Hi, I'm Christian.

Some random things about myself that I am sharing with you. Feel special.

1: No, I'm not Asian. Or Middle-Eastern. Or Mexican! I'm just...Latino. I'm Mayan. Of this personal attribute, I am very proud.

2: My natural hair color is actually very dark brown, almost black. Not blue.

3: Why yes, as a matter of fact I DO laugh at my own jokes. The lamer the joke, the harder the laugh =P

4: Rain fascinates me to no end.

5: I. Love. Africa.

6: I am a dancer. And as a matter of fact, yes I am straight. And yes, it's possible to be a straight male dancer. Just cuz Satan's twisted and perverted the Arts, particularly dance, to such an extreme doesn't mean there aren't a few of us left still fighting against the flow of society. Dance to me is one of the purest forms of worship, and it's sickening to see how twisted it's become as an "art form". It's nearly impossible for a guy to claim to be a dancer without being assumed to be gay and accepted as such from one group of people, and receiving judgemental scrutiny and degrading attitudes from another. Whoever says dancers aren't strong...how wrong you are, haha, in so many ways. But to me, dance is the purest form of worship. I love all art forms very much, but there's just something about dance. I think it must give God so much pleasure to see His children using their entire bodies to praise Him, and give back to Him the gifts He blessed them with.
...and that's why I dance.

7: I love sugar. Big swirly rainbow lolipops are my life. And cake. And...blue Mtn Dew :choir of angels:

8: When I get hyper, I get crazy. Well, even more crazy than usual. And it's contagious. Which is awesome.

9: I read slower than a snail can walk...or...snail...slosh? slug? slither? Well, whatever snails do. I'm pretty sure a snail could actually walk across a page of whatever book I'm reading faster than I could read it.
...however that may be partially due to the fact that I would be SO fascinated by the snail that I would forget to read.

10: I have never been to Boston in the fall.

11: It takes a bit of time to figure me out completely, but if you just count on never knowing what's coming next, you should be all good =P

12: I am a big Tim Burton fan. If you have a problem with that or don't know who he is, that's okay. I shall love you just the same.

13: Making new friends is one of my favorite things to do. Which is good considering my family's lifestyle =P

14: I have trouble coming up with things to say about myself. This took me about an hour to come up with.

15: I am Aladdin.

16: I am the March Hare.

17: I have always wanted colored eyes (as opposed to just the brown/black color they are) and wavy hair.

18: You know that silver lining people talk about? Well, to me it tends to look more like a DOUBLE RAINBOW ALL AWAY ACROSS THE SKY!

19: My favorite color is yellow. Well, and purple too. Just in case Buddy the Elf was asking you for that information.

20: I hope the music in heaven sounds something like the 6th track in the Avatar soundtrack. Yes, I know it's Avatar, but still. Dancing around the throne would be a breeze with music like that playing day and night. Sigh.

21: I sleep like a rock.

22: I can't play sports. Not that I don't like to. I can't. Yes, I know I'm a dancer so I should have great hand-eye coordination, and I actually do...I just have no reflexes. None. Whatsoever. You throw a ball at me: oh, I won't even see it till I've caught it with my face.

23: The line "Altogether now!" always makes me crack up. No matter who says it, I always just crack up. It's funny.

24: I still can't touch my toes.

25: Wow, you really read all that? Hi-five!


"So I like that about myself, and I like myself, and I have a lot of other great qualities as well." - Marcel the shell.

Christian

A Photograph Plus A Few More

These pictures don't really show you anything about the city =P but I just like them a lot. Haha, so here are some pictures (finally) of the city...that don't help you envision the city at all. Hooray! =P



I can't remember if this is Europe or Asia. I'm pretty sure it's Asia. Let's just pretend it's Asia ;)





Taksim Square














One of the two magnificent bridges connecting the two continents.














A random train.














A random set of stairs.





The exit to one of the Old Train's stations.





Welcome to İstanbul
:)






Christian

A Short Interlude

Grey skies.

Fog.

Rain.

