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Istanbul diary
by Rahayu Sulistianingrum
16.02.2010
I Carry You All In My Heart
It' been one month 26 days since i left Istanbul, I needed huge time and put myself together first to write this last... more
Istanbul diary
by Meagan Kelly
13.01.2010
Home Bittersweet Home
In case you’re wondering, I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth. I have, however, been busy in a dream world... more
Istanbul diary
by Lucas Villegas
10.01.2010
I have a dream...
Hello everyone!!! I am back in Mendoza, Argentina. I miss all of my fellows friends, Dekeyser and Friends foundation... more
Istanbul diary
by Yasmine Nicholls
07.01.2010
Home on the range
Wow, I’ve been sooo busy since being back home; Christmas celebrations, Boxing Day at the beach, getting everything... more
Istanbul diary
by Shubhangi Swarup
06.01.2010
In response to Hannah...
Dear Hannah, I just landed back to my messy, adorable room a few days ago, and a chaotic life that I call my own.... more
Istanbul diary
by Hannah Barth
03.01.2010
Daring to Dream
I've done two things in the past couple of days that I kept thinking, "Man, I want to share this with Dekeyser &... more
Istanbul diary
by Daniela Delgado
02.01.2010
My last diary entry
After more than a week that I have arrive home, I couldn't write any diary entry, Florian told us that we can have the... more
Istanbul diary
by Ionela Aura Goia
30.12.2009
Aura Abla --- Last inspir...
exactly 3 months ago I was flying to Istanbul...on my birthday...the best gift I ever received...THANKS AGAIN BOBBY... more
Istanbul diary
by Süreyya Kavuncu
23.12.2009
Miss you!!!
It is hard to describe my feelings in words right now, there are so much emotions inside, so much memories, and it... more
Istanbul diary
by Hannah Barth
22.12.2009
Farewell, Istanbul
Last night, for the first time since the fellows have been in Turkey, snow fell on Istanbul. Wet and heavy, tiny white... more
Istanbul diary
by Lucas Villegas
20.12.2009
Follow your dreams!
Hello!!! this is my last dairy entry from turkey as part of this amazing project that made me grow in so many ways, how... more
Istanbul diary
by Yasmine Nicholls
15.12.2009
Objectivity
There are many people in life trying to force their ideas and ideals down your throat. Many people state as fact what... more
Istanbul diary
by Yasmine Nicholls
15.12.2009
Our afternoon with an adv...
One of the moments that stuck with me most from this week's workshop on communication came as we were leaving the... more
Istanbul diary
by Abigail Rice
15.12.2009
ABI ABLA... near the end!!!!
remember fire of Dekeyser… i introduce you to my beautiful friends, each stand alone in their wonder and ponder many... more
Istanbul diary
by Maulvi Muhammad
14.12.2009
Today.
Today is Sunday, the last free day we have, in this fellowship. For some fellows today is filming day in the academy.... more
Istanbul diary
by Teija Raitio
12.12.2009
Steps of shock and longing
I remember having red about the steps of cultural shock. 1) You love everything in the new culture. 2) You hate... more
Istanbul diary
by Hannah Barth
12.12.2009
Denial
I've been in denial since we got to Turkey that this time here would ever end. "It's better that way," I explained to... more
Istanbul diary
by Kasthuri Ratnakumaran
12.12.2009
Bollywood Workshop with t...
Im thinking of what to write after we have spend months and weeks here in istanbul, in Abu Dhabi and Belgium. Now we... more
Istanbul diary
by Daniela Delgado
10.12.2009
I am a dancer too!
I have just see the calendar in the cell phone, december 10th 2009. When you are having fun, or discovering and... more
Istanbul diary
by Yasmine Nicholls
10.12.2009
'Take your passion, ...
What better than Flashdance to end our fantastic workshop on Passion? The scene where she auditions in front of the... more
Istanbul | Diary
by Rahayu Sulistianingrum
16.02.2010

I Carry You All In My Heart

It' been one month 26 days since i left Istanbul, I needed huge time and put myself together first to write this last diary ( i wish it is not! ). As arrived here, i feel everything is totally different and i realized that hey I am back Home again but my heart felt empty. I go back to my activities, trying to settle down again, but it is hard as i didn't do in 3 months. Things were going crazy, I didn't get Visa to visit my Fiancee in Germany n it broke my heart so much, but i gotta move on. So, plan was changed that we would marry earlier than what we planned before and many things that stressed me up here n i have to handle by myself mostly. I miss my fellows, i miss turkish air, and all the single things. Every time i told Sven this i always cry n wanna go back to turkey.

Now I want to Thank again to all of you, Mr. Bobby Dekeyser, D&F Family and my fellows wherever you are. I owed a lot for this treasure you've given to me, the things i never ever imagined i would ever do, or only was in my dream. Thank You to All my turkish family, for the sweet memories, OYA, FARUK, SELMA, CEM, all my dance teachers...HUGE heart and LOVE to you All. and Mustafa Erdogan, I am sorry if i was not that good dancer and student, but I truly adore and honor you. Thank You for all the inspirations you all brought to me, and let me grew better. Though I have my own life here but the memory is living n dancing in my heart forever.

I still remember at the end of Oya's academy, she played us a song from "chicago" called " you're the inspiration" and tears fell from my eyes so fast, she really know how to touched our heart. Ohh Oya ... untill now that song is stuck in my heart and mind swinging all the time and it is tooo hard for me to not cry. I am missing all of my 2 brothers and 10 sisters...i want they all with me till the end of time.. i miss my roommate Shubhangi who is totally different from me but I love her so much..Lulu or Lucas who tried to copy me when i said " iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" , Maulvi who always dissapeared, Meagan who talks so fast n good in ballet, hannah "the sexy therapist", kashturi camel, Daniela who called me "Ayuyitaa..." , Teija who is very calm, Yasmin the Flamenco queen who has bright heart n always told me about kangoroo and koala in Australia, Sureyya the spider girl, Aura who talks sooooo much hahaha..., and Abbyyyyyyyy my next "muse" for MrsB..

Guys, You are all part of me now.. i have a poem fro E.E Cunnings that really reflects my feeling about all of you . Maybe I couldn't do so cmuh things for u but my love is true and will last forever. Whenever u need me, whenever u call, i am here for you...

Here is the poem for all of you,

I CARRY YOU HEART

I carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)
I am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)
I fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)
I want no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life..which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart..
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Now, i have big smile on my face as i put this "emotional report" on the website. I want all of you to know how you mean to me and how i miss you here. I pray all the best things for all of you and may your dreams come true...

LOVE,

AYU ( LALA...)