you’re one of the best friends too.
Emre: Oh, 10q. you’ve taught me this. Haha.
27 November 2017
Emre: Hey, I haven’t been available for a long time! How are you? Any news?
Me: Hey! I’m fine, thank you! And what about you?
Emre: I’m fine too. And you’re writing to me earlier than I expected!
Me: Haha, yes! What’re you doing?
Emre: I’m going home. And I’ll watch an anime.
Me: Haha, as for me, I’m doing my homework.
Emre: Oh, my gosh. Do u spend your whole life doing homework?
Me: Not at all!
13 December 2017
Emre: How’s it going in Russia?
Me: Plus 5!
Emre: Wow, it’s good! Here, it’s minus 3 today… What’ll you do on Christmas?
Me: Just stay with my family.
Emre: Wow, could you take a picture?
Me: Tomorrow – yes, because now it’s dark outside.
Emre: Anyway, my family has a house by the university I study at. So, I prefer to stay there alone.
Me: Wow! It’s amazing! Because they must love you a lot.
Emre: No, no! It’s because they can’t pay a dorm or a hotel room! Or they just don’t want to. Haha. By the way, can you teach me some Russian words and phrases you usually use in your daily life?
Me: Why not? «Da’ means «yes’. «Net’ means «no’. And, finally, «Kak dela?» is «How’re you?»
Emre: Horosho!7 Very good! Come on, it’s too basic!
Me: «U menya tozhe’ means «Me too’.
Emre: Dobroe utro. Good morning! How can I say «you are welcome’?
Me: «Pozhaluista’.
Emre: I was in Moscow and Moldova when I was a high-school student. Anyway, what do you think about my writing skills?
Me: They’re good.
Emre: Which ones should I improve? Have you got any advice for me?
Me: Well, just practice, read more books in English, and watch more films. In English too.
Emre: I will try.
Me: And you’ll manage it. I believe in you!
Emre: Thank you! Tbh8, it’s not easy to find someone to practice because I’m a boy.
Me: Why? Is this a reason?
Emre: Generally, boys don’t wanna talk to me. Girls don’t wanna talk to me because some of them think I want to flirt with them.
Me: I can see that you don’t want to flirt. I’ve come across many kinds of people, and I can say if a person is flirting or not. So, you just want to practice.
Emre: Yup.
Me: But why don’t boys want to talk to you?
Emre: Idk. Some people are prejudiced against me. Because boys wanna flirt with girls! I think it’s a paradox. Lol.
Me: It isn’t, but it’s strange that boys don’t want to talk to you. Because it’s just practice.
Emre: It’s 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! It’s a general answer! Don’t you have any specific idea? For example, I’ll go to Japan to do my Master’s Degree.
Me: I want to become a translator. Haha. Wow! You’ll do it.
Emre: I didn’t expect this answer. (Sarcasm).
Me: Haha. Are you going to learn Japanese?
Emre: Yup. If you have a question, I’ll do my best.
Me: Haha. And when are you going to start?
Emre: I have to get a scholarship, but Turkey doesn’t have enough of them. First of all, I’ll apply for Erasmus.
Me: That’s 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, I’ve got to study another 1.5 years. Don’t give up. Follow your dream.
Emre: I’ll do my best. To be honest, I’m a little bit embarrassed about all this because you do many things, but I don’t do anything. If I can do something for you, tell me, please. I’ll 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, I’ve never smoked. I don’t like to stay somewhere if someone has smoked there before. It’s not for me.
What? A non-smoker? This boy doesn’t smoke? Emre, you’re a rarity!
Me: But what’s life in Turkey like?
Emre: There are many people. I’ve 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 doesn’t accept working women.
Me: Oh, why so?
Emre: For example, if a driver drives poorly, they’ll probably say, «Maybe, it’s a woman who’s 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 won’t accept her back. So, she doesn’t know what to do because her parents don’t want to know her.
Me: And why so?
Emre: Because many families are rather conservative. It’s 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: That’s okay, actually. There’re 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 don’t wanna live in Turkey because of the Turkish people who aren’t that open-minded.
Me: I know. I want to know about young girls and boys most. How do they behave in different situations?