fizy:make your playlist and share

There are many music websites that you can benefit. Some of them which I know are imeem.com, lastfm.com, mixpod.com and ilike.com…There are these four websites that I know and use. I mostly used ilike.com till I found fizy. Now I mostly use fizy. It is so useful and has a huge data. It is really an awesome music database. You can find any songs you seek. You can list your favorite pieces and keep them for listening later. You can find the track version of videos as well. The other websites are also almost same but fizy is different as far as I can see.
The other day, I used IDM to download a song from boyz ii men from fizy. I thought it was a track mode but after download process finished, I was surprised. It was a video and two doof boys were lip-synching the song in that video. They look like two stupid guys, let alone being funny.
So I think I wont download anything from fizy. I just enlist the songs and start to listen, but you have to sign in if you want to see your playlists.
Fizy is known all around the world, and it is mentioned in an American-based paper as follow with complimentary words.
‘Fizy is a track-by-track search service. No playlists. No downloads. Just searching for and playing individual tracks you're seeking. So why try it? There are two big benefits to Fizy. First, it's database of music is huge. They're claiming over 75 billion mp3s indexed. Diving through the Fizy music selection made me nostalgic for the good old days of Napster when I could find practically any song I wanted to find. Second, it's international. Fizy supports at least 26 languages and is designed to be accessible to as many people as possible. As an added bonus, Fizy will also serve up a video of the track, if it's available.’

no freakin' idea

Yesterday, after a hard day’s work, I went to Istanbul restaurant to have dinner with a customer. I actually ate the lunch a bit late and I was not so hungry, but the customer gave the orders before I told him that I am not hungry and stated that I wont eat so much.
I left from the table for a while for the lavabo and when I got back to table, I really surprised. I thought I sat the wrong place but selcuk bey was there and asked me to sit. I sat and looked at the table with a surprised face. I was sure that I ordered only a piece lasagna, but there were a lot of things on the table. Selcuk bey ordered two stuffed mutton balls with a piece olive oily mixed farci for us. There is more, a portion tuna salad with a portion french fries.
I wanted to eat some dessert instead of eating a lot of things like a pig. I am already not a gourmand person, I don’t like to eat so much. So as a matter of course, I generally order food as much as I can finish. I don’t want to waste it. But this time I couldn’t do it, because it was really so much that one person – especially a person like me- never could finish it. Unfortunately, I wasted it.
The customer was really terrific at eating. He ate up all portions. What is more, he ordered two different kind of desserts with a teapot Turkish tea. Masallah to him.. 
I really don’t miss kebabs and salads so much but desserts. I miss milky desserts so much. Rice pudding, kazandibi (pudding with a caramel base), tavuk gogsu, chicken breast pudding and many other milky puddings.. I don’t like baklava (a kind of sweet pastry with nuts) and dessets like baklava.
I prefer to go ‘Bolulu Hasan Usta’ a famous sweet seller in Turkey ) to eat sweets instead of Gulluoglu or Seyidoglu (both are famous places for their baklava and baklava syle sweets). It is better for me to prefer milky sweets, because I can prepare these sweets thanks to ready-packet puddings. I have never thought to make baklava or sekerpare (small cakes with syrup), because it is not easy to cook them. Only a master can prepare baklava. It is also need a lot of time to prepare it. Maybe only a piece of baklava with some ice-cream can be eaten with zest, at least for me, otherwise, I am already not able to finish more than three pieces.
Turkish delight may be counted a bit heavy just like baklava when we compare milky sweets. I would like to eat Turkish-delight with a cup of Turkish coffee. it is more delicious like this.
This summer, if I get back to Turkey, I will definitely visit Bolulu or Mado to eat sweets as much I want. : ) If you have chance to visit Turkey one day, dont forget to taste Turkish sweets as well after eating your great Turkish meals.

Lemon flowers

I just saw the English lyrics of a Turkish song that I like so much. I don’t know who did translate it but translation was made totally great!
Some words, that can’t be found the exact meaning in the translated language, so here the translator explained what does it mean in the other language.
‘Zil calan etek’ has a figurative meaning in Turkish language and refers the meaning that being very happy and cheerful. The person who made the translation explained it as saying ‘(I wish) that your playfull skirts raise again (it has dual meaning, literally he talks about the skirt of his lover and metaphorically this expression means someone to feel overly joyfull)’.
it is explained the other figurative meanings as well one by one to make the lyrics more clear and understandable. Listen the song and think of the lyrics, I think you will like it so much. It is really an awesome soulful song.

