Dear All,
Yesterday, i surprised myself and joined a cooking class with my very food-freak-dear Cami!
You know when you have a close friend and that close friend has a hobby which you think she d be kidding, there is only one way to do: align with that hobby and try to understand what is fun about that. This time it was cooking. You know i like having friends who like cooking:)
SO yesterday, i found myself in the middle of the city markey, sorrounded by glass walls cutting parsley, chili pepper, cherry tomatoes, slicing chicken,onions... and SMILING! it is quite a surprise ha?
Ok, guys i did my best and the result is not too bad. I did chicken fajita as everyone else did. Besides the cooking part, actually i like the idea of Ministry of Food. Jamie Oliver, darling of many including Cami and Mareke, is the founder of this ministry and his students are teaching people what is healthy, how you can cook your own meal without wasting the ingredients, how to decide what to buy etc. This ministry teaches why not to buy packed food.
Lessons to learn:
1) Give it a go!
2) Reduce packed food use as much as you can! (This is also a message from ministry of food. If you can't totally stop buying packed food, try to reduce the amount.)
3) Don't trust weather forecast and always wear your scarf in Leeds!
Cheers!!
PS: I want to thank the old lady who were smiling at me by looking through the glass wall while i was preparing my wrap! She made my day!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Ethics vs Money
When did it happen?
Reading all these articles related to project management and success criteria and so on, i sincerely wonder when money and profit became the most importanat success criteria over human.
Whenever someone writes about stakeholder engagement, they emphasize how hard to reach a consensus since all stakeholders have different priorities. Mostly the project owners/clients focus on financial gain. It does not sound that evil when i write financial gain, right? But when i write money, probably it bugs many of you... or at least i hope so. They have the same meaning!
Going back to main concern... Other stakeholders who are not directly involved in the project but effected by the outcome or the process cares other stuff. Clean air, employment, development of region, contamination, labour rights, or human rights in general... Listing the second group as such makes me feel like... Come on people! When did you stop caring those? or pessimistic side of me can paraphrase the question: Have they ever been among your concerns?
Btw, i don t want to blame all clients/project owners whatsoever. But don t you think that somethings should be above every others?
In one of the articles which i totally forgot the author's name(that explains why i always get warning about referencing), s/he says something like that: if you aim profit you mank profit, if you target sustainability then change your objectives!
Ok, enough complaining! I ll go back to academic world which i am not welcomed:D
Cheers!!
Reading all these articles related to project management and success criteria and so on, i sincerely wonder when money and profit became the most importanat success criteria over human.
Whenever someone writes about stakeholder engagement, they emphasize how hard to reach a consensus since all stakeholders have different priorities. Mostly the project owners/clients focus on financial gain. It does not sound that evil when i write financial gain, right? But when i write money, probably it bugs many of you... or at least i hope so. They have the same meaning!
Going back to main concern... Other stakeholders who are not directly involved in the project but effected by the outcome or the process cares other stuff. Clean air, employment, development of region, contamination, labour rights, or human rights in general... Listing the second group as such makes me feel like... Come on people! When did you stop caring those? or pessimistic side of me can paraphrase the question: Have they ever been among your concerns?
Btw, i don t want to blame all clients/project owners whatsoever. But don t you think that somethings should be above every others?
In one of the articles which i totally forgot the author's name(that explains why i always get warning about referencing), s/he says something like that: if you aim profit you mank profit, if you target sustainability then change your objectives!
Ok, enough complaining! I ll go back to academic world which i am not welcomed:D
Cheers!!
Monday, December 26, 2011
A story, a girl & many thanks!
Dear All,
I am happy! i know i didn t write too much since i went to Leeds but believe me it was only bec of the curse that finally found me!
Let me start from the beginning:
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was hardly studying. Mark the words, not studying hard! She thought she did study anyways, and she also thought that it was just normal for a student to study that much... There were green trees, beautiful rivers, pink houses and stuff (imagine something cute) in her life.
But there was one girl who knew what 'studying' means! Despite being very close friend of the little girl, she was complaining about the people who don t understand her when she had no time. Literally! One day, like many others, she told the little girl that she was going to study... like HELL! The little girl, as always, ignored (let s say did not want to hear) her. What she did not know was, that time she was cursed!
That girl was me! and the other girl was my Roomy! For the last two and a half months, i was struggling with... Ok, again let s start from the beginning:
First of all, i refused to change! First weeks, in my claender include first 4- 5 weeks, were the period that i was NOT supposed to study! Life was not that easy and to be honest made it very clear that it won t work. When i received my first assignment's grade, i had been shaken with the reality that i hardly passed :S Sigh!!
In the following period, i tried to adapt to the system and i guess the system tried to understand me as well! The latter, probably, found it really funny! The more i understood, the more i believed i was cursed: What the HELL!! i studied a LOT! i mean when i studied less than 3 hours a day, i was feeling like i haven t done anything!
You know what, hell became a nice place! Despite losing many stuff and breaking many others and getting mad due to studying and burning my nerves, good things happened. i learned one more thing about myself: i CAN study! i am proud to say that, bec i studied as i have never done before! Seriously, this is a capability and i am flattered to discover my brandnew capability!
