Hi there!
I am a 30-year-old internet news editor at CNBC's Turkish affiliate in Istanbul and the proud owner of the silliest hamster ever.
My girlfriend Irene and I decided to move to Taiwan in hopes of building a brighter future for ourselves , as well as having a more fulfilling and meaningful life than the one that is being imposed on us here in Turkey.
We will spend the next year prepping for our exodus from Turkey and our new life in Taiwan and keep posting updates on this blog as we go along.
That's pretty much it for now..
Cheers!
We are a couple who will be moving to a completely new world and culture, to Taiwan (for good) Summer 2014. This blog is about our last year in Turkey, about all the paperwork process, how we will be selling our stuff, our new experiences in Taiwan (when we get there) and sweet memories that will be made on the way. We can't wait to leave our city and start a new life !
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Meet the bloggers : Irene
Hi everyone. Welcome to the blog. Now it's always a bit tough and awkward when you start a blog, it feels a bit intimidating, but as a warm up I'd like to present myself.
My name is Irene. I just turned 25. I live in Istanbul and am pursuing an MA degree. I love knitting, crochet, sewing and DIY. I'm a die hard crafter, but doing an MA actually has caused me to do much less this year (craft-wise). I'm hoping to pick up from where I left after this hiatus called the MA degree.
Moving to Taipei will be my dream come true. I have a lot of hopes of starting anew. The life standards in Istanbul are not stellar and since I'm originally from Taiwan via parents, I think it will be great to be back "home" which I only got to visit as a tourist in my late teens and early twenties. I also crave for adventure. Desperately and terribly. So starting a new life with a huge leap of faith is going to be extremely fun, not to mention that I can't wait to learn more about the culture and food. I can speak fluently but cannot read or write in Mandarin. So that's another thing I want to achieve when I go there.
There is a lot of corruption and political unrest here in Turkey. I am a polyglot and was unable to find a decent job in which I could maintain a middle-class lifestyle alone. So I chose another option. My university gives a reasonable stipend upon which the work-pay ratio is satisfying. Therefore I ended up going to graduate school.
I think you guys will get to know me better as I continue posting things. This blog will enable me to process how things are going, it will reflect and document my mood as well I guess. My boyfriend and I can't wait to leave this place and start a new life full of excitement and adventure as well as important things such as respect, justice, dignity and better life standards.
So that's pretty much it. Welcome to the blog !
-Irene
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