English Diary (22.11.2015) "Learning English With Songs"

As you remember from my last english post, I had written about a few english songs I memorized. I'm still listening to them over and over again. I've also been learning new songs day by day. I would like to share them with you here, right now.

1- "We Are Young" - Fun : This is my favorite song, recently. I listen to it tirelessly over and over again. Actually, I've discovered this song through Pink. I'd got the chance to know Nate Ruess when I've listened to "just give me a reason". His voice was so impressive. So then, I've researched him and got to know his band "Fun" and their beautiful songs. So, I've listening to this song since I found it. The lyrics are so funny and witty. I love to sing it really loudly, especially the chorus, like this;

"Tooooonighhhhhtt
 Weee aree young
 So let's set the world on fireeee
 We can burn brighteeeeer
 than the suuuuuunnnn"

It is a lot of fun, like the band's name...

2- "English Man in NY" - Sting : This song is so cool and makes me feel realy different without any reason. I'm not English, I'm not in New York and I'm not a man but I feel like these. This is so interesting. I like this song but I don't know why. Who knows, maybe I relate to this song because I sometimes feel like an alien in my own country.

3- "I'm Not The Only One" - Sam Smith : Such a beautiful song in every way. Everything is awesome; the lyrics, the music, Sam Smith's voice... The song's clip is just impressive as itself. I feel like watching a beautiful romantic film when I saw the clip.

4- "Loving You" - Tammy Wynette : This song is my cousin's wife Esma's favorite song. She recommended this song to me and now I'm listening to it.  It is a very romantic song. Tammy Wynette is one of the greatest female country singers of all the time. She has beautiful, strong and clear voice.

5- "Yesterday" - The Beatles: My blogger friends Berkay and Yusuf recommended this band to me on my last english post. Listening to the Beatles's songs always works to improve english pronunciation. Because, their music is universal and the lyrics are simple easy to understand. So, I've chosen  to add this song to my music list. It is absolutely beautiful and perfect in every way, from the lyrics, vocals and instruments.

As is seen, I keep on learning english with songs. My english music list is building up day by day. I hope, I can go on like this.

See you on my next music list.

English Diary (28.10.2015) "Learning English With Songs"

I have been listening to english songs and trying to sing loudly for a while. You know; I've been trying to learn english for a long time through a lot of different methods. However I still can not speak very well. I guess, I need to practice over and over again. Thus, I've decided to practice through music and songs. I hope it will work this time.

Now, I just want to share with you here are a few of the english songs I have been listening to:

1-) Imagine - John Lennon: This is such a catchy song, for this reason, it is the first song what I've memorized. Also, this song's message is simple but at the sametime very profound. So, everyone must memorize this song all over the world. It's a very effective and global song. I love it.

2-) Just give me a reason - Pink: It's the most pleasurable song when I sing loudly with Pink for me. It is really great. Pink's songs are very beautiful. I love all of them but I think, "just give me a reason" is number one.

3-) Someone like you - Adele: I had memorized only the chorus of this song before. Now, I'm trying memorize other words. Surely, I will learn all of them soon and then troll with Adele. Of course my voice is a bit funny compared to Adele but I don't care. I just love to sing.:)

4-) Stupid in love - Rihanna : I had memorized some part of the lyrics, too. The lyrics of  this song are very interesting. I love this song. Rihanna sings the song very fast. So, to learn it will be difficult, but, I will learn and sing it with Rihanna. It will be fun.

5-) Everything I Do- Brayn Adams:  Brayn Adams's voice is very impressive. I love his voice. This song is my favorite Brayn Adams's song. I've been listening to this song since my childhood. It's so romantic and gentle. I usually dream about a man saying these words to me whenever I listen to this song. However the man's voice must sound emotional like Brayn Adams :)

You see, I listen to these songs over and over again everyday till I memorize all words. Learning english with songs is a great way to improve my pronunciation and increase my vocabulary. Also, It is really fun. I will tell you about other songs that I try to memorize in the following days.

English Diary (16.09.2015) "My Sweet Summer" (and turkish translation :) )

Hello dear diary,

I'm sorry because I couldn't spare you any time for while.You know, I was very busy this summer because I've traveled to Black Sea region and Lykia region and than I've written my experiences on my blog. (Of course in turkish) Surely, I must also tell you about that.

