Remember year 2000? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The millennium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We were told that computer systems would not interpret the \u201c00\u201d correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Y2K (Year 2000) bug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The end was near!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In December 1999, I was living near Clapham North. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yep, moved again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I planned to go to Turkey to see my mum for the new year. I had my plane ticket, some money, my passport, my bank card, and a cheque for \u00a350 that was given to me by my host family inside a wallet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a cold and rainy day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, I know, like any other days in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clapham North was very busy with Christmas shoppers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I packed my rucksack, put the wallet in the middle section, and went to the bank to cash the cheque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it was my turn to talk to the customer agent, I reached for my wallet, but it wasn\u2019t there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remember panicking and checking the bag again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No use, it had gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My passport, my money, my cheque, and flight ticket. It also had my phone number written on a paper. I couldn\u2019t remember my number, so I wrote it down and kept it in my wallet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later in the evening, a guy rang me and told me that he had my wallet. He must have discovered the paper with my phone number on it. I was so happy. I thought he found my stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He stole it and guess what? He asked for money to return it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I arranged a place and time to meet him. Then I went to the police to report it and explain the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They didn\u2019t want to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They weren\u2019t interested in a foreign girl\u2019s lost wallet. They didn\u2019t even listen to me. It meant nothing to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To me, it was all I had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was my chance to see mum after almost a year in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The embassy couldn\u2019t give me a temporary document till January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The airline company (Turkish Airlines) refused to issue a new ticket to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything that could go wrong went wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I spent the millennium on my own in my room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sat by the window and cried for hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not sure which one was dropping faster, my tears or the rain outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I welcomed the millennium in London instead of Bursa, where my mum lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If only I could understand than that, nothing remains the same, it all changes, constantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was young, emotional, and did not understand the order of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was just learning to crawl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went to the station to meet the guy who had stolen my stuff. But he did not show up. Maybe he thought I was going to bring the police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where did you celebrate the millennium? Share it with tag #Liferollson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sending you hugs and stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yasemin<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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