Thank.God.It's.Friday

Waking up under the Turkish sun this morning was a good way to start off the day, as I knew it was finally Friday. Why is Friday such a special day? Because it starts off the Mixed Team Tournaments in the IDEA Youth Forum. The Mixed Team Tournaments are rounds of debate where you are no longer paired up with your original school teams, but you are now partnered with different people from other countries. In my case, I am now partnered with a girl from Romania, and a girl from Lithuania. We've just completed our first round of the MTT and feel rather confident as to who won, of course - us.

Apart from the MTT, the other reason I am so glad it is Friday is because it is one day closer to the date of my return to Michigan: "Home, sweet home." Don't get me wrong, Turkey's great, but there's nothing like the feeling of home after being in an entirely different country for two weeks. On top of that, I've come down with a fever about a day or two ago, so I'm trying my best to re-cooperate from that as well.

Yuri Ramocan