safari.. katar ve civari

cumartesi gunu louisina ya gittik.. pazar gunu de Lolland’daki safari parkina.. cok eglenceliydi. hayvanlarla ozlem giderdim :) bol bol resim cektim. hem de yeni 300mm lik nikon lensimle.. en kisa zamanda birkac resim eklicem.

dizimde bandajla ise geldim. az once yeni mudurum buratya gelip beni cagiurdi ve yeni ulkelerimi soyledi: katar+bahreyn+kuveyt.. Turkiye yine yok.. sinir oldum! surat astim biraz oyle pozitif gorunmedim.. bence artik rol yapmama gerek yok. bu karardan memnun degilim. nokta.

Filed under: olagan seyler

bugun benim dogumgunum! 29.kez :)

dogumgunum su anakadar cok basarili geciyo! :)

dun aksamki yagmur sayesinde bisiklet kazasi gecirip dizimi cok acittim ve bu sabah da cim devam ediyo. ama guzel dogumgunumu bozmasina izin veremeyiz boyle bi seyin di mi!

sabah uyandim ve lene&jørn&morten’in hediyeleri masaya coktan konmus her sey hazirdi.

kocaman hediye paketletlerini acmak cok zevkliydi.

morten’dan 300mm nikon lens geldi, inanilmaz bi hediye! artik blogumu super fotograflarla susleyebilirim. cooook mutlu oldum. ayrica morten muse’a konser biletleri almis. buna da cok sevindim. konser ekimde.

leneler de tuval (kocamannn) ve sovalye ve yemek kitabi ve para ve grill seti almislar.. cok guzeldi hepsi. sabaha cok guzel basladim.

annem sabah 8 de mesaj atmisti onu aradim.. sonra elif aradi.. onunla konustuk michael bana hediyelerle hava atiyorum diye kizdi sakayla karisik. elifin dogumgunu icincitayi cok yukseltmisiz :) babam da aradi dogumgunun kutlu olsun sarkisini soyledi. elif ten harika bi kartpostal geldi!! benim fotograflarimdan olusan cok tatli bi kat yapmis kardesim bana.

sonra hastaneye gittik dizimi gosterdik. bandaj takildi.

sonra louisana modern sanat muzesine gittik. mimari sergi boraz teknik kacmisti.. keske sanat sergisi olsaydi onun yerine. ama disarda oturup kahve ve cilekli kek super oldu.

sonra blockbuster dan penguenlerin yuruyusu dvd sini aldik. bu aksam balkonda barbeku yapip arkasindan penguenleri izlicez.

gayet guzel geciyo :)

keske annis ve babis ve tatli ebisle de birlikte olabilseydim bugun..

haberler boyle :)

Filed under: olagan seyler

wordpress’im bozuldu!?

Bug midir nedir anlamadim.. Fotografimi degistiremiyorum.. Profil vs tum ayarlara bakiyorum fotografini degistir diye bi sey yok. Uyuz oldum yaa!

Filed under: About blog

filler

Son zamanlarda filleri cok sevdigimi yazmis miydim? Evimizde pencerinin onunde duran minik bir fil biblosu var. Sanki guclu ve sevimli ayni anda olmaz diyenlere inat bir sirinlikle duruyor pencerenin onunde. Onun fotografini cekip buraya eklemeliyim. Simdilik bu imajla yetinelim:

(Bunu bi yerde kullanmak istiyorum.. Cok tatli)

Filed under: cok sevdim , filler

artik boyle

Sabir ver bana!

Ofisteyim. Az once telefonum caldi. Finanstan K. Titrek ve itici sesiyle bana Danca mi Ingilizce mi konusuysun diye sordu. Ingilizce dedim. Kadin bana demesin mi: “Ama burasinin bir Danimarka sirketi oldugunu biliyorsun di mi!?”

Uf gel de gicik olma!

 

Blogda zaten Danimarka’da bana yoneltilen salak ve sinir bozucu sorular top 10′u yapicam bir gun!

Ben de ona Yoo gercekten mi oyle diye bi cevap verdim.

Sonra kadin para biriminde yaptigim yanlislikla ilgili beni uyardi. Hicbir sey olmamis gibi konusmamizi surdurduk.

Ve ben yine kendimi 1-0 maglup hissettim.

Icim rahat etmedi.

Kalbim hizla atti.