Welcome to winter in Istanbul.

Actually, I don't mind it at all. In fact, I really like it. I would much rather have cloudy grey skies than bright blue ones. Not that I'm a depressed teen! I'm a very joyful little me! I just...don't prefer it bright outside =P

Life goes on and on. What an incredible blessing it is to be able to create art. Thank you, God, for the human ability to imagine and create. And thank you for creating us with the ability to eat food. Hallelujah.

Christian

Oh The Jitter! Oh The Bug!

What do you get when you cross a porcupine with a balloon?

POP!

I just got back from Wizard of Oz rehearsal. Feel free to assume I made it. But yeah, we're working on the Jitterbug now (which I keep typing out as "Kitterbug"...don't ask me why). And yeah, it's definitely my favorite song in the show! Let's see, what else. Ah! I'm also a crow with my wonderful little sister and another girl, and it's so much fun. They're letting us basically do whatever we want for the dance...=D...which makes me happy. So yeah, we're pretty awesome crows if I may say so myself =P And I'm a tree! In Munchkinland. I guess I always got out of being a tree in elementary school plays so now I have to pay. Ah well. So that's basically what's goin on with that.

Yellow cars don't exist here.
I think I've seen two since we got here, and they were right next to each other...which is kinda weird.
But yeah, there are NO yellow cars here. So sad.

Halloween this year was kinda boring :-\ The highlight of the holiday was painting faces at a Halloween party (which was actually like a week and a half BEFORE Halloween =P). But oh well, if you're gonna miss out on any holiday, miss out on Halloween =P Amen? Amen.

Last week we didn't have dance classes. So? Just a week, right? I mean, how bad can that be?

Very.

I am very much sore. Modern was a killer. But so much fun! Our teacher is so awesome. Have I already said that? Well, I say it again. She's simply the best. And I'm really amazed at how much I'm learning. Our teacher's are fantastic! My ballet teacher has me doing arabesques just above 90 degrees, and my modern teacher has me doing all kinds of crazy kicks (some I can get my foot to the level of my mouth) and turns and whatnot. And for a guy who still can't even touch his toes...yeah, that's kinda cool. I can't wait till we get all our boxes officially unpacked so I can start dancing at home too.

Christmas!

Hallelujah!
Really, the Christmas season is SUPPOSED to start in the middle of September and drag on till Easter, but I don't know, no one else seems to remember that. They keep trying to tell me it doesn't start till AFTER Thanksgiving. Ha. Where did THEY learn their holiday seasons?! But oh well, at least now the world is beginning to join me in my celebration of the birth of Jesus! Wow. What an incredible moment. God...born into the world. Wow. There's so much to say about that. But if I get started, I'm afraid it would take 3 days to read this, so for your sake, I won't =P I love Christmas. It's my favorite time of year.

Christian

Adventure Is Out There!

I went to bed Friday night with a feeling that Saturday was gonna be one interesting adventure.
...I was alive right. (The opposite of "dead wrong").

First of all, I was taking the PSAT that morning at 7:30. Okay. But I was taking it on the Asia side. Okay, so what does that mean? It means waking up at 5:30 on a Saturday morning, that's what it means. Yay!
So that part of the day I have very little recollection of becuase...well I wasn't actually awake. So I'm just gonna skip to after the test.

So after the test, my dad and I had to go back to the European side cuz I had an audition for the Wizard of Oz ensemble. But we had an hour to get there...and it takes just about an hour to make the trip. So we had no extra time. So of course we were gonna be late! But umm...there's uh two campuses for the school where the audition was. And of course neither of us remembered to ask anyone which one the audition was at. And of course we went to the wrong one first. And of course the one we were SUPPOSED to be at was about a 30 second walk from our apartment.
...I'm not actually why the location of the campus makes it any more of a dumb situation, but for some reason...it just did.
So we ended up gettig to the audition late to say the least, but it was okay, everything still went fine. And I would tell you how it went...but that's another story for another time.
Oh! But I will say that I met someone I'll never forget.
She's a 66 year-old woman.
Her name is Christian.
She had never met another Christian before.
Of course, leave it up to God to have ME be the first Christian she had ever met =P. Haha, a great representative I am =P. But no, I'm so glad I had the chance to meet her. And she was British! So that just made it that much better!

