NEW YORK MUHTARI

6/12/2008

New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks

Wed, Jul 9, 2008, 8:00 PM

Concerts in the Parks - New Jersey
Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer

Mozart:Divertimento in D major, K.125a
Bach:Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Elgar:Enigma Variations

New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks

Tues, Jul 8, 2008, 8:00 PM

Concerts in the Parks - Staten Island

Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K.125a
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Elgar: Enigma Variations

6/11/2008

The School - Okul .... by Asik Veysel

I saw the wealthiest mind in the world

Asked it the outlay, the school it replied.

It is serving the humanity, the help you provide

My mercy, my feelings, the school it replied.

Creating fire from water, that is the best art

The idea to spread many more light

Did I discover them with this thought?

These are my guides, the school it replied.

Is that a miracle or a talent?

Would the heart perceive that if the eyes do not?

Would an unclaimed soil be plowed?

With the combine, the school it replied.

You would fly in the sky, if you wear wings

You would pass through the seas ungratefully

How would you perceive the cold and the rain?

They have built observatories, the school it replied.

Various vehicles and the trains

Doctors who find cures for all pains

Is it you who did that

This is not all it can do, the school it replied.

I was amazed by the radio

Can speak in every language, but not alive

Created by science, by the human mind

Its light is its wave, the school it replied.

Human mind is inventing these things

It is the science, the essence of the world

The core of all those works

Believe in this Veysel, the school it replied.

Dünyanın en zengin aklını gördüm
Sermayesin sordum dedi ki okul.
İnsanlara hizmet yaptığın yardım,
Merhametin duygum dedi ki okul.
Sudan ateş yapan en güzel sanat
Dünyayı ışığa kaplarsın kat kat
Fikriyle mi ettin bunları icat
Rehberim oldu dedi ki okul.
Bu bir keramet mi yoksa hüner mi
Göz görmezse gönül buna kanar mı
Öksüz tarlada sapan döner mi
Eker biçer motor dedi ki okul.
Kanat takar gökyüzünde uçarsın
Denizleri müdanasız geçersin
Soğuğu yağmuru nasıl seçersin
Rasathane kurmuş dedi ki okul.
Çeşitli taşıtlar bir de trenler
Hekim olup her yareyi saranlar
Bunu sen mi yaptın yoksa erenler
Daha neler yapar dedi ki okul.
Radyo hayrete düşürdü beni
Her dilden biliyor yok amma cam,
İlim akıl fikir yaratmış bunu
Lambası dalgası dedi ki okul.
İnsanlar kafası bunları bulan,
İlimdir dünyada hakikat olan
Bütün bu işlerin temelim kuran
İnan buna Veysel dedi ki okul” diyor.

6/08/2008

A walk in the park

A walk in the park

There’s that man sailing, strutting his skills on the water
And those four old spires of Ellis Island, faking the elegance of a Taj Mahal
There’s Lady Liberty and the old Jersey Train Terminal
Manhattan, Brooklyn all ending right here
At l’il ‘ol Paulus Hook

A gentle breeze, warm and cooling blows in my face softly
And I think, yes this is the life I thought I’d live, but never visualized…

I’m a big believer in visions
Was it Stephen Covey that said
You are what you envision,
What you aim for
Is what you become?
Maybe it was Lee Iacocca…
Either ways, I’m a big believer

And yet, this is not a place I could’ve imagined for myself
Or given myself credit for
Not that it is to my credit that I live here -
One of life’s surprising rewards
For just... living it

One reads of such things
One dreams of living in a place that has a name
But no face
And then life takes you there
And you wonder, if you had envisioned this
Where then would you be today?

Is life meant to be lived contentedly?
The very possibility makes me feel like a guilty child;
Compulsive avarice for living as much as I can
Has overtaken me -
As if I were terminally ill
But then, if I sleep tonight, will I really wake up in the morning?

Aai, you set me on this path of aspirations
I know you did not intend to make it my addiction
But there it is, I am addicted to moving on
Living my life as if I were caught up in a storm
And flapping my hands wildly about
Was the only means to survival

Y’know, one day I found that I couldn’t run anymore -
My legs could carry on, but my lungs would forget to breathe
Until I stopped to think about it
And voila, I could run again

Is that what I need to do with my life?
Just remember to keep breathing?
Just remember to take a walk in the park?
And enjoy a smug smile privately
For another bright vision I had had
That brought me here?

(c) VedicVerses (Rucha Gokhale)

6/07/2008

Sex and The City & Manolo Blahnik's 2008 Collection.

KUCUK (means small in Turkish)

BOGAZ (named after the famous bridge The Bosphorus)

ZEYNEL (name in Turkish)

BOGAZICI (The Bosphorus)

KOYU (means dark in Turkish)

HANDE (name in Turkish)

ok I usually do not wrote about fashion , as it is not my area of expertise, but when you live in the capital of the fashion world (or at least New Yorkers like to think that way) and know every corner of the city by heart of where the tv show and the movie of "The Sex and The City" takes place, you cannot avoid to hear the magical, irresistible name of "Manolo Blahnik".

Well it is true for many women that the shoe collection that he created this year is out of this world and during the interviews he mentions that the inspiration & influence for this year's collection comes from his recent trip to Istanbul. As a fellow Istanbul resident, maybe not his name but just to hear the magical & irresistible name of my city makes my heart beat faster.

For Turkish readers who wants learn more, Hurriyet has an article on this subject.

YOGURT MAN YAZARI NEW YORK'TA

YOGURT MAN YAZARI NEW YORK'TA

Istanbul Universitesi Mezun Amerika ile Forum Gazetesinin ortaklasa yapacagi "The Yogurt Man Cometh" adli kitabin tanitimi ve yazar ile soylesi 13 Haziran Cuma aksami saat 7de, Times Square'de bulunan Dervis Restorantin toplanti salonunda yapilacak.

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