I've seen a lot of beautiful places in my travels and I just want to tell you about these.

First of all; I traveled around The Black Sea region in June. It was really fantastic. It has many fascinating places and brilliant flatlands. I love all of them. Especially the flatlands, they are so beautiful, like a heaven on earth and I've felt like Heidi there :)

Then, I traveled around Lykia region in August.  It is in the west of the Mediterranean region. Lykia is known for the coves, the sea and the beaches first. I've swam at a lot of beautiful coves and beaches. It was fantastic. I've never seen so many different shades of blue before! The water was really amazing.

By the way I've had a great experience in Ölüdeniz and I've done paragliding. Can you believe it? :) Yes, you can be sure that I've done this mad thing. However, it was incredible. It was fantastic. It was gorgeous... I cannot tell you how I feel. Watching Ölüdeniz from the sky is like a dream.

So, my travels were very funny this summer.What a lovely summer! I love summer days. It's September already and unfortunately winter is coming :( Ooh this is bad news for me because I hate winter. I wish summer never would end.

Anyway, I want to finish this post with 2 beautiful photos about my travels. Look at these:

Çamlıhemşin - Rize (The Black Sea Region)

Ölüdeniz - Fethiye (Lykia Region)

(Turkish Translation)

Selam sevgili günlük,
Bir süredir sana vakit ayıramadığım için çok üzgünüm. Biliyorsun ki; bu yaz Karadeniz ve Likya bölgelerini gezdiğim ve oradaki deneyimlerimi bloguma yazdığım için (tabi ki türkçe) çok yoğundum. Elbette sana da anlatmalıyım bunları.

Seyahatlerimde bir çok güzel yer gördüm ve sana bunları anlatmak istiyorum.

Öncelikle; Haziran'da Karadeniz turu yaptım. Olağanüstüydü. Orada bir çok büyüleyici yer ve muhteşem yaylalar vardı ve hepsine bayıldım. Özellikle yaylalar çok güzel, tıpkı yeryüzündeki cennet gibi. Orada kendimi Heidi gibi hissettim :) 

Ayrıca, Ağustos ayında Likya turu yaptım. Orası batı Akdeniz'de yer alyor. Likya, öncelikle koyları, denizi ve plajlarıyla tanınmakta. Bir çok güzel koy ve plajda yüzdüm. Harikaydı. Daha önce mavinin bu kadar farklı tonunu görmemiştim. Su gerçekten harikaydı.

He bu arada, Ölüdeniz'de mükemmel bir deneyim yaşadım ve yamaç paraşütü yaptım. Buna inanabiliyor musun? Evet, bu çılgınlığı yaptığıma emin olabilirsin. Ama inanılmazdı. Büyüleyiciydi. Mükemmeldi... Neler hissettiğimi sana anlatamam. Gökyüzünden Ölüdeniz'i izlemek rüya gibiydi.

Yani, bu yaz seyahatlerim çok eğlenceliydi. Yaz ne güzel ya!. Yaz günlerini çok seviyorum. Şu an Eylül'deyiz ve kış geliyor. Bu benim için kötü bi haber, çünkü ben kıştan nefret ediyorum. Keşke yaz hiç bitmese!

Herneyse, bu yazımı seyahatlerimle ilgili 2 fotoyla bitirmek istiyorum. Bkz:

See you! :)

English Diary (08.05.2015) "Dear Diary"

Hi my sweet diary,

I'm sorry because I couldn't spare you any time for while. However, I've been studying english every day, so hard that I haven't even been able to write to you. Sometimes, I've read english posts, sometimes I've watched educational videos and sometimes I've written something in english. So, I've tried to keep going at my own pace in my own way :)

Also, I've written a story in english. Yes, maybe it is a bit silly, but it is very funny even if I do say so. I've tried using to several conjunctions when I wrote this story. This was really funny. Moreover I've written the second part. I'm probably, going to write more parts in the following days to come (I hope)

By the way, I've explored several websites about english education. I'm watching them as soon as I have a bit of free time. They are very useful. Especially, English Coach Chad's website "Practice Paradise".  Chad is telling how to speak english well. He is a real motivator. I can understand him very well. I also receive a daily video from the website. This is really working

I'm reading the book outside of study english, also I'm trying to follow my blogger friend's new posts, but sometimes I'm missing them. Because, I'm very busy again and I'm fed up of being like this, but there is nothing I can do, Life...

