Sobelendim - Tagged

Sevgili Zynep sobelemis beni, eh is basa dusup anlatilan New York olunca kolay oluyor da, insanin kendisini anlatmasi daha bir zor, ne derim, ne kadarini soylerim vs ama istek buyuk yerden , deneyelim bakalim;

- Kucukken amerikan filmlerini izlemem sonucu bir Amerika hastaligi baslamis, gidip, gorucegim dedigim yer, ekmek yedigim yer olmus

- Okuma hastaligim var, cantamda kitap olmadan disari cikinca ciplak hissediyorum

- Tek basima yasadigimdan beri, evimde misafir agirlamayi, guzel sofralar kurmayi, onlari evinde gibi hissettirmeye bayiliyorum (bazi arkadaslarim, onlari evlatlik almam icin basvuru talebinde bulunuyorlar, anneleri bile bu kadar bakmiyormus)

- Ella Fitzgerald, Sting, Norah Jones ve 50/60 ve 70'erin muziklerini ders calisirken dinlemeyi seviyorum

- Riyakar, firsatci, miskin/tembel insanlara tahammul edemiyorum maalesef.

-Kafama koydugumu yapmakla unluyum, eger bir seyi gercekten istiyorsam, onun gerceklesmesi icin butun evreni ayaga kaldiracak kadar guce sahip olduguma inanirim, yani kolay kolay pes etmem (Aslan burcuyum demis miydim?)

- Empresyonizm sanati ile ilgili seyleri duymaya, okumaya, gormeye adamistim kendimi bir donem, ne kadar ogrenirsem ogreneyim, hala birsey bilmedigime inandirir, kendimi ve arastirmaya tesvik ederdim. Su aralar pek bos zaman olmadigindan, mezun olur olmaz bu alanda birsey yapmak istiyorum.

- Kimi arkadaslarim birini ziyarete gittiklerinde, kasina, gozune, giyimine bakarlar bense esyalarin yerlesimine, ciplak duvarlara neler asabilecegime dair hayallere dalarim.

- Dekorasyon konusunda evimi saklabana cevirdim diyebilirim, her ay esyalarin yeri degisir, tablolar da beraber tabii. Eger esyalarin ruhu var ise, dunyalarini sasirmislardir benim evimde, ben nereye aitim diye. Ama bu gormemisin evi olmus diye degil vallahi, kucukken de boyleydi, her hafta esyalar yer degistirirdi. Simdi dusunuyorum da, kucukken oyle rakamlarla ugrasip, vergi beyannamesi dolduracagim diye anilarim yok hic. Arkadaslarim mali musavir yerine bu alanda kariyer yapmamin daha karli olacagi kanaatindeler. Haklilar mi acep?

- OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) olduguma inananlar ve beni de inandiranlar var. Duzen hastaligim var, eger hersey yerinde degilse, uyku uyayamam. Daginiklik literaturumde yok yani :-) Bilgisayarimda favorilerim bile alfabetik sirada (ayrica konularina gore ayrilmis) tamam tamam biliyorum hastayim.

- Kimi evden sapkasiz cikmaz, ben de kahvalti yapmadan cikmam. Sabah toren gibi kendime super ozenli, degisik kahvaltilar hazirlarim, kendimi simartirim ama aksam yemegi nadiren yerim (bu 2006 eylul'den beri yaptigim bir uygulama).

- Ingilizceyi kucuk yasta okuyarak kendi kendime ogrendim. Sahaflardan alinmis yuzlerce ingilizce kitabimi hala saklatirim TR'daki evimizde. Kitaplari okudugumda tek kelime anlamazdim ama yine de son sayfasina kadar, dili katlederek okumaya devam ederdim, sonra radyoda calan yabanci parcalari dinleyerek, telafuzlarini ogrenir ve mimiklerdim. Sonra gun oldu, devran dondu, aksansiz ingilizce konusmaya basladim (tamam itiraf ediyorum biraz aksanim var ama her genc kizin basina gelirmis)

- 2 sene once TR seyahatimde, radyoda calinan muzikleri dinledigimde, hicbirini bilmedigimi farkettigimde yasadigim panik ve yabancilasma beni oyle korkutmus olacak ki, dondugumden beri isyerimde her gun PowerFm Turk muziklerini dinliyorum. Artik seyahatlerimde beni korkutan pek bir sey yok..

