Hello, World!

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I think I've always had the romantic ideal of "leaving it all" and
"seeing the world". At the beginning of 2004 my hitherto complicated
life (work, family, girlfriend) suddenly got simplified and I found
myself face to face with the first (and possibly last) chance to make
the dream come true. After some haggling with my boss I obtained a
year's unpaid leave of absence, which combined with roughly 2 months
of accumulated vacation gives me 14 months to travel.

In the weeks leading up to my departure I moved out of (and cleaned)
my place, said my goodbyes to my family, notified my now-ex
girlfriend, and worked my ass off to wrap up loose ends at work. My
co-workers gave me a gift certificate for REI (a camping/travel gear
store), I did my packing in the week before I left, and
I hit the road with a backpack full of junk, a one-way ticket for
Istanbul, and absolutely no plan or idea of what I'd do or where I'd go.

It's currently been 2+ months since I started, my return date is set
for Sept 2, 2005, and I still have no idea what my next step will be.

Short facts:

* I was born in Istanbul, Turkey on April 3, 1978. My family did a
lot of traveling when I was young so by the time we moved back to
Istanbul in 1985 I had lived in London, Chile and California, and had
driven through europe (from Holland to Istanbul).
* I attended Bursa Fen Lisesi (1993-1995).
* Moved to the US (Tempe, Arizona) in 1995, attended McClintock
Highschool for a year (hated it).
* Studied Computer Science at Columbia University (NYC, NY), graduated
May, 2000.
* Due to a combination of random events and good luck landed myself a job at Sun
Microsystems in Menlo Park, CA, working on the Solaris kernel (August
2000-present).
* Boarded a plane for Istanbul on July 17th, been chilling out in Turkey ever since.

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Comments

[anonymous]

life of the party
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[anonymous]

kalles
ulan sana rei gift card veren co-workerlerini yaziyosun da sana yardimci olan ve seni rei a goturen kardesini niye yazmiyosun!