As you may notice, that curse was a bless and i can t thank more to my Roomy for triggering that change!
i have many other thanks to people who made my life easier during this semester!
i have finally had a friend from my class. i mean lifetime friend:D
i have amazing friends in my flat and i met many precious people in our residence.
i have my 'girlies' group!
i have CeC who was with me from the beginning!
i had a special friend who has had many stories to tell and many recipes to cook!
No need to tell, my volvox and my family... they were always with me!
After writing those, let me tell you one more thing! Sİnce i know how the system works now, i may create more time to write about sustainability! YAY! i missed it!
Lessons to be learned:
1) Keep learning!
2) Keep loving!!
3) Keep in touch :D
Cheers!!
I am happy! i know i didn t write too much since i went to Leeds but believe me it was only bec of the curse that finally found me!
Let me start from the beginning:
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was hardly studying. Mark the words, not studying hard! She thought she did study anyways, and she also thought that it was just normal for a student to study that much... There were green trees, beautiful rivers, pink houses and stuff (imagine something cute) in her life.
But there was one girl who knew what 'studying' means! Despite being very close friend of the little girl, she was complaining about the people who don t understand her when she had no time. Literally! One day, like many others, she told the little girl that she was going to study... like HELL! The little girl, as always, ignored (let s say did not want to hear) her. What she did not know was, that time she was cursed!
That girl was me! and the other girl was my Roomy! For the last two and a half months, i was struggling with... Ok, again let s start from the beginning:
First of all, i refused to change! First weeks, in my claender include first 4- 5 weeks, were the period that i was NOT supposed to study! Life was not that easy and to be honest made it very clear that it won t work. When i received my first assignment's grade, i had been shaken with the reality that i hardly passed :S Sigh!!
In the following period, i tried to adapt to the system and i guess the system tried to understand me as well! The latter, probably, found it really funny! The more i understood, the more i believed i was cursed: What the HELL!! i studied a LOT! i mean when i studied less than 3 hours a day, i was feeling like i haven t done anything!
You know what, hell became a nice place! Despite losing many stuff and breaking many others and getting mad due to studying and burning my nerves, good things happened. i learned one more thing about myself: i CAN study! i am proud to say that, bec i studied as i have never done before! Seriously, this is a capability and i am flattered to discover my brandnew capability!
As you may notice, that curse was a bless and i can t thank more to my Roomy for triggering that change!
i have many other thanks to people who made my life easier during this semester!
i have finally had a friend from my class. i mean lifetime friend:D
i have amazing friends in my flat and i met many precious people in our residence.
i have my 'girlies' group!
i have CeC who was with me from the beginning!
i had a special friend who has had many stories to tell and many recipes to cook!
No need to tell, my volvox and my family... they were always with me!
After writing those, let me tell you one more thing! Sİnce i know how the system works now, i may create more time to write about sustainability! YAY! i missed it!
Lessons to be learned:
1) Keep learning!
2) Keep loving!!
3) Keep in touch :D
Cheers!!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Tea and its relaxing effect
Dear All,
Every day is different than the previous one. Not because my activities changed, but me.
I have always been in peace with myself. I always thought -and it would be approved by many close friends, especially by my Roomie- I am content with whatever life brings to me. Even though there were some really hard times.
What i m realizing now is... Last year, without noticing that time, i went along with my "growing pains". It did not hurt... not as much as i expected. To be honest, i did not know that i was growing up. Probably, i ll keep changing since life is full of new experiences, new people, new ways.
Today was a looong day. It was nice though. Making new friends and seeing that i am lucky about friends... Hope it ll always be the same.
Now, i am home, had my dinner with my chopsticks which MTD brought me from China. It s been a while i could not feel like listening to Norah Jones- Come Away With Me(There was no problem with other songs). Today is that day. i am having my tea, listening to "come away wiith me"...
Life is beautiful!
i love my purple nail polish!!
Cheers!!
PS: i know i m not posting any sustainability related thing, but i guess it is because i hear the word every day and do loots of readings about that. No complains:)
Every day is different than the previous one. Not because my activities changed, but me.
I have always been in peace with myself. I always thought -and it would be approved by many close friends, especially by my Roomie- I am content with whatever life brings to me. Even though there were some really hard times.
What i m realizing now is... Last year, without noticing that time, i went along with my "growing pains". It did not hurt... not as much as i expected. To be honest, i did not know that i was growing up. Probably, i ll keep changing since life is full of new experiences, new people, new ways.
Today was a looong day. It was nice though. Making new friends and seeing that i am lucky about friends... Hope it ll always be the same.
Now, i am home, had my dinner with my chopsticks which MTD brought me from China. It s been a while i could not feel like listening to Norah Jones- Come Away With Me(There was no problem with other songs). Today is that day. i am having my tea, listening to "come away wiith me"...
Life is beautiful!
i love my purple nail polish!!
Cheers!!
PS: i know i m not posting any sustainability related thing, but i guess it is because i hear the word every day and do loots of readings about that. No complains:)
Monday, September 26, 2011
Cheer up!
Dear Me,
You are in a soooo new place. it is normal that you checking your friends photos, searching for something familiar and feeling a little bit depressed. Oo, maybe "depressed" is very heavy to define how you feel, let s say "not didem's style happy":)
it was nice to eat 3 mandalin today!!
i ll get used to studey soon and won t look blindly to the slides... sooon!!
