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Photos from Vecriga ( Old Riga )

2008-12-12T21:31:00.008+02:00

Riga Technical University

The Railway Bridge

St.Peter Church (the tower behind the buildings)

The House of Blackheads

The House of Blackheads and St. Peter Church

Doma Laukums and Dome Church

Livu Laukums

Well, yet, I do not know what this is :) A view of it from Livu Laukums

National Opera House

These are some photos from Riga, the capital of Latvia. Photos are taken from the old part of city which is called Vecriga. Saying "old part" is quite unfair indeed, as this part of Riga is the center of night life as well. I wish I could add photos from the coast of the river Daugava. But it was way too windy there and my lightweight tripod would not be able to cope with it. Still there is a little bit shaky photo from there, the railroad bridge with blue lights. Other photos from Dome church, Livu laukums, National Opera house, Melngalvju Nams ( The House of Blackheads )

Futbolseverlere

2008-07-22T22:42:00.001+03:00

Futbolla ilgili herkesin yeni hazırladığım Futbol Tutkusu isimli blog sayfasına göz atmasını isterim :)

Takım fanatizminden uzak bir futbol aşkıyla yazmayı deniyorum...

27th of April 2008 - The Derby Day

2008-04-25T15:09:00.003+03:00

This weekend on sunday the champion of the Turkish league will be almost decided. Fenerbahçe is topping the league with 70 points and Galatasaray is the second with the same amount of points. The only difference between them, so far, is that Fenerbahçe had won the first match at home against Galatasaray 2-0. There are only 2 matchdays after this freakin derby clash at Galatasaray's home. Therefore the winner of the match, will be the winner of the league this year. Fenerbahçe has had a great season so far, could reach Quarter-Finals in Champions' League. Galatasaray is just the opposite side of the success, they lost heavily to Leverkusen in Uefa Cup third round(not sure of the round) 5-0 and eliminated. This "Live or Die" match is the top interest in Turkey nowadays, everything is forgotten, all eyes are on the match. I hope Fenerbahce secure a win and become the Champions because thats the team I support, and we deserved it more this season. I'm gonna write some details after the match is all done.

Edit after the match: Galatasaray won the match 1-0. Well I have no words to say about the match. Galatasaray played better, really better and won the game. Only two matches left in this season. They are probably the champions.

Blogger Templates

2008-04-25T15:05:00.002+03:00

While i was looking up a nice template for my new blog "Rule The Court!" I came across to a really really great template site. There are plenty of templates which u can find and adopt ur page easily. The page is called BTemplates. I am not a producer or anything of that site, and i aint advertising their site. I just wish i could have one blog for each of those templates :)

Fazlasıyla eğlenceli Fenerbahçe marşları

2008-04-15T19:57:00.003+03:00

YouTube'de bohemian321 nickname sahibini tanımam etmem yalnız Fenerbahçe için yaptıkları futbolcu marşları gerçekten fazlasıyla eğlenceli... Stephen Appiah marşının sonunu özellikle izlemeniz gerek. Videolara şuradan ulaşabilirsiniz: YouTube

"We all livin' in Amérikaaaa"

2007-12-06T18:57:00.000+02:00

Everyday on TVs we are made to see some commercials about foods. The most interesting commercials are filmed by such foreign companies on fastfood. Burger King and McDonald’s commercials seem to be trying to trigger the hunger in people. But actually they are triggering the change in their minds. They triggered my mind, too. In a Burger King commercial there was a strong saying “Fire is calling up!” ( Ateş seni çağırıyor! ) But I haven’t seen any fire in Burger Kings. I saw some microwave ovens though… But I saw the fire around Döner! It turns again and again on the fire. However, we don’t see any döner commercials on TVs. Is it because döner is something disgusting that none of us would want to eat? No It’s just… “You know what I mean man! Oh dude! Money talks guys!” I want to ask you if you had two choices now, what would you prefer “Döner or Hamburger?” (If the class says döner) I think the American guys must pay more for commercials! Or try to change the way of presentating, because we Turks change the channel on TV when commercials start! (If they say hamburger) As you see, American culture overcomes our own culture in our own country.

Even we accept or not there is a change in countries who are addicted to foreign investments. Turkey is one of them. When foreign companies make an investment in Turkey, they don’t only bring their Money, they bring their culture together. With the way they can show their products, they make us buy their brands. But actually from now on we buy those products because they are really better than local products. For example, think of shoes, none of those Turkish brands are as strong as Nikes or other foreign goods. The way we are worn and eaten has changed the way we live. 100 years ago none of the Turks would think that they will be just the same as Europeans. Actually it had good effects too, for example boys and girls can easily make friendships. But it made us lose our own roots. Even the music has changed in Turkey. In USA country music is still listened but in Turkey, our old songs are not listened by the new generation.

