Recently, I find more souls in the mood of the Marvin -The pazaranoid android robot Douglas Adams told about him @ Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy-
It is really bad...
Life. Don't talk to me about life.
Marvin the Paranoid Anroid
· Life, loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it.
Marvin the paranoid android
· I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed
Marvin the paranoid android
· I'm not getting you down at all, am I?
Marvin the paranoid android
· Pardon me for breathing, which I never do any way so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God, I'm so depressed.
Marvin the paranoid android
· Funny, how just when you think life can't possibly get any worse it suddenly does.
Marvin the paranoid android
· Do you want me to sit in the corner and rust, or just fall apart where I'm standing?
Marvin the paranoid android
· Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?
Marvin the paranoid android
· Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.
Marvin the paranoid android
· My capacity for happiness, you could fit it into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.
Marvin the paranoid android
· Ha, but my life is a box of wormgears.
Marvin the paranoid android
· Wearly I sit here, pain and misery my only companions.
Marvin the paranoid android
· Why stop now just when I'm hating it?
Marvin the paranoid android
How can it be possible to avoid the mood ?
out of control
It is really getting hard when it is out of your control. Work and corporate life is the peak of off-the control situations. You rarely get what you plan. One day you go to office for a 9:00 o'clock meeting and you suddenly find out that your are supposed to be somewhere less for another meeting. One day you live work at 18:00 with a wide smile on the face that you are going out early! With an instant call you are sent back to your desk for an urgent report and moreover you have to make phone calls to cancel the plans you have for the next 3 days including weekend. You belong to the firm for 7*24 -from their point of view- at least. From my point of view, I would prefer being the basak of arts, literature, nature, love and etc.
How can this dilemma can be solved I do not know yet. I do not claim that I would establish an alternative way of life ... this is unrealistic at the moment, but on the other hand the dreams should be kept live! Once you have started to lose your imagination and dream world... then it is done you absolutely belong to anything except for yourself!
Dear Emrah,
nice try:) but there was no man at all. It was especially for the ladies.
And I am sorry that I could not go to Pink Martini concert :(
@Kitchen
The epilogue of a weekend session started at the kitchen. On Friday I was back home later than planned, nevertheless this could not refrain me from cooking a traditional Ottoman meal for my friends on Friday night. I had only 2 hours to prepare the the main course besides salad and Turkish borek (pasta). I should admit that I will not be able to make up all if Aslihan did not help with cleaning and cutting actions for all ingredients of the salad full of a variety of green vegetables. Meanwhile, it was my new oven that did not supported the process as it was supposed to. The aubergine were cooked in more than 1 hour. However,
at the end of this prolonged process of waiting for the oven it was a job of 5 minutes to finalize this special meal. The meat was ready. The table was set. The appetizer kept everybody busy while they were totally hungary! that they had being waiting for almost one hour!
Finally "Hunkar Begendi" was on our plates! This old traditional Ottoman meal is one of the best ones to taste.
Besides, the borek was at the oven! After eating the last borek at the table, it was around midnight. We were having Turkish coffee and tea. I cannot help myself telling that it was really delicious. As I told at the beginning this just the epilogue. I have not told yesterday and sunday yet :) You may be thinking that why she cooked Hunkar Begendi instead of simply preparing pasta or french-fries! It is another story, but briefly I can say that it was an output of an assertion and stubbornness! Once I claimed that I am able to cook such a sophisticated traditional meal, I would do it inevitably.
In the next entry you will find out who was/were with me at the weekend ? What plans we generated ? What kind of role Emrah would play in it ?
summer @ Istanbul
This summer, all my holiday plans have been prevented by getting a new house. We are broke, we are out of money! So I am having holidays in the city! Whenever I am off, I make plans with one of my friends who are teacher and already at full-time holiday during summer. To me, in July, I work like 9:00 to 17:00. Normally it is like 8:00 to 19:00. So this is natural/informal part-time :)
Lastly, Gaye and I went to Heybeliada to swim. When it is not weekend it is nice there to have time free of destroying looks of magandas (mugies as Gaye calls them :). Anyway it was really nice and silent day away from the city but very close to it. Sometimes I find myself giving up plans due to the long ways to reach. We were not Fethiye or Kaş but we have not suffered the road. This week my city plans contains movies and concerts.
