Annabel Lee

THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT POEMS I LIKED AT UNIVERSITY EVEN IF I USED TO HATE POETRY THEN. ANYWAY, WHENEVER I READ THIS IT REMINDS ME MY DEAR TEACHER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ISMAIL OGRETIR WHO IS ONE OF THE WITTIEST LECTURERS I HAVE EVER HAD SO FAR AT BOTH UNIVERSITY OR THE OTHER EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS. EDGAR ALLAN POE MUST HAVE WRITTEN THIS POEM BY ADDRESSING A WOMAN, I GUESS. OTHERWISE NO ONE CAN GRANT SUCH A GREAT POEM TO HUMANITY, THANKS TO GOD WE HAD THE CHANCE TO WITNESS THESE MAGNIFICIENT POETS, HOWEVER WHAT I REALLY WANT TO MENTION IS NOT EDGAR ALLAN POE, NOT THE CREATOR OF THE POEM BUT THE TRANSLATOR OF IT INTO TURKISH BECAUSE NOBODY CAN DENY THAT MELIH CEVDET ANDAY CREATED A BRAND NEW MEANING OR POEM " ANNABEL LEE" I WISH EVERYBODY COULD UNDERSTAND TURKISH AND GET WHAT I MEAN SINCE A POET, I BELIEVE, CANNOT BE TRANSLATED WITH ITS FULLY MEANING. YOU JUST CANNOT GIVE THE MEANING THAT THE POET REALLY INTENDS TO DELIVER BUT MELIH CEVDET ANDAY WAS ABLE TO DO THIS. I DO RECOMMEND YOU TO READ THIS MARVELOUS POEM BOTH FROM POE AND ANDAY BECAUSE THESE TWO GREAT POETS ARE WORTHY TO BE READ EVERY TIME NOT NOW AND AGAIN.


HERE ARE THE TWO VERSIONS OF THE POEM; ENGLISH AND TURKISH.

ANNABEL LEE

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Bir deniz ülkesinde 

Yaşayan bir kız vardı bileceksiniz

İsmi: Annabel Lee

Hiç birşey düşünmezdi sevilmekten  

Sevmekten başka beni 

O çocuk ben çocuk, memlketimiz 

O deniz ülkesiydi 

Sevdalı değil karasevdalıydık

Ben ve Annabel Lee

Göklerde uçan melekler

Kıskanırlardı bizi

Bir gün işte bu yüzden göze geldi 

O deniz ülkesinde 

Üşüdü bir rüzgarından bulutun 

Güzelim Annabel Lee 

Götürdüler el üstünde 

Koyup gittiler beni

Mezarı oradadır şimdi 

O deniz ülkesinde  

Biz daha bahtiyardık meleklerden 

Onlar kıskanırlardı bizi 

Evet! Bu yüzden "Şahıdimdir herkes ve deniz ülkesi"

Bir gece rüzgarından bulutun 

Üşüdü gitti Annabel Lee

Sevdadan yana kim olursa olsun 

Yaşca başca ileri

Geçemezlerdi bizi 

Ne yedi kat göklerdeki melekler 

Ne deniz dibi cinleri

 Hiç biri ayıramaz seni benden 

Güzelim Annabel Lee

Ay gelir ışır. hayalin erişir

Güzelim Annabel Lee

Orda gecelerim uzanır beklerim 

Sevgilim sevgilim hayatım gelinim 

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Gossip with the girls !

Women are experts at gossiping, and they always talk about trivial things, or at least that’s what men have always thought. However, some new research suggests that when women talk to women, their conversations are far from frivolous, and cover many more topics (up to 40 subjects) than when men talk to other men. Women’s conversations range from health to their houses, from politics to fashion, from films to family, from education to relationship problems. Football is notably absent. Men tend to have a more limited range of subjects, the most popular being work, sport, jokes, cars, and women.

According to Professor Petra Boynton, a psychologist at University College London, who interviewed over 1000 women, women also tend to move quickly from one subject to another in conversation, whereas men usually stick to one subject for longer periods of time.

At work, this difference can be an advantage for men, where they can put other matters aside and concentrate fully on the topic being discussed. On the other hand, it also means that they sometimes find it hard to concentrate when several things have to be discussed at the same time in a meeting.

Professor Boynton also says that men and women chat for different reasons. In social situations, women use conversation to solve problems and reduce stress while men chat with each other to have a laugh or to swap opinions.

Thanks to http://elt.oup.com/?cc=hu&selLanguage=en

Somebody Should Have Told

I am sick and tired that kind of living style. There are so many ups and downs even pros and cons in my life, I do not want to be down and out now and again, I wish I was safe and sound and did not have to deal with bits and pieces during my life. sooner or later it comes to me so I may have to decide that " now or never" or "all or nothing". what I have been doing recently is to pace backwards and forwards. I do need some peace and quiet. A bit of give and take is no longer enough for me.

I Wish

Now when I look in the mirror and think, ‘Oh dear, I’m getting older’, it reminds me that I used to do the same thing when I was 19 and 20. I used to look at myself and think I looked awful. I wish I’d known what I was going to look like thirty years later, because then I might have realized how gorgeous I was then. I looked great but I didn’t appreciate it – what a waste!