Ben de toplanti odasina gidip o kadini aradim. Daha once hic yapmadigim bir sey. Sirf sinir oldum diye, laf sokmak icin is ortaminda kimsetyi aramimistim. Ne Turkiye’de ne de burda.. Ama artik kendi kendime vermis oldugum karari uygulamak amaciyla onu aradim ve dzgun, sakin bir uslupla sunlari soyledim:

Sirketin Danimarka sirketi olmasiyla ilgili olarak yorumunuzdan hoslanmadim. Ben Dancayi zaten ogreniyorum ama kabul edersiniz ki zor bir dile ve zaman aliyor. Siz de unutmayin ki burasi uluslararasi buyuk bir sirket ve Ingilizce konusabiliriz. Danca da konusucam bir gun ama henuz degil. Insanlar yabancilara karsi daha acik olmali. Beni mudurlerim egitimim ve tecrubelerim dogrultusunda bu ise aldilar.

KAdin soyle dedi evet tabi tabi biliyorum ama eger her gun ingilizce konusursan dancayi ogrenemezsin ki, di mi?

Yani artik uzatma istersen, artik daha fazla SIkIcI olma ve SUS, haddini bil! dicektim  ama tabii demedim.

Dedim ki: evet ama merak etmeyin konusuyorum yeteri kadar ayrica beni neden aradiginiz bilmiyordum. karmasik bir sey de sorabilirdiniz.

O da evet evt neyse tamam tesekkurler dedi kapattik.

Isterse bana gicik olsun ya da nefret etsin.. Ama lafimi soyledim icin rahat etti..

Artik boyle! Iyi yapmisim di mi? Biri bana evet o kadin hak etmis ama desin! :)

Bir dahaki amac: daha hazir cevap olup bunlari 2. telefonla degil, simultane soyleyebilmek!

bu  yasta ugrastigim seylere bak.. ah yabanci olmak ahhhh ah danca ogrenme surecim ah ah

Filed under: is güc, sinirimi bozanlar , danca ogrenmek, hazir cevaplik, lafini esirgememek, yabanci olmak

bu haberler beni yordu

Bloguma daha onceden goz atmisligi olanlar bilir.. Bir ay once sirketten 150 kisi civarinda “sanssiz” isten cikarildi. Bu hem kalanlarin moralini bozdu hem de bizim departmanin baska bir departmanla birlesmesine sebep oldu. Birlesme 15 Agustos’ta. O zamana kadar kendi ofisimdeyim. Ve isler yaz tatili nedeniyle nasil durgun anlatamam.. Gunumun cogunu okuyarak geciriyorum. Cnn, Time, Newsweek, hurriyet, sabah, taraf, radikal, bloglar, vs vs.. Haber okumayi seviyorum ve bunu icin su son haftalarda cok zamanim var.

Turkiye’de yasamamamin iyi bi yani var. Haberleri okudugumda sadece sinirleniyorum! Eger bi de haberleri gurultulu, reklamli, garip diksiyonlu, abartili, yanlis yonlendirmelerle dolu kanallardan izliyo olsaydim bir de ofkeden deliriyor olurdum herhalde.

Gecen gun kanal d ve start tv den haberleri internetten canli izleyeyim dedim. KAnal d’deki Deniz miydi neydi o adamin yuz mimikleri, vucut dili, abartili diksiyonu beni aninda soguttu. Zapping yapamiyorum ama o sayfayi kapatip Star TV den bakayim dedim. Ugur Dundar yoktu. Onun yerine genc bi kadin spiker vardi. Onun uslubuna da yapmacik buldum. Ve de haber gayet onemsiz bi konuydu galiba.. Onu da kapattim.. Ve reklamlara bulasmadan internetten okuduklarimla yetineyim dedim. Aslinda TR kanallarinin reklamlarini bazen ozluyorum. Danimarka’da DR kanallari o kadar sade ki sIkIcIlik noktasina yaklasiyo kolaylikla. Ve reklamlar nasil ucuz duruyo. Nerde fakir Turkiyemin tuketici dunyasini tahrik eden reklamlari.. Nerde o hapur hupur sucuk yiyen cocuklar, bonus kafalar, selocanlar!!! Benim TR reklamlarina hislerim sevgi ve nefret iliskisi! Hem hareketi, yaraticiligi, canliligi, kiskirticiligi seviyorum hem de o delig gibi yiyip cogunlugun alim gucunu umursamayan, renkli gozlu sari sacli cocuklari her saniye gozumuze sokan zihniyeti hic sevmiyorum. Sanki Turk cocuklari hep o kumral mavi gozlu cocuklardan olusuyo. Ozentilikten gecilmiyo ki..