But anyway! Back to the story. So then after the audition we were going to head BACK to the Asia side for a carnical at the school where I had taken the PSAT earlier that morning. So we tried to catch the same bus we had taken to get back to Europe. Makes sense. Of course it does. Don't worry, it DID eventually come. After a long long time. So we hop on, and get going at last, and we're about to get on the bridge when BAM! This random truck hits the bus! =O Gasp! Oh no! Yeees. So the bus and the truck stop. Just stop. In the middle of twenty lanes. Well, twenty lanes going ONE WAY. There were another twenty on the other side going the opposite direction. And there we were just stopped there in the middle. Woohoo! It was practically a party! So we were sitting there for at least 20 minutes, it felt more like a half hour though. But finally the bus starts moving again, and crosses the bridge, and then stops again, and everyone gets out, and I'm so confused, and everyone just stands there on the side of the road I guess waiting for another bus to come pick them up.
My dad and I are those kinds of people who would prefer to be going the wrong direction than not moving at all. Of course we weren't going to just stand there. So magically we got a taxi...in the middle of the highway...and were on our way again.

But then.

We were ALMOST there, and BAM! No, not another accident, silly you! Traffic. Everything was completely stopped as far as we could see. Cars at the end of the line were literally turning around on the highway and driving back the way they came. (If you aren't following, that would be back towards oncoming traffic). So we sorta kinda decided to walk =P
So we get out of the taxi and are just kinda walking around in the middle of a highway.
Yeah.
Now THAT was a party.
So anyway, we eventually walked off the highway and started walking towards the school. And yes, we eventually did get there. And then, the rest of the day was pretty normal after that =P.
You know, reading this over...it was a lot more fun and exciting in the moment...just letting you know =P But oh well!

Welcome to Istanbul! =D

Christian

Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus!

The big shipment of our things arrived a few days ago, so there's still boxes everywhere! (We bring some things with us in our suitcases when we move, then there's a small shipment of things that arrives just a few weeks after we do, and then there's a really big shipment that usually takes a few months after we get to our new post to arrive). I'll admit, it's rather exciting unpacking everything since these are the things we haven't seen in about 14 months. Yes, I know you're thinking "Oh, it's just like Christmas! =D", but it's not. Christmas gifts are just that...gifts. These things are our lives. You can find our family's whole story in them. They're the one thing besides us ourselves that remains constant post after post. For me, it gets me a bit down having all these memories come flooding back just by looking at some old toys, or a certain shirt, or especially letters and cards from great friends who, by now, I can't say for sure where they are, or how they're doing, or if we would even recognize each other if we did meet again. But sure, at the same time it is rather exciting. We always use the arrival of this shipment as a sort or marker to announce that we are officially in our new home. Haha, it almost feels like the point of no return! So once we get everything in order, this should feel very much like home for the next two years. Wow, seems like such a long time to be in one place, haha.

On a bit of a happier note, I have met the Cheshire Cat! No, really, it's actually him. Except his name is Alex. =P But seriously! The first time I met him, he was in a neighbors living room, and all I could see was his eyes. Yeah, not even a silhouette or anything, just eyes. And they're about as icy blue as eyes can get. And then as the lights came on slowly, the rest of him started to appear. And no joke, he smiles sometime. Actually smiles. It's a bit unnerving, sure, but SO AWESOME! And yeah, he disappears and reappears randomly. And he's identical to the Dinah/Cheshire Cat in Alice (SyFy).
So yeah...he's my favorite.