Have a little faith in you girl;)
Tomorrow i m gonna have a bike! i don t know why but i feel like riding bike when i m not in Turkey. Besides, i think it ll take less time to come to uni with bike:) Again, i don t know how but traffic is unbelievable here. TG, the city is small!
Anyways, have a nice sleep!
Cheers!!
You are in a soooo new place. it is normal that you checking your friends photos, searching for something familiar and feeling a little bit depressed. Oo, maybe "depressed" is very heavy to define how you feel, let s say "not didem's style happy":)
it was nice to eat 3 mandalin today!!
i ll get used to studey soon and won t look blindly to the slides... sooon!!
Have a little faith in you girl;)
Tomorrow i m gonna have a bike! i don t know why but i feel like riding bike when i m not in Turkey. Besides, i think it ll take less time to come to uni with bike:) Again, i don t know how but traffic is unbelievable here. TG, the city is small!
Anyways, have a nice sleep!
Cheers!!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Leeds... Finally!!
Dear All,
i am in Leeds and here is much bigger than my expectations. Probably, i was expecting to have everything same as i do in Tilburg. i was planning to go to uni by bike, stay in a dorm where i can have many tea times with my roommates, be able to everywhere in 15 mins. i feel like Ted Mosby. Those did not happen... BUT! it was too early to talk about my roommates at least. i met many people in the last 2 days in the dorm and especially our wardens are sooo friendly that they came with me(and some new comers) to the station and market. Also i was lucky today 'cos i saw two guys going to uni, very early in the morning when i was trying to find my way to bus stop(i did not try to go to uni by walking:S) If you know me a little, you know also it is one of the top 87 things that you can do as a favour... taking me to the place where i am trying to go. i am using "try" on purpose, because i have never found any place easily. Especially if it is the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time(it can go like that till 10th)!
Lastly, i was also lucky because Cemre is here! She came here before me and she is much more talented about finding ways. Unfortunately, she does not know my neighbourhood. That brings us to the fact that Police men/women are impressively helpful! Yesterday we got lost together and ask the police the address. They immediately suggested to drop us to the dorm. That was the first interaction between me and the police. Hope it won t be worse :D
Lessons to be learned:
1) Try to clear your mind for new experiences. They are aall unique!
2) If you forget all of the people who were helpful, remind the ones in the market :)
3) Learn to read MAP!
Cheers!!
Tomorrow:
How i met my classmates?
PS: Yes, i am happy "How i met your mother?" started!!!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Almost there!
Dear All,
i am in Istanbul now. In three days, i ll be in Leeds, meeting my new, nice friends. Even though i missed two orientation sessions out of three, my expectations are high as always when it is about new friends. (My loveable crew, you are always with me and i am a good skype user;)
I received an e-mail from the coordinator about last orientation activity. She asked us to bring something that illustrates our perception of sustainability. That reminded me of GEF. i felt lucky that i was in Brussesls in last December, met people who had noteworthy thoughts, ideas. (btw, one of the ideas became a project by beloved Thomas and here is the FB page. i am sure you will find it interesting!)
Then i felt even luckier that i have friends that i could ask them what i am supposed to bring with me. Liz suggested that i can prepare some pictures taken in Turkey to tell what the problems are here. It is definiitely a great idea since i am interested in local problems and making global trends applicable for Turkey as well.
Another idea by JOY was bringing NOTHING! Just like what i have been up to for last year and now. i can talk about my blog also, but it may seem a bit narsistic to tell people about my blog.
In anyways, i will talk a lot! Please someone stops me!!
Cheers!!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Report... as of...
Dear Me,
Congratulations!! You completed your mission for last year!
You didn t do any shopping. You did some other things as well for being greener, but i guess "no shopping" part was the best practice.
You also know that you have changed. I am sure you are grateful to all people who backed you up. Actually, I am sure you are grateful to all people who touched your life in this or that way.
This year was G-R-E-A-T! I hope next year will be as awesome as this one.
Don't forget:
1) Smiling:))
2) Reading new books!!
3) Enjoying the progress!
4) Learning from everything!
5) Breathing deep!!!
6) Being nice to everyone!
Lastly, Baba... =)
Cheers, me!
Congratulations!! You completed your mission for last year!
You didn t do any shopping. You did some other things as well for being greener, but i guess "no shopping" part was the best practice.
You also know that you have changed. I am sure you are grateful to all people who backed you up. Actually, I am sure you are grateful to all people who touched your life in this or that way.
This year was G-R-E-A-T! I hope next year will be as awesome as this one.
Don't forget:
1) Smiling:))
2) Reading new books!!
3) Enjoying the progress!
4) Learning from everything!
5) Breathing deep!!!
6) Being nice to everyone!
Lastly, Baba... =)
Cheers, me!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Confession
Dear All,
i confess: i travelled a lot and i ll continue to do that. As my Roomy said, it basicly neutralize every other thing that i do to decrease my impact on environment. She is right. but traveling a lot reminds you something really important: you can not carry all you have! that at least make you realized you have a lot!
i don t try to cover up my carbon footprint caused by plane trips with my intention to lessen what i have.
so this post is not to tell you how perfect environmentalist i am. it is just an inside talk which outed itself.