Neyse haftanin sinir edici haberlerine goz atayim:

1) M.Egitim Bakanligi cocuk kiyafetlerine ozgurluk getirecekti ya kiz cocuklarinin etek boyu dizi gecmicekmis! DOgru 8 yasindaki bi kizin diz kapaklari gorunurse yoldaki sapiklarin gozu doner! Bunu durdurmaliyizzzz!

2) Marmara Universitesi’nde doktara tezi yazan bayan akademisyenin Çoğunluk İktidarı ve Azınlık Hakları Direnişi, Türkiye’de Kürtçe Dil Hakları konulu tezi donduruluyo. Cunku Nesrin Uçarlar aslinda bu konuya deginerek bölücüluk yapiyomus. Universite’den bahsediyoruz! Bu tabular, dondurmalar, yildirmalar icimi karartiyo. Bilim insanlari yetistirmeye calismiyor mu universiteler! Yassah zihniyeti her yerde!

3) Siirt’te ailesi tarafindan balkondan atilip sedyeyle hastaneye tasinirken uvey amcasi tarafindna bicaklanan genc kizi yine ailesine teslim etmisler. Kocaman ulkede o kizi koruyacak bi yer bulamadilar..

4) Hrant Dink cinayetiyle ilgili davada Ogun Samast ve grubu cok eglenmis! Gulmusler, espriler! yapmislar.. Tanik dayanamayip Ne guluyosunuz lan demis..  Ve bu oglanlarin iyice korundugu, simartildigi, aslanim kocup ifadeleriyle sirtlarinin oksandigi o kadar bariz ki.. Tiksiniyorum.

Filed under: Turkiye, kadin haklari, kamu vicdani, sinirimi bozanlar

filmlerden

Gectigimiz Cumartesi Russel ve Peter davetlimizdi. Gayet ince bir jest yaptilar ve 2x Japon kupasi, 2046 adli film ve Kurosawa’nin collection’ini getirdiler bize. Tabii hos kokulu pembe cicekleri de belirtmeliyim.

2046′yi Pazartesi + Sali aksami izledik. Ben daha fazla bilm kurgu ogesi olacak zannediyordum ama daha cok Chow’un yan komsusu kadinlarla ilgili anilari vardi. Yine de gelecek ile ilgili sahneler cok hostu, androidler, tren yolculugu ve ozellikle muzik. ¨Hüzünlu bi filmdi ve ilgincti.

Pazar gunu Damaged’i izledik. Juliette Binoche’un oyunculugu ve cesareti hakikaten takdir edilmeli. Ve repligi unutlmaz: Damaged people are dangerous. They can survive.

Dun de Monster’i izledik. Gercek hayat trajedilerine hep ilgi duymusumdur. Lee’yi oynayan Charlize Theron un bazi jest ve mimikleri sanki abartiliydi, gercekci durmamisti. Ama okudugum kadariyla Amilee de gercekten biraz tuhaf vucut diline sahipmis. Saclarini elleriyle geri iterken yaptigi hareket mesela onun durusmalarda simge fotografi olmus, sanki kendini boguyo olduruyo gibi duruyo cunku. O kadinin sucu 7 kisiyi oldurmek ve tabi ki en az bir kisi sucsuz yere oldurulmus olabilir. Ama oldurduklerinin icinde kadinlari taciz etmekten sabikali bir adam da varmis, subyanci da. Kadina acidim her seye ragmen cunk o dogdugunda babasi cocuk tacizinden olum ceazsini bekleyen bir sucluymus. Ailesi dagilmis, daha genc kizken fahiselik yapmaya baslamis. Ve iste boyle ailelerden gelen insanlarin, kucuckken taciz dilenlerin, damaged olanlari hayati acikli ve ya tehlikeli oluyo. 2002′de zehir enjekte edilerek idam ediliyo. Acikli bi hayat hikayesi.

Filed under: cinema

fra bondesøn til natochef

This was the programme I saw on tv last week-end..

Anders Fogh Rasmussen has surprised me three times since I came to Denmark:

1) At European Movie Awards Festival beg/2009. He arrived with his wife. She was involved in “Vild Med Dans ” TV-show and of course she was in the spotlight. Well, after some photo shoots they came in and just disappeared in the crowd. They looked like they were ordinary guests. If I had not known he was the prime minister of Denmark, I would have thought he was a celebrity whose fame was fading. He played a low key. So modest and positive. Comparing him to his counterpart in Turkey, wow a difference that would stun the world! Our PM is not made of flesh and blood. He is made of EGO and Anger..

2) His firm stance about the Turkish PM’s opposition against his Nato general secretary candidacy. He said he has respect for Islam and he has not yet apologized to Turkey. He proved to be a man of principles, and firm believer of expression of thought.