On Friday I visited one of the International schools here because there were several seminars concering college applications, and how to choose which colleges to apply to, and the college essay, etc. So my mom made me go. Anywho, the seminars for juniors were only at the beginning and end of the day, so for the middle of the day I just shadowed one of the girls that goes to the school. And so the first class I went to I remembered: I'm in a school...I should probably turn off my phone
...
Smart.
Of course it was only AFTER I started turning it off that I remembered the 30 second long song that the stupid thing plays whenever it turns on and off.
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Dumb.
At least I didn't trip and fall on my face at any point during the day. Even though that would've been so hilarious and awesome.
So yeah, it was an eventful day =P But actually it wasn't all that bad. I met at least 7 people that were just Turkish versions of people I already knew, which was kinda weird and cool. I hope I'll get a chance to see some of them again, they were all pretty cool.

I'm taking my PSAT on Saturday. That's really all I can say about it, though. I'm about as unprepared as you can get, but I'm still not really worried about it =P What I AM worried about, is that on the same day I'm going to be auditiong for the Wizard Of Oz (yes, the same one that was SUPPOSED to be in September...then October...then November...and now in December =P). They're going to be using the same cast as the last time they did the show, so I don't actually have a chance of getting into the main cast, but hopefully I can make the ensemble. I just really need to do a show. I'm getting restless not doing anything.

Oh, and there's a new student in our modern class. She's a very quick learner, and she's also in one of my ballet classes, but I'm not sure if she'll stay in that class or if she'll take a different one. Speaking of dance class...
I've been constantly sore for the past month.
Yes, I say this in total sincerity.
Ha. Kinda sad, but oh well =P

...oh, were you waiting to find out what the title of this post had anything to do with anything? I'm sorry, I really don't know. Have YOU any idea why a raven is like a writing desk though? Yes, I think I just made my point.

Christian 

She's Got Tentacle Hair!

I realize I haven't posted for a while. Mostly, that's just due to the fact that...well, there hasn't really been anything to say. For the most part, life has started to fall into a cycle, but I could still do with a little more excitement and action! Here's a basic summary of a normal day in the Life of Christian as of right now: Wake up later than my mom would like (because I was probably up till midnight talking to friends back home), start school, get distracted, keep doing school, get distracted, school, distraction, school, distraction, lunch!, school, distraction, school, very early dinner so I can get ready for dance, dance, get home for second dinner cuz the first one was too early, finally finish school, check to see if anyone's online before I go to bed, bed. And then you know what I get to do the next day? =D...the same thing all over again! Yay!

But on a more positive note, I'm finally starting to peace about being here. God's been doing all sorts of great things in my life since we got here, but that's definitely been one of the most apparant. He's been helping me feel peace and contentment about being here. And I've begun to feel, ever so slightly but feel nonetheless, a real love for this place. I mean, I won't say that I never want to leave ever, but I'm starting to feel the smallest little tug at my heart for this city, this country, these people. So basically, I'm just starting to feel...okay with the idea of being here, and that makes me really glad.

Modern. Modern dance class finally started. Yesterday. So I had ballet on Tuesday, modern on Wednesday, another ballet tonight, and on Saturday I'll have another modern class.
...I am tired.
But it's good! The modern class is mostly contemporary (for those of you who don't know what that means...it doesn't really matter anyway), which is one of my favorite styles so that's really great. But yeah, and our teacher's awesome! For any of you awesome enough to watch So You Think You Can Dance, she's basically the Turkish-French version of Sonya. She's got somewhat short bangs that just kind of sit there on her forehead, then both sides are different lengths but both really short...they're just different shortnesses, and then the back of her head is...I guess shaved at the bottom, but it's really long and looks kind of like tentacles (like Ursula's hair in The Little Mermaid on Broadway). And somehow...she just makes it work, haha. But yeah, she's really awesome, and the class is so much fun! Right down my alley!
So that's that news...what else is there?

Oh.

Abu has a girlfriend. He hasn't actually met her yet, but he knows her nonetheless. And he says he wants to start writing her love letters. Her name...is Emmy Rose. (Thank you, Kylie, for managing to find the cutest little sock monkey on earth). But yeah, he's quite stricken by her.

Oh, and there aren't any stink bugs here. :P

And now it is very late so I need to finish up. Goodnight!