Good night...
Cheers!
i confess: i travelled a lot and i ll continue to do that. As my Roomy said, it basicly neutralize every other thing that i do to decrease my impact on environment. She is right. but traveling a lot reminds you something really important: you can not carry all you have! that at least make you realized you have a lot!
i don t try to cover up my carbon footprint caused by plane trips with my intention to lessen what i have.
so this post is not to tell you how perfect environmentalist i am. it is just an inside talk which outed itself.
Good night...
Cheers!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Good things happened!
Dear All,
i just read few post from January, and i realized i missed writing those posts.
i don t feel like writing currently although a lot happened. But now, while listening to Norah Jones, having a bit headache and trying to postpone washing dishes(Roomy, i know i don t need to:), getting more worried about people and Turkey... i wanted to write few things.
Today, i talked to a friend about being vegeterian and he was totally not convinced. He was right to some extend because i couldn t turn to be a total vegan/vegeterian. But i am trying... it means something even not a lot, right? Besides, how am i supposed to convince someone who says "i like the taste", especially when i have the same reason not being able to stop eating animals?
Whatever... 2 days ago, i was again thinking/talking about systematic faults that can not be changed by a person(i that case "a person" was me:S)? i mean how am i supposed to explain "people, we need water and it is a scarse source", "don t leave food in your plate"? Aren t these obvious? What can be done to convince people? As you see, this goes like that once i start to talk(inside). And as you may noticed, i was a bit depressed. Then, i thought i don t change anything... i am living in an illusion. But my sister... As she always does... made me feel not alone. She is a teacher and has a class of kids who adore her. She said "Didem(this is my real name:), even i don t like you make me concerned(ignorance is a bliss!) talking about environment and people and working conditions and this and that; none of my kids leave food in their plates, use extra napkins to dry their hands, throw garbage out of bin etc." She continued but i couldn t hear 'cos i was crying happily:P
So my dear all, one more time, i am happy! Btw, while i was writing this post,my phone rang. it was my friend(surprised?) giving me a great news that she got accepted to masters! YAY! it was the second good news as i previously got another great news from another friend! She ll be in England for msaters this year as well!! YAY!
Reasons to be happy:
1) My Sister and good news from girls! We gotta celebrate it soo sooooon!!
2) i talked to Si! i missed talking politics with my dear friend!
3) i did everything i planned today:-)
Cheers!!
i just read few post from January, and i realized i missed writing those posts.
i don t feel like writing currently although a lot happened. But now, while listening to Norah Jones, having a bit headache and trying to postpone washing dishes(Roomy, i know i don t need to:), getting more worried about people and Turkey... i wanted to write few things.
Today, i talked to a friend about being vegeterian and he was totally not convinced. He was right to some extend because i couldn t turn to be a total vegan/vegeterian. But i am trying... it means something even not a lot, right? Besides, how am i supposed to convince someone who says "i like the taste", especially when i have the same reason not being able to stop eating animals?
Whatever... 2 days ago, i was again thinking/talking about systematic faults that can not be changed by a person(i that case "a person" was me:S)? i mean how am i supposed to explain "people, we need water and it is a scarse source", "don t leave food in your plate"? Aren t these obvious? What can be done to convince people? As you see, this goes like that once i start to talk(inside). And as you may noticed, i was a bit depressed. Then, i thought i don t change anything... i am living in an illusion. But my sister... As she always does... made me feel not alone. She is a teacher and has a class of kids who adore her. She said "Didem(this is my real name:), even i don t like you make me concerned(ignorance is a bliss!) talking about environment and people and working conditions and this and that; none of my kids leave food in their plates, use extra napkins to dry their hands, throw garbage out of bin etc." She continued but i couldn t hear 'cos i was crying happily:P
So my dear all, one more time, i am happy! Btw, while i was writing this post,my phone rang. it was my friend(surprised?) giving me a great news that she got accepted to masters! YAY! it was the second good news as i previously got another great news from another friend! She ll be in England for msaters this year as well!! YAY!
Reasons to be happy:
1) My Sister and good news from girls! We gotta celebrate it soo sooooon!!
2) i talked to Si! i missed talking politics with my dear friend!
3) i did everything i planned today:-)
Cheers!!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
:)
Dear All,
i love you:)
and happy green days
and i enjoyed ÇİYU a lot today!
gotta work trigonometry now:)
Cheers!!
i love you:)
and happy green days
and i enjoyed ÇİYU a lot today!
gotta work trigonometry now:)
Cheers!!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
End of a challange!
Dear All,
As you all know, today was the beginning of a new month. That means something to me. i start eating meat today.
i ll postpone drawing my sustainability balance sheet to the end of August. But i can t help writing this at least: the very first challange Shopping-Free September was the best one. i have done so well that i still don t buy any cloths or accessories. i am proud but more than that, i believe i even can extend it to the next year. i ll see and you ll definitely read!
Unfortunately others were not as lucky as september, maybe not easy as the first one. Being a vegeterian will be among my challanges again. i believe i ll fail better next time. Yes, i am optimistic about that! Especially after Ezgi and her ideal vegan BF, TM,will be here, i am sure i at least think more and deeper about being vegi. Again Lets see!
