Pantheon

2010-03-06T23:03:00.001+02:00

bir gun oldu, iki gun oldu, ay oldu, yil oldu..

2009-08-13T08:57:00.000+03:00

Çok sığ kalmıştı herşey ben işin derinindeyken..

2009-07-03T09:28:00.003+03:00

As the knowledge of his death sinks in, and the shock of it wears off, I am finding myself increasingly sad he is gone.

farewell....

2009-06-29T08:19:00.006+03:00

I have not been blogging for a long time, because there was nothing stimulating me to do so- till last thursday.. unfortunately.. i ve been stimulated by a bad news that had broken on CNN at midnight... a news that did burst the world into tears as well as me.. shocking death of Michael Jackson from cardiac arrest at the age of 50.

now i feel obliged to pay my tribute to the best musician of my life time in my short 30 years. Yes.. its Michael Jackson- my childhood love.. died last thursday..

I remember the days my heart was stolen by MJ as a child into adult life, the days when i was so eager to have his portait tatooed on my back... Just about every kid that grew up in the 80’s loved Michael. We dressed like him, imitated his unique dance, stayed up late to watch his videos, and knew every word to every song on his albums.. one of our biggest inspirations ever..

My heart is heavy now; I am brokenhearted..I dont want to write any further as it makes me feel terrible..

I want to remember him as a phenomenal performer and how he strived to changed the world by reaching one person at a time with his music. Its quite hard to accept he is gone.. I always thought that he would be a real old..

He will be missed forever..

2009-02-12T09:32:00.003+02:00

Sometimes i feel down and need someone to bring me up..

2009-02-02T10:28:00.000+02:00

if you can't find something to live for, you best find something to die for

yeteneksiz

2009-01-20T11:01:00.001+02:00

“İnsanlarla ilişki kurma yeteneği, şeker ya da kahve gibi satın alınabilir bir şeydir. Ve ben bu yeteneğe her şeyden daha fazla bedel öderim. Güneşin altındaki her şeyden daha fazla.”

2008-12-07T19:40:00.000+02:00

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."
-- Emerson

Becoming the Boss of the Mind

2008-11-27T08:30:00.000+02:00

Most people keep thinking the same kind of thoughts, and visualize the same mental images in an unconscious automatic manner. This means they keep viewing the same movie in their minds, and consequently go on creating and living the same kind of life. You can change the thoughts and images in your mind, which is equivalent to inserting a new cassette into the VCR of the mind. As thoughts create events and circumstances, by changing the habitual thoughts, life's events and circumstances change too. Most people don't know or don't believe that it is possible to change their way of thinking. The reality of this possibility has never occurred to them. There are people who have the knowledge and make the effort.

If they persist in their efforts to become more conscious of their thinking process, and attempt to control and filter the contents of their minds, they realize in a practical and direct way that their thoughts are creative and possess power. Silencing the mind is a higher stage that very few know about, and fewer take practical steps to achieve. If and when one reaches this goal he realizes that he is not his mind or his thoughts, but something beyond. He realizes and experiences in a very clear and direct manner the reality of his True Essence, and the illusion of what is called "reality". The ability of silencing the mind is the key to the switch of the mind, enabling us to turn it on and off as we wish. When we are able to switch it off at will, we experience serenity of mind, strenght

Silencing the thoughts and the incessant, tiring, consuming chatter of the mind makes us enjoy a peaceful and joyous consciousness. At this stage we become the boss of the mind.

2008-10-23T17:36:00.002+03:00

my friend tells me " but my father says its simple, we (our generation) our and I quote 'so f* spoiled, don't know real hard time, you forget the basic of life and have too mch F* time on your hards to worry about irrelevant items beyond our control'.

and i could not agree more

2008-10-22T15:58:00.001+03:00

Remember, results matter more than good intentions and staying busy

2008-10-17T10:44:00.004+03:00

dear blog,

i ve not really been looking forward to having any daily routine maintenance work; but it happened all of a sudden... and i created you.. i am sorry.. i am not protective, caring, well organized blogger . i m sorry for neglecting you for a long time.. you mean much to me (emm., ok i know this did not sound right).. anyway ... u r just a friend of me i drop few words when i have mood transitions.. not more.. i can not write all wishes, thoughts, weaknesses and stregths, happennigs, events, occasions here. u know i am not confident sharing ever pinch of thought or feeling i have. they gotta stay in untold misery...

2008-09-22T08:32:00.003+03:00

Life itself is an examination which we sometimes pass and sometimes fail.. I personally try to accept the situations I can not alter, modify, edit, add, refresh or delete … accept it as it is.. no questioning. no “why me?” no “why is it so?” Since nobody knows the answers...

Asperity stays till we deliver a course of lectures and leaves after being confident that we are matured enough to draw the lesson from all that sorrow… It hurts, but it passes.. all the case is, to capture the true meaning hidden behind.…..

dear god .. I sound more like robin sharma than actual me…. he-he

All is gonna get better and become old hat!

Only wanted to share a piece of my aspect to life.

2008-09-04T10:38:00.001+03:00

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist
is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties

2008-08-28T08:28:00.001+03:00

white sand, blue seas and soft breezes. Let the life envelop you where the romance of yesterday meets the promise of tomorrow.

2008-08-20T09:38:00.002+03:00

I did undergo a surgery last saturday and i had my wisdom tooth taken out. I've been looking after it with salt-water rinses and some very VERY careful brushing being really careful about food and stuff, but the top gum feels odd.

My jaw and mouth are killing me, obviously I cant eat anything solid.

I had a bit of trouble with it on Sunday night.

I ate cooled down soup with crackers in it.

2008-08-13T09:12:00.001+03:00

feel the rush..