Christian

Bosphorus

Sounds like a demeaning adjective, doesn't it?! Haha.

Anyway, on Saturday we took a boat trip down the Bosphorus River. And it was...wow. Seriously, this has to be one of coolest cities I've ever been to, if not THE coolest...and I've been to a few cities, haha. I mean, about halfway through the trip the sun was setting, and...wow. Seeing mosques with their towers on top of hills silhouetted by the setting sun with the faint sound of the call to prayer echoing from somewhere onshore you can't quite seem to find...I mean, come on! So yeah, it was kind of a really cool trip.

Soo we started out around late afternoon which worked out pretty nice, cuz it was pretty hot then but it cooled down pretty quickly. And we had pizza.
But anyway, it was so incredible cuz the Bosphorus splits the two sides of Istanbul (the European side from the Asian side), so on the boat you'd look to the left and see Asia, then look to the right and see Europe. And of course the sun just so happened to be glistening off the water perfectly. And since tomorrow's a Turkish holiday, tons of buildings had Turkish flags hanging from them. Huuuge flags. And since the city is soo hilly (seriousy, it's soo amazingly hilly it's not even funny), looking at the city from the river and seeing all the buildings going up the hill with huge Turkish flags hanging from so many of them...it's pretty awesome. And if you looked out far enough, you could see hills in the distance covered ever so slightly in fog. All you could see was vague outlines of buildings, and red. :)

So basically it was an afternoon of that...haha, not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

Then the sun started to set... ;)

And like I said before, seeing mosque domes and towers, and old castle walls silhouetted by the setting sun...wow. And sure, it may or may not have been even more amazing with the Prince of Persia soundtrack on my iPod :P. And of course it just so happens, that I Just couldn't quite get a picture that looked anywhere near as amazing as it did in person. (Dear photographer friends, come visit. Seriously, you'll love it here). So by this time I was actually getting kinda sick, haha, but I didn't mind at all, it was entirely worth it.

And then the sun set, but it was still relatively light out... ;)

And by now, I was reallly sick, haha. So I went and sat on the front of the boat...and that was a lot of fun. Yeah. And that really helped me feel better so I could enjoy the ride soo much more. And there was a lot more to enjoy so that was good! Haha.
...
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Oh! I just remebered what I was trying to remember about what happened next! Now I do. So!
I was looking out in front of me, but something caught my eye to my right...and it wasn't another boat.
...there was about 7 dolphins swimming right alongside the boat, no more than twenty feet away! It was awesome! I have to admit, I'd never actually seen a real dolphin before. I mean, I probably have at an aquarium sometime when I was four or something, but that doesn't count, haha. So...yeah, it was pretty much amazing. They were right there! I'm still freaking out about it.

And then it started getting dark... ;)

I thought the old buildings and huge bridges looked cool in the daylight...until I saw them at night.
There were lights all around this old castle we passed, and it looked...I don't even really know how to describe it. It was beautiful. And one of the bridges connecting the continents had, almost like Christmas lights, all across it, and they would eventually change color, and yeah, it was kinda cool. So yeah, between the skyscrapers behind the beautiful homes on the shoreline all next to the old mosques and castles, all lit up with every kind of light there is, connected by two Huge bridges...it was pretty impressive. I think that's a good way to describe it, haha.

So yeah, that was my Saturday evening :P

Christian

Goin Home

Blech if only it were ME goin home, haha.
My older sister's been visiting us for the summer, but since the summer's almost over, it's time for her to get back to real life again. So she flew out yesterday, but she'll be visiting for Christmas, so it's all good.

So apparantly that medicine juice stuff in those gel cap pills is actually supposed to stay IN the pill while it's in your mouth.
...
Leave it up to me to make this discovery.
Really, I don't know why I didn't try this before. I've been curious about it since forever. I mean, haven't YOU ever wondered what it would be like to open up one of those Ibuprofen pills?! (Not the boring ones, the cool ones that are bright colors and you can see through them). Dumb. It's dumb. There's a reason they're covered in that nice blue shell. My throat was burning (or freezing, I couldn't really tell) for a half hour, haha.
It was an adventure.
Oh! And dumb! The gel stuff inside isn't even blue! It's just the shell that's blue!
It was so disappointing.