Recently I have seen SIN CITY which was a good copy of such a book. I felt like reading the book on the movie with animations. The characters were just for the their roles and they performed well. It is an original attempt. You may want not to miss it.
Tonight we are at the dilemma of having home party or going to Pink Martini concert. We are not still sure. So, summer at Istanbul is still nice as it used to be when we were at summer school! hope school-mates were here!
Humanity's dilemma, historians' helplessness
With the disaster in London last week, I was shocked once more. It is strange that I can still get surprised against terrorist attacks, however it is inevitable when it comes to lost lives. It is really sad that after 3 thousand years, the history and humanity is still not able to tell about peace and harmony. The humanity and history is always told from the perspective of such concepts as development, welfare, enhancement, evolving etc. How can they dare to talk about development while the degree of violence of wars are not diminishing as well as their number. The humanity's development can only be acceptable when the historians could find the clues to write about peace!
new home!
Dear friends I really appreciate your efforts to hold me inside the blog-circle. But Pfizer circle has got me already badly. I work at least 10 hours a-day and later I unfortunately lack any motivation to sit one more second in front of the screen for any reason.
Now, reviewing my calendar, I try to recall last 2 months.
At the end of April, we have met with Dimitri. (He is not a Greek, but “Rum” from Istanbul. We have been dating. Actually he is one the 1,200 people causing all of these Turk-Rum political dilemmas. I am discovering the dynamics of Rum society living at İstanbul. Togather we enjoy a lot. This a relationship free of future commitments, because from his point of statu, it is impossible to carry our relationship forward. We live th day!
At the beginning of May, I have visited my doc at Ankara fot my regular glaucoma checks. The results of this visit has caused a short-run anxiety. The young assistant (who is a fresh specialist at the momentJ ) of my professor noticed that I had high-eye-tension (glaucoma). It assigned me regular hospital visits 2 times a day for 3 days long. I was worried, but luckily it is found out to be below the standard limits. However, I once more extracted a good event from this 2 days anxiety. I have made an eye-specialist doc friend. Now I am looking for a job for him in Istanbul. It will be nice to have close eye specialist around me.
At the end of May, I have joined 10th year reunion of BAL (high school) at Cesme. It was a nice holiday recalling all the childhood memories. Emrah, let Sevi hear this J
With June, my business travels started. I have attended the year beginning meeting of Pfizer with all of his employees at Antalya (almost 1,000 employees from all over Turkey). Then, we went to Bodrum (not for holiday but to work!). We -three colleagues- organized a one-week meeting for 140 members of marketing and sales. This was my first big activity at Pfizer. It was really tiring and stressful. I have not even swum more than 30 minutes in a week. Moreover, I had cold badly.
Now, I am at the office and it is regular reporting week. I do not have any time even to design my new home. I will be moving in a week. Next time you are in Istanbul, I will be having you in my new house at Etiler. I am really excited about it.
Lastly, I have to mention that I have been at the concert of Emig Igus and Vedat Sakman. Emrah, Emin started his concert with “Dut Agaci”. Last night I have once more decided that I love compositions of Vedat Sakman sung by Zuhal Olcay. They are really nice when Vedat plays and Zuhal sings them. So this my brief about last 2 months. In July, I will be around in İstanbul. I have postponed all of my holiday plans. After buying a house, I am broke and have to save money to fill in it.
So you are all invited to my home. (At the entrance of Etiler on the right hand side, very close to Dunya Goz Hastanesi: Nispetiye Cd. Peker Sk. Derya Apt. No:12)
looking for a house
I have been busy with the search of a new house in Istanbul on the European side. It is really a big issue to find the right house to buy. I am very pessimistic about it and I hvae every reason to be. I do not have enough time to contact the real-estaters, not even to see all the options available... I have been able to dedicate a piece of time to update my blog, and gaze at all yours.
This is the last news from Istanbul. If you hear someone selling her/his house on European side let me know :) I am desperate enough even to tell you living outdooors miles away.
c u soon PS: I hope to be reporting from my new home next time sooon :)
