Izzet Zorlu in 2005 Second Half

for a sec i thought of the places i've been in 2005.. 3 continents, 5 countries and 13 cities.. i hope i'll be able to travel as much this year as well. i am very optimistic that 2006 will be a great year :) i have one resolution and i'll try to make it happen. cheers!!



my lounge
December 26, 2005



i really enjoyed creating these wide-angle photographs..

lounge (opposite angle) | how to get to my house




boat trip to esentepe
December 14, 2005

we left girne harbour around 1pm to sail to esentepe, to take some photos for a hotel investment. it took around 4 hours to come back.

captain barbaros | my colleague feride | osman abi

sunset behind the mountains

a blurry but beautiful image of kyrenia harbour at dusk




manchester & london
November 26, 2005 - December 10, 2005

it was a good 2-week getaway. i had my laptop fixed and bought lots of cool stuff for my new home.

absinth shot | mulled wine | queue to the club
ayse in chinatown | hsbc in chinatown (i found it quite funny) ataturk at madame tussauds | big ben at night
reading room in british museum
section where british display what they stole from cyprus

cheers!




lighting system is ready
November 15, 2005

after 2 weeks of hard work, osman usta has finished plastering and bekir the electrician installed the spotlights and orange tube light. same day, grandma and a cleaning lady cleaned the whole flat.

so the lighting system seems pretty cool. i've ordered a superb 50" philips plasma tv from hepsiburada.com. furniture from seray is coming by the end of this month. i m moving in before 2006. and yes, u r cordially invited to the new year's party ;)




bairam
November 3, 2005

i like bairams. first of all, there is no work. secondly, there is an exciting atmosphere everywhere.. everyone wears their best clothes and smiles.. it's like there is a huge carnival going on :) thirdly, i get to see close family friends and relatives, probably once in a year this day. we got together at grandma's place for lunch. grandchildren with grandma.
this day i hurt a very good person's feelings. :( i wish things had been different..




future home: ozyalcin 86, flat# 3
October 26, 2005

okey.. grandma owns three flats - the one she is currently living in, the one opposite dome hotel and a new one she got for exchanging her shop with ozyalcin construction. she decided to give these 3 flats to 3 of her daughters. yeyy for the grandma! lol. anyway so my mom picked the new flat in the draw and i m moving in early 2006 :) it seems that this flat will be my future home till i save enough money to buy a villa - give me a couple of years ;) meanwhile buying stuff for my new home is so much fun!




ugh!
October 23, 2005

my laptop's lcd screen is broken. authorised hp centre in south cyprus couldn't replace it. my pocket pc phone has lost its sound capability - it just doesn't make any sounds and doesn't ring! that needs to be replaced as well. my car rental website had been down for 8 hours during peak time and i am losing money. today i ate molohiya my grandma cooked and it was delicious! last 3 days has been... ugh!




nowadays..
October 17, 2005

coz of google dance, berkan lost its search engine rankings in google. luckily, it's the end of the season so it wont really affect him.. BCH also dropped out of top 10.. ehh. there is the bird flu pandemic nowadays. it even came to turkey so i quit eating chicken - i know it's ridiculous.. lol.. we found a new cozy bar, night jar, in centre kyrenia the other night. winter is coming.. we were having picnic near catalkoy yesterday and it started pouring all of a sudden.. somebody had to cook and we have to eat those kebabs u know.. aysem is preparing for her tests and studying realy hard. i m helping her with her personal statement and my memories from 2000 (it's been 5 years.. omg) struck me. hehe. last but not least, i finally managed to launch Why Cyprus website that was supposed to be published late september as of my 4 march post. i think this still counts as "on time" - we'r living in cyprus time, right! :P




NCP's new website
October 1, 2005

today is a good day coz i managed to release the new renovated website of NCP right on time after 3 months of hard work :) so far it received excellent motivating feedback. I believe that NCP website is one of the best construction/estate agency websites in the world. the new improvements are:

• easier to use - the new website allows NCP prospective clients to find the information they are looking for faster and easier. relocating a specific web page is easier with the information provided by the “you are here:” signs. the search feature returns relevant results with no advertisements unlike before.

• more professional - the design of the new website is now more elegant and is consistent among all web pages. more than 200 photo galleries are dynamically generatd by a single asp file. there is the new “company” section that gives details about NCP and new “investors” section that is specifically created for investors.

• live support - the live support feature allows any website visitor to initiate direct communication with one of NCP sales representatives while they are on our website. NCP sales representatives can also track visitor behaviour and can actively invite visitors to chat.

• live site availability. the availability information of NCP projects is retrieved directly from the customer management system (CMS) (developed by me last summer) and reflects the current status of each plot.

• private client page - NCP clients can login to their private page to update their information, track their payments, and see the latest status on their property.

let me post the screenshots of the old website and new website for some nostalgia in the future. hehe




stathis
September 18, 2005

erdogan and i went to polis (south cyprus) to visit my friend stathis. we talked about starting a villa rental business where he'll arranging the villas and finalising the reservations and i'll be setting up and maintaining the website. we ate variety of sea food at a good restaurant next to the latchi harbour, stopped for a coffee at the square in polis, took a few hours ride with his jeep to see coral bay region - number 1 spot for renting villas, hit an irish pub and stayed in a bungalow stathis arranged for us. it's an unique weekend.