As I said before, I love my blog. I love writing my feelings and my ideas on my blog. Besides, I love to read other blogs so much. I've made a lot of friends through "Blogger". We know each other better as long as we read our posts. So, we are like a family. Although we have never seen each other we feel like this.

We've experienced a sad event recently. We've recieved the news of the death of a blogger friend. She shared full of life posts before her death, it was really interesting. We have read her posts over and over again.

Her death was very demoralizing. We are all so sad. I never visited to her blog before, but her death affected me so much that I wish, I had read her blogs earlier.

Then, I have put myself in her place. I've thought about my blog, my posts, my comments... all of them will stay on forever, even I am gone... This is a very strange feeling.

Anyway dear diary, It's been very sad an emotinal recently. I think, it's better to write about sad things in english rather than turkish. I slog on when I writing about somthing bad in turkish. So I'll come to you when I feel like this. I love you my dairy. You will always be here for me.

English Diary (09.04.2015) "A Little Bit Of Everything"

Selam arkadaşlar,

Dün paylaştığım yazıyı ingilizceye çevirmeye çalıştım bugün, (tabi ki Esmuş yengemin katkılarıyla)
Daha önce yazılmış bir yazıyı ingilizceye çevirmek çok zor. Çünkü aslına sadık kalmak istiyorsun ama anlatmak istediğini o şekilde tam olarak anlatamıyorsun, bazı yerleri kesip atman gerekiyor, bazı yerlere ilave yapman gerekiyor. Yani resmen yazıyı baştan yazıyorsun.

Ben ingilizce günlük tutmaya başlarken önce türkçe yazıp daha sonra onu ingilizceye çevirmeye kalkmış ama bunun ne kadar zor olduğunu görünce bu yöntemden vazgeçip direkt İngilizce yazarak mevzuya dalmıştım :) ve kör topal bugünlere geldim işte gördüğünüz gibi.

Kendimi gramer olarak geliştirdiğimi, kelime hazinemin her geçen gün arttığını, bazı şeylerin yerine oturduğunu çok iyi hissediyorum ama tabi hala konuşurken tutulup kalıyor, Mustafa Topaloğlu'na bağlanıyorum, orası ayrı :)

Bu yüzden önümüzdeki günlerde konuşmaya yönelik bir şeyler yapmak istiyorum (vakit bulabilirsem tabi) Örneğin günlüklerimi seslendirmek istiyorum, belki siz de bana yorumlarınızı seslendirip okursunuz he nasıl fikir?

Neyse, aklımdaki çılgın projeler işte :)

Lafı daha uzatmadan günlüğümle baş başa bırakıyorum sizi.

(Dünkü yazımı okumadıysanız şurada : Herşeyden Az Biraz ) İngilizcesi de (biraz kırptım ama) aşağıda, buyrunuz:


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Hi there;

I've just realized that I didn't write any posts in April. Besides, I don't even know when it was 9 April. So, I decided to write this post, but I have no idea, how it's going to be.

Actually, I want to tell about a lot of things but I can't choose one of them. Because, I cannot focus on a subject. Recently, I've been doing a little of everything. It's just how I've been feeling these days. So, let me I try to explain whats been happening in my life;

First of all, my work is very busy. Especially, our department is very busy in March and April every year, thereupon, my company in a large project at the moment while we are also attending an exhibition, meaning I have had no spare time at work.

My mom still can't sleep well at nights. Besides, Ali is usually working at nights. So, we cannot see each other. As you understand, everyone is living in shifts at our home.  That's just the way it is at home, too.

Last book I read was "Eylembilim". I want to start reading a new book but, I can't decide on which one. I don't even have time to choose a book, let alone finish it :) Anyway, Ok, I've just decided, I am going to start to read a book by Aziz Nesin. I think, he is the best writer to make me feel good.

There was also pilates in my life, wasn't there? I think, there still is. Although it's not like it was in the first days, I'm doing a little bit.

