2015 : my own notebook

[Piling]

3 mn after having announced my arrival in Kurdistan, I was invited to gove some speeches about Kurdish History in IFPO (Institut Francais du proche Orient).

They have a nice place within the Citadel, and its director is a friend

I think I will be very very busy in Kurdistan…

By the way, I bought my ticket plane this afternoon : when I asked a one single flight to Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, I saw people's face changing : 'WARNING DAESH TRIP"

[Anthea]

You are now famous - or should it be infamous

You may well have your own team of watchers care of American intelligence

[Piling]

Yesterday, last party with my French friends to celebrate my departure : Got an iPad as gift. Beautiful toy

[Anthea]

Yesterday, last party with my French friends to celebrate my departure : Got an iPad as gift. Beautiful toy

So exciting

I just know you will thoroughly enjoy yourself

[Piling]

My last day in the Institute.

[Londoner]

Damned!!!! I have been trying to go visit Kurdistan since last year. Each time I prepare an obstacle comes on the way out of the blue.

[Piling]

Very often, things happen when you stop precisely to expect or hope them. That was the case for me, so let it go and trust the flow

[Anthea]

My last day in the Institute.

The Institute will NOT survive without you

How many years have you been there?

[Piling]

a bit more than 11 years.

[Anthea]

a bit more than 11 years.

That is a VERY large chunk of your life

You have learnt so much during your time there, you have become more Kurdish than most Kurds

Everyone in Kurdistan is going to love you

Since my problems with Zulfu and all his lies I am not helping people as much as I used to - I will not help those who lie cheat and steal

I wish to learn more about divination in Kurdistan

What is the Kurdish word for someone who practices divination?

[Londoner]

a bit more than 11 years.

That is a VERY large chunk of your life

You have learnt so much during your time there, you have become more Kurdish than most Kurds

Everyone in Kurdistan is going to love you

Since my problems with Zulfu and all his lies I am not helping people as much as I used to - I will not help those who lie cheat and steal

I wish to learn more about divination in Kurdistan

What is the Kurdish word for someone who practices divination?

Did Zulfu ripped you off by getting money from you? When some one tries to rip me off for money I ask him/her to send me full details of his/her credit/debit card with the pin numbers so that I can deposit money into his/her credit/debit card account.

Regarding the name of the one practices 'divination', really he doesn't has a name but they call him something like this: 'He knows the science of beyond' or '3ilmi ghaib azani' in Kurdish.

[Piling]

I can only take 20 kg of luggages. So one suitcase (big). I will buy many things in Duhok, I guess.

In Kurdistan, it will be funny or interesting to restart my daily food diary, because my alimentation will dramatically change.

[Anthea]

I can only take 20 kg of luggages. So one suitcase (big). I will buy many things in Duhok, I guess.

In Kurdistan, it will be funny or interesting to restart my daily food diary, because my alimentation will dramatically change.

Poor you having to buy lots of new clothes sounds like fun to me

Agreed there will be a great deal of changes in your life but all for the good

[Anthea]

Did Zulfu ripped you off by getting money from you? When some one tries to rip me off for money I ask him/her to send me full details of his/her credit/debit card with the pin numbers so that I can deposit money into his/her credit/debit card account.

Regarding the name of the one practices 'divination', really he doesn't has a name but they call him something like this: 'He knows the science of beyond' or '3ilmi ghaib azani' in Kurdish.

Zulfu Agirbas did not exactly rip me off but he has not paid me what he owes for work I did, but he will pay

Zulfu cost my friend Orhan a lot of money. He ruined the plans for a funky cafe/takeaway, enclosed the kitchen area and even cost my friend about half of his seating area. I realised afterwards that Zulfu wanted my friend to give up so that he could keep the shop for himself and use it as a fish and chip shop.

Not only did he trick my friend Orhan into paying for all the alterations to the shop, but he got Orhan to do work on ceiling/walls knowing full well that there was asbestos in them

I am so absolutely FURIOUS with Zulfu that after over 30 years of friendship I refuse to have anymore to do with him

[Londoner]

I am so absolutely FURIOUS with Zulfu that after over 30 years of friendship I refuse to have anymore to do with him.

Brilliant!!! after 30 years you discovered what he was.