- Finlandiya'dan, Isvec'e, Israil'den, Ispanya'ya, Yunanistan'dan Avusturya'ya pek cok ulkeyi gezdim ama kalbim sanirim Cekoslovakya ve Tayland gezilerinde kaldi. Oralari tekrar ziyaret etme konusunda hayallerime devam ediyorum.

- Eger haddime duserse ben de Mr. Td, ve Celerone, Circirbocegi'ni sobeleyebilir miyim?

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Zynep tagged me the other day and even though I find it easier to talk about my beloved city New York than about myself, but here we go:

- Ever since I was a little girl I always dreamt about being here (thanks to American movies). The city that I wanted to go & see one day, became the city I started to earn a living

- Some girls cannot go out without a makeup where as I am, cannot live my apt without any book. Strangely if I do not have a book in my purse, I kinda feel naked.

- I love having friends over, cooking for them, entertaining, preparing wonderful dishes (with my limited ability in the kitchen- but hey I make the best Guacamole!) and pampering them to make feel at home. Some friends already applied for adoption, the rumor have it that I take care of them better.

- Ella Fitzgerald, Sting, Norah Jones and the music from 50/60/70's makes the study sessions more tolerable.

- I have zero tolerance for people who are lazy, hypocritical and of course people who take advantage of their friends.

- I do not give up easily. if I set my mind & heart to something, I would do anything in my power to make it work (Did I mention I am a Leo).

- Once I was fascinated by impressionism, I could not get enough learning about this style by reading, researching. But no matter how much research project I completed or read on the subject, I was not satisfied with the results and felt like I am just beginning my journey and there are so much to learn and then I always would find something to motivate me. Now with my limited time, I cannot really do much)I work full time & go to school full time) but I plan doing something about this area soon after my graduation.

- If I go someone's house , the first thing I look, will be the arrangement & combination of their furniture, and God forbid, if I see a naked wall, it bothers me so much; in my mind, I already start decorating the place. And here is a tip for you; if you want to drive me crazy, you do not have to come up with a scary idea, leave me alone in a messy place overnight and I can assure you that I will go crazy the next day or you will not recognize the place you left me.

- I am crazily in love with decorating my apt, sometimes I even do not recognize it myself, because the transformation is so fast. Almost every month , I change the settings of the furniture along with the art works I have. But the results always make me happy. My friends try to convince me to work in that field instead of accounting, so they could benefit from my services in decoration as well. Now I think about, I have no collection of memories related to accounting, I guess I underestimated my friend's comments, maybe they are right and accounting is not for me.

- I am in early stages of being an OCD. :-)) I am joking of course, but I am a neat freak. I cannot go to sleep if the house in a mess. Even my favorite websites are categorized by sub categories and then alphabetical...ok ok I got it, I am sick.

- The breakfast is the most important meal for me. I almost come up with wonderful recipes everyday, and I love setting the table and start my morning ritual. But if for some reason if I did not have my breakfast, OMG.... beware of the mood change. Dinners are the total opposite, since Sep 2006 I rarely eat dinners, I decided to have a late /big lunch instead and skip dinners with fruits and snacks.

- I learned English by myself. I have hundred of books. I simply started reading without understanding a word, then listening to foreign music helped me great deal to learn the pronunciation and much to people's surprise I was talking in English without any accent. (ok I confess I have an accent but hopefully it will go away soon)

- 2 years ago, I was traveling in Turkey with my family and we were listening to music and I realized that I had no clue who the artist was or the melody and I almost had panic attack cause it was the first time I felt so strange, because the music once I loved & cherished so much was not something I could recognize. Lesson learned well, upon arrival to NYC, I downloaded an online radio, Power Turk Fm and no more panic attacks, end of the story.

- I traveled all over the world, including Finland, Sweden, Israel, Greece etc. But the one (or two) I could not forget were my trips to Thailand & Czech Rep. I still dream about visiting those places again.

- If they allow me, I would like to ask Mr. Td, Celerone and Circirbocegi. Hopefully they would be kind enough to let us learn more about them.

PS: The photo was taken in Republic/Union Square.