I haven't logged in to my social accounts recently as I've been so busy. However, I still receive some strange notifications from Facebook, like this; "Tülay added a new photo", but I don't know, who is Tülay. I guess, it's so rubbish.

Yesterday, I received a silly notification again and I clicked it this time. So, I went to home page immediately and than I started reading several news. Finally, I saw a sensitive post that Öznur shared (Öznur is Burçin's sister. Burçin is my childhood friend who sadly died 14 years ago.) I was deeply touched when I read Öznur's post and then I remembered our childhood and the days we did crazy things. We were very happy children who always laughed. I miss those years and her...

Anyway, I'm afraid this post is going to be too sad, so enough of the sentimentality, as you can see I'm like this these days, a litle bit of everything; sadness and happiness, stress and relaxation, sleep and sleeplessness, sensuality and insensitiveness... a little bit of everything. Like life...

Bye!

English Diary (30.03.2015) "Ezginin Günlüğü"

Hi sweety,

I have no idea what I will be writing to you. For this reason, I want to look back and read what I wrote before. And I've laughed very much when I read before post. It was very fun. I know, my english is still not good but I feel that it is better day by day.

Actually, there is nothing much to tell. You know, the same old story. I'm working so hard, recently. I can't spare any time for you right now. The weather is still very bad. Everyone is waiting for spring. Of course, mee too.

Besides, I'm still doing pilates and I am feeling a lot thinner I guess, it's working. I'm reading turkish novels. I'm sorry because I'm still not reading "The Pearl". However, I will start to read it again, in the next days, I promise.

And recently, my favorite thing is listening to "Ezginin Günlüğü". Do you know it. It is my favorite band since I was a child. I grew up with their songs. "Leyla", "Ebruli", "Düşler Sokağı","1980", "Gemi", "Aşk Bitti" and more... These songs make me happy and peaceful. I have'nt listened to them in a long time. I miss them.

I want to start this week with their song, like this;

We all have a good week.
See you later honey!

English Diary (21.03.2015) "My 34th Birthday"

Hi dear,
Guess, whoese birthday is today? :) Come on honey, it's very easy. Of course, it's mine. :)))

You know that I've written about my feelings in turkish on my birthday. However, I want to share my feelings in english on my birthday as well.

Yes dear, It's my birthday; "happy birthday to me"  :) Ooo, thank you, thank you :)

All kidding aside, I'm getting older. So, I feel so sad  :(  I'm 34 years old now, can you believe it? No, I cannot believe it :( It's very difficult, because I still feel like a little girl.

This is really interesting for me. On the one hand I feel so sad because of I'm getting older, on the other hand I'm very happy for I feel more free. And I feel strange. Actually, life is strange, isn't it?

In spite of everything, life is so good! Actually, this is the only truth and what I want to believe. Life is really good!

Life is good, laughing is good, eating, sleeping, loving, reading, writing, traveling, visiting new place where I've never been before... All these are so,so good!

And to be able to get a chance to come into the world is so awesome, therefore, I feel very lucky. And I usually say to myself: "Fourtunately, I've been born. Because, life is wonderful.

I hope, I will be able to write good and happy things on my blog after my new age, too.

And finally, thank god for all the years of my life. Happy 34th birthday to me!

See you honey!

English Diary (18.03.2015) "The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial Day"

Hi my diary,

Today is The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial Day and 100th Anniversarry Of The Çanakkale Naval Victory. So, we feel proud and also we feel sad. Because, thousands of soldiers died heroically in this battle.

Canakkale always pulls on my heartstrings. Because, I grew up with listening to a lot of real stories about this battle. Carporal Seyit (Turkish: Seyit Onbaşı), Hennaed Hasan (Turkish: Kınalı Hasan), Unknown Soldier (Turkish: Meçhul Asker) and thousands of more. Of course, they will be told today, again. Will be told forever and ever...

Carporal Seyit is one of the most famous hero in this battle. He has carried three artillary shells which was about 275 kg. One of the shells hit the British HMS Ocean. And than, the ship was sunk by the minelayer Nusret. It was an important victory for Turkish soldiers.

