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ZIA! · Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 40

Corall and Dmb.......sounds great about the drinks. Can do a comparison of the drinking habits of Thailand based foreign teacher vs Turkey.

So, which group do you think will have the longer staying power?

Cheers!

saloma · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 211

I can totally empathise about being the only female. When I leave my school in September, there will be wall-to-wall males. (Taiwan)

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

coffee-- mehmet efendi behind the spice bazar sells colimbian, braziliam and ethopian ground coffee. Many kuruyemis stores also sell it. It is about 10TL for a big box. People are slowly learning about filter coffee here. You can even get coffee filters, though coffee makers are hard to find and good ones are very expensive. You might want to bring one of the plastic melitta filter holders. my coffee maker broke, so I make coffee into the bottom part of a caydan (teapot)-- heresy I know.

large clothes-- tailors or places in osmanbey.

fitted sheets-- no prob, esp in bakirkoy. you can get sets with the fitted sheet and pillow cases and then you have to buy to top sheet separately (go figure).

check out the questions for women thread on some of these.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

This is the thread the girls were talking about
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=18230&highlight=women

(funny when you do a search, one of the options is the champions league final thread) Confused

sandyhoney2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 189

DMB - thanks for the thread. I forget to use the seach function. I especially liked the part where there was a conflict btw BE/NAE over "pants". There is a good discussion on bras in there as well, that any big-busted potential teacher must look at.

I had never thought of going to a tailor, though it is only logical seeing as how many there actually are. Everybody sews. Makes my own efforts at seam repair seem extremely amateurish. Even my husband can sew better than me. Or I. Whichever.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Dont go there pleeeeeeeeeeease

ZIA! · Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 40

Go where? Turkey .....Taksim where YOU can get anything!......hmmmm

Cheers!

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

You can't get a pint of Guiness Sad

ZIA! · Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 40

I am crushed....no Guiness???? LOL

As I pointed out to teachers in Thailand after half a year of after school beers...." I really don't like beer..."

But that was all on offer under the bridge and I liked the conversation...(at least it was in english!)

Cheers!

PS....Efes sounds like beer Leo in thailand...I managed to get that down....(smile)

corall · Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 270 Location: istanbul, turkey

i stand by my original comments concerning the importance of applicators! Mad

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Thanks, mine's an Efes as there is no Guiness

marbleskin · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 5

i'm also waiting for my visa and i hope to get the go-ahead to leave in a few more weeks -- meanwhile, i've been biding my time wondering about the answers to most of the same questions you've asked here Smile

thanks, zia!

ZIA! · Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 40

Marbleskin

I am also STILL waiting for my visa.....yep....they say it could take up to three months and.......guess what....we are now almost to 3 months.....Suppose I should have stayed in Thailand and taught half a year.....Oh well...this long vacation has not been so bad.

Cheers

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411