Today was the training day since Wednesday was the domestic football cup final and nobody would have come to the training then. We did the usual running blah blah and our coach tried to get us the football field for 30 minutes as he did last week. Eventually he failed, as the field was occupied [...]

Today me and Ardi went to Historia for some burgers and an ice cream with Ümit.I guess it was Burger King’s lucky day as we happened to pop out of the elevator right in front of it and was apparently too lazy to walk to reach McDonald’s. When we got back to our usual hang [...]

We had tuna for lunch. pretty heavy tuna I tell you. Couldn’t wash it down easily with lots and lots of Pepsi. We decided to go out for a walk, maybe that would help. No it didn’t, but we managed to reach Uzun Yusuf (our so called, home football field) and catch up with some [...]

Having lost a game and having other guys turning backs on me left me with a bunch of people who believed I was the cause of their loss in their game so I arranged to meet with the guys and Yasin (another team’s coach)  at uzun yusuf  to clarify stuff.  a long talk which satisfied [...]

Another Wednesday and of course another short visit to the Merkezefendi Park. First, it looked like the same old same old but then we got surprised by our coach’s new ‘friend’. Before I tell you about the big surprise though, let’s look at this week’s antiques: A compromising shot of our team’s players running trying [...]

This is Farah’s attempt at a ‘decent’ homemade bread. In my honest opinion it’s rather more like a overpriced diet cookie with no sugar added (and for some unhealthy reason very buttery).