Let’s forget the lifestyle, music, relationships and everything… The daily language we use includes too many English or French words. But in the language they use there are no Turkish words. Furthermore in Latin and Central America, the tribes lost their own languages because of the dominance of the major language in the world. The language is important, because it is one of the indispensable values of a culture. Probably the most important one. It shows the way of telling feelings and it differs a lot in each culture.

The countries which are wealthy, had the chance to be stronger and stronger. Therefore they could show themselves as the “ideal” one. That’s why all the others were ready to be invaded. And the weapon to invade these countries was the word “westernization”. It should have been “simplification” indeed. During westernization of the poorer countries, they adopted easily the values of western countries. That was the point when Globalization and Westernization became Imperialism and cultural assimilation.

All these things happened in a way that no one could notice. In my view globalization has been an irrecoverable situation. Because in our minds, we all have the idea that “west is the best”. I’m not telling that any country should close their doors to the west. But every country must care about its cultural values, and do more than caring them, they must protect them.

Uh, Oh! Giant Men! Stop Shitting Me!

2007-09-14T14:40:00.000+03:00

It was 6 years ago... Turkey had the chance to host Eurobasket 2001. Despite the lack of interest to basketball in Turkey, everyone was so excited. The players were the best generation of Turkish basketball. Hidayet Turkoglu, Mehmet Okur, Mirsad Turkcan, Ibrahim Kutluay, Kerem Tunceri, Huseyin Besok, Harun Erdenay... Before the competition a band called Athena made a song for the team called "12 Giant Men". The team got the 2nd place in the competition by the help of fans. After that, everything went wrong. World cup 2002 Indianapolis, 2003 Eurobasket Sweden, 2005 Eurobasket Serbia... All of them were such nightmares. But the last year in Japan, without the "star players" such as Mehmet Okur and Hidayet Turkoglu, Turkish team played very well, made the country cry with honour in fron of tvs. They played with their hearts. Got the 6th degree. It caused great hopes for Eurobasket 2007 in Spain. But... No. Once again the team failed. Couldnt get through the Quarter Finals. Won 1, Lost 5. Terrible! The players are not the guilty ones. The problem is the coach, Bogdan Tanjevic. He showed us how a coach can blew the team up with player selections and coaching during the game. Actually there was no coaching...

Sebnem Ferah@Kocfest2007

2007-06-11T22:49:00.000+03:00

Sebnem Ferah is a great rock singer in Turkey. The concert was simply great so i added some photos. If you want to check the album. Here you go.

Fenerbahçe: Glorious Centenary Year

2007-06-10T12:11:00.000+03:00

I don't know where to start... In 1907, in a house with a big garden near a lighthouse, some men decided to found a football team. They didn't know that it would be a team that's gonna have 25 millions of fans or maybe more. They named the team Fenerbahçe. The name can be divided into 2 words. Fener and bahçe. Fener means lighthouse, and bahçe means garden in turkish language. The football team turned into a sports club, which has many other branches, like basketball, volleyball, canoeing, boxing etc. In this year, the centenary year, Fenerbahçe won the championships in every sport except volleyball championship that is lost in the final game. For the centenary year there was a huge, great, awesome, unbelievable celebration in the stadium of FB.
There were a lot of light shows, and some historic parts, things that symbolise Fenerbahçe. It was just simply great. Here are some photos from the celebration.

I don't remember how I became a fan of this club, it was probably about my dad. He was a fan too but not such a crazy one like me. Sometimes I get angry to the team and act like I don't care the games they play. But in fact, I care it. I'm like a capricious lover... doh!

This year also some chants are made for Fenerbahçe. I'll write about 2 of them. First one is made by a famous singer called Kıraç.

