I spent one semester, approximately five months, in Karabuk Turkey. It was a valuable experience that I couldn't get from anywhere else. The very first thing that shocked me the most is that they don't speak English. It was my mistake to assume and not to learn the language. My bad... I struggle within the early weeks to learn the basic Turkish. You never knew how fast you can learn a language when you were in that situation. I'm proud of myself. HAHAHA. From this, we know that the Turks value their language very much.
Turkish people like to drink chay (tea) so much. Be it morning, afternoon or night, chay all day looong. The tea is slightly different from the Malaysian tea. It is not sweet and we drink in a special cup like in the picture.
Whenever we tried to talk with the local people in Turkish, they would be delighted and served us chay and ekmek (bread).
The place that I stayed is a rural area where there were not much foreigners. When we passes by any shop, or riding a bus or buying something in the market, people would stare at us like they just saw alien and they will whisper with each other calling us yabanci (foreigner). Sometimes it is cool to receive attention like that, feeling like a celebrity once in a while but it was sooo frequent that made me feel inconvenient. But, all these memories are fun when you think it back.
If you guys have the chance to go abroad, I, with all due respect, encourage you to do so. It will open up your mind into a new world and your way of thinking wouldn't be the same anymore. Who knows what you might encounter? But it would definitely worth it. If you have any question about my experience there, do drop a comment and I will answer it ;)
