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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Turkish; learning Dutch, Spanish
  • 29, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Learning and Development Specialist
  • Foreign Language Education - Adult Education
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Every cloud has a silver lining. Whatever happening in the world has a positive side. It is enough to look at it from the right perspective. This is my way of understanding the world; otherwise, you can go crazy.
My biggest hobby is smiling to all the things around me and let me tell you a secret; I give a big smile even before I start crying. Many people around me tells me that I'm always smiling. Yes! Because smiling is contagious and it makes everybody happy.
I'm against all the things that are against the nature. The sun, the sea and the green are my source of happiness and these don't belong to humanbeing but we belong to them.
I have fought for human and animal rights and for the nature so far; and no doubt that I am going to follow this way till the end of my life.

Writing takes too much time so, to explain myself more clearly, let me advise you the song "Imagine" by John Lennon.

Have a happy life folks!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to discover the world, to know as many different people as possible and to touch their lives with my happiness.

Interests

Photography,
Travelling,
Language learning&teaching,
Cultural exchange,
Volleyball,
Pastry,
Swimming,
Rowing,
Cinema,
Music,
Books

  • animals
  • writing
  • photography
  • walking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • soccer
  • volleyball
  • swimming
  • rowing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Musics:
Coldplay, Moriarty, Khruangbin, Bee Gees, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons, Fun., Bon Jovi, City of The Sun, R.E.M., Beirut, Eddie Vedder, Lauren Mckennit, Passenger, The Cranberries, James Blunt, Pink, Metallica, Amy Winehouse, Iyeoka, Kazım Koyuncu, Ezginin Günlüğü, Düş Sokağı Sakinleri, Bon Iver, Oasis.

Movies:
The Great Gatsby, Relatos Salvajes, Bi-mong, Interstellar, Hateful Eight, Mondays in the Sun, Seven Pounds, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Taare Zameen Par, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Help, Train of Life, 127 Hours, Wild, Social Network, Into the Wild, Birdman, The Pianist, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dear White People, Selma, The Truman Show, Life of Pi, A Beautiful Mind, Persona, Delicatessen.

Books:
Animal Farm, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, The Metamorphosis, Othello, Improbable, Emphati, Crime and Punishment, Of Mice and Men, Poor Folk, The Captain's Daughter, Clockwork Orange.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking up and down the streets of New York City for hours all night long.
Cycling up to a steep hill starting from 8 a.m. in the morning.
Travelling New Jersey's some coastal cities on foot.
Teaching English to disadvantaged highschool students voluntarily.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach an endangered language being spoken in Turkey by few people and local dances. I can share some local cultures. I'm eager to learn other languages, cultures and dances. I can share my travel experiences.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My skill in pastry, my positiveness about life and joyful memories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Poland, Turkey, United States

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