Dear all, today was a relaxing day. i mean tense but relaxing at the same time. i feel more comfortable about being in UK. i guess seeing something around the corner helped.
Reasons to be happy:
1) My beloved Bet&Bet and my lovely Drk! That was an amazing dinner!
2) My Sis! i am coming soooo sooooonn! Missed you! (Not missing but having a sister like mine... legend! )
3) Roomy!!!!! Thanks for the whole year:)
Cheers!!
As you all know, today was the beginning of a new month. That means something to me. i start eating meat today.
i ll postpone drawing my sustainability balance sheet to the end of August. But i can t help writing this at least: the very first challange Shopping-Free September was the best one. i have done so well that i still don t buy any cloths or accessories. i am proud but more than that, i believe i even can extend it to the next year. i ll see and you ll definitely read!
Unfortunately others were not as lucky as september, maybe not easy as the first one. Being a vegeterian will be among my challanges again. i believe i ll fail better next time. Yes, i am optimistic about that! Especially after Ezgi and her ideal vegan BF, TM,will be here, i am sure i at least think more and deeper about being vegi. Again Lets see!
Dear all, today was a relaxing day. i mean tense but relaxing at the same time. i feel more comfortable about being in UK. i guess seeing something around the corner helped.
Reasons to be happy:
1) My beloved Bet&Bet and my lovely Drk! That was an amazing dinner!
2) My Sis! i am coming soooo sooooonn! Missed you! (Not missing but having a sister like mine... legend! )
3) Roomy!!!!! Thanks for the whole year:)
Cheers!!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
What is like being a Leader?
Dear All,
i am extremely angry! Today, there was a seminer about leadership. This time guest speaker was a verrrry famous "leader" who doesn t follow other sheeps.
He started to talk pretty normal. We are supposed not to be on the same way which mainstream people choose to follow. Our families expect from us to be the "normal" one. There are not so many leaders. These are not among the words which drove me crazy even though i don t totally agree with what he said. Sorry "leader", but i don t want to believe that everybody else is just someone and i am the one and only who solves all problems. i don t want to be the doer opposing everyone. Besides, if you define "leader" who lead the "sheeps", then i think there is a problem. i can list my all other objections but those were still acceptible. i mean, sometimes it even helps to reassure yourself. i am shameful to accept that but reassurance is a necessity.
However, leadership does not give right to offense people. There was a girl who covered her head. He first gazed at her and asked if she covered her head because of religious reasons. The girl answered, yes, faith. Then he said, he didn t believe that there is any religion which requires that, but stupidity. Then he started bullying her asking what religion is and why she believes. C'mon Leader! Seriously?
No dears, this is not the end. he continued very sure, he knew that he came here only for one person maybe 2 if he was lucky. So, others who even doesn t question can leave. C'mon Leader! Seriously?
i don t know what to say about that. i agree people should question and don t believe every word they hear. But, does knowing "questioning is important" give right to humiliate people? He could just finish talking, and may ask her in private if he really wants to encourage her to question. He didn t change neither that girl's nor other people's life in a better way. i don t know he created any miracle after this chat. 'cos, i and my friend left the room as well as the girl.
Reasons to be happy:
1) Congratulations to me! i am not a LEADER!
2) i am grateful i don t have sheeps to lead but friends and family! No question, i am lucky!
3) i gained extra 2 hours not attending that seminar:)
Cheers!!
i am extremely angry! Today, there was a seminer about leadership. This time guest speaker was a verrrry famous "leader" who doesn t follow other sheeps.
He started to talk pretty normal. We are supposed not to be on the same way which mainstream people choose to follow. Our families expect from us to be the "normal" one. There are not so many leaders. These are not among the words which drove me crazy even though i don t totally agree with what he said. Sorry "leader", but i don t want to believe that everybody else is just someone and i am the one and only who solves all problems. i don t want to be the doer opposing everyone. Besides, if you define "leader" who lead the "sheeps", then i think there is a problem. i can list my all other objections but those were still acceptible. i mean, sometimes it even helps to reassure yourself. i am shameful to accept that but reassurance is a necessity.
However, leadership does not give right to offense people. There was a girl who covered her head. He first gazed at her and asked if she covered her head because of religious reasons. The girl answered, yes, faith. Then he said, he didn t believe that there is any religion which requires that, but stupidity. Then he started bullying her asking what religion is and why she believes. C'mon Leader! Seriously?
No dears, this is not the end. he continued very sure, he knew that he came here only for one person maybe 2 if he was lucky. So, others who even doesn t question can leave. C'mon Leader! Seriously?
i don t know what to say about that. i agree people should question and don t believe every word they hear. But, does knowing "questioning is important" give right to humiliate people? He could just finish talking, and may ask her in private if he really wants to encourage her to question. He didn t change neither that girl's nor other people's life in a better way. i don t know he created any miracle after this chat. 'cos, i and my friend left the room as well as the girl.
Reasons to be happy:
1) Congratulations to me! i am not a LEADER!
2) i am grateful i don t have sheeps to lead but friends and family! No question, i am lucky!
