BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS\/III)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Name:<\/strong> Ponnareay Rith<\/p>\n\n\n\n Department: <\/strong>Computer Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n University:<\/strong> EPITA, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n Country of Origin: <\/strong>Cambodia<\/p>\n\n\n\n What were your first impressions about T\u00fcrkiye?<\/strong> What do you like best about Bilkent and T\u00fcrkiye?<\/strong> Are there any similarities between T\u00fcrkiye and your home country?<\/strong> What will you miss most about Bilkent\/T\u00fcrkiye?<\/strong> What\u2019s your favorite place on campus, and why?<\/strong> What\u2019s your favorite Turkish food and why?<\/strong> Where do you expect to see yourself 10 years from now?<\/strong> What\u2019s one thing you learned from Turkish culture?<\/strong> What places have you visited in T\u00fcrkiye, and which one is your favorite?<\/strong> What’s an interesting question or comment you hear frequently at Bilkent\/in T\u00fcrkiye?<\/strong> Describe yourself in three words.<\/strong> How is the studying experience at Bilkent?<\/strong> BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS\/III) Name: Ponnareay Rith Department: Computer Engineering University: EPITA, France Country of Origin: Cambodia What were your first impressions about T\u00fcrkiye?I was still finding my feet when a stranger stepped in to help me. She was a random mom, standing in line behind me at a store,[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[230,83,224],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11530,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11529\/revisions\/11530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I was still finding my feet when a stranger stepped in to help me. She was a random mom, standing in line behind me at a store, who noticed I was lost trying to pay and simply translated everything for me with a warm smile, without me even asking. That small, kind moment has stuck with me more than anything else from those first days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honestly, the campus here feels like its own little city, you almost never have to leave it. What I love most though is that people are genuinely so nice, and there is this beautiful blend of Southeast Asian energy and modern infrastructure that I did not expect to find all in one place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The little bazaars remind me a lot of home, and so does the tea. Everyone here seems to drink it just as often as we do back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I will miss the convenience most, having everything so close by, being able to walk ten minutes to class and back without needing a metro or a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bilka Hill, easily. The view from up there is so nice, especially at night when the whole city lights up below you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lava\u015f and lamb kebabs. I really love them; they are so good and oily in the best way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I picture myself working in computer science back home in Cambodia, bringing what I have learned abroad back to my own country. Alongside that, I want to keep chasing photography and music production, since that is really where my heart is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKolay gelsin.\u201d It basically means \u201cMay it come easy to you\u201d, and I love that there is a whole phrase just for showing someone a little appreciation for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been to Istanbul, but honestly, the Ayranc\u0131 bazaar has been my favorite place of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People ask me where I am from all the time, and it is always fun, since Cambodia is such a small and lesser known country that almost nobody ever guesses it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chill, funny, contemplative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been interesting for me. I came from a French computer science school straight into a full university setting for the first time. The whole course and textbook system here is completely new to me, but I have been figuring it out step by step, mostly with a lot of help from YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"