to know about? Habits?
Me: Yes. Haha.
Emre: Bad ones or good ones?
Me: Everything. I want to know more about it. Because I know just a minimum.
Emre: First of all, Ive never smoked. I dont like to stay somewhere if someone has smoked there before. Its not for me.
What? A non-smoker? This boy doesnt smoke? Emre, youre a rarity!
Me: But whats life in Turkey like?
Emre: There are many people. Ive lived in the capital of our country, Ankara, and Istanbul. Actually, most people care about money. As for the girls, most of the population here doesnt accept working women.
Me: Oh, why so?
Emre: For example, if a driver drives poorly, theyll probably say, «Maybe, its a woman whos driving now.»
Me: How impolite of them!
Emre: But, in fact, women are more successful than men.
Me: I see.
Emre: And if a girl commits a sin, her parents wont accept her back. So, she doesnt know what to do because her parents dont want to know her.
Me: And why so?
Emre: Because many families are rather conservative. Its the East, you know. You can also marry when you turn 14. Oke, see you tomorrow.
Me: See you!
14 December 2017
Me: Merhaba!
Emre: Privet9.
Me: Privet!
Emre: Perhaps, I should say something. Yesterday, I told you many bad things about Turkey.
Me: Thats okay, actually. Therere many bad things in Russia as well.
Emre: In Turkey, there are also lots of kind people. And other things.
Me: I know.
Emre: I just wanna say it.
Me: Turkey is a marvelous country.
Emre: Yup. I think so, but sometimes, I dont wanna live in Turkey because of the Turkish people who arent that open-minded.
Me: I know. I want to know about young girls and boys most. How do they behave in different situations? Its all interesting! And then, I might tell you about Russia.
Emre: Yup, you can. Tbh, I wonder Well, you dont have to be kind to me. Were online friends, and youre like my teacher.
Me: I like to be kind to anyone! Because its the guarantee of friendliness.
Emre: Thank you, its oke. I understand.
Me: So, people in Russia always grudge about something.
Emre: Why?
Me: I dont know. And sometimes, the temperature falls down to minus 30 degrees!
Emre: Same here.
Me: Really?
Emre: Yup. Last time, I felt cold to the core! So, what will you do on Christmas? In Turkey, we dont celebrate it.
Me: Here, people celebrate New Year on January 1
st
th
Emre: Yup.
Me: So, when do you celebrate these holidays?
Emre: The last day of December. On January 1
st
Me: And then? Do you study again?
Emre: Yup.
Me: Here, people have a 10-day vacation. Including January 7
th
Emre: We dont have Christmas.
Me: Oh. I see. Because of the religion. Ive forgotten.
Emre: Yup. But I wanna see the celebration of Noel or Christmas.
Me: Noël is celebrated in France. Christmas in the rest of Europe. The USA. Etc.
Emre: Noel Japan as well!
Me: Noël is a French word.
Emre: Wow. You know a lot of things, but I have to search for them.
Me: Haha. French is also my majoring.
Emre: Omg. Really?
Me: I study both English and French. Evet. Haha. And a bit of Greek and Turkish.
Emre: Jamapel Emre. Lol. Or something like this.
Me: Je mappelle Emre (my name is Emre).
Emre: Yup.
Me: Yes = Oui.
19 December 2017
Emre: Hey! Howre you?
Me: Im fine, thanks! Wbu?
Emre: I found a photo from my childhood.
Me: Haha, oh, really? And what did you look like?
Emre sent me a photo of him when he was a baby, which Ive been keeping up to today. Although Emre got angry when I showed him the photo now Ill try to fix the things, so that hell be happy when I do it again.
Me: What a cute baby! I love children!
Emre: Thank you, but Im not cute now. I lost all my being cute when I stopped being a child.
Me: I was a chute child too, haha, but, in all this mess, Im unable to find the photo.
Emre: Its oke. Dont worry. I understand how you feel. Anyway, what do you do in your free time? If you dont wanna get bored?
Me: Ah, I usually watch some series online. I read. And I help my family.
Emre: Youre a great daughter, then.
Me: 10q. Haha.
Emre: Dont you ever hang out with your friends? Its interesting.
Me: Not really. I have nowhere to hang out with my friends in. Or there are places with a bad reputation.
Emre: What is the last book youve read?
Me: Its «The Moon and Sixpence. By Willian Somerset Maugham.
Emre: I wanna get our conversation to quite a different level, much more difficult than now. And use more complex grammar.
Me: Why actually not? Good idea!
Emre: If we talk about specific subjects, Ill get experience in new things. So, whats the genre of the book? I mean, fantasy? Crime? Horror?
Me: Realistic.
Emre: Oki. Haha. Perhaps, you can tell me the summary. Cause I havent read it before.
Me: Well, a broker wants to get out of this world. And he becomes a painter. He leaves England and then moves to Tahiti.
Emre: A broker. Wow! Interesting! Oke. Lets talk tomorrow. Take care. See u.
Me: See u!
20 December 2017
Emre: Hey! You know what? I realized I dont know you as much as you know me.
Me: Oh, why?
Emre: Because you havent talked about you. Ive just learned where you live. Well! I think you can tell me some stories about you, if you dont mind. Because Im curious about your life as well. You must be careful about people who you meet on the Internet, though. But Im not a dangerous one.
Me: Well, Ive got lots of them.
Emre: Them? Stories or dangerous people?
Me: Stories, of course! The latter is not to be mentioned!
Emre: Oke. Maybe, lets talk tomorrow. Youll tell me about your high school life, love or other things. Haha. If you want you can tell a
lie. Lol.
Me: Okay. See you! Good night!
Emre: Slatkikh snov!
22 December 2017
Emre: Hey! How was your day?
Me: Lots of tests! Grammar, authentic listening, and so on!
Emre: And how was your test?
Me: Fine, thanks! Whatre you doing?
Emre: Drawing something. Can you draw?
Me: Well, I can draw a heart. Or a flower. And, probably, thats it. Haha.
Emre: Did you try to improve your skills?
Me: I dont have any time, and, whats more, motivation for it!
Emre: If you imagine a thing, you can draw it very well. By the way, if you can draw a heart, you can draw every single living being! Because our heart is an important part of our body. You can love with your heart, and if you love drawing, youll have enough time to do it.
Me: Haha. As Lord Byron wrote, «Juan was a bachelor of arts, and parts, and hearts.»
Emre: Who? Lol.
Me: Lord Byron. An English poet.
Emre: Okay. Ill look his name up.
Me: So, what would you like to hear my story about? Life, family, university?