3) i gained extra 2 hours not attending that seminar:)
Cheers!!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Doing good:)
Dear All,
i am proud to say i was very successful to handle being vegeterian.
However, i m happy seeing this month is ending soon. Feeling a bit unmannered though...
You know things can change as well as people. For instance, last time i talked to my EZ, she confessed she became a total vegeterian. So bye bye "kebap" and related chit chats. When i talked to her, seems like nothing can be more meaningful than being vegi.
So what is wrong with me? Why can t i still be a vegi? Should i read the same book "Eating Animals"?
i guess, instead of reading that, i ll first watch this. She adviced me not to watch it if i want to eat meat soon. i don t know if it ll help, but lets see.
i am dizzy these days. Let s hope it s temporary.
Cheers!
PS: Mum, i m fiinnee:)
i am proud to say i was very successful to handle being vegeterian.
However, i m happy seeing this month is ending soon. Feeling a bit unmannered though...
You know things can change as well as people. For instance, last time i talked to my EZ, she confessed she became a total vegeterian. So bye bye "kebap" and related chit chats. When i talked to her, seems like nothing can be more meaningful than being vegi.
So what is wrong with me? Why can t i still be a vegi? Should i read the same book "Eating Animals"?
i guess, instead of reading that, i ll first watch this. She adviced me not to watch it if i want to eat meat soon. i don t know if it ll help, but lets see.
i am dizzy these days. Let s hope it s temporary.
Cheers!
PS: Mum, i m fiinnee:)
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Quarter Life Crisis
Dear All,
This is a pretty personal post but i don t think that you are reading this blog because you want to hear something about environment. If so, thank you but probably this post would not be your interest. (But you still can continue to read my so-called quarter life crisis) If not, you can keep reading because even i start writing up my quarter life crisis, it may end with happy end.
As you know i m going hopefully to UK next year for my master which i was dying to be accepted at the beginning... then dying to get a scholarship. And now, seems like i did it. And that brings us to the point where i question myself about my capabilities.
was i like this before or did it just start with the university?
Normally, compare to some very precious people, i don t think too much. But, compare to some, i think extremely a lot. Not always about important things. Actually rarely about them. Anyways, whenever i start thinking like that, it goes to the point i find myself questioning what is good, important, bad, what is happiness... God, even the philosophers could not get any answers to those, who am i to find the answers?
Should it be about finding answers btw?
Whatever, i think its just today s thoughts. Probably tomorrow i ll feel like a totally different person with a real smile on my face.
But how come i feel soooo tired that i want to retire before start working? Will i find something sooo matching with me? my interests? Shouldn t these be the questions of 17-year-old me?
Wish me luck people! i need this!
Cheers!
PS: My very dear JOY wrote something very joyful and helpful! Believe me better than this post!
This is a pretty personal post but i don t think that you are reading this blog because you want to hear something about environment. If so, thank you but probably this post would not be your interest. (But you still can continue to read my so-called quarter life crisis) If not, you can keep reading because even i start writing up my quarter life crisis, it may end with happy end.
As you know i m going hopefully to UK next year for my master which i was dying to be accepted at the beginning... then dying to get a scholarship. And now, seems like i did it. And that brings us to the point where i question myself about my capabilities.
was i like this before or did it just start with the university?
Normally, compare to some very precious people, i don t think too much. But, compare to some, i think extremely a lot. Not always about important things. Actually rarely about them. Anyways, whenever i start thinking like that, it goes to the point i find myself questioning what is good, important, bad, what is happiness... God, even the philosophers could not get any answers to those, who am i to find the answers?
Should it be about finding answers btw?
Whatever, i think its just today s thoughts. Probably tomorrow i ll feel like a totally different person with a real smile on my face.
But how come i feel soooo tired that i want to retire before start working? Will i find something sooo matching with me? my interests? Shouldn t these be the questions of 17-year-old me?
Wish me luck people! i need this!
Cheers!
PS: My very dear JOY wrote something very joyful and helpful! Believe me better than this post!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Yes, we BAN! by RTE
Dear All,
On Sunday, we(i mean around 20.000 people) walked in Taksim. Not because the weather was perfect to be out, not because we like spending time with friends and not even because to have sooo delicious Italian icecream, BUT there was a demonstration for free internet use!
By saying Free, i mean, not banned! As the goverment wants to pass a law in August, they are planning to "protect" the kids by banning some websites. However, nobody knows which websites they ban.It can be any social networking websites, youtube, blogs. Once you want to find a "harmful" content in a website, you definitely can. Reshaping "harmful" is easy. Beyond that, you may be punished if you come with a solution for yourself, like changing DNS or using some breaker websites.
Sounds like 1984, right?
i know that is sooo unrelated to being vegeterian(i am still into it ,btw!), but i couldn't stop writing it.
Lessons to be learned:
1) Life is weird.
2) and annoying sometimes...
3) Knowing that it is the life itself does make it easier! You learn how to live with that. No big dissappointment:D
Cheers!!
On Sunday, we(i mean around 20.000 people) walked in Taksim. Not because the weather was perfect to be out, not because we like spending time with friends and not even because to have sooo delicious Italian icecream, BUT there was a demonstration for free internet use!