Here are the best parts for me. Especially the part goes like this; I wish that I could drink the flower honey of your mouth while kissing.. :/

Far, very far away, in the south
pleasantly warm and in love in the summers
A city that is cold and without you in the winters
the city and me (we both both) feel cold
We wish that you stop by
..that you bring your season, your fruitfulness, your abundance
...and cover on us
(I wish) that your playfull skirts raise again
...that your pupils come and sit in my eyes
...that I drink the flower honey of your mouth while kissing

All lyrics are below. And the video is here.

Lemon Flowers
Far, very far away, in the south
(A city that is) pleasantly warm and in love in the summers
A city that is cold and without you in the winters
(the city) And me (both) feel cold
We wish that you stop by
..that you bring your season, your fruitfulness, your abundance
...and cover on us
(I wish) that your playfull skirts raise again (it has dual meaning, literally he talks about the skirt of his lover and metaphorically this expression means someone to feel overly joyfull)
...that your pupils come and sit in my eyes (he means they shall stare at each other)
...that I drink the flower honey of your mouth while kissing
...that I take your sin on my neck (means I shall be responsible for everything) and (take) you to my bosom (means I shall go to bed with you)
I wish that you be my poison, city, and lemon flowers at the same time (you become my everything).
I have not seen such swagger, strut, air
Hey God hear my voice make my voice heard
No one understands my loneliness (that I have no one)
Hey God reach me my god
My God hear my voice make my voice heard
She does not understand my desperation
Hey God give me a hand my god
In the remote, secluded, solitary place
In an ill-faithed course (of events)
I wish that I say a prayer longing for you
I wish that you become my insect my plant cover (vegetation) (He means even if he dies she should be cover on the grave)
that you become my prayer that comes true and I shall say amen and thank God
I wish that I lay roots in you soil
and that my life finds its end in you

seek out the darkness

Yesterday, a friend sent me some French songs. I was listening ‘ je cherche l'ombre ‘ from Celine Dion when she asked me if I like French music. I love French songs like in any other languages. One is not able to understand all languages, so the lyrics are important to a certain extent when a song is being listened.
Personally, I prefer to listen the songs which I am able to understand the lyrics and that is why you can not find many songs on my playlist in the languages that I cant understand. Most of them are English and Turkish. And there are some Chinese and Kurdish as well. But as I said before, I listen any kind of music as long as I like. So, of course I have a lot of songs in Spanish Arabic Japanese French and in many other languages as well. I have never thought to learn French, but I really would like to live in France for a while. I want to live there and go to cinema, watch theatres and concerts in order to observe their sense of art.
But everything aside, I of course prefer to lost in the fascinating voice of oriental and Islamic music. Nothing can take their place in my book. Listening Ney and Kanun is flying your soul to so far away. Just close your eyes and give your ear to the amazing voice. You will feel relieved and you will feel the peace.
I don’t know have you ever listen him but here I want to give his name as an example as a great virtuoso. He is Omer Faruk Tekbilek, one of the noteworthy musician of Kanun and Ney. If you visit his official website, you gonna see that he is honored as a peacemaker and virtuoso. He has many funs from various countries. Yes he is a world-famous musician.
Unfortunately, it is a shame to say but there is a point can not be avoided that he is not known in Turkey thoroughly though his works getting known and popular in recent years.
Lastly, I would like to say that my wish is the value of the real musicians artists and actors should be known by media and society. And we can make a major contribution to this.
Respects!

