turkey 07: day 4

tuesday, 24/12/07

arini nk g eyub mosque. ehh? tp 2 laki from tmpt hostel ktorg tu pon ikot. huhu. tunjuk jln kot. d place was a bit far so had to go by bus. but we've walked long enough n there was not even a bus station we could see. hmm...ohh. it turned out that d guy wanted to show us d istanbul university, from which he graduated. huhu. smgt die. siap bwk kamera lg. tp smlm ade sum of us yg nk msk tp guard tu kate taleh pakai tudung. what?? peleknye. ni sume attartuk punye keje la ni. ish3..

not long after that, we arrived at d bus station. whoa~ agak ganas basnye. bwk laju gk la. huhu. 1st time la kot naek bas kat turki. menarik. then we arrived at eyub mosque. there were so many pigeons. byk gk above d entrance n i can see sumting disgusting falling out. cover ur head! hehe. eyub mosque is named after abu ayub al-ansari, where his makam was. oh one more interesting thing bout turki. if u wanna enter a mosque, u'll hv 2 take off ur shoes, put it in a plastic bag n bring it with u. menarik kn? takot kene curik kot..

inside, some ppl were praying n reciting yaasin. al-fatihah~ i thought it was juz d normal thing. but it turned out that SOME ppl came here to pray for a hajat. eik? da stat rase pelek. in msia, it's myb wut we call as keramat. hmm..amek pengajaran la eh. then we went outside n....time 4 shopping! hehe. ppl said that things r cheap around eyub mosque~

again, we bargained thru d calculator. hehe. menarik gk la if u r in that situation. for lunch, i had kebab. which i dunno whether it was beef or lamb. but i juz ate it, telling myself it was beef. (x pnh mkn kambing ever) ok la gk. lmbt gile abes mkn. then d guys brought us 2 d cable car! huhu. x sangke turki pon ade cable car gk. bile da smpi atas tu, lawa la~ tp bukit tu cm dipenuhi kubur2 je..some of us bought candy floss so we ate together2

percubaan tgkp gmba dlm cable car yg x berjaye- 2 org x msk!

later that evening, we went to Ayasofia or Hagia Sofia. we arrived late n had to hurry bcoz it'll be close at 5! we got like a tourist guide who told us bout d history etc etc. it was first a church, turned into a mosque during Ottoman period n changed to a museum by Attartuk! keji. benci gile ok? kisahnye begini..kan dulu2 die church. so bile Islam da takluk Constantinople, sume mende2 mcm lukisan psl Jesus, Virgin Mary etc etc pon ditampal dgn tiles from Ottoman period. kire kasi tutup la. church tu x dimusnahkan completely, hanye tande cross yg dibuang. betape cantiknye islam kn? TAPI, si Attartuk ni, die pegi bukak blk sume tiles yg ditampal tu n tunjuk blk sume lukisan2 zmn dulu tu. geram x?? rase agak rugi sbb x smpt nk explore lame2 sgt kat situ sbb da nk tutup~

langit sudah gelap, tp mlm masih mude~ xkn g turki nk dok dlm blk je kn? huhu. so some of us decided to go to Grand Bazaar again. im a bit depressed bcoz duit byk lg. haha. pelek kn? shud be d other way round. so pegi la membeli belah...abes tu g mkn kat kedai yg dulu pnh mkn.. pastu blk la hostel..kene stat packing!