Isik

Turkey
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Travel information
I am currently
At home
Activities i am interested in:
Financial consulting, cooking, dancing, wild camping, sharing ideas
My next destination:
Buenos Aires, Argentina - from Jun 2024 until Aug 2024
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Description
I have just early retaired from working as finance professional in a company for 20 years. Lived, worked and traveled in Kenya and East Africa for 5 years. I took a year off to travel Latin America and learned Spanish in 2013. Love mural painting, wild camping, cooking, dancing. Practicing pilates, yoga and swimming. I take care of my garden with olive and almond trees. I can help with financial analysis of a business, evaluating the projects, setting up systems or project time plans, managing a team and cooking. My passion and dream is to join an art project like mural painting while travelling.
instagram: luz_._de_._colores
Interests
Self development
Pets
Movies & TV
Music
Photography
Yoga / Wellness
Sustainability
Sailing / Boating
Nature
Outdoor activities
Performing arts
Plant care
Languages
Fitness
Events & social
Drawing & painting
Dancing
DIY & crafts
Culture
Cooking & food

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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Turkish: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
More details about my language interests
I Would like to develop my Spanish and can exchange English or Turkish
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Art Projects
Languages
Hospitality/Tourism
Helping around the house
Charity Work
Eco Projects
Life at a Farmstay
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Helping with Computers/ Internet
General Maintenance
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Animal Care
Teaching
Being an elderly companion
Able to teach about:
Creating/ Cooking family meals
More details about your skills
Giving advise on how to bring a visibility on financials of a business
Analysing financial situation of a business
Setting up systems how to control financials
How to prepare project timeline
Mural art painting
cooking mediterranean dishes
practicing yoga & pilates
administrative work, organization, planning, managing a team
Age
51
What else ...
I have a passion of mural painting
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  no
- Special dietary requirements
  no

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25 Aug 2023

Left by Workawayer (Isik) for host (Biological reserve near Santa ...)

La reserva es un lugar muy especial no solo por la cantidad de plantas y especies que allí viven sino también por la filosofía y el espíritu que provienen de los propietarios, los queridos profesores Eberhard y Gloria, con su vida inspiradora que se ve como resultado del paraíso que tienen. Han creado en 20 años hermosos objetos de arte y libros… read more

(Excellent )

16 Aug 2023

Left by Workawayer (Isik) for host (Help with our coffee farm in ...)

It was a great coffee farm experience that I recommend 100 percent. I was supposed to translate the tour but there were Spanish speaker groups so it was not needed. After listening Don Leo’s coffee tour, I was grateful for that because it is more than just a coffee farm tour but Don Leo’s amazing life story mixed with Colombia history of coffee,… read more

(Excellent )

29 Jul 2023

Left by host (A small hotel in the ...) for Workawayer (Isik)

Este mensaje va para todos los host que tengan la suerte de recibir una solicitud de Isik, no lo dudes un segundo! además de sus valores como persona, honradez, respeto y delicadeza, ella tiene una experiencia amplia en finanzas, análisis financiero y oportunidades de negocio, este es el gran regalo que tiene esta talentosa mujer para aportar a tu… read more

(Excellent )

26 Jul 2023

Left by Workawayer (Isik) for host (A small hotel in the ...)

I could not think a better experience in my first try at workaway. I strongly recommend working with Alejandra.
Hotel is very peacefull with very lovely nice ladies working and the best behaving dogs I have ever seen playing around. Ladies were very patient with my Spanish and always trying to help me with it.
I had just early retaired from a… read more multinational company where I was working as a financial controller. Seing my profile, Alejandra offered me a financial consultancy exchange for her boutique hotel and her new projects.
First, we have brought a visibility on financials, prepared reports showing profit&loss, worked on expense items and talked about how to analyse and control them. Then, set up a system for cash controlling, worked on different business ideas, made simulations to see if it would worth to invest time and money. Finally we made project timetables to follow item by item.
Alejandra is a very clever business woman, easy to work with and at the same time a lovely and fun lady to hang out with. She is well travelled and has a very good English. She took me to the nicest places, bars and restaurants not only in Santa Fe de Antioquia but also Medilline. We stayed two nights at her moms beautiful house in Medilline and enjoyed the city and night life with her friends at local places. She always made sure that my stay was comfortable and enjoyable to the most. I sincerely thank to Alejandra for all the experinces I had and wish her the deserved success in her projects.
At the end I have gained also a new friend, now we are making plans with Alejandra to meet again, travel and party together soon!

No se me ocurrió una mejor experiencia en mi primer intento en workaway. Recomiendo encarecidamente trabajar con Alejandra.
El hotel es muy tranquilo, con damas muy amables y encantadoras que trabajan y los perros con mejor comportamiento que he visto jugando. Las damas fueron muy pacientes con mi español y siempre trataron de ayudarme.
Me acababa de jubilar anticipadamente de una empresa multinacional donde trabajaba como controlador financiero. Al ver mi perfil, Alejandra me ofreció un intercambio de asesoría financiera para su hotel boutique y sus nuevos proyectos.
En primer lugar, aportamos visibilidad a las finanzas, preparamos informes que muestran pérdidas y ganancias, trabajamos en elementos de gastos y hablamos sobre cómo analizarlos y controlarlos. Luego montó un sistema de control de caja, trabajó en diferentes ideas de negocios, hizo simulaciones para ver si valía la pena invertir tiempo y dinero. Finalmente hicimos cronogramas de proyectos para seguir punto por punto.
Alejandra es una mujer de negocios muy inteligente, fácil de trabajar y al mismo tiempo una mujer encantadora y divertida con quien pasar el rato. Ella ha viajado mucho y tiene un inglés muy bueno. Me llevó a los mejores lugares, bares y restaurantes no solo de Santa Fe de Antioquia sino también de Medilline. Nos quedamos dos noches en la hermosa casa de su madre en Medilline y disfrutamos de la ciudad y la vida nocturna con sus amigos en lugares locales. Ella siempre se aseguró de que mi estadía fuera cómoda y agradable al máximo. Agradezco sinceramente a Alejandra por todas las experiencias vividas y le deseo el éxito merecido en sus proyectos.
Al final también he ganado un nuevo amigo, ahora estamos haciendo planes con Alejandra para volver a encontrarnos, viajar y divertirnos juntos pronto!

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