3) The TV show whose title I have chosen as my post title. It means : from farmer’s son to nato chief. The documentary starts with him on bike cycling in Jutland’s green landscape. It also finishes the same way.He is cycling like any other Danish man.. No exceptions, no ego, no nato-chief appearance. The program covered his quotations from  his earlier political speeches. It was cool to see what he experienced as a leading politician. He was giving a speech about Europe after the Fall of Berling Wall.  He makes sense and he is very clear about what he is saying. I also like the fact that he was in high school’s politics group then he studied economic and he knew what he liked best, what he was passionate about. I always respect people who go a direct career path without derailing themselves. The presenter took him to his childhood days, to his parents’ house, to his highschool. It left a smile on my face that also in Denmark, there was this farmer’s son going to big city school and feeling strange among the rich kids. Him working hard to catch up with them.. Him studying danish nudansk book to learn more words..  He was modest but when he spoke about ideas, he looks really convincing.

Oh I must write how the programme ended:

The speaker says ‘Tak, Anders!’.. He answers back ‘Selv tak. Det var spændendt”

I cannot imagine a dialog like this in Rize:

- Tesekkurler Recep

- Yok asil ben tesekkur ederim heyecanliydi..

Or

- Thanks Barack..

- Oh I thank you.. It was exciting..

No Mr President or no surname.. Just his firstname!

And after saying these modest words, he jumps on his bike..

Surprising to see such modesty.. Danish culture is interesting in many ways. This is one of the things I find impossible to imagine in a different context whether it is in Paris or Osaka or Rome or Washington..

Filed under: Danimarka, politika , fra bondesøn til natochef

modern day slavery

we had our agent from qatar visiting us in copenhagen.

they came here for business and I noticed somehting disturbing.

the old, rich qatari (owner of the agency) does not bother to clean his plate after lunch unlike all other “ordinary” people had to do it.. he assumes that he has got the “privilege” of “sponsoring” a palestinian guy to do it. that guy has to bring him peaches and knives and fork.. this owner-slave relationship between them just devastated me. I cant believe such grown ups can act in that way in today’s world. I hate the attitued of that old man. He is exploiting a younger man, who is smarter and more business oriented than himself. It is unfair. I cannot stand it.. Efendi-sahip-owner-rich-king that’s what he thinks of himself. for me he is a human rights violater who deserves no respect.

I also looked up in wikipedia and realized that this is just common in Qatar.

From wikipedia:

In common with other Persian Gulf Arab countries, sponsorship laws exist in Qatar. These laws have been widely described as akin to modern-day slavery.^[21] The Sponsorship system (Kafeel or Kafala) exists throughout the GCC and means that a worker (not a tourist) may not enter the country without having a kafeel, cannot leave without the kafeel’s permission (an Exit Permit must first be awarded by the sponsor, or kafeel), and the sponsor has the right to ban the employee from entering Qatar within 2–5 years of his first departure. Many sponsors do not allow the transfer of one employee to another sponsor.

 Moreover, there is also trafficking involved.

According to RefWorld:

Qatar is a destination for men and women trafficked for the purposes of involuntary servitude and, to a lesser extent, commercial sexual exploitation. Men and women from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Sudan, Thailand, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and China voluntarily travel to Qatar as laborers and domestic servants, but some subsequently face conditions of involuntary servitude.

Filed under: kamu vicdani, ogrendim, sinirimi bozanlar , qatari sponsorship, Refworld

michael jackson’s memorial

Morten and i just watched Michael Jackson’s memorial service in Los Angeles Staples Center. It was so moving.. I could not help tears coming down my cheek when Brooke Shields spoke from her heart and his daughter Paris cried at the end saying:” since the day i was born daddy was the best father you can ever imagine. I want to say I love you… “.. Oh it was such a sad scene.. She hugs her aunt (most probaly La Toya) and cries and MJ’s brothers and her brothers all together hug her. It was so emotional. We watch these moments on TV and it is something we are not part of. However for that little girl it is her daddy. She’ll never ever be able to utter the word Daddy and hear an answer from him. Losing one’s parents is so hurtful and the way she said the word “daddy” was really heart-breaking. I can imagine her calling MJ with the same intonation when he was alive.. Daddy…Now all the news channels will keep showing that unique moment and abuse it. no surprise it will happen. media abuses all special moments, doesn’t it?

His brother said in the end that it hurt MJ to be ridiculed all the time, a baptist said he changed the world by pursuing his dreams despite being a black in those days. Brooke Shields said how he laughed to laugh and enjoy funny jokes. it was also my impression after watching an old oprah winfrey in 1992 or something, how much he was laughing and how cute his laugh, giggles was.