By saying Free, i mean, not banned! As the goverment wants to pass a law in August, they are planning to "protect" the kids by banning some websites. However, nobody knows which websites they ban.It can be any social networking websites, youtube, blogs. Once you want to find a "harmful" content in a website, you definitely can. Reshaping "harmful" is easy. Beyond that, you may be punished if you come with a solution for yourself, like changing DNS or using some breaker websites.
Sounds like 1984, right?
i know that is sooo unrelated to being vegeterian(i am still into it ,btw!), but i couldn't stop writing it.
Lessons to be learned:
1) Life is weird.
2) and annoying sometimes...
3) Knowing that it is the life itself does make it easier! You learn how to live with that. No big dissappointment:D
Cheers!!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Note from EZ! & Heysır's B.day:)
Dear All,
After i extended my challenge, EZ told me not to. You know EZ, right? Besides being my soooooooo close friend(wish there was stronger word than friend!), her boyfriend and she were my inspiration to be vegeterian this month. However, she suggested me instead of cutting meat consuption that sharp, better to eat meat once in a week or maybe twice.
She was right to advice that 'cos in my diet, i should replace my protein source with something else. Normally, if i decided to be total vegeterian or vegan(OMG, impossible in Turkey and unfortunately i can t think of a world without cheese:S), i would definitely need help from a dietician or from another vegeterian/vegan. i know it is totally different state of mind and body.
i am not an expert but of course i learned some basics. That is why i cooked letil and chickpea last week. Sorry My Vegan Friends, but i increased my dairy consumption as well. Besides, i hope all effort that i showed for the last 22 years will help me to be allright:P
Reasons to be happy:
1) Today is B.day of Heysır! Can't wait to celebrate in one hour!!
2) i m doing fine with my challenge and i have friends who care! (Mum still doesn t know!)
3) Only a month to be sooo free! Summer, i miss you:))
Cheers!
After i extended my challenge, EZ told me not to. You know EZ, right? Besides being my soooooooo close friend(wish there was stronger word than friend!), her boyfriend and she were my inspiration to be vegeterian this month. However, she suggested me instead of cutting meat consuption that sharp, better to eat meat once in a week or maybe twice.
She was right to advice that 'cos in my diet, i should replace my protein source with something else. Normally, if i decided to be total vegeterian or vegan(OMG, impossible in Turkey and unfortunately i can t think of a world without cheese:S), i would definitely need help from a dietician or from another vegeterian/vegan. i know it is totally different state of mind and body.
i am not an expert but of course i learned some basics. That is why i cooked letil and chickpea last week. Sorry My Vegan Friends, but i increased my dairy consumption as well. Besides, i hope all effort that i showed for the last 22 years will help me to be allright:P
Reasons to be happy:
1) Today is B.day of Heysır! Can't wait to celebrate in one hour!!
2) i m doing fine with my challenge and i have friends who care! (Mum still doesn t know!)
3) Only a month to be sooo free! Summer, i miss you:))
Cheers!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Challenge Extended!, Me, May Vegi Month
Dear All,
On Friday, i got a mail from my cousin asking me that if i really became weekday vegi. i was proudly said "Yes!". Then she smiled and wrote me back "Dear, we don't eat meat more than 2 days a week anyways. Does it matter if you eat it on wednesday or sunday?". Although i think scheduling the time that you eat meat can make you more diciplined in a way('cos you should stop yourself if it is not on weekend), corbon footprint of yours would not be lesser.
Soooo, new challenge is accepted! Just to let you know: i did not eat meat this weekend as well.
About being vegeterian, my concern is not about eating animals. i mean, probably because i did not read that much about the topic and because i still don t know the whole picture, i make myself relieved by believing its our nature to eat meat. So what bugs me about eating animals is how they are treated till they become our burger. i am sure you already heard about the stories of chickens and cows which are processed to be sold in fast food chains. They don't have space to move a bit. Lights are on so still not time to sleep but be fed and get bigger... faster and faster. Hormans they take... Food they eat... People, unfortunately, these are not stories but the pure reality. And it is done to serve us cheaper food.
Besides,what we eat is not healthy at all.
So, challenge extended.
Cheers!
On Friday, i got a mail from my cousin asking me that if i really became weekday vegi. i was proudly said "Yes!". Then she smiled and wrote me back "Dear, we don't eat meat more than 2 days a week anyways. Does it matter if you eat it on wednesday or sunday?". Although i think scheduling the time that you eat meat can make you more diciplined in a way('cos you should stop yourself if it is not on weekend), corbon footprint of yours would not be lesser.
Soooo, new challenge is accepted! Just to let you know: i did not eat meat this weekend as well.
About being vegeterian, my concern is not about eating animals. i mean, probably because i did not read that much about the topic and because i still don t know the whole picture, i make myself relieved by believing its our nature to eat meat. So what bugs me about eating animals is how they are treated till they become our burger. i am sure you already heard about the stories of chickens and cows which are processed to be sold in fast food chains. They don't have space to move a bit. Lights are on so still not time to sleep but be fed and get bigger... faster and faster. Hormans they take... Food they eat... People, unfortunately, these are not stories but the pure reality. And it is done to serve us cheaper food.
Besides,what we eat is not healthy at all.