The shell was not real as shown on the picture. It is made of wood. One day after, journalist have wanted to Carporal Seyit carries again for take a photo. However, he couldn't carry a reel shell and he said: "If the battle start again I will carry it again, but I can't now" And than he has carried wood shell for this picture.

The Çanakkale Battle is known as the bloodiest of the battles in World War I.  All the martyrs who died in Çanakkale will never be forgotten. And we will always be grateful to them. Because, they have fought under very difficult conditions. They were very hungry, very powerless and they didn't have any technological arms... All they had was their hope.

And the most importantly, other Turkish people have took heart from these heroes for to start The Turkish War Of Independence.

Yes, all of us grateful to these heroes for our independence. May they sleep in heavenly light. We will never forget them, they are all alive in our hearts with love, respect and thankfulness... And we always have our independence, as they wanted.


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Martyr: Şehit
Anniversarry: Yıl dönümü
Naval: Deniz savaşı
Artillary: Top
Shell: Top mermisi
Sunk: Batmak
Minelayer: Mayın gemisi
Henna: Kına

English Diary (08.03.2015) "International Women's Day"

Hi dear,

Today is International Women's Day. Actually, it is not very important. Because, women are killed everyday. I hope, all of us will live one day in a world where women are not killed.

Anyway dear, I cleaned my room, today and I'm very tired. (Oh Women, what a pity!) So, I cannot write any more this week. Don't worry, everything is ok. I am still doing my pilates and reading my English novel. No problem. I just need to get some rest. Is that ok?

See you later!

English Diary (01.03.2015) "The Pearl"

Herkese merhaba tekrardan,

Bu haftayı da bitirdik, hatta ayı bitirdik yahu ve ingilizce günlüğümden bir sayfa daha eksildi :)

Bu hafta, ingilizce kitap okumaya başladım. Çok zor, çok sabır isteyen bir şey bu. Yani bilmediğin kelimelerin altını çizip, her sayfa sonunda o kelimelere bakıp tekrardan aynı cümleleri okumak ve bir çıkarım yapmak epey vakit alıyor. Ama sayfa sonunda, o sayfada neler yazdığını bilince insan "ingilizceyi anlıyorum bea, yuppi!" diyerek zevkten dört köşe oluyor :) İngilizce öğrenmeye çalışan herkese şiddetle değil gayet barışçıl bir şekilde öneririm. (Her türlü şiddete karşıyız :))

Aşağıda okuyacağınız günlüğümde, okumaya başladığım bu kitaptan bahsettim. Ve sayfanın sonunda, yeni öğrendiğim kelimeler ve Türkçe anlamlarına yer verdim. Bire bir tercüme etmiyorum. Biraz da siz kafa yorun diye :) Hadi birlikte bakalım, neler anlatmaya çalışmışım...

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Hi sweety,
Not much happened since last week. You know, same old, same old... I went to work and I returned home, I watched television, I did pilates, I read books.

Yes, I read books. I can tell you that I read books. I especially, want to tell you about The Pearl. It is an english novella. I'm trying to read in english. To read an english book is very useful to I improve my english, like this diary :)

The Pearl is a novella by an American author Jhon Steinbeck, published in 1947. Steinbeck's inspiration was a Mexican folk tale from La Paz.

Steinbeck had heard Kino's story in La Paz and he was very impressed by this story. And than he had decided to make a film about this story.  He wrote this story to make a film.

I have never seen this film, but I'll watch it one day. However, first of all I must finish this book.

This story about Kino. "When Kino, a poor Mexican pearl-diver, finds the Pearl of the World he believes that all his dreams can come true. He will marry his wife in the church, wearing fine new clothes, their infant son will never want for anything and the boy might one day go to school, learn to read and write. But Kino's vision of a bright future blinds him to the greed and fear the pearl arouses in his neighbours and himself, and his shining dream begins to blacken and twist..."

Of course, I didn't write the above paragraph :) It is from the back cover of the book.

Yes dear, that's all for today. You can see that I've learned new words, below.

See you later.

