tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53498373827161767462024-03-12T23:58:39.994-07:00iranexpatAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15057908948470953055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349837382716176746.post-14548712642437323472015-05-20T05:44:00.001-07:002015-05-20T05:46:21.377-07:00<h2 style="background: white; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">One of things that I
could easily manage in Iran was the money. The official currency is Iranian
rial.1 TL is about 10,000 rials (you didn’t read wrong). Just like before our
devaluation, they are generous about zeros. The harder part is that there
aren’t credit cards in Iran.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Because of the
economic sanctions towards Iran, any of the cards in our pockets are valid
here. Neither Visa nor Master Card systems are valid in local banks. Iranian
banks are under the strict preservation of the government and they are against
applications like this as they are bearing interest. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">However do not get it
wrong. Even though we cannot see the branches of acquainted international
banks, there are many bank offices in the streets. Of course they are all
local. Almost all of them has debit card (what we call Cash card-Bank card)
application. So it is possible to live without carrying around tones of cash.
Although, I have seen a couple of men who had fat purses bursting out their
back pockets. I have got over the first shock after realizing that it was
probably just equal to 200-300 TL’s in my purse. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">If you need an international bank (to transfer your money), I
only know Halkbank (Turkish) and Bank Mellat (Iranian). But these transfers are
liable to strict controls and obstacles.
It is possible to send money to an individual account. I heard that some
of the small enterprises may effecting their transfers this way too. Please
learn how from someone else ;)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Let’s look at the purchasing value of this money;</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">For 90,000,000 rials
(almost 3,000 USD/9,000 TL); you may rent a fully furnished beautiful apartment
in a beautiful neighborhood. For 400,000-500,000 rials (15-20 USD/40-50 TL) you
may eat well at a beautiful place. Or at a more modest place you may get
something to eat for ½ to ¼ of that price. I will give more detailed
information about purchasing power as I get more experience.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432109302316_2463"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432109302316_2462"><span style="color: purple;">ATTENTION:</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> Locals use “Toman” instead of Riyal which
is confusing. You should especially ask if the price is Toman or Rial when you
buy something. Toman is simply; the one-zero deleted version of Rial. Even
though they tried to make the life easier via this application, they couldn’t
keep step with the speed of inflation. I also heard that some zero<i>s</i> are about to get deleted from Rial.
We’ll see.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15057908948470953055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349837382716176746.post-74633113653162665502015-05-08T04:22:00.001-07:002015-05-20T05:46:36.870-07:00FIRST IMPRESSIONS - Apparel<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
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IMPRESSIONS - Apparel</span></b></h2>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I4DVm3xPWiQ4tlvUVF9GfBuDJPXhA4Ieqz4uLquJvX-N89rhZGrRNno91V-TpxWAdvPG3ueSAdOCu2Uh-I4Uv8aHeHAEEYpNX15iFNDQQnjeX01fG_iGaDHTRKNzfY0o1AgUmcpVqbIh/s1600/IMG_8254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I4DVm3xPWiQ4tlvUVF9GfBuDJPXhA4Ieqz4uLquJvX-N89rhZGrRNno91V-TpxWAdvPG3ueSAdOCu2Uh-I4Uv8aHeHAEEYpNX15iFNDQQnjeX01fG_iGaDHTRKNzfY0o1AgUmcpVqbIh/s200/IMG_8254.JPG" style="background-color: transparent;" width="199" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As of April 2015, I
have completed my first visit to Teheran, so to Iran. I think some of my
entries from now on, will be about my impressions from this journey. <u1:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431003440182_2998"></u1:p></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the era of
communication and internet, Iran doesn’t have much sources and the existing
ones include completely contradictory information. One side, there are the
propaganda materials of the government, on the other hand there are sites and
photos showing Iran as if it’s a boogeyman etc. My most important source was
the photos which my husband took during his former visits.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5Z4mcFKOSaKZvr2Kp4edndpHvwF__F2Xsf0hIZ5Pd5L_Tl74T-J4eS1of4i88629ecWmenWcQFrnEW50EnKuSxOkDgoCu8ui6eYbHj19mRlf_DFgqZbiH2fvda50Fi0A2N-8lrT11vRX/s1600/IMG_7978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5Z4mcFKOSaKZvr2Kp4edndpHvwF__F2Xsf0hIZ5Pd5L_Tl74T-J4eS1of4i88629ecWmenWcQFrnEW50EnKuSxOkDgoCu8ui6eYbHj19mRlf_DFgqZbiH2fvda50Fi0A2N-8lrT11vRX/s200/IMG_7978.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The subject of "What should I wear?" entirely occupied
my headlines. I knew that nowadays they weren’t hanging around in black chadors
like in Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, even I, the casualwear & leggings
person, could barely find two pieces in my wardrobe. So I drove to the mall to
spend some money.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luckily, the brands I
like, have kimono-like creations this season that I could easily find comfy
shirts and tops to wear with leggings and shorts. The delicate colorful scarfs
I like to wear around my neck all along the winter/summer in Turkey, the long
shirts, t-shirts, kimonos, topcoats and skinny pants made perfect combinations.
