Mert AKGÜN
Prep-B
NEW LIFE
It all started when I found a book on the bus. Perhaps, it was one of the amazing events that changed my life
completely and made me a cheerful person. As a result of this, I have believed that an insignificant situation can
rewrite your destiny.
It was Monday. I was trying to get ready for my presentation. Excited and anxious, passengers on the bus were
surprised at my great hurry. While I was looking around to sit on a vacant seat, a new-published book had fallen
on the ground. I took a look inside the book, yet the only one thing that astounded me was the fact that it was
a diary. However, no name was anywhere in it. To be honest, the luminous figure and font of the diary grabbed
my attention. Thereupon, thanks to my 45 minute trip, I started to read the diary.
From what I read in the diary, the author was a woman working for a marketing company, whose working hours
and place were exactly like mine. Tragically, there was a man with whom she had fallen in love, but he did not
seem to notice her. What she said in her diary was that even though they had jovial chats, suppers and parties,
she could not see adequate excitement in his eyes needed to be in love with someone. She wrote from her
emotional heart that she had never loved anyone like that. Day by day, it was crystal clear that her love was
being fired up by the polite behaviors and self-confidence of this man who still did not seem to love her. As
far as I understood, she wrote that he was really absorbed by his job, not letting girls and others distract him,
even a true love. Her love and feelings were well-expressed, leading me to think that I wanted to be that man,
for nobody on the planet had ever considered and loved me as a boyfriend. However, I wasn’t looking for a
girlfriend, and decided I would wait for my love, doing nothing to find true love.
As I arrived at my company, the enormous clock hanging from the white wall indicated that I had an hour or
so before a meeting. I immediately went up to the floor where my friends’ offices were to tell them about the
diary and that I was truly impressed by her love and the way she expressed herself. I also wanted to ask if they
knew her since I thought she worked for a company very similar to ours. As soon as I met up with my friends, I
conferred with them about the author of the diary. A second after I put up my hand gripping the book, all of my
friends’ impressions were quite natural except my friend Sarah whose face showed a multitude of feelings like
anxiety and excitement, forcing me to ask her if she had written it. Suddenly, she started to weep emotionally
and shouted out, “I admit I wrote it! Everything in it is definitely true.” Her words echoed in the hallways and in
my ears. She cried because of her love for me, as if she would love me forever. My friends were waiting for me
to respond, but a lot of questions were buzzing in my mind, making me feel quite confused. The scene in the
room was fairly reminiscent of dramatic scenes of romantic movies. After ten minutes of agonizing over what I
would say, I patiently said,” You know what? I have been ignoring your love because I allowed my job and tedious
tasks make me blind to it. Even though I have spent a great deal of time hanging out with you and having fun, I
unfortunately ignored the fact that I love you, too. I love you Sarah!” Everyone in the floor started to clap and to
cheer, making quite a ruckus.
Two years later, we married and moved to Istanbul, Turkey. Now, we have a wonderful yet hectic life in the most
crowded city of Turkey.
As a result, if you have lots of things to do, you should not ignore your friends, relatives and social life. I realize
that my social life made me better at my job, and there has been a surge in my accomplishments. The impact of
a positive social life on our lives is unquestionable.
Ege Ayars BOZKURT
Prep-B
20
THE CLAPPER 2016 - 2017