Learned new words and meaning Turkish

Novella: Kısa roman
Inspiration: İlham, esin
Folk tale: Masal
Pearl-diver: İnci avcısı
Infant: Küçük çocuk
Greed: Aç gözlülük
Arouse: Uyandırmak
Blacken: Karalamak
Twist: Ters dönmek

English Diary (22.02.2015) "Pilates"

Herkese selam,

Ne zamandır sizinle ingilizce günlüklerimle alakalı dedikodu yapmıyorduk değil mi? Hiç bir açıklama yapmadan direkt yayınlıyordum öyle ingilizce ingilizce :) E ne yapayım ama?  İlk önce kafamda konu belirliyorum, defterime yazıyorum, Esma yengemden sağlamasını istiyorum, yanlış cümleleri çiziyorum, bozuyorum tekrar yenisini kuruyorum. En nihayetinde de burada yayınlıyorum. Kurduğum cümleleri o kadar çok okuyorum ki burada yayınlamadan daha, çoktan bıkmış oluyorum o cümlelerden. "Gözüm görmesin artık, lanet gelsin yayınlayım sizi şurdan da, yıkılın karşımdan" diyerek, can havliyle yayınlıyorum bir avazda :)

Hal böyle olunca da her gün yazmam biraz zor oluyor benim için. Ama hiç değilse de her hafta yazmaya çalışıyorum. Çok fazla olmasa da kemikleşmiş bir kitlem oluşmaya başladı günlüğümü takip eden. Onlardan aldığım gazla, en kötü ihtimalle her hafta ingilizce egzersiz yapmış oluyorum böylece. "Sayende ben de pratik yapıyorum" diyenler oluyor, ki bu da beni çok mutlu ediyor. He tabi, bir de "Şunun Türkçesini de yaz da biz de öğrenelim, ne yazdığını" diyenler de olmuyor değil. Onlar için blogumda "Google Translate" çubuğu var ama onun çevirisi de çok komik oluyor, haklılar bi bakıma :)

Yalnız, bu günlüğü tutmamdaki amaç, içimi dökmek değil İngilizcemi geliştirmekti zaten. Yani ne yazdığım değil, nasıl yazdığım önemli olmalı. Ve ben şuna inanıyorum ki araştırmadan, varsayımlar yapmadan kısaca debelenmeden öğrenilmiyor bu meret. Altında Türkçe çevirisi olan İngilizce bir cümleye o anda "yesss! andırsitend" dersin ama sayfayı kapadığında da uçar gider aklından. E gitmekte de haklı, emek vermedin ki! Ben de olsam ben de giderim :) Yani cancağızım, her bir kelimeyle bir maceran olması lazım unutmamak için.

Ben de macera yaşadığım, debelendiğim bu kelimelerin çetelesini tutmaya karar verdim.
Bundan böyle her yazının altında bu maceraperest kelimeleri ve Türkçe karşılıklarını göreceksiniz. Ama en sonuna koyacağım onları ki,  günlüğümü sonuna kadar okuyun :)


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Hi dear,

I've decided to do pilates, again. You know, It will be summer soon. So, I must be fit. The best way is pilates for this. Also, it is very soothing. Doing pilates  always, makes me feel good and powerful. I wish, I had more time to do pilates.

I started doing pilates this morning and I can't stand the pain of my legs at the moment. It was so much fun to do pilates with Ebru Şallı on the youtube, but it was very hard.

However, I like to take these pains, because it makes me feel I'm thinner. It helps me to breathe correctly, also. This is very important. Because, I'll feel healthier and more energetic when I breathe correctly.

I don't know, how long I will continue to do pilates, but I would love to do it, throughout my life. Pilates must be my life philosophy. It is a healthy way to be and maintain your fitness.

I will continue to write to you about my pilates adventure, stand by!

                      This is my favourite movie. She is the queen of the pilates in Turkey :)
                                                   


Not: Bu yazıda öğrendiğim kelimeler (The words that I learned in this post): 

 
     soothing  :      sakinleştirici, huzur verici
     pain :              ağrı
     throughout :  boyunca ("during"'in eş anlamlısı)

(Bunların haricindeki kelimeleri biliyordum. Ama hepsini böyle anlamlı cümle haline getirmek için harcadığım efor pilates sırasında harcadığımdan daha fazla olmuştur :) )

English Diary (15.02.2015) "Özgecan"

Hello diary,

I'm sorry, I have some sad events to tell again. However, I must break one more news to you. Recently, everybody is so sad and angry in Turkey. Because, a young girl was brutally killed in Mersin.