The media has been very tough on him and that is so sad that maybe he would not imagine  millions of people would be so moved by his death. Usher (very good, he touched the casc.), jennifer hudson (she was good), mariah carey (we missed her part), stevie wonder (cool as usual), even shaheen from uk’s got talent (he sang who’s loving you while MJ was still alive so he deserved the honor to sing there) were there, it was a great tribute to MJ. But i did ´not like some people’s talking on behalf of him. lke that berny gordy guy from motown, he had a happy life. who are you to say that? you made fame and money over that kid! that’s what it is. it was so real.. you see that he was a caring man, a good person who worked for kids, helped charities.. when you see the family crying, it felt so sad and real..

 

 

 

 

i did not like the fact that his dad got so much appraisal from the speakers. an abuser gets bravo?!

it was a huge gathering in staple center.. 70.000 people watched it just there inside. it is history they watched. wish i was there.. i read that 8750 people got Kura ile cekilen tickets but they sold tickets on ebay on black market. one of the last tickets was sold for 100,000usd.

life is sad. he was going to give 50 concerts in london.. now he is being buried in los angeles..

he has been on tv and all media since his death.his songs have been downloaded millions of time on the internet.. young kids are discovering his music. he has been the cover of time’s new edition. and people rae talking of him.. mtv is playing his old videos over and over.. he has reminded the world how big he was. i am really bummed óout that the world teased him, called him wacko jacko, made tough and unfair documentaries, called him even racist, made pedophile jokes about him and now the world discovers him.

i remember clearly that video black and white.. iwas amazed when the faces changed.. it was a revolution. when i saw that video with macaulay culkin i was feeling the ‘fun’ in my veins.

it is just sad.. I am so moved by his death since I saw the news on the newspaper. First I thought it was a stupid joke of the Turkish newspaper (to draw more clicks for an online photo gallery) but then I checked it again  on cnn and it ws true.. How shocked I was..

some numbers from his career:

• thriller:100million (top selling album of all times)
• in total 750 million albums were sold
• 13# number 1 hits
• 13 grammy awards

bcc world has been broadcasting the memorial but i find their after comments dull and cold.

cnn’s larry king was sitting close to the family and he told live after the service that he was moved too.. anderson cooper was there outside. then hala gorani (although i find her yapmacik!)

i liked the american way, sayin ggoodbye with music and jokes and emotions… islamist way would be way too depressing, without any music and humor.. darker than the death.

snapshot from cnn’s homepage as of 23:14 :

Most Viewed

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Top Searches

1. 1 Final goodbye to Jackson
2. 2 Videos from Michael Jackson’s memorial
3. 3 Fans worldwide remember Jackson
4. 4 Fans there for Michael Jackson
5. 5 Jackson most popular on Facebook
6. 6 Lawyer: No Palin ‘bombshell’
7. 7 Armstrong just fails to take lead
8. 8 11 NATO troops die in Afghanistan
9. 9 Protests follow Uyghur crackdown
10. 10 Daily Snapshot

brooke shields said that michael jackson’s favorite song was charlie chaplin’s Smile.. one of his brothers sang that song live at the memorial. Here are the lyrics:

Smile
tho’ your heart is aching

smile
even tho’ it’s breaking

when there are clauds in the sky

you’ll get by
if you
smile through your fear and sorrow

smile and maybe tomorrow

you’ll see the sun come shining thru for you.

Light up your face with gladness

hide ev’ry trace of sadness

altho’ a tear maybe ever so near

that’s the time you must keep on trying

smile
what’s the use of crying

you’ll find that life is stillworth while

if you’ll just smile.

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That’s the time you must keep on trying

Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile 

<instrumental interlude>

That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Read more: http://www.clown-ministry.com/index_1.php/articles/poetry_lyrics_to_smile_composed_by_charlie_chaplin/#ixzz0KbvpSjW2&C

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That’s the time you must keep on trying

Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile 

<instrumental interlude>

That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Read more: http://www.clown-ministry.com/index_1.php/articles/poetry_lyrics_to_smile_composed_by_charlie_chaplin/#ixzz0KbvpSjW2&C

Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That’s the time you must keep on trying

Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile 

<instrumental interlude>

That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Read more: http://www.clown-ministry.com/index_1.php/articles/poetry_lyrics_to_smile_composed_by_charlie_chaplin/#ixzz0KbvpSjW2&C

 

Filed under: olagan seyler , media abuse, michael jackson memorial