Peter

Peter is an artist and a computer generalist, having worked in most aspects of the computer industry including programming, systems and network administration, retail sales and repair and multimedia design. His hobbies include art, cooking, playing guitar, reading, chess, travel and walking.

Visiting New Zealand

In April and May 2006 we visited New Zealand to catch up with a lot of friends and relations we hadn’t seen for two and a half years.

It was Erin’s first international trip and so Istanbul passport control were surprised that she didn’t have an entry stamp.

Our travels took us from Kaikohe in the North of NZ to Dunedin in the South. We drove about 4500 km and had four domestic flights and two ferry trips.

Highlights include:
– Meeting new nieces, nephews and cousins
– Speaking to lots of people about life in Turkey
– Eating kiwi “kai”
– Driving Grandad’s digger
– Playing draughts with Grandpa
– Seeing Peter’s grandparents before Nana died
– Seeing Edria’s grandmother before she died
– Staying in beach houses larger than our apartment

Going to New Zealand

We are planning to go to New Zealand soon to catch up with friends and relations we haven’t seen for the last two and a half years. We hope to be there for about eight weeks and will be travelling around.

Winter reading

In the colder months here, we shut off the rest of our apartment and basically lived in our study.

We had been given The Da Vinci Code (paid link) by Dan Brown for Christmas and John Grisham’s The Last Juror (paid link) for Peter’s Birthday.

Both books were well written but we enjoyed The Last Juror most!

 

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Telephone

ryantelephoneMost days, Ryan says he has to do “Ryan work” and then logs into the computer, goes to his favourite websites or uses the word processor or spreadsheet.

Ryan is starting to talk on the telephone now. Though it is cheaper for us if he uses Skype to call relatives long distance.

Ryan reading

Ryan reading

Ryan loves reading. He learnt the English alphabet when he was about one and a half. He started spelling words like cat, dog, mummy, daddy, dinosaur and helicopter when he was two. He then progressed to reading words and whole sentences.