Her name was Özgecan. She was only 20 years old and a student. She was last seen on a minibus by a school friend while travelling from college to home on February 11. Her friend gott off the bus before Özgecan.

And Özgecan was alone with the pervert driver on the minibus. The driver attempted to rape Özgecan. And he stabbed her to death after she resisted with pepper spray. He than sought the help of his father and a friend to get rid of the body, which they burnt.

This is too sad. She was very young. And she had a lot of dreams about the future. However, all of them were killed with her. And her family will think about how she was killed during their life. They'll never, ever forget their innocent daughter. I think, none of us will never, ever forget this horrible atrocity, too.

This is an inhumane event. She was brutally killed. I feel so so sad, like other people in Turkey. Everybody is so sad, so angry and so distrustful after this event. None of us feel safe. Everyone has revolted because of this event.

We are living in a time when women are murdered every day, must of them by their husbands. It must be a solution. We need deterrent laws. Perhaps, the death penalty should be applied again. Because, the world has started to become more dangerous day by day.

The worst part is that, even if criminals will serve a sentence, her mother never be able to hug her daughter ever again.

Yes, I know... I'm telling you about bad things, but that's just the way it is. Nothing to do. I hope, all my other pages will be about nice things...

That's all for today. Take care...

English Diary: (01.02.2015) "A Boring Winter Day"

Hi dear!

How are you? I’m very bad. Because, I'm fed up with winter. I miss sunny days. I want it to be spring right now. I’m tired of wearing thick cloths and the dark sky. Really, that’s more than enough! 

I would love for all the flowers to bloom, the sun to shine and  for the smell of fresh grass. I love that smell. Spring is very cheerful. Is'nt it?

Everybody needs more sunlight. Of course, I need it, too... I feel depressed in winter. Each season is very nice, but I guess, spring and summer are the best! Because, I feel really good in these seasons.

Also, I have a lot of plans for next summer. I'm gonna tell you about it a little. First of all, I will travel around The Black Sea region. Yes, I'd love to do that. We have even bought the tickets. This is why I’m so exited, too!

Everyone says that The Black Sea region has a lot of pretty fascinating places. It has incredible green landscapes.

When I go there, I will tell you all that I've seen. Now, it's  February and we'll go there in 5 months. Pray for me please; summer come, right away!

Oh, by the way, I've bought a new MacBook. And this is going to be my first publishing with my new Macbook.

Okay, Let's call it a day! I’m getting back in my boring and cold life… See you later!

Postscript: I would thank my cousin's wife Esma for helping me in improving my english.

English Diary: (18.01.2015) "Imagine"

Hi dear diary,

After our last conversation, many important events have taken place in the world. However, the most horrible was The Charlie Hebdo attack. Seventeen people were killed in this terror attack.

It was really an awful event. I think, the killing of people because of religion is so silly. I cannot understand that.

Anyway , I don't want to talk about sad subjects with you. I'd like to talk about pleasing subjects. Such as the song of John Lennon. Yes, you know which song I am talking about. Of course, it is "Imagine".

It's a realy good song. It's subject is still topical. So, I love this song so much. Okay, it could be a little utopian but it's a very happy song. And surely, everyone needs a little happiness due to the recent events. For that reason, let's sing together.

"Imagine theres no heaven
  It easy if you try
  No hell below us
  Above us only sky

  Imagine all the people
  living for today...

  Imagine theres no countries
  It isn't hard to do
  Nothing to kill or die for
  No religion too

  Imagine all the people
  living life in peace...

  Imagine no possessions
  I wonder if you can
  You need for greed or hunger
  A brotherhood of man

  Imagine all the people
  Sharing all the world...

  You may say I'm a dreamer
  But I'm not the only one
  I hope some day you'll join  us
  And the world will live as one"

İngilizce Günlük (04.01.2015)

İngilizce günlüğümde neler mi oluyor? Entrika dolu yaşantımı merak mı ediyorsunuz? Hepsi ama hepsi aşağıda... :)

Ne o? Bir kaç gündür benden ingilizce ses çıkmayınca "Hehehe, vazgeçti bu yine" diye mi düşündünüz yoksa? Her gün evrak kayıt defteri gibi düzenli tutmamı beklemeyin benden ama bırakmayacağım işte, hoşuma gitti çünkü yazarak ingilizce debelenmek.

