Priscilla in Istanbul

Hi!! I'll be writing about my internship at Fiba Gayrimenkul (Fiba real estate) and life in Istanbul. Feel free to comment on anything :)

I realize I haven't said much about what I did. Honestly, I feel like I haven't done much. For the first week, which was last week, I worked in the Project Development department of FIBA Gayrimenkul. All I remember doing was reading industry reports, updating those industry reports and reading the company's report. This week wasn't much more productive. My supervisor said he was preparing some data so that I could compile another set of data, but he never gave me that work. I ended up reading tons of old newspapers and updated myself on past current events.

But today, my supervisor was not around. I found myself having another supervisor from the Investment department in the same company. My new supervisor brought me to Beçeşehir, which is around 30 minutes drive from the office. According to him, Beçeşehir is where the richest people in İstanbul lives. Well, there are many apartment complexes as well as houses. There's also more trees everywhere. The company has two apartment complexes in Beçeşehir, and we went to one of them which has an office. Unfortunately for me, there was nothing for me to do. My supervisor saw me reading newspaper and he said that I should read in the garden outside as the the air is fresher. He is a really nice person, but I would prefer that he give me some work....and he kind of did. He passed me a printout, saying it was my work for the day. That printout turned out to be an email about what I should do if I receive a virus called Weekly Overload Recreational Killer (WORK) from my boss. According to the email, if I receive WORK, I should get Work Isolating Neutralizer Extract (WINE) and Bothersome Employer Elimination Rebooter (BEER). He is a funny guy, isn't he?

And as usual, I took some photos :)

This is one room in the office. I believe the office was really an apartment, but they made it into an office. That radiator made me miss Newberry (my dorm) and all my friends in Newberry :)

My desk.

View outside the window of the room/office.

Hope I get some work to do tomorrow!!! :)

Signed off by Priscilla