Beduk and Eurovision

I have been remarked my music addiction many times if you read my previous entries. Yes, it is like an addiction for me. I wish I could be a musician or telling the truth, I wish I could be at least able to play a musical instrument. I want to play only for my love – and maybe for friends- and compose something for her. Today I entered an instrument shop to ask how much the guitar classes were given. No, it is not for me, I don’t have time to learn, at least for these several months. My friend wants to learn playing guitar. I know it is not easy and need to show patience like anything in this life. I know because I had a guitar last year and I learned how playing a guitar is hard. I could play many simple songs. After separating from my friend and also my guitar teacher, I quit to playing anymore. Right now, I am not good at playing. I gave my guitar to my sister as a gift. I think she has more time to get around to learning.
Anyway, I won’t be a musician, and I have never had a goal like this. I won’t participate in Eurovision contest. Haha.
Like every year, these days people start to discuss as well on who should represent Turkey in the Eurovision contest. If you check the comments on the net, you can see clearly that for everyone to be talking all at once. If you asked me who could fly our flag properly, I would say Ismail yk can represent us with his the best and the most famous song ‘facebook’. LOL :)
The other day, I saw someone said Feridun Duzagac should represent us in the Eurovision contest and she said Duzagac is the exact person who can fly our flag properly. No doubt, Duzagac can do it better than previous singers but there is a point that person missed. It is better to sing in English if you want to be placed. -Btw, I don’t know how well FEDE knows English.-
I saw Feridun’s replied to that woman on the twitter.com and mentioned this language reality. He said it should be given chance to young talents and TRT – Turkish radio and television- does it right. As for himself, he doesn’t agree to participant and represent Turkey but he has a piece of advice on who can get a place if the song would be English. He suggests Beduk.
I don’t know have you ever heard Beduk before but I know him for several months. I saw his last video clip on the net by chance and at first I thought he is not Turkish. His English was really good, just like an English native speaker. Later on, I read his interview on the ONE magazine and learned how he has such a good English accent.  He had lived in USA till his five years old, that is why he has such a well-accent English.
So Duzagac, as it should be, recommend him to represent us in the contest. I guess, as much as I know Beduk, he is perfectly the person who can show the Turkish flag and can get the first place.
Let me give you a link where you can listen and watch some pieces from Beduk. Here is the link. Listen and see how Duzagac is right to recommend him. I think you will agree with us.
There is a saying in Chinese goes ‘jiayou’ and refer to stimulate someone in a contest or race. Well, in behalf of all Turks in China, I also wanna say Beduk should go in the Eurovision in the name of Turkey and we support Beduk by saying Jiayou.. JIAYOU BEDUK.. :)))

Festival of Sacrifices

There are many kind of festivals celebrated in Turkey. But the most important ones are religious festivals such as Ramadan festival and the festival of sacrifice. Muslims celebrate them only because God commands to do the ritual worships during the festivals such as sacrifice an animal and give away to the people in need, remember the importance of giving a helping hand to the people and visit the relatives and friends one more time.
There is not any noteworthy difference between old times and today in the celebrating ways of festival, because people celebrate it how God command to celebrate. Today people take the festivals as an opportunity to have a vacation and don’t celebrate it as before. That is the only noteworthy difference from the old days.
I think traditional festivals are very important for all countries as it is important for us.. So, celebrating them is so significant for every society.
Seeing people to visit each other and visit their relatives and families (for whom live far away from them) make me so happy. People give gift to each other, and being more tolerant and happy. So, seeing people happy make me happy as well.
As for Kurban festival in particular, people sacrifice an animal and give its meat away, so rich Muslims gratify people in need. And, would you plz tell me what could make you happy more than that?
When Kurban Festival is mentioned, people who can not afford to buy meat and eat it often, and riches who trying to sacrifice animals for relieving them appear first in my mind.
Visits are the most significant activity during festival and this strengthen the relation between friends, families and relatives.
I sometimes choose the way to pay a visit or send a text-message to show my best wishes. Yes, sometimes I do so if I am far away from the person who I send messages or emails. But I prefer to visit if the time and distance is appropriate.
There is an obvious influence on our religious festivals from western world. In the old days, festivals such as Ramadan or Kurban were known as a time to visit relatives and friends to strengthen the link between each other. But now, when one ask what festival is, many people may answer that it is a chance to leave from the crowded city and unbrace themselves, a chance for a short vacation. That is totally the result of the influence of western culture on our society. If we – as the conscious people- make people conscious of the importance of the festivals, and bring society off the mentality that festivals are command by God to conciliate our relatives and friends, everything would better and we would celebrate it as it should be celebrated. Because of the stressful density of the works, people neglect to gather with relatives and friends and festivals are the exact time to do this. So, it may be taught – or may be reminded- to people to do so.
In my opinion, it is because of the influences of other cultures, especially western world, people neglect to celebrate the festivals as it should be done.
As I said above, the only and proper way to protect our culture is education. It must be taught to people how their culture is important and unique. Making people conscious on the values is the best way to protect traditions and festivals.

mosques need a new vision!