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Hi sweety!
It's the fourth day of the new year and the first sunday of 2015. However, today nothing has happened, the same old story. So, I don't know what to tell you about it. Besides, it was very cold. So, I didn't go out of home. I just slept, read, browsed on the Blogger... In other words; I goofed off ( I've just learned this verb and I'd like to use them :) )

The best bet, I'm gonna tell you about the book I'm reading; recently, I'm reading a book called "Abim Deniz" It is about the life of Deniz Gezmiş. Do you know Deniz Gezmiş? Of course, you don't know him. I would like to tell you about him, but my english is still not enough for it. Okey, maybe I can copy from wikipedia and I can try that.

Deniz Gezmiş was a Turkish Marxist-Leninst revolutionary and political activist in Turkey in the late 1960s. He and his companions have been considered by some as "Turkey's Che Guevara and his companions". He and his 2 friends were executed by being hung on 6 May 1972.

This book was written by Can Dündar and Deniz Gezmiş's brother Hamdi Gezmiş. I love to read real life stories. However, this story is a bit sad.

Anyway; after a while, I've longed for a cake. So, I stopped reading the book and  made a cake with raisins. Surely, you wonder how i did that. Okey, I'm gonna try to explain you how I did it, too.

First of all, i must say you the ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 1,5 cups of sugar
- 1 cup of vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup of yoghurt
- 2 cups of flour
- 1 package vanilla powder
- 1 package baking powder
-  Lemon peel
-  Raisins

Than, i must tell you about preparation:
In a large bowl, place the eggs, oil and sugar. Beat with a mixer till it becomes foamy. Then add other ingredeints and mix them all.

Grease the cake pan and pour the cake mixture in. Preheat the oven to 160 C and bake for about 45 minutes until your cake turns to golden brown. To remove the cake from the pan, allow it to cool 10 to 15 minutes before removing. Enjoy!

That's it. It sounds so delicious, doesn't it?

Yes, that's all for today. See you again. Bye!

İngilizce Günlük

Yeni yılın ilk gününden fire vermeyim dedim ve sözümü tutarak aldığım günlüğe ingilizce ve acemice bir şeyler karalamaya başladım.

Almış olduğum kararı uygulamış olmanın rahatlığı ve okuduktan sonraki düşüncelerinizin merakıyla ilk yazıyı da sizle paylaşmak istedim.

Tamam itiraf ediyorum ilk okuttuğum kişi Özge hocaydı. Onun düşüncesi benim için çok önemliydi çünkü.

Benim 3 sene önce gittiğim kurstan hayatıma kattığım değerli dostlarımdan oldu Özge hoca. Kurs bitse de dostluğumuz baki kaldı. Ona buradan, hem öğrettikleri için hem de dostluğu için çok teşekkür ediyor ve sizi ingilizce günlüğümle başbaşa bırakıyorum.

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"Hello Dear Diary;

Good to see you again. For a long time no contact with you. You may have wondered where I've been. So, I've come back again and I've decided to tell about myself in english. By this way I'll be able to improve my english.

First of all, I want to say: "happy new year!" and I hope it's a good year for all of us.

It's the first day of new year. I want to write to you till end of the year. İ'll try that and  i must manage this time.

Sometimes, I'll share what I wrote to you, on my blog... Yes, I have a blog and a lot of blogger friends. I've told them about you. For this reason, they wanna read you.

You know; I love to write. It doesn't matter for me; in english or in turkish. As long as I can improve my english, I can tell about everything.

Probably, this is an interesting post for a diary. However I don't like that; "hi dear, I woke up at 7:00 o'clock. I had breakfast. Then I went to work at 8:00 o'clock... bla bla..." I hate to write like this on diary. I think it is so rubbish, so foolish. It doesn't seem warm. Being friendly is better than like this. I prefer telling you about the novels I read and the posts on my blog. Maybe, if I skin through, I can tell you that I experinced.

Anyway dear diary, I think it's enough for the first post. In any case I'll came again. We have a lot of time to talk together too.

See you later

Take care of you"