Happy Birthday Bas!

Bas turned 25 on the 28th August. Here's wishing you a great year ahead !

Cheers!

Missing 'The Vault'

Yo Bobsters around the world :)
Just to get some excitment going on this piece, here is the infamous vault which a certain someone was very very possesive about. Brings back magical memories of natercia and I stealing choclate cookies from it without cris knowing it and then throwing away the packet before cris came (yes cris its about time you came to know about it) What a feeling of elation and excitement it was stealing from the thief himself. We shall ofcourse be very thankful the olive oil you donated to 603 before you left. Others...what are your memories attached to 'The Vault' drop in a line to share it with us :)

Sindy is South

Okay, so yesterday we were having a send off Nargile chat up with none other than 'Sinnnnnndddddyyyyyyy', so I ask, what is it that you are taking back from Turkey? Sindy confirms if I am talking about a value or a material thing. Very happily I answer 'both' One thing she said she is taking back is the 'South Attitude' I no longer plan and write things in my diary. Even today I packed in the last 3 hours before I had to leave. Now that is some change, to add to that she said she doesnt know what she is doing next when she goes back. She also added that being south is much nicer and fun !!

Three cheers for the realization sindy :) ! Keep spreading the fire !

Some pictures coming soon, Marteen, I know I owe you an update, soon guys soon !

Skype Reunion 603

Okay Bobs of the world,

The time of Reckoning is here....

I am sure all of you want to connect back with the memories and relive the good times that you spent here. Well if you are still thinking about or dreaming about life in Istanbul, the walk down istiklal on a drunk friday night or the transvestite spray in your eye (unless you are as drunk as cristiano that you dont realize you got sprayed till you get up next day morning) or even the bas pasta or the 603 tune, we are going to relive some of those times.

When : Sunday 21st August
Medium: Skype Conference call
TIme : 1900 Istanbul time

My Skype ID is : aakashs (Add me or send me your id for the call, if you dont have skype go to www.skype.com and follow the instructions to setup an account)

Sorry guys to tell you guys this, but i have found one true friend, one friend that doesnt leave me no matter what, he is that fellow, yes you got it right, our beloved freddie. In the spirit of the 603 Reunion he cannot be left alone, so i will get him to the reunion as well.

Be there Bro Bogado...oopss Venezuelan Drug lord, Crazy Cris, Dutch, Naterica, Ash and all others who have anything to do with teh 603 spirit.

South Rules !

HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

Yes, it's me... The annoying Portuguese girl!!! I am back!!!
I haven't given any news for some time so I decided to write some words in the best blog ever seen on the cyberspace!!! And for those who have been complaining about the way I forgot to send e-mails... You are right and I promise to write as soon as possible!!!

I am still leaving in my hometown, doing summer internship in a town near by... I am really busy because the company actually needs me, which sounds really cool but sometimes I would like to complain like most of you guys used to about your "Nothing to do" days... It is harder than what I thought: looking at all my friends getting drunk and going to the beach everyday while I am at work...And plus I don't have msn so no way to communicate with people during the day!!! Now I understand how hard it was for you guys!!!
What else... I am really happy to know that me and Cris we will meet Ash, and I will may be meet Nikki in Spain before she goes back to the US and may be I will see Aakash soon too!!! Oh and Maartin also cause I hope he hasn't forgoten that we also wait for him in Spetember!!!! It is going to be really great!!!

Now the typical analysis is coming: "How is it going after Istanbul?" Well, as Maartin used to tell me, "you are too sentimental". He was right!!! I still miss you guys "A LOTTE" (with sveti's italian accent). It has been a bit hard to turn the page and to re-adapt to everything... May be because anything changed while I was gone...But me! It makes me remember that movie we watched about this Erasmus student, I don't know the name...Spanish something... I guess you all understand what I am talking about... Well, I remember mostly the end when the guy says that that adventure changed his life and that from that moment on he would never only be HIM again... It is exactly what I feel... From now on I am a little bit of each of you.. That I sometimes stole and that sometimes you gave me!!!

OH GOD!!!! I think I am going to throw up!!! But still...

Natércia

meeting with a certain frenchman

hey guys, hope everyone is doing well, and is checking back in here every now and then. good to know that the 603 spirit is unbroken (especially with the Galata bridge bombings - I saw a picture on BBC of the spot, its a place we passed by several times... creepy!).

Dutch guy and everyone else on the list, I got the Scheghen visa, and I'll be arriving in Lisbon on the 2nd of September, and be leaving from there again on the 22nd of September. The rest of my plans is completely open ended. I'd love to meet up with as many 603/Istanbulers as possible and hopefully check out their respective countries. I'd really like to visit Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and Amsterdam apart from spots around Portugal me and the Captain will be ripping apart!

But I wanted to let you guys know I met up with Manu this weekend. I was in DC to visit my brother to go and see an AC Milan game in New Jersey (against Chelsea). So we planned to meet and we did. He's working at the French Embassy with the Public Relations section, and is enjoying it so far. He went to New York last week and had a blast with Pat and all. Here's a photo. (The lady taking the photo though we were gay... even after we sort of explained I think she still thought we were gay!!) Any how more later.

- Ash