I actually thought to write this article several months ago but I didn’t feel to write anything at that time because of the classes and the thesis matters. But last week, when I was in HongKong, my friend took me the Kowloon masjid and Islamic center. It was located in the center of the Kowloon and Kowloon is regarded as one of the main centers of HongKong. It was really a nice place. The mosque is a good example of today’s modern Islamic architecture and unlike Masjids in mainland China, it was so clean and neat as well. It has really given me an impression that I am in a mosque in Istanbul. I have never felt like this before.
I would write this article to say how a modern mosque should be designed and constructed in this modern age. Yes, I would say a mosque should not only be a prayer place. It should function more than it. Like what? Like being an education place for all Muslims. Islam commands its followers to read and research anything on the earth, and never withhold you from researching and asking. So Muslims should pull themselves out from the ignorance and should get rid of being ignorant. Many years ago, I have seen a sentence in a book that written ‘God is big, His religion as well, so believers shouldn’t be small’. That is right, but nowadays, I am afraid, believers don’t understand their religion correctly and many of them think that Islam cannot meet this modern age’s expectation.
But we forgot that there are two kind of invoking. One is actual invoke and the other one is oral invoke. I mean, we should roll up our sleeves and doing something not only for ourselves but also for the people who don’t find chance to understand the Islamic realities. And we can start with redesigning new mosques. Every year, it is built almost 600 new mosques in Turkey. So, at least, they can be redesigned which are being built today.
As mentioned above, I think they are not only pray places, and vice versa, a mosque should include many activities too. Such as;
Internet: As all we know, internet became a part of human life. Henceforth, you won’t see people anymore to use encyclopaedias, because it is easier and better way to reach any kind of knowledge online. So, internet must be offered to Muslims to follow the developments in the world. Taking some measures will prevent people to misuse it.
Library: Internet started to spread everywhere after 90’s, so, the generation grow up before 90’s is not so familiar with using internet, vice versa, the generation grow up after 90’s can use the internet and other technological tools fairly well. There is an obvious gap between generations. So a library is also necessary. Beside this, some people don’t prefer to read online. Why do people still buy newspapers even though papers are as far from one as a click? Because, no doubt, original texts add zest to reading. That is why people prefer to read original texts and libraries still maintain their importance.
Meeting room: There must be a conference saloon as well. And imam should organize lectures and invite some experts to preach. Sometimes he should enlighten too.
Exhibit hall: This one is also very important. There must be an exhibit hall too and at least once a month an exposition should be exhibited. And beside the leading experts, mosque community also can contribute. Photographs, handiworks, drawings, calligraphy and marbling art works exhibitions will educate mosque community and give a chance to nonprofessional youths to show their works and also will encourage them. By means of such activities, the number of the community can increase.
Cinema: As a matter of fact, I would not write this item. You cannot found a movie house for every mosque. Because, there are many small mosques and sometimes you can find more than one mosque in the same place. I think this item can be thought for the big mosques. If there will be a cinema, worshippers can watch the Islamic-oriented or useful movies. Besides those, short movies also can be released to encourage new film makers.
Finally, I want to finish with an important topic. I am sorry to say, nowadays, mosques are regarded as pray places for only men. And as if men, especially senior citizens have a share in the mosques, coz let alone women, they don’t even let children and youths to enter masjids. Why? As they say, masjids are only for the prayer places, nor for talking inside and doing any other activities. God dammed ignorance!
There must be a section for women in every mosque, and the belief which mosques are not for women should be abandoned as soon as possible by men and women. That should be taught to masjid community too.
All I want to say is that prayer places must be function more activities as the religion command. They should be attractive and adorable places for children, women, men, youths and olds. I hope to see such mosques in the near future as I saw in Kowloon. Let s pray and work for this aim. God bless you all!