Sen bir nefes aldığım her an ( you are the breath i take in )
sen bir özlem içinde hep buram buram ( you are the strong longing )
kimse anlamaz bende aşkını ( no one understands your love inside me )
sen bir çocuk gülen yerinde durmayan ( you are the kid that is snappy )

aşkınla coşkunla sen çok yaşa ( live along with the love and exaltation )
yükseliyor bayrağın arşa ( rising your flag to the ninth heaven )
yüzyıl önce doğdu şanlı efsane ( legend's been living for 100 years )
yüzyaşında mutlu ol fenerbahçe ( to fenerbahçe happy 100 years )

kalbim senin,seninle çarpıyor ( my heart is yours and beating for you )
birtek seninle gülüp seninle ağlıyor ( smiles and cries only with you )
sen gönlümün eşssiz aşkısın ( you re my love that is unique )
her yerde her zaman yanıp parıldıyor ( always and everywhere lighting and sparkling )

The second one is from a punk band called Athena. They are great fans of Fenerbahçe.

biri o yana ( one to that side )
biri bu yana ( one to this side )
dursa da dünya ( even the world stopped )
ne önemi var ( who would care )
kanimda fener ( fener is in my blood )
gönül ne ister ( what else could i want? )
bizim için her türlü ( for us in everyway )
en büyük fener ( fener is the best, anyway )
alev alev ah her yer yaniyor ( everywhere is burning with flames )
benim kanim sari lacivert akiyor ( yellow and blue are streaming in my veins )
ay ay ay ay yer gök inliyor ( ay ay ay ay earth and sky are rocking )
kaldir kaldir ellerini fener geliyor ( put your hands up fener is coming )
işte taraftar işte şampiyon ( Here are the support and the champions )
duyulmuyor sorulmuyor ( inaudible and not demandable )
nedendir nedendir anlaşilmiyor ( why and why? not perceptible )
aşkim sana tükenmiyor ( my love never ends )
anla artik duy sesimi ( come on hear me )
kalp dayanmiyor ( my heart no longer stands! )

Riga, Lielaakaa Pilseeta

2007-06-03T01:37:00.000+03:00

Riga is the biggest city among Baltic cities. But it's the least important title for it actually. Because it has much more than it. First of all its architectural side is really unbelievable. I'll add a slide show of pictures from Riga very soon so that my readers can see more about it (although i know who my readers are :D) . There is a monument of freedom called "Milda" at the centre of Riga. There are 3 stars that is built between 1st and 2nd world wars and those stars represents 3 regions in Latvia: Kurzeme, Vidzeme and LATGALE ( Chau Chuwax). Around the monument there is something like a river and people are canoeing and water-cycling.

Not enough for sure... Here the most interesting information comes. In 1510 it was the first time that a tree was decorated for Noel. It wasn't on purpose actually. People were celebrating the Noel and they went out of "House of Blackheads" and started to dance around a pine tree and put the things they had on it. In the end they fired the tree. It is supposed to be the first Noel tree that is decorated.

In Riga, a spooky story is told. In every 50-100 years a giant creature comes to the city and asks the security guard "Has the construction finished?". Guard knows the answer: "No, it hasn't". Because if he says "yes" the creature will cascade Daugava and the sweet pearl of Baltic, Riga, will be drown. Let me give u a secret... It's not true! :p

I wanted to give some interesting infos about Riga. Later in a different article I will write about the politic history...

Noir Desir

2007-05-26T18:42:00.000+03:00

Noir Désir is the name of the band that produced the masterpieces of french rock music. Actually although I ve tried so hard I couldn't find anything better than NoirDez, not even close. A great vocalist, nice rythms, violins sometimes... Their songs are pretty nice. L'homme pressé, Un jour en France, Le vent nous portera, Lost, Tostaky, A ton etoile... and many more songs. They had a "gauchist" politic view. They were rebel but not in a bad way.

Bertrand Cantat was the vocalist of this band and what he did absolutely shocked me. He was with a woman called Marie Trintignant. She was an actress and Cantat's gf. But Cantat beat and killed her. He is in jail now. And the band no longer exists.

If you have never heard of Noir Desir and haven't listened to it, you surely miss too much. They made the best rock music with French lyrics. French people even liked rock music! You know, their style is not around such kind of a genre. They have their classical "chanson" style and it is different. I don't know if there are any bands in France like Noir Desir but I would like to know about them.

Forgot Istanbul? Revenge at Athens

2007-05-23T20:52:00.000+03:00

Liverpool and A.C. Milan has a very huge history. 2 years ago in Istanbul, after the first half of the match Milan players were so relaxed. Because they had scored 3 goals at the first 45 minutes. It was really easier than they thought. Easier than dreaming it. When the second half started no one could imagine that a defensive Italian team would lose a match after 3-0. But it was Liverpool, who beat the imaginations. The English Reds, were on fire at the second half. They scored one.. then another... it was already 3-2. Guys from Milano were very worried and nervous. And the refferee blowed his whistle for a penalty kick. Xabi Alonso was behind the penalty spot. He shot it and Dida saved it! But Xabi got the rebound and shot again. It was 3-3! The game ended with this score and in the penalty shoot-out Liverpool was the winner... This was the greatest final of Champions' League.

