Hilal Hastaoglu » the end

Tomorrow 31/12/2007 will be the end of a year, the beginning of a new year and a new life for the competition winner. I wish all my colleagues in the competition for the very best out of year 2008 and good luck with the competition results. 

Whether we win or lose, the important thing is that we win the hearts of our students and feed that language passion into their souls, so they may actually remember us by saying something like; “My English is good because of that one teacher I had from back in day”.  

Well I guess this is it. Thank you for joining me in this wonderful journey and thanks for the amazing ride ESLBase. 

Oh and how can I forget… 

* HaPPy NeW YeAR EVeRYoNe *

 

Here is a little gift to you all for new years:  

P.S. Time 19:36 Date: 30/12/2007. This will be an exciting wait and I don’t think I will be able to sleep tonight! My heart is beating like a zoo. ZoO?! Hehe..

 

My Thank You’s!

You: I would like to thank you, yes you.. the one who is reading these words right this moment, for your interest in my entries.

Family: I got a pass!! I know you all share my joy right now! My beautiful mom, My super smart dad Prof. Dr. M. A. Hastaoglu, My super cool brother Hidayet, My super sweet Gramma, My super funny Grampa, Fratless FH4eVeR, SvRn, SvG and my pets TemBosh (bird), Ninja (turtle), Jess (dog). THANK YOU!

Friends: Green Cheeze, Rada, Sena, B. Bayulgen and the rest of my friends in UAE, KSA, Oman, Pakistan, Turkey, UK, Canada, USA… and the rest of you out there! THANK YOU!!

Guests: I am very flattered with all the comments and support I received from you all throughout this journey. You guys were the source of motivation for me. I hope I was able to share some of my knowledge and experience with you all. THANK YOU!

ITI (International Training Institute) http://www.iti-istanbul.com: Amanda Gamble, Sharon Leach, Liz Aykanat and Tom Godfrey for giving us the chance to the take the CELTA in Istanbul. You guys are the best of the best of the best! THANK YOU!

Oxford House College www.oxfordhousecollege.com.tr: Liz Aykanat (Director of Studies.), Mr. Haluk (Aikido Master), Matt, Fatma + Zeynep, Tugce’s daddy and the rest of the staff for their endless support and patience with us through out the CELTA.

English First www.efdilokulu.com: Amanda Gamble, Tamara (Go Calgary Flames Go!! hehe) and the rest of the staff that helped us get through the course! THANK YOU!

Mr. Tom at Interlang: You helped me get over my TTT problem THANK YOU! 

The Assessor - Steve Darn: Thank you for your golden words of advice. 

Colleagues: Ilknur, Gunseli, Alev, Emiko and Scott! Thanks guys! 

ESLbase family www.eslbase.com: Keith and the rest of the ESLbase family. Thank you for giving us this opportunity. It has been wonderful! P.S. ESLBASE ROCKS! 

CELTA Diary writers: Thank you for sharing your experience. It was great reading what others have to say about their course. I hope we all become successful teachers. Good luck to you all!! 

The rest of you… I couldn’t have managed to write entries in my diary and the CELTA all at the same time, if it wasn’t for you all. THANK YOU!

Well folks, that’s it from me.

Hope you all enjoyed my entries as much as I enjoyed writing them.

It was a long long long long day. We had 2 of my colleagues doing their TP’s. Once they were done, we had a “professional development & careers advice” lesson (very very very useful). Then we all checked our folios’ to see if we had anything missing. When we were done with everything, we all went out to Taksim in Istanbul and had dinner together. Our tutors had fish & chips (I guess it’s a British thing hehe). I had the most delicious hot dog in the world. It may have tasted as so, because I received my CELTA certificate with a PASS before I ordered anything!!

Can you believe it? Hilal and a PASS on the same piece of paper!!! Woooohooooo!

Final 5 words about the CELTA:
Constructive * Effective * Leading * Terrific * Amazing