2015 : my own notebook

[Anthea]

I wonder how I will get a lot of money ny teaching… or perhaps one day my books will be best-sellers ?

And sure I will be tempted to give much money to my Kurdish school.

You are as stupid as I am

I have been helping Kurds for nothing for years

NEVER AGAIN

All the hard work I did for Zulfu and all the lies he told has put me off

Zulu ruined what should have been a VERY successful business

Zulfu whose surname I should not mention is a complete and utter not nice person

[Piling]

My new Boss is an extraordinary and fine person. I have always admired him.

But the funniest is that he protests, telling that I am the extraordinary person and that he is grateful I come in his school.

So we are admiring us each other

[Anthea]

My new Boss is an extraordinary and fine person. I have always admired him.

But the funniest is that he protests, telling that I am the extraordinary person and that he is grateful I come in his school.

So we are admiring us each other

I do love your photo looks just like you

I ADMIRE YOU

You have done far more that any Kurd has done to help Kurds and further their cause

Look at how much knowledge you have learnt and passed on to the Kurds themselves

You know far more about Kurdish history and culture than any 1,000 Kurds put together

Not only have you taught yourself Kurmanci, you are now capable of translating complex documents and are even compiling a dictionary

The school is EXTREMELY lucky to have you

[Anthea]

My new Boss is an extraordinary and fine person. I have always admired him.

But the funniest is that he protests, telling that I am the extraordinary person and that he is grateful I come in his school.

So we are admiring us each other

While I was thinking about you it was a good time to draw a card for you



The Wheel of Fortune is all about luck and change. The wheel symbolizes completeness as well as good fortune

A sort of what goes around comes around - what you sow so shall you reap. A reward for all the good you have done

Your future brings you many exciting and interesting changes - great joy and lots of good luck

[Anthea]

Do they celebrate Halloween in Kurdistan?

Do Kurds believe in fortune telling and if so what form does it take - cards - coffee grounds - tea leaves - crystal ball - runes?

I do not think people in Kurdistan will have heard of I Ching

[Piling]

They have fortune tellers and some sheikhs who have a sort of foresight. The most common way is to read in coffee. I am sure they have never heard of I Ching, I will make a revolution.

[Anthea]

They have fortune tellers and some sheikhs who have a sort of foresight. The most common way is to read in coffee. I am sure they have never heard of I Ching, I will make a revolution.

You may have t lose the hat LOL

[Anthea]

Turkish warplanes bomb PKK targets in Kurdistan’s Dohuk province

Much as I hate to ask

How far away from your school is the bombing?

[Piling]

50 km

But far and high in the mountains, in isolated or deserted villages. PKK stole these villages to Kurds or Christians in 90s and now they are still a trouble, but cities are safe, Turks would never bomb their own buiseness places and banks in Kurdistan.

[Anthea]

50 km

But far and high in the mountains, in isolated or deserted villages. PKK stole these villages to Kurds or Christians in 90s and now they are still a trouble, but cities are safe, Turks would never bomb their own buiseness places and banks in Kurdistan.

Glad the bombing is nowhere near the school

I was rather worried

Now I know why 400 teachers have left - the probably do not trust Turkey not to bomb them

Glad you will be safe

[Piling]

I think I will write an English blog also (translating my blog in English in fact) in the aim to acquire a best style and practice my grammar and the idiomatic use of that language. Because in Duhok, I might be asked to wrote some papers and perhaps to open a blog for my Boss. So I need to write if I want to improve myself.

I don't like to write in another language because my French is really fine (that's my artistic tool) and I don't like the idea to 'play' an instrument that is not mine, and have a stiff or incorrect English. But it is a bit exagerated because I won't write a literary piece of work, only a communication paper.

A friend of mine asked me to translate her dissertation about Qajar art in English, because it could itnerest a lot of people in the world, and especially Iranians or specialists of Iranian history.

I am sure I will have plenty of time in Duhok, for I don't look for cinema, restaurants, bars, dancing etc. I like to live as a Benedictine monk.

So soon I will open an English blog on WordPress. I have to find a title.

[Anthea]

I think I will write an English blog also (translating my blog in English in fact) in the aim to acquire a best style and practice my grammar and the idiomatic use of that language. Because in Duhok, I might be asked to wrote some papers and perhaps to open a blog for my Boss. So I need to write if I want to improve myself.

I don't like to write in another language because my French is really fine (that's my artistic tool) and I don't like the idea to 'play' an instrument that is not mine, and have a stiff or incorrect English. But it is a bit exagerated because I won't write a literary piece of work, only a communication paper.

A friend of mine asked me to translate her dissertation about Qajar art in English, because it could itnerest a lot of people in the world, and especially Iranians or specialists of Iranian history.

I am sure I will have plenty of time in Duhok, for I don't look for cinema, restaurants, bars, dancing etc. I like to live as a Benedictine monk.

So soon I will open an English blog on WordPress. I have to find a title.

An excellent idea especially as you might be teaching English

Perhaps you could open a blog for your students to write in

Benedictine monk are they the monks who make and DRINK wine or is it beer ?

So you will live the life of a Benedictine monk - making your own alcohol and getting drunk

[Piling]

So you will live the life of a Benedictine monk - making your own alcohol and getting drunk

Reading, eating and drinking, the best part of a Benedictine.

[Piling]

I am waiting in my future school as the Messiah

[Anthea]

I am waiting in my future school as the Messiah

Sounds as though you will be one of the organisers and have a great deal of responsibility and STRESS