Me: Why bored?
Emre: Because I’m just sitting. Haha. And you? I don’t have any classes today…
Me: As for me, IВ had aВ class today.
Emre: Really? Oh my gosh…
Me: Yup. French grammar.
Emre: Wait, today’s the weekend!
Me: Yup. But not Sunday.В Lol.
Emre: Wow! Bonjour, matmazel!
Me: Mademoiselle.
Emre: Oke. My French is over. Haha.
Me: Have you studied it before?
Emre: No, I just watched some movie… I ate a pepper. And it’s too hot. Omg.
Me: Poor you. It’s +18 Celsius here. What’s the temperature over there?
Emre: Oh, you’ve misunderstood.
Me: Seems like this. Haha.
Emre: Sorry. I had eaten a pepper, and I realized it was a cayenne pepper… So…
Me: Never mind… Omg.
Emre: It’s oke now.
Me: Hope you feel betterВ now.
Emre: Yup. I’ve drunk some water.
Me: Go on. Haha.
Emre: What about you? How do you feel today? Are you great or just well?
Me: I feel good because it’s wonderful here. Now. Haha.
Emre: I’m glad for you. Which city do you live in?
Me: It’s Kazan.
Emre: Oh, IВ understand. Thank you. IВ forgot toВ say this.
Me: Welcome. Haha.
Emre: Tbh[1 - To be honest.], you look so funny. Because you always say «haha’. Do you really laugh when saying this?
Me: Yes. Why not? Haha.
Emre: Are you kidding me? Haha.
Me: Not really!
Emre: Oke, oke. If your birthday is tomorrow, what do you want as aВ present?
Me: No. It’s on October 1. Haha.
Emre: I said «if’. Did I use it the wrong way?
Me: No. All right. Haha.
Emre: Oke, what’s your answer? Haha.
Me: Haha. Well, Idk[2 - I don’t know.]. Maybe, a party with my friends. Maybe, just a gift. No matter which one.
Emre: Maybe, both of them. Oke. Do you have to go to bed in 5—8 minutes?
Me: Yes. So, you’re right. Haha. See you tomorrow.
Emre: Oke. Oyasumi.
Me: What’s this?
Emre: A Japanese word. Or do you prefer «slatkikh snov’[3 - The Russian pronunciation of «Good night’.]?
Me: Haha. Both ofВ them are appropriate.
10В SeptemberВ 2017
Emre: Hey you! Do you want toВ see aВ Kurdish wedding?
Me: Haha, whyВ not?
Emre: I’m trying to send it, but I can’t.
Me: Okay. No worries! How’re you today?
Emre: Trying toВ decide what subject toВ choose. AndВ you?
Me: Homework again.
Emre: Are you kidding?
Me: Not at all! Mass media English is aВ difficultВ one.
Emre: Oke. Do your best. IВ trustВ you.
Me: Haha. Thanks. And what subject have you chosen soВ far?
Emre: Oh, it’s too complicated. But I want to improve my manufacturing skills.
Me: IВ see. And what stops you from choosing thisВ one?
Emre: I have to choose a 10-hour class. Now, I’ve choice a 5-hour lesson.
Me: Choose.
Emre: Ooops.
Me: So, you’ve got to choose another 5 hours.
Emre: I’ve got to use «yup’. Haha.
Me: Haha. Which subjects do you prefer most?
Emre: Well, maybe, manufacturing, or, well, some technical lessons. Like robotics.
Me: Oh, nice!
Emre: And project management.
Me: As for me, IВ like English inВ mass media and English grammar. And also French.
Emre: I don’t understand your last sentence. What do you want to say?
Me: IВ mean, IВ like French most. And all the aforementioned ones.
Emre: Oke. And why do you like French?
Me: It’s a beautiful language, you see…
Emre: No, because I don’t know France very well… Just some words. Because of that, I can’t comment on this subject.
Me: Knowing English is good as well.
Emre: Haha.
Me: I’m just sharing my opinion. Haha.
Emre: Oke. I think Japanese is the most beautiful language in the world. Haha. Oke. You see, I don’t know English. Haha.
Me: You know. Definitely.
Emre: I have to have an advice level. Haha. But I’m not good. I have made many mistakes.
Me: Advanced.
Emre: You see…
Me: That’s ok if English isn’t your majoring. Yup.
Emre: One native language – one personality. I don’t like phrasal verbs. You have to memorize all of them.
Me: Neither do I, actually.
11В SeptemberВ 2017
Today, IВ sent Emre aВ few pictures ofВ Kazan streets. IВ picked up the best ones.
Emre: Omg. IВ think you should take aВ selfie.
Me: IВ will! For sure! IВ forget all the time. Haha.
Emre: Anyway, I have to ask this. I can’t send you a «good morning’ message. I want to say you «dobroe utro’[4 - The Russian pronunciation of «Good morning’.]. I imagined this – you will think like «Who have sent me this message?», and then, I will see my message. So, if you don’t tell me your real contact information, I promise I’ll just send you a «good morning’ message, or a «good night’ one. Did I lose my chance?
Me: Not at all! You can always use your chance! And, byВ the way, this is my real page!
By the way, why did Emre always suspect me of something like scamming? I’m just a usual girl! I wanted to sort through everything and help him if needed.
Emre: Oh, I know. I talked about applications like Whatsapp…
Me: Ah haha. Unfortunately, I don’t have any of them.
I didn’t indeed. Because I didn’t have time. And storage on my phone either.