I made my ballet pumps too. Just before getting off the plane the scarf which
was around my neck went up to my head and <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1431003440182_2989">Voila!</i> I was adapted quickly. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXzKj9_L3tXn9y4DOUy1Ybt6kHRoAgD9hjlM9JenCeijOXdTlLXGW4iBnYBfCynINNj93w5qBoF15kso2sbqfXl3ZJIYGOWuXG_vqBtqGQ2QCSOuUOtFkz0URYGjb__AEQCzIWlnSIFNy/s1600/iran-kadininin-degisen-yuzu-iran-tahran-islam-devrimi-1286268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXzKj9_L3tXn9y4DOUy1Ybt6kHRoAgD9hjlM9JenCeijOXdTlLXGW4iBnYBfCynINNj93w5qBoF15kso2sbqfXl3ZJIYGOWuXG_vqBtqGQ2QCSOuUOtFkz0URYGjb__AEQCzIWlnSIFNy/s200/iran-kadininin-degisen-yuzu-iran-tahran-islam-devrimi-1286268.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Was I a bit eccentric with those clothes in Teheran? Especially,
the more than jealous, envying look on some of the ladies eyes (in black
chadors) hurt me a bit. My outfit wasn’t revealing but I guess it was the
colors that attracted them. As far as I saw, even though all of them doesn’t
put on chador, they usually wear black. I asked to our host if it was
traditional and he explained “They prefer to be invisible by wearing black”. <u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sharia patrols don’t
wander around in their black uniforms anymore but it is told that they may
suddenly appear by your side and take you to the police station just because
you were dressed colorful and attractive. There isn’t any violence etc. They
just release you after signing a paper claiming "I will not be dressed up
like that again". </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">European women or a bit higher status Iranian women manage it by
putting a fine scarf on their hair and a top covering their hips. However Asian
(Korean, Philippine etc.) women don’t cover any thing in the offices. I don’t
know why. I don’t know if they have ever had a situation with Sharia patrols. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will share all the information as soon as I learn the details.
Keep following me curious ones! ;) </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15057908948470953055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349837382716176746.post-43168023933071604352015-05-01T05:34:00.001-07:002015-05-01T05:46:16.252-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wfoZXCUe4N7vcCBaKttEOZd03rqLg83QOzcWv1bAoAX2cHnBRQyvvciotsP-nwccXq1sxMXDx62BV5J6Ytm5zmWMGbg05Do7uka3BkOg6UBv-txtX3zxrE5x-OCq2vfC0FoGeOiGf79u/s400/Grap_2012.jpg" height="250" width="400" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our plane landed at
İmam Humeyni Airport outside the city. The sun was about to rise. Just like
every other highway in the world, the huge lined up billboards attracted my
attention. As a matter of fact, there was almost nothing to see besides them.
The interesting thing about the billboards was that no matter what was the
advertisement about, there wasn’t any human visual in it, or there was just a
hand or something…</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With the effect of my loginess from sleep and the confusion, I
thought that it was about the negative point of view of Islamic world on the
usage of face figures.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My thought was demolished fast. </span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The sun was rising while we were entering the city and the beautiful
graffitis were the first things who made me already love Teheran. <u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some of them had traditional motifs, some of them were made to
honor the martyrs of the revolution, and the others just represented pastoral
views.</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most of them covered the entire wall freely just like it was
dedicated to the artist. I guess they gave a less restricted space to youth
this way. As I was writing this entry, I have just learned that they have also
a graffiti festival.</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unfortunately the car was going fast and there wasn’t enough
light to take the photo of these beautiful graffittis but I have prepared a
little compilation of the Walls of Teheran.</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14.7pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Years gone by and the opportunities of the company showed us that we could build up dreams independent from the country limits, for ourselves and our children. We could work and live a bit above the average life at any corner of the World. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As parents of two professional swimmers, we were thinking about, of course, Europe and USA though, it was more than impossible to catch a suitable position at those countries in such a large scale firm as an Asian native citizen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;">At the exact moment we were ready to let go of our dreams, one of my husband’s ex-managers asked him if he would accept an occasional position in Iran office where they needed his expertise. We put our heads together and decided that we could handle 4 or 5 months of separation and this experience would be valuable in the future. So last summer, we send him to Iran.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;">Four months whizz by between arrivals&departures, the intense rhythm of my and children’s lives and the summer energy. He lived in </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com.tr/Hotel_Review-g293999-d2367389-Reviews-Tooba_Hotel-Tehran_Tehran_Province.html"><span style="color: #009eb8;">Tooba Apart Hotel</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"> near the office and made a Persian entourage for himself. When he came to İstanbul, he shared his experiences and all the things he had seen.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was a surprise waiting for us at the end of that phase; the management wanted his position to be permanent and send him there as an expat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;">This time we put our heads much more together and thought;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Yes, he could go but we couldn’t because the children were at 7<sup>th</sup> grade and we had a tough exam marathon ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;">* Besides, they were semi-professional swimmers and neither our club nor their athlete career kept this prospect warm. We had years of efforts!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we shared our situation with the company, we realized that they didn’t have a positive look for an expat without his/her family. So we said kismetand let it go (once again the typical Turkish logic greeding for less) but both Iran’s position in international politics and the importance of the position for the company, they accepted our situation and Iran became our destination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;">After long, looooooonnnnnnnng hours of discussions, we put our triple plan into action (with the support of our dear family); my husband is going to live in a rental apartment, children are going to stay at İstanbul, I am going to shuttle back & forth between two cities.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to wish good luck to all of us and share my impressions about Iran.Continue following me if you are curious about it ;)</span></div>
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