It was snowing and the city had shut down. It was not a very wise decision to go out. And we wouldn’t have if we had to drive or even take a taxi. However all we had to do was to walk to Taksim Square, which depending on how fast you walked took 10 to 15 minutes and then take the metro (tube, underground whatever you call it) that would take us directly to Kanyon. The walk was difficult however. It was snowing and there was fierce wind. Isn’t snow supposed to be all flaky even fluffy? Well this snow was more like needles, even bullets. I suppose it was either snowing ice or the flakes where being churned into ice by the wind. In any case we were being beaten by it! The worst was when we reached Taksim Square where there is an unnatural gush of wind just as you turn a bend to reach the square popper. There we were nearly thrown back by the wind’s assault. But once we went underground everything was easy. The metro was quite empty and when we got out we found Gencay immediately who must have been on the same train.
I enjoyed the film, “There Will Be Blood” immensely although it was the soundtrack (and when I say soundtrack its not just the music I am referring to) more than anything that intrigued me and I might want to analyse it one day, working with the hypothesis that the entire soundtrack is subjective. The main character Daniel, who feels that the people close to him are draining his soul, just as he drains the petrol from neighbouring lands, was an intense and interesting character, portrayed brilliantly by Daniel Day Lewis. After the film we had a quick argument about which character we thought was more pathetic, I went for the main character while Seda for the character Eli. We argued whether Eli and Paul were really twins or there is only one character with a split personality.
The walk back home was easier in that the snow flakes were now more flakes then needles but more difficult since the temperature had lowered considerably now that it was night. When we came home we learned that the schools have been closed on Monday due to the whether.
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