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Monday, March 03, 2008 hahah!!~ on saturday my family and I went to tampines to visit my relatives and at about 9 we drove to expo NOT for the natas fair but to meet a friend who was working there. This friend of ours is from Turkey and he is none other than Birdal Oymak..our tour guide for our 2007 turkey trip.. waited at burger king and we met him there.. he was so glad to see us and we were ecstatic to see him too..we asked him whether he would like to have a drink or have seafood dinner but expo was so bloody crowded and i don't like crowded places.. anyway, we told him seafood wasn't halal certified but there's no pork because turkey has 97% or 99% (i forgot) muslim..LOL..even better than m'sia but they are super super secular..they DON'T MIND drinking beer and rearing dogs..very different experience altogether..he chose seafood so we drove to EAST COAST JUMBO seafood restaurant..it seems we tend to bring friends from overseas to this place regurlarly..hahah..!~  ordered chilli crab, sweet and sour fish, fried noodles, otah, tiger prawns, cuttlefish, roasted chicken (my dad's fave)..LOL~~ then we talked about loads of stuffs including the JI dude because he wasn't aware of it.. he asked us about singapore, racial standards and terms with malaysians and china..=.=" also talked about turkey food and we told him we really enjoyed the food in turkey and he couldn't believe it..seriously not the humble pie issue and we really did enjoy the food in turkey.. he told me he was famous because of me as i uploaded a video on him singing while playing the guitar 2 months ago..just type "Birdal Oymak" on google and you can find him..THANKS TO ME!! HAHAH.. anyway..there's this website on Turkey..it features experienced tour guides and i found Birdal in it..it states: Birdal Oymak was born in Kars in the northeastern region of Turkey. He is a graduate of Adnan Menderes University with specialty in tourism and hotel management. He became a professional guide in 2002. He worked for a brief period in the US and was a professional photographer and has also worked for Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel. Birdal is an expert on Istanbul and the classical sights of Turkey. Alright, so we had a great and fun time together and took some photos after supper..the best shots are with him, it's in his SLR camera..i only have the candid and one "not so clear" shot..=X .jpg) we drove him back to his hotel at Geylang.. .jpg) i think it's my 1st time there?? damn..where the red-light district is located..we saw many durian sellers there and he said he saw a sign in the hotel lift that wrote "No Durians Allowed or Fine $$".. .jpg) and he asked about drug dealers and drug "do-ers"..here's something interesting..he got a shock when we told him anybody in singapore who has more than 15g of illegal drugs will be hung by the neck and he thought they would only go to prison because in turkey people with drugs above 50g will go to jail for 5 - 12 months or so..WTH.. one more thing, anybody in singapore who is doing drugs might enter prison if not a drug rehab centre for as long as they are cured and he was also amazed because in turkey anybody doing drugs will only end up in a police station jail cell for only 2 to 3 days..WTF!! LOL so that's why there are people doing drugs, even elementary students who get their drugs from drug peddlers stationed very near their schools..=.="..well, that's about it..dropped him off at Lion City Hotel and snapped some candid shots..goodbye~~!! XD .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) he hugged everyone of us (quite european) and we bid farewell..he's at singapore changi airport right now waiting for his 8pm flight..bon voyage!!~ Posted by BearBrickER at 6:45 PM |