So, challenge extended.
Cheers!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Me, May Vegi First Week
Dear All,
it was the first week of my challange and i again am proud to say that i did it:)
Not eating any meat was not the most challanging step, but cooking! Normally, when i go out, i eat either pasta or chicken/meat(sooo not French style!). Since, i started to eat pasta a lot at work(we have a little kitchen and we cook pasta almost everyday:D ) and also at home(we have even smaller kitchen) and since i don't eat meat any more(only weekdays), i cook at home.
If you were my friend, you would know what it means to me! My relation with cooking is so simple that as a principle, i don t cook meals which have more than 3 ingredients including salt. Life is hard, you know... So hard that it forced me to cook with 4,5 even 6 ingredients. But it is also nice to know that the output is fairly well... at least eatable. (Roomie laughs)
i ll tell you further stories about my vegi-life. But can't promise for tomorrow... Tomorrow is Sunday!!
Reasons to be happy:
1) i discovered my ability to cook deep inside! was very hidden though!
2) i succeed being vegeterian! in me i trust(sounds so pathetic and ironic, right:P)
3) i talked to JOY! JOOOOY, it was great talking to you again!
Cheers!!
PS: People check One Young World's website!
it was the first week of my challange and i again am proud to say that i did it:)
Not eating any meat was not the most challanging step, but cooking! Normally, when i go out, i eat either pasta or chicken/meat(sooo not French style!). Since, i started to eat pasta a lot at work(we have a little kitchen and we cook pasta almost everyday:D ) and also at home(we have even smaller kitchen) and since i don't eat meat any more(only weekdays), i cook at home.
If you were my friend, you would know what it means to me! My relation with cooking is so simple that as a principle, i don t cook meals which have more than 3 ingredients including salt. Life is hard, you know... So hard that it forced me to cook with 4,5 even 6 ingredients. But it is also nice to know that the output is fairly well... at least eatable. (Roomie laughs)
i ll tell you further stories about my vegi-life. But can't promise for tomorrow... Tomorrow is Sunday!!
Reasons to be happy:
1) i discovered my ability to cook deep inside! was very hidden though!
2) i succeed being vegeterian! in me i trust(sounds so pathetic and ironic, right:P)
3) i talked to JOY! JOOOOY, it was great talking to you again!
Cheers!!
PS: People check One Young World's website!
Monday, May 2, 2011
May, Me Weekday Vegeterian!
Dear All,
i know i had a loooong break from my challanges. it was not because i lost my motivation... it was just because i was doing soo well that i couldn t make it better!
Of curse, i m kidding and yes, i was questioning if all will help me to understand the meaning of... As you see, i still could not find in what i m digging for meaning...
But anyways, there are peole who already found the meaning of their actions. i am happy that one of those persons is a BF of my EZ, and since we talk a lot, we also talk about him and his "vegan" stance. He is a full time vegan, and more than that he is an "aware" person. Why do they say that right? i mean only being vegan deserves respect(seriously hard!) but he also cares environmental point which the Carbon Footprint comes on the stage!
Normally, the philosophy of not eating animals is not to kill animals. i m sure you heard a lot about that and other important reasons that can turn you to be vegan immediately. Especially, when you combine that animal rights views with the wild economical truths which just cause the torture for animals. About those arguments, i ll ask him to write here some day.
It was pretty shocking for me to hear, eating meat also increases the carbon footprint even more than travelling with plane! So, you can decrease the C emission by not eating meat. However, there is a controversial argument which claims what you replace with meat has as huge C footprint as meat. Because, it is mostly soya replaces meat but it is processed which is an alert as well. Therefore, he is not eating any processed food as well. What can i say?!RESPECT!
Unfortunately, i am not that dedicated: i ll be only weekday vegeterian! It is for now, my best! Let's see, how i ll manage it:))
Cheers!!
i know i had a loooong break from my challanges. it was not because i lost my motivation... it was just because i was doing soo well that i couldn t make it better!
Of curse, i m kidding and yes, i was questioning if all will help me to understand the meaning of... As you see, i still could not find in what i m digging for meaning...
But anyways, there are peole who already found the meaning of their actions. i am happy that one of those persons is a BF of my EZ, and since we talk a lot, we also talk about him and his "vegan" stance. He is a full time vegan, and more than that he is an "aware" person. Why do they say that right? i mean only being vegan deserves respect(seriously hard!) but he also cares environmental point which the Carbon Footprint comes on the stage!
Normally, the philosophy of not eating animals is not to kill animals. i m sure you heard a lot about that and other important reasons that can turn you to be vegan immediately. Especially, when you combine that animal rights views with the wild economical truths which just cause the torture for animals. About those arguments, i ll ask him to write here some day.
It was pretty shocking for me to hear, eating meat also increases the carbon footprint even more than travelling with plane! So, you can decrease the C emission by not eating meat. However, there is a controversial argument which claims what you replace with meat has as huge C footprint as meat. Because, it is mostly soya replaces meat but it is processed which is an alert as well. Therefore, he is not eating any processed food as well. What can i say?!RESPECT!
Unfortunately, i am not that dedicated: i ll be only weekday vegeterian! It is for now, my best! Let's see, how i ll manage it:))
Cheers!!
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