I now understand that it’s OK to be successful. When I was 19 I was starring on TV and making loads of money, but most of my friends were university students. I felt embarrassed, and used to walk around with my hands in front of my face so as not to be recognized. I wish I’d known that it’s possible to enjoy the good things about fame, and that you can keep your friendships in spite of it.

I wish I had learned sooner how to listen to people properly. I used to think I had to be intelligent and witty in social situations. If I’d known how much people appreciate being listened to, I wouldn’t have tried so hard to be the life and soul of the party.

Life has taught me that sometimes when people behave badly to you it is because of some unhappiness that they are carrying around with them, a problem that has nothing to do with you. I wish I had been more gentle with people in that situation and not reacted so angrily. Once you find out what’s really going on, the whole relationship can change.

My dad always used to say, ‘learn what you can while you are young and at school, because when you are older you either won’t have enough time or won’t have enough money to pay for lessons.’ That was good advice, and I wish I’d spent more time on my piano lessons.

Finally, I wish I had always said yes to challenges. I’d say to young people today, if you are offered the opportunity to do something you have never done before, go for it. You might feel a little nervous, but say yes anyway.

A Weird Weekend

IT HAS BEEN MONTHS SINCE WE DID NOT GET CRAZY OR DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR OUR LIVES EXPECT WORKING AND WORKING AND WORKING. IT CAN BE EASILY MENTIONED THAT I HAVE A GOD DAMN BORING, FUCKING LIFE SINCE I GOT HANDCUFFED. OF COURSE THIS DOES NOT STEM FROM YASEMIN IN CONTRAST THE REAL FACT IS THE DEBT THAT WE INHERITED FROM BANKS BY TRYING TO PAY OUR COSTS FOR BEING A MARRIED COUPLE. I CANNOT STAND LIVING UNDER THE PRESSURE OF DEBT THAT I HAVE TO LIVE A RUSH LIFE SO AS TO GET RID OF IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ACTUALLY THIS IS AN IRREFUTABLE FACT THAT I SHOULD HAVE MARRIED AFTER SAVING SOME MONEY BUT I COULD NOT BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS, MAINLY BECAUSE OF COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE DURING 6 MONTHS. ANYWAY MY INTENTION WAS DIFFERENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WHEN I START WRITING THIS, LAST WEEK WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT TO PERSUADE YASEMIN TO GO TO GONUL`S WEDDING CEREMONY IN GAZIOSMANPASA YESILPINAR. I HAD SOME CLASSES AT AMERICAN CULTURE BEFORE WEDDING THEREFORE I LEFT THE HOUSE BEFORE YASEMIN AND I KINDLY REQUESTED HER TO BE THE VERY MOST BEAUTIFUL LIKE THOSE OLD DAYS AT UNIVERSITY. I NOTICED THAT I REALLY MISS HAVING SOME ACTIVITIES AND SOME FUN WITH OTHERS. I REALLY LIKE PLAYING FOLK DANCE ( IF I CAN GET SOME PICTURES, I WANNA POST SOME OF THEM). SHE WORN A NICE BLACK DRESS AND THEN WE WENT TO CEREMONY. GONUL WAS VERY HAPPY AND HAD SUCH BRILLIANT EYES THAT DESERVED TO BE SEEN. AS A MATTER OF FACT WE WERE GOING TO SHOP AFTER THE WEDDING BUT THE TIME WAS LATE FOR DOING SOME SHOPPING SO WE HEADED BACK TO HOME. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE SHUTTLE WHICH CARRIED US TO HOME, WE WERE LIKE CRAZY MONKEYS. IF MY STUDENTS HAD SEEN US, THEY WOULD OT PROBABLY BEHAVE US AS THEIR TEACHERS NOW. THIS WAS OUR SATURDAY. OUR SUNDAY PLAN WAS A LITTLE BOT DIFFERENT WE PLANNED TO GO BREAKFAST TO CAMLICA WITH  MY STUDENTS BUT ALL GIRLS DECIDED NOT TO COME, THEY LOST. A FEW STUDENTS CAME AND WE DID OUR BREAKFAST AND THEN TAKE A SMALL WALK AROUND CAMLICA WITH STUDENTS. ONURHAN WAS SO FUNNY THAT HE WAS COLD SO MUCH :-). AFTER THE BREAKFAST YASEMIN CHANGED HER MIND AND WANTED TO GO SHOPPING THAT WE COULD NOT DO A DAY BEFORE. WE WENT TO CAPITOL AND WE HAD JUST ABOUT ONE HOUR TO DO IT BUT AS ALWAYS YASEMIN MANAGED TO MAKE ME LATE FOR WORK BY COMING OUT LATE. TO BE ABLE TO BE PUNCTUAL FOR WORK, WE HAD TO TAKE A TAXI FROM CAPITOL TO TASDELEN, IT COSTED ABOUT 40 TL, BY THE WAY I WAS TO FORGET THAT I BOUGHT A JERSEY TO MAHMUT A BARCELONA JERSEY AS NEW YEAR PRESENT.

Worth to Know

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I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar With angels bless'd; but even from angelhood I must pass on: all except God doth perish. When I have sacrificed my angel-soul, I shall become what no mind e'er conceived. Oh, let me not exist! for Non-existence Proclaims in organ tones, To Him we shall return.

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My Precious