ABOUT ME

Hey there, amazing people! ✨💖

I`m Cemile Elena, just a normal girl with a normal life who feels that she was born in the wrong decade/era. You may ask “why does she think like that?”, well probably my addiction to `80s music and non-stop thrift-shopping journey for vintage clothes may be some answers to this questions 😄.

I was born on the 19th of May on a stormy day, currently on level 20 in this world (I`ll be 21 this year 😢). In all this years, I have experienced too many things. To start with, I was born in Romania, a beautiful country with a lot of historical places and a must-visit for nature lovers. I lived there until 2018, the year when my life changed completely because we moved to Turkey due to some personal reasons. The things didn’t turn how we expected but there was no way back, so yea, here I am, still living in this way-too-big cosmopolitan city, Istanbul, all by myself. At the moment I am a second-year student in ELT department at Marmara University. (It doesn’t fell like university at all but more like my 6th year in a high school 😐, but never mind.)

Time to leave the complaints in the paragraph above and continue with my passions. I love CATS 😻. I made a social media account just to post pictures of cats. I am also interested in art, and I sometimes paint on canvas, glass…or even my walls at home😅. When it comes to music, well I am addicted to listening to music and I like all genres. I mean, you can take a look at my Spotify account and see yourself how diverse my music taste is 😆 (I added a link for you on the left of the page). I can speak 3 and a half languages at the moment: Romanian, Turkish, English and a little bit of Spanish. (I can go from 1 to 10 and say “I love you” in many other languages but those don`t count :)) Travelling and cooking are some of my other hobbies. As you can understand my dear friends, I love to discover new places and tastes. Maybe in the future I`ll open another blog to share my journeys and recipes.

When it comes to this blog, I`ll post stuff about Instructional Technologies and Material Design courses` tasks. I hope you will like it and….that’s all from me folks! Stay tuned for more updates and please feel free to contact me via my e-mail to reach out to me for anything—whether it's to chat, get advice, or ask about anything! 💬








 

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