Oh, and today we're going for a boat ride on the Bospherous River. So that should be fun.

For some reason our washer and dryer take soooo long! Really, it takes the washing machine around two hours to do a load. And the dryer's pretty much the same. It's taken me TWO DAYS to wash all my laundry.

Hmm, I can't wait to go back home.

Now I'm watching Kronk's New Groove with my little sister. Haha, it's the best!

Christian

Turkey with a capital "T"ea

Turkey really loves tea. A lot.
Which is so great.
Tea...in a tea shop...me... :)

It's still really hot! But at least it's starting to cool down ever so slightly. But it's still really hot. But it's dumb, cuz since my sister's visiting, we've been doing a lot of sight-seeing and touristy stuff...
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I hate jet lag.
And it just so happens that these past few weeks are kind of the hottest weeks of the year here, but we've had to go see all  there is to see here, cuz my sister won't be here much longer...
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Dear God,
I actually don't find your sense of humor all that funny.
With much love,
Christian

But I guess it's been good, cuz since we're seeing everything now, when our friends start visiting, we'll actually know what to see and how to get there, haha.
So on Saturday we went to the Grand Bazzar, which was awesome! It's like a giant mall in market form! :D Haha. They have absolutely everything there. Oh, and we also went to the Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia) which was...amazing. It was really breathtaking.

Ooh! We've started checking out dance schools! We visited one today, and found out they taught Graham (a style of modern)! Which is exaclty what I've been looking for! And their ballet seemed pretty legit too. They definitely knew what they were talking about. So, who knows, maybe we'll end up going to that school? There's still some more we want to check out before deciding anything, but at least we're off to a good start.

Aah! I made friends! Haha, we still don't have a church, but we've started looking for one. So the one we went to last Sunday has a lunch sort-of-thing afterward for everyone to chat and fellowship and have fun. So we found some kids our age and started talking with them. They were pretty cool, and the church has a youth group on Fridays, so I want to check it out once it starts again this year. So yeah, I officially know people now! :D

Oh! And I had my first piece of Turkish Turkish Delight the other day!...It's sooo good here. It's like eating Chinese take-out, and then going to China and eating the real thing. So good.

Doobeedoobeedooba.

Water is so amazing.

Crossing the street is so much fun. Cuz driving is CRAZY here! So walking is...haha, so much fun!

Oh! So cool! Since muslims pray five times a day, each mosque has a "call to prayer" five times a day. It's basically someone singing a call to all muslims to come pray. It's sooo cool! It always makes me want to dance! And it's actually very helpful if you actually DO use it as a call to pray, haha. It's a good reminder :) I'll have to post a recording of it sometime.

Christian

Adventures in Turkeyland

So we've been here for a little more than a week now, but we just got our internet set up a few days ago. So far it seems like a really awesome city, but I still don't know the city well enough yet to actually do stuff...and I don't know  anyone. In case you don't know me, that situation is: 1. Very unusual. 2. VERY bad.
Haha, so I'm going just a little crazy...which is also a bad thing, haha. But it's not that bad really I guess, I mean my dad just got my little sister and I plugged into a group of dancers, actors, etc that perform plays and musicals and such throughout the year. So I'm not sure how involved with that we'll actually be able to be, but they said they're planning on doing the Wizard of Oz in October, and I think rehearsals start in September, so if I could get involved with that...it would be awesome. (Especially after seeing Wicked...I WANT TO GO TO OZ!...of course that's after Wonderland. I mean, come on.) But yeah, it would at least take care of performance withdrawal a bit.

