a small trip to Abant lake

Last summer, I went to Abant lake with my bosom friends from high school.

I couldn’t meet with my friends many times because I had worked during summer and my friends also same with me. You can understand that you are already mature that life assume on you many responsibilities.. we are not same as we were free and irresponsible as in high school.

Mami and Mali were with me, but Hamdi was busy at time and he couldn’t join us. We have met at the morning and set off around eight o’clock. Mami had a small pick-up and we get some oil and went to Bolu Abant directly. It was a well journey and longer than I expected. It was good to see there but it was not a good time to visit. Timing was really bad. Because we were fasting and couldn’t eat and drink anything. It was a good time for a good picnic if it was not Ramadan. We waited for iftaar and went to a restaurant in the center of Bolu city. It was a small and cute city. After breaking our fast, we went to seek a Bolulu Hasan Usta sweet seller. It is so famous in Istanbul and I thought we may find at least a store of Bolulu in Bolu center. But we couldn’t find anyone. J we didn’t have much time, so we went in another cafeteria. After eating sweets, we set off to get back. A long journey was waiting for us.

When we were on the way, two guys were trying to hitch-hike. My friend asked us to take them. They tried to get back to Istanbul, same destination with us. So we let them in the car and left them in Istanbul. It was a bravely and adventurous move. If you do it in China, you may be down on the road for hours, I think nobody would let you in his car, if you are a foreigner in particular. Of course I am not sure about that because I have not attempted such a venture. But as I know Chinese people, it is so hard for them to take a person in their car, except if they know the person. Anyway!..

When we arrived to Istanbul, it was already too late and my mother was still waiting for me. I don’t know when the madame will stop to treat me as a child. We didn’t do anything but I was really exhausted.

I don’t know if we go there again but this summer I will ask buddies to do another activity. For instance, camping. I like to camping so much. Sleep in a tent, fishing, swimming and nights without electricity and technology, for several days, can be a great adventure. We will have a lot of fun if we do. I still don’t know how my summer vacation will pass but I want to let off my steam with my friends. I really miss them so much.

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kurdish songs : if you are able to understand!.

Kurdish is a language spoken in many different territories and countries. It is estimated that more than 40 million people around world can speak Kurdish as a native language. As a Kurdish person, I had made some researches on Kurdish English in order to have more information on my own mother tongue. Because even though I am a Kurdish, but my Kurdish is still too rusty and poor. That is the result of being without-Kurdish education. I have grown up in Istanbul and don’t have chance to use Kurdish so much. It is good for me to not forget Kurdish totally thanks to my mother. My anne always has talked with me in Kurdish whether I reply in Turkish or in Kurdish. So If I still know some Kurdish, that is because of the effort of my mother to teach us to not forget our own mother tongue.

I don’t remember but as my parents have been saying, Kurdish was banned in Turkey for many years. You could not listen your own songs and could not speak your language in public places. It must be so interesting. Whatsit… It is not banned today and you can sign up a learning Kurdish course or study Kurdish major in universities. Nobody would say something only because you listen or sing a Kurdish song. what s more, it is opened a Kurdish state channel as well. You can watch anything in your mother tongue if you are a Kurd. Anyway…

What I want to do here is not giving some political messages. I just want to write something on Kurdish music and songs. I don’t know what had been banned by the state but if they did it for music, I would break the all rules as many people did as I know. Music and art should not be an instrument to the political problems and matters. They should be regarded as different and kept away from political problems even though they can be used as instruments to damage state’s policy.

In Turkey, Kurdish population is large and they have been living with Turks since centuries. So they intermixed with Turks. Because, the official language in Turkey is Turkish, so Kurdish people also have education in Turkish and can speak Turkish same as their native language and sometimes even better than their own language. As I can see around myself, many Turkish people also know some simple Kurdish words. They may got them from songs, because most of them like Kurdish songs. They don’t understand, but do we get the songs which we listen in English or in another language? I am not sure..

It is good to listen various songs from different places but if you can understand the lyrics, it will be better. How many of us can take pleasure in the songs that we cant understand? A song can be listened only coz of its melody but lyrics also important as much as melody. We Kurdish of course can take pleasure in Turkish songs but Turkish people can not do it in Kurdish songs, they may can do it to some extent. I am sure that if they could understand, they would love to listen more and more.

No one can stay idle after listening the lament for the dead people in Halepce genocide. You will cry if you listen from Siwan Perver. There are many fairly well and real Kurdish singers and artists. i can not list all of them here but some of them that known more around world are Agire Jiyan, Ciwan Haco, Aram Tigran and Siwan Perver.

Whether crying or having fun, Kurdish songs are worth to listen. I respect all Kurdish poets, singers and movie makers. They are trying to keep alive Kurdish language without damaging people.

Lastly, I wanna let you know some songs that you may like and listen.

Aram Tigran- ay dilbere

Ciwan Haco - na na

Agire Jiyan- car yar

Agire Jiyan- zer mircan

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source of hapinness:family

I have four sisters. Çimen,Demet,Zeynep and Kübranur.. When I left from home, they were vey small that still not attended even primary school. Zeynep and Kübranur didnt attend primary school. But today they really amaze me so much with their talking,thoughts and behaviours.. I figured out that they already became matures like me. I would like to talk with them so much. Sometimes we have words for hours till midnight. We are talking about anything such as the goals for our future, school and lessons, teachers, friends, the songs that we like, the books which we like, the things that we cant afford to buy, the good places where we visit and the jokes made by my father and the words that told by mother when she s angry to us.. I am the only guy among the four girls but I like to talk with them and listen their problems and expectation from the future.. I actually get used to stay with girls from the high school and university because there was girl’s majority in our class when I was in high school. Now, in my class at unıversity is also same. The majority of girls is obvious. Sometimes you cant find even a boy though girls are more than sixty in the class. So there is no way but talk with girls and make friends with girls. I am not gay :)) –thanks God- but sometimes thoughts of girls come more reasonable to me. Of course I still prefer to make friends with guys instead of girls, but girls are more hardworking than boys, and that s why I like girls more than boys. Most of boys are lazy and playing computer games in China. I had seen same thing in Turkey as well. So I have hope that my sisters will study and be successful.

Demet is a bit lazy but zeynep and kübranur are very good at their classes. Demet like to eat instead of studying, so as a natural consequence she is becoming fatter rather than becoming better :)) I always joke about her fattiness.. thanks God that she doesnt care. Zeynep and Kübra are better than demet but they are all like to reading so much including Çimen too. They mostly inform on each other even though I usually say dont put the finger on each other but they still do it. I can know easily what they do, so It is good for advise them against bad habit and bad friends.
My family is big. I have 3 elder sisters and one brother; but they are all marriaed already and have children. So there are only 5 people at home now.
Last day I and my mother talked about our family during dinner. She was feeling sad and said
-After you went to china, your brother and sisters married and left from home. we here left only 5 people -actually a normal family should be consist of at most 5 member as for me :) -
My parents love their girls so much and felt sad when they married and left home. According as my mother said, my dad almost cries when they start to eat dinner without girls. I also same with my father and feel sad when I am without girls. we were a big and happy family but now we fell to pieces. everyone in a place now. we cant reunion properly. I will organize a great and big reunion part in the near future. My sisters are my all. I want and wish a good and healthy future for them.