My First Day in Istanbul

Hi everyone. Todays blog is about my first day in Istanbul. On the 1st of June, we visited two mosques - the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia. They are located in Sultanahmet Square. One very tiring thing was, we walked the whole way. We walked the whole day and I walked 20721 steps.  

First, let's talk about the Blue Mosque. The Blue Mosque has six minarets and eight domes. All of you might be thinking, the Blue Mosque is called the Blue Mosque because its blue but, no. It's called the Blue Mosque because its windows are blue. By the way, lets make a short form for the Blue Mosque - lets call it BLM. A thing to note about the mosques in Turkey  is, there is no air-conditioners in the mosque but the marble stones in the mosques are  the ones that are making the mosques cold.

The inside of the BLM is full of nice decorations on the dome and there are two areas for praying. The ladies area is smaller than the men's area. This is because every Friday the men have to go and pray but for ladies they just go when they can.

My family and I, went to a park called Gulhane Park. We spotted something kids will like up a hill which was a playground. Subsequently my sister and I raced up the hill to get to the playground. After some time, we left the playground to go for lunch.

After lunch, we went to the Hagia Sophia. Lets also make a short form for Hagia Sophia - lets call it HS.  HS is much more older than BLM but, it is not the oldest mosque in Turkey. The oldest mosque in Turkey is the Arap Mosque  which is also placed in Istanbul. It was completed in 1325. The oldest Mosque in the world is the Quba Mosque and placed in Saudi Arabia. HS was initially a church then a mosque then a museum and since 2020 it was reconverted into a mosque.

                                    Hagia Sophia has a big green mat and many hanging lights

ladies have to wear a 'tudung' when entering all the mosques

                                                   I like this chandelier the most

After that, we went to eat ice-cream. I had vanilla ice-cream my sister had chocolate ice-cream. I didn't like the ice-cream because it was not sweet and it was milky. My sister ate her ice-cream happily. For the ice-cream, the seller will play with you. First you will have to catch the ice-cream which is impossible to do. He will pretend like he is about to drop the ice-cream but he wouldn't. Then, when he gives you the ice-cream with a tissue, and you try to take it, he will make sure you only get the tissue. Then he will say bye bye. Don't worry, in the end he will give it to you.

On the first day I had fun exploring but it was very HOT. I liked Hagia Sofia and the playground more than anything that day. See you in my next blog bye.

My trip to Turkey

  Hi everyone. This is my first time ever being in a European country and it's Turkey. Now, some of you or maybe all of you might be asking why I am in Turkey. Well, my mother has to learn how to do Anesthesia in Liver transplant and we decided to go with her. We will be there for 3 months. 

   On the 31th of May at 3:00am I took a flight from Malaysia to Doha. When we reached Doha it was 4:00am in Doha and 9:00am in Malaysia. We took another flight to Istanbul and reached at 12:00pm in Istanbul and 5:00pm in Malaysia. The timing difference in Turkey and Malaysia is 5 hours. The flight was fun. I watched the movie SING 2 on the plane before sleeping. In the morning when we had breakfast I didn't like the food because I don't really like the food that they serve on an airplane. 

The language here is very different I will tell you some of the easy words and the only words I know. 

Merhaba: Hello

Nasilsin:  How are you?

Eyiyim:   I am fine.

Tersyukur Ederim: Thank You

      Ne?: What?

Ne Kadar?: How Much?

Su: Water

Sut: Milk

I will make an easy sentence for you in Turkish then translate it for you into English.    <Merhaba nasilsin? Eyiyim.: Hello how are you? I am fine. 

I would like to show you some pictures of the currency here and would like to let you know that the highest value of money here is 200 Liras. 

If you would like more information about my trip to Istanbul, please wait for my next blog.

Tersyukur ederim.

How Covid Changed Our Live

 Yes Covid did change our live a lot, but what did it do? It helped us get rid of other infections. Like chicken pox or even polio and lots more. Dengue also reduced wWell we all do know that this COVID-19 can be quite serious and stressful for a lot of you. But if you read my story OUR WORLD then you can see what you and your family should have. 

I believe Covid came from a supermarket in China 🇨🇳 from an animal there and that’s why when you test an animal they won’t get the Covid because it was from them. Now onto the topic. So Covid changed my live a lot. Like when you go out you have to wear mask 😷. But when you are at home you can take it off. Plus you need to have social distancing. But what changed? The……….CARS! There were more cars during the free world but when Covid came there were lesser cars. I did not say that I want the world to have more Covid victims I just want everything to go back to normal life like before Covid. Yes there was a lot of cars but you can go wherever you want to go and do what you want to do. Like go to other countries go to Disneyland or go to the water parks with no mask 😄 and so on. 

In the future the more they open up the more people travel which is good because you can explore more learn more see more. So please take care of yourself. So that’s the end for today’s blog post thanks✌🏻🫶🏻.