Fifth Annual Glocalization Conference: “Meeting of Civilizations”
A great new NGO that I discovered while working for Microsoft… They are connecting Glocals – local players in global field.
Cagri Han
100_1027 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. The one and only Cagri Han 🙂We met in Istanbul after more the 2 years… First we met in Tunisia in February 2003 and then he was a CC member at IC 2003 in Serbia (well, Yugoslavia at the time)… A famous organizer of even more famous “Friday night parties” …
Vlajko and Maria in Istanbul
100_0919 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. As I said, a wonderful weekend it was…After a great Saturday with trainees and aiesecers from Istanbul, I spent a great Sunday and Monday with Vlajko, Maria, 12 other Brussels trainees and Ozi&Asli (alumnis from Turkey). It was really cool seeing Vlajko in Istanbul and especially Maria after more then …
Study Tour Istanbul
group_pic Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. A wonderful weekend prepared for us by Cultural Understanding Team of LC Istanbul. It included site visits to Dolmabahce Palace (Palace of the Sultans), Summer Palace (of the Sultans, of course), Aya Sofia, Cisterne… Sunday`s Global Village I unfortunately missed… But I heard that I was a star even if …
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Back in Istanbul
I`m back in Istanbul… After two weeks of being away (check out the itinerary: Istanbul-Belgrade-Munich-San Francisco-Seattle-Chicago-Munich-Belgrade-Istanbul) and missing the greatest celebration ever (Galatasaray became the champion in a Hitchcock kind of an ending)… It was an exciting trip. Really…First I went to Belgrade and had an unforgetable weekend with my friends, family and most importantly …
Mixed feelings – written in the airplane on May 22nd
Oh my god… I just realized how full of different feelings and emotions my life is. particularly at this very moment.So I`m in the airplane, flying from Seattle via Chicago via Munich via Belgrade to Istanbul (Chicago-Munich part at the moment of writing this). My country`s future is being decided as I fly and I …
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Istanbul Trainees May 2006
Istanbul Trainees May 2006 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. From left to right:Joanna (USA), myself, Magda (Germany), Friedemann (Germany), Niels (The Netherlands), Caro (Colombia), Beth (USA), Nadine (Germany), Shawky (Egypt), Rajtzi (India), Metin (Bulgaria/Turkey – not a trainee) and Orkhan (Azerbaijan). Each of us unique and different, yet we somehow manage to live together in an …
Change of plans
Had to change travel itinerary 🙁So this isthe final one: May 12th – Istanbul – BelgradeMay 14th – Belgrade – Seattle via Munich and San FranciscoMay 21th – Seattle – Belgrade via Chicago and MunichMay 22nd – Belgrade – Istanbul So, 2 days less in Belgrade, but still good… Even if it was 6 hours, …
Going to Seattle!
Finally got my 3 year multi-entry business visa for USA 😛 and am travelling to Seattle (well, Redmond actually) to attend the first Microsoft Global Community Affairs Summit. The whole Community Affairs team – people from all over the world, responsible for more then 600 projects and hundreds of millions of US dollars of community …