Oh! And Emerson Roosevelt (my sock monkey) is now officially nicknamed Abu! Now I just need to buy me a little Aladdin hat, but I'm pretty sure that won't be too hard to do here ;P

Sooo it's really hot. Really REALLY hot. Sooo hot. :P

Oh! When we first got to our apartment, and my sister and I were killing each other over who gets which room, I opened one of the drawers of one of the dressers, and found a silk rose. I have no idea who left it or why, but it was kind of cool to find. It was like a reminder from God that even if feels as though I'm all alone, He's always with me, and He never stops loving or caring for me. So it was kinda cool, and encouraging. :) So now I keep it in my nightstand as a reminder of that.
Oh! And Rebekah's room has a legit wardrobe in it! It made me so happy, haha. I tried going to Narnia, but I'm afraid it didn't work :( But that's okay cuz I would much rather go to Wonderland anyway! :D

So today I re-read all the notes my friends gave me at my going-away party, and they were all so encouraging, even though they made me miss them that much more, haha. But that's why I have Abu. :)

So yeah, not much else happening here...yet *sly grin* but so far so good! At least this apartment is plenty big for us to dance in (Thank you, God!) so that's good :) But, yeah!

Christian

NYC! - part 2

It's my last night in the USA for...a long time, haha. I have to admit, it's going to be a little strange going back to a foreign country after a year in Canada and a year in Maryland. But oh well, it'll be an adveture! But yeah. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do everything I had wanted to in NYC, like go shopping, and take pictures of Emerson (my sock monkey...thanks Kylie!) with famous buildings and sites and stuff, but oh well, I've gotten enough done here to be satisfied, haha.

...there are some weird people here. Hahaha, I mean weird. And that means a lot coming from me! But it's awesome.

So tomorrow we fly out at 5ish, but I think we have to be out of the hotel by around 10ish, soo...not too sure what we're doing during that in-between time, but I'm sure it'll be adventurous!...or just really boring, haha. But I'll have very limited internet access during the first few weeks in Turkey, so I'll just have to catch up on a lot when we get our internet hooked up there.

I wonder if someone took all the "One Way" signs on the streets here, and just flipped them all in the complete opposite direction...*sly grin*...what would happen? I mean, would people not even notice because they're so used to how life normally happens, or would there be enough people who still actually pay attention to their surroundings to create enough confusion to stall life for just one day?...haha, that'd be kinda cool to see!

It's so exciting to see all the theaters on Broadway! And each one is showing a performance more exciting than the other! There's a new one that just came out: The Addams Family *dum dum dum dum snap snap*. And...I REALLY want to see it! I mean, come on! It's The Addams Family! How awesome is that?! And, AAAHHH! So we were GOING to stay in this one hotel that was literally in the middle of Times Square, and it was RIGHT NEXT TO the Miskoff Theater!! Where the Lion King is showing!! AAAAAHHH! But we ended up staying in a different hotel that isn't next to anything, but has free wireless internet, haha.

Christian

NYC!

So! A few days ago I had to leave the best group of friends I have ever made, anywhere in the world, to move to Istanbul, Turkey for two years...welcome to The Life of Christian :P

So now I'm in NYC for a few days before my family flies out to Turkey. And, I mean, sure I'm sad and would really prefer to just stay in a dark corner and feel sorry for myself, but come on...I'M IN NYC! :D This is probably one of the coolest cities in the world! (and I can say that truthfully, haha) I mean on Saturday my sisters and I got to go see Wicked on Broadway!...Wicked!...on Broadway! I've seriously been waiting to see that show for 4 years!

And yesterday after church we got to catch up with some old friends from the Bronx. Like friends I've known since I was born! So that was a lot of fun, and hopefully some of them will come visit us downtown. So yeah, it's awesome...even though everything's so expensive. So today, we're going to Capezio (IN NYC!) to get ballet shoes for my little sister, and then probably go window shopping...or see the Empire State Building, haha. Who knows what will actually happen! I mean, we're Zehrs! There's no telling what'll happen today, haha. So yeah, hopefully I don't spend too much money :P

So basically, it's such a blast being here even though I would SO much rather be in li'l ol' Gaithersburg, Maryland. But ah well, this is God's plan for my life, so I know it's immensely better than what I think would be best, so I might as well live it out to the fullest! :D

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