New year

Happy new year 2012. We went outside in the midnight but we did not see any fireworks and even before the moment we could not hear fireworks. As in Finland you can hear fireworks from six in the evening the whole night. When I was 11 years old I was shooting fireworks like most of the children in Finland. Maybe people are shooting their own fireworks out of the city center in Turkey as shooting can be prohibited in the city center.

Today, right after the new year starts the final exam period what takes two weeks. That means that many Turkish students did not celebrate the new year because they were studying for the final exams.