And tonight the name of the final is the same... Liverpool- AC Milan. Just the stage is different. The game is in Athens. It's gonna start in an hour and Liverpool will win it for sure. :)

Edit after the match: Milan won it. 2-1. Holy shit... :(

Don't Waste Your Life

2007-05-22T16:10:00.000+03:00

We all were born without a choice. When we were little sperms, we had only one aim and it was to beat other sperms and getting in that "egg". We had only one chance to do it.. and now we've got only one chance to live. We all live for once and no one is immortal. Thus, take your life as a great joy and try to have fun at every single moment of it. I'm not a smarty or sapient but I know that I sound so. Actually at the moment, I'm not talking to you! I'm talking to "me" inside of me. And in fact, I'm not a follower of carpe diem philosophy. I'm someone who thinks about the future and who tries to make it the best. I'm usually wasting the chances to enjoy the moment that I live. But patience and waiting makes the difference. People are often lack of patience. They want to get all at once. But the rule of the world is "one at a time".

Take care of today, but don't forget to make plans for the future. Since we were little sperms, we always thought the moment that we are living is the hardest moment in our lives. Because the current issues piss us off... Indeed, if I knew that I was fighting for such a hard life, I wouldn't be that much desired to beat others. But I beat them. At least that makes me a winner. We all are winners... or we all are the losers...

The Last Dagger

2007-05-20T16:03:00.000+03:00

I'm not sure if you know but in Turkey, a team called Fenerbahçe which is my fav one, is enjoying the centenary year. Even better, the arch rival of Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, lost every match and competition against Fenerbahçe this year. They both are Sport Clubs and have many branches. The last match was in football this year, on 19th of may, in Ali Sami Yen ( stadium of Galatasaray ), and Fenerbahçe won it 1-2. But the worse is the "supporters" of Galatasaray. All the time they threw water bottles and some fireworks, also some pieces of rocks. That's why the refferee paused the game for 15-20 minutes, went to their room, then came back to the pitch. UEFA haven't made any comments about those things on their site. But below, there are some photos of this shameful night for Turkish football. Also here are the highlights of the match: 1st half 2nd half

Dream On

2007-05-19T15:18:00.000+03:00

We all have got dreams, of course. If we didn't dream about anything, there wouldn't be anything to live for. Dreams sometimes seem to be too unreal and impossible but even such ones can happen. Aerosmith has a song about dreaming that is called "Dream On". It's one of the greatest songs of them. The lyrics are pretty nice and whenever I listen to it I find myself thinking deeply. "You got to lose to know how to win" This is a good quote from the song. It may sound like a cliché but it's simply... true. "Dream until your dream come true" This is also another good one. When I dream about something and want it so badly, I can never accept losing it. So I keep on dreaming. Everyone should do so. If your dream is not too crappy or not harmful for someone else, just keep it high. Below is the lyrics of the song:

Everytime that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face gettin clearer
The past is gone
It went by like dust to dawn
Isn't that the way
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay

I know what nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybodys sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life is in books written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know its true
All the things come back to you

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away

Dream on, dream on
Dream yourself a dream come true
Dream on, dream on
Dream until your dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on...

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tears
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away

Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny

2007-05-18T18:10:00.000+03:00

The movie has a site but as this is my blog i wanted to give some further details about this movie. It's a funny movie and if you really like the rock music, it will rock you! It's not the best comedy ever but enjoying. The movie's sense of humour is close to the "Scary Movie" series. They both are shitting with the adventure movies only the topics are different. This is about the band Tenacious D and shows us how Kyle Gass and JB came together and so on. The movie is making fun with the teenager rock bands that try to look "cool". Well I certainly advise you to watch it.

Waiting

2007-05-17T23:59:00.000+03:00

Waiting is the hardest thing. Waiting... without doing anything. We, i mean humans, are created to do something. We just can't sit still and wait. We've got our patience limits. I've been waiting for the best thing i've ever had in my life. Well, "thing" is not the exact word, anyway. The "thing" is a "she". She says "Waiting is killing me". But she knows that good things don't come easily and need to be waited for it. If there were a formula for the eternal happiness, patience and waiting would be the basic point. I believe in that, that's why i keep on waiting.