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Najveća vrednost putovanja je susret sa ljudima. Neki samo prođu kroz vaš život, dok drugi ostanu zauvek. Iako bi bilo bolje da sam ovo pisao prošle godine na Eurobasketu kada smo Ilker i ja mogli da slavimo deceniju poznanstva, čini se da nikad nije kasno. Te 2007. godine bio sam u naučnom žiriju za najbolji poster na VI kongresu nauke i fudbala u Antaliji, organizovanog od strane Toma Rajlija, takođe dragog prijatelja koji više nije sa nama, a koji je toliko uticao na mene. Ilkerov poster je bio najbolji. Tako sam i glasao, on je pobedio, a mnogi nisu verovali. Danas se taj poster nalazi u mojoj ordinaciji, a sa Ilkerom se češće viđam nego nekim prijateljima iz tog vremena, iako on živi u Istanbulu, a ja u Beogradu. Samo za ovaj vikend imali smo dva važna sastanka.  Očigledno da će nam zajedničke inicijative doneti nove susrete u budućnosti, ali više od toga lep osećaj da postoji neko s kim mogu opušteno da pričam o svemu i da računam na njega. Ovo poslednje mi je posebno važno jer volim da mogu da pomognem ljudima računajući na svoje prijatelje i to bez mnogo objašnjavanja. I eto sad nosim važan lek u mojoj torbi i srećan sam što ćemo nekom pomoći, jer kao što piše na jednoj grafici u taštinom stanu: Život nam vraća samo ono što mi drugima dajemo.

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The greatest value of traveling is meeting people. Some just go through your life, while others stay forever. Although it would be better if I wrote this last year at the Eurobasket when Ilker and I were able to celebrate a decade of acquaintance, it seems that it is never too late. In 2007, I was in the scientific jury for the best poster at the 6th Congress of Science and Football in Antalya, organized by Tom Reilly, a valuable friend who is no longer with us, who has so much influenced on me. Ilker’s poster was the best. So I voted, he won, and many did not believe. Today, this poster is in my office, and I can see more often with Ilker than some friends from that time, although he lives in Istanbul, and I am in Belgrade. We had two important meetings just during this weekend. It is obvious that joint initiatives will bring us new encounters in the future, but more than that, the good feeling is that there is someone I can talk about and count on him. This last one is especially important to me, because I love that I can help people counting on my friends, without too much explanation. And now I’m carrying an important drug in my bag and I’m happy that we will help someone, because as it is written on a graphic in a my mother in law apartment: Life returns us only what we give to others.