there is one section of the road from polis to paphos, where your brain perceives that the road is downhill but actually when you stop, the car unmistakably slides "uphill". see this video (2mb)




borrinnggggg
September 10, 2005

i've been working really hard in order to launch the ncp's new website by 1st october - it's kind of getting boring to work on it all day.. been brainstorming with berkan about new business ideas. earning one million dollars should be simple - just sell $10 worth of something to 100,000 people, or sell $100 worth of something to 10,000 people... we are trying to find out underdeveloped markets that we can take advantage of online.. but the real thriller is actually finding something that hasn't been done before. last week watched the movie "the island" - an amazing thriller with plenty of action and sci-fi.. the summer is ending and the real signs are that my friends are leaving for masters. even my 4-year roomie ahmet has flied to manchester. i m trying to come up with a plan to buy a villa.. this won't be an ordinary one though. hehe








formula 1 istanbul
August 22, 2005

i wasn't going till 2 days before the event starts.. thanks to my high school buddy orhan (kelle). we stayed at my cousin's flat in atasehir, was at istanbul park for 3 days, hanged out with fatos and bugce and flew back on monday with a 2-hour-delay.

controversy: red flag & blue cap

formula 1 turkey starts | schumacher | kimi doing 320km/hr

orhan & izzet at chicago bulls cafe at atasehir

ferrari & shell | coca cola park | mercedes benz stand

turkish jet fighters - all tourists were soo amazed. lol.

f1 istanbul girls - hehe.. i didn't take this shot! seriously!

hasan & izzet | orhan, kemal & umut

seat cup | ralf's garage | renault | safety car | kadikoy




goNorthCyprus.com
August 15, 2005

the expedia of north cyprus. another one of a kind project/business idea.
mark this date fellows!




watching perseids at karpaz's tranquil darkness
August 12, 2005

saw more than 30 meteors during the whole night.. some of them were absolutely amazing and shocked us all. sang along with the two guitars till early hours of the morning. got sleep till 6am and then swam in blue waters of the mediterranean: very enjoyable 24 hours :)

the cove we camped at | another view with the island | tents
sunrise | sunrise 2 | star watching | frisbee at 7am
eral doing kung fu | eral playing frisbee | erdil & adil
nezire & refika | erdogan | sertac | izzet | playing tavla




nilufer's pool party
August 8, 2005

nilufer is leaving in a few days so a few of us hanged out at her house around the pool and then in the pool. lol

it was a fun night with a weird ending :P

a funny photo of ahmet and i
(wasn't supposed to leak out)




work till sunset. party till sunrise. sleep?
July 31, 2005

work has been quite hectic nowadays - i m always in the process of setting up something new and unique. been hanging out with old friends during nights. went to beyaz's show with my sister's extra ticket, had a lot of fun during beach party concert combo with mustafa sandal and been hiting the spot at karmi lately...




camping at karpaz
July 16, 2005

first of all, the 4 wheel drive experience has been amazing.
off road Kantara | off road Karpaz

we took the road to Karpaz through Kantara and made a few stops to take some amazing shots: shot 1 | shot 2 | shot 3

erdogan is grasping the nature!
erdogan with a great view behind

mustafa was telling us something with passion (very funny)
what do you expect from an architect?
mustafa drinking holy water at Apostolos Andreas

karpaz peninsula
suspicious action at cape zafer
wild donkeys of karpaz
beautiful beach

btw, we are going to Karpaz again on august 12th in order to see one of the major meteor showers, perseids, under karpaz's tranquil darkness. u r cordially invited.




family gettogether
July 10, 2005

the whole family decided that we should get together every month for a fest like this.

preperations | tamer (uncle) | onur (cousin from turkey)
erbay and emek (cousins) | sheida (from australia)
dylan (cousin from australia), necip and zekayi (cousin)
dervis (dad), hasan (uncle) and savas (cousin)
gulcan (aunt) | gulcan, liza (australian) and pembe
polo | huri & polo | huseyin & polo




my first bmw
July 06, 2005

i bought my first bmw. it's the 1 series with 1.6-liter engine. it's been a week and i loved the way it holds to the ground.

the tracking and stability control systems really allow you to get the best performance of ur car.

..and of course i bought manual transmission...




zenobia wreck, larnaca bay
June 26, 2005

finally dived to the famous zenobia wreck, voted one of the top 25 wreck dives of the world. it's been a very enjoyable sunday with my 3 cousins and friends from amphora diving.

one of the propellers (excitingly big)
one of the trucks of zenobia
getting inside the wreck thru the windows
some part of zenobia
i wonder what this used to open




pyramids and the red sea
June 19, 2005

giza & cairo
riding a camel to the pyramids | another view

sitting on the great pyramid of giza

beginning of sahara desert | light show on pyramids

perfume shop with our guide maher | papyrus museum

egyptian children | muhamed aly mosque

cruising the nile w/ ayse | someone bathing in dirty nile

arabian nights | izzet | ayse | view from sheraton cairo


sharm el sheikh
divers from the club | izzet | anemonefish

napoleonfish | group of napoleonfish | eel

butterflyfish | pufferfish | stringray | wreck






i am bored of travelling...
May 31, 2005

seriously.. i m bored of travelling for the last 2-3 weeks. uhh! but diving in red sea will be awesome.. i m counting down days now..

new york
mom and dad at the top of empire state building
mom and dad on broadway
mom and dad in chinatown
on a phaeton touring central park
mom on phone with my sister, with brookyln bridge behind
financial district seen from the cruise
mom and dad on the cruise, with lady liberty behind
butterfly on dad's camera at the natural history museum
central park entrance on 59th street
central park, right in the middle of new york
helicopter over new york city

washington
me cycling around, in front of u.s. capitol
mom and dad, in front of white house
mom in the botanic garden
washington monument seen from lincoln memorial
u.s. capitol

niagara falls
falls illuminated at night
another colorful illumination
fireworks on memorial day
cave of the winds
me on the hurricane deck
mom and dad, american falls behind
mom and dad, niagara state park
mom and dad, on canadian side
american falls viewed from canada

 

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