2008-07-16T14:57:00.003+03:00

i didnt wear any make up today.

no day cream
no concealer
no face powder
no eye shadow
no eye liner
no mascara
no lip contoure
no lipstick
no blusher........ even didnt wash my face.... i feel lazy.

i gotto apologize to my colleagues as they had to stand my poor looking whole day.

i look like a witch.

Thanks God i remembered to put on some piece of clothes..

2008-07-04T09:29:00.002+03:00

Gülmek için yaratilmis
Gözlerde yaslar niye
Sevmek için yaratilmis
Kalpler hep bombos niye
Sevmesini bilmiyorsan
Bakma sakin gözlerime
Mutlulugu ariyorsan
Inan inan sözlerime
Yok yok yalan deme
Sevgi denen o gerçege
Sevmek aci gerçek aci
Benzer birbirine

2008-07-02T14:33:00.003+03:00

Beside usual residents of the office room, we are hosting an unexpected guest today. A kitten!!

2008-06-20T07:52:00.001+03:00

so sad, so sad, sad sad situation.

Warwick Avenue

2008-06-18T08:45:00.002+03:00

When I get to Warwick Avenue... Meet me by the entrance of the tube. We can talk things over, a little time... Promise me you won't step outta line. When I get to Warwick Avenue... Please drop the past and be true. Don't think we're okay, just because I'm here... You hurt me bad, but I won't shed a tear. I'm leaving you for the last time baby... You think you're loving but you don't love me. I've been confused outta’ my mind lately... You think you're loving but I want to be free. Baby you've hurt me. When I get to Warwick Avenue... We'll spend an hour, but no more than two. Our only chance to speak, once more... I showed you the answers, now here's the door. When I get to Warwick Avenue... I'll tell you baby, that we're through. I'm leaving you for the last time baby... You think you're loving but you don't love me. I've been confused outta’ my mind lately... You think you're loving but you don't love me. I want to be free, baby you've hurt me. All the days spent together, I wished for better, But I didn't want the train to come. Now it's departed, I'm broken hearted, seems like we never started. All the days spent together, when I wished for better, And I didn't want the train to come You think you're loving but you don't love me. I want to be free, baby you've hurt me. You don't love me, I want to be free, Baby you've hurt me.

2008-05-08T10:59:00.002+03:00

The journey wont take forever. The end is only a heartbeat away.

2008-04-10T14:35:00.001+03:00

Neden sordum soruları? Biliyordum cevapları

2008-04-01T11:18:00.001+03:00

Congratulations on your speacial day, you fools !

May you enjoy your foolness all day

2008-03-18T14:44:00.002+02:00

After arriving to the office early in the morning, instead of rushing to start my notebook and set to work, i opened the window, let some fresh air in and watched the two fat cats playing with each other at the top of the next building. :-)

2008-03-17T12:06:00.002+02:00

Güneşin alevden saçları
Aşınca karşıki tepeden
Gölgeler sarar yamaçları
Ürkerim gelecek geceden

Bütün dertler beni bekler yatağımın baş ucunda
Esir kalır hep yürekler kaderimin avucunda

Teselli etmiyor gönlümü
Ne yıldız ne de ay bu gece
Beklerim hasretle günümü
Yalvarıp göklere her gece

2008-03-12T07:52:00.001+02:00

Bahar geldi, kışlar unutuldu.

Happy birthday to me!!

2008-02-27T16:27:00.002+02:00

phew! getting older, is this a good occasion to celebrate?

2 scoops of chocolate ice cream with strawberry topping and nuts please...

new age brings new habits.

2008-02-19T01:01:00.001+02:00

if you wish it strong enough, you can make it happen!!!

2008-01-22T15:24:00.000+02:00

i'm drown in deadlines ...

i have no patience left to deal with mechanisms which have been dragging over time, which were tried but did not yield any results.

lets get together and feel alright!

Happy New Year !

2007-12-28T08:24:00.000+02:00

Let's wish for an unforgetable and a prosperous 2008.

May approaching new year bring wealth and happiness !!

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I am telling you why

Santa Claus is comming to toooowwn !

2007-12-27T15:19:00.001+02:00

if it is not now; then when??

2007-11-27T13:05:00.001+02:00

as a matter of fact..

2007-11-14T08:58:00.000+02:00

simply nothing

2007-10-28T19:09:00.000+02:00

Has a gypsy ever read your palm?

She did read mine and told me that...

hmmm..... should i tell this to you? :D

2007-10-25T21:14:00.000+03:00

Do you know the relation of two eyes?
They blink together.
They move together.
They cry together,
and sleep together.
Even though they never see each other...........

2007-10-15T17:29:00.000+03:00

tired of fighting the faith

2007-10-11T18:00:00.000+03:00

Wise men say only fools rush in but i am totally suffering from not taking any action!!

2007-10-09T10:27:00.001+03:00

i am in sofia, getting sophisticated here... i will be a guru quite soon :D

2007-10-04T10:08:00.000+03:00

Didn't life give you nearly everything that it possibly can ? (pity you)

Hey! are you digging on me?
Break another little piece of my heart now. Break it, break it, break it, yeah.

x

2007-09-17T15:54:00.001+03:00

if u tend to wait for "someday" to take action, dont hesitate even a second.. take it today.. ...
"that day" will never arrive..

I feel bad about how i feel. I hope, things will sort themselves out in the end

i feel confused..

2007-09-10T09:45:00.000+03:00

yes..this was pretty much the only thing it was wrong..

2007-08-25T17:40:00.000+03:00

unbelievable news, unbelievable attributes, unbelievable people and an ambiguous future..

Dear A.N., you know what I mean... (;

FAVOURITE QUOTE OF ME

2007-08-16T20:28:00.000+03:00

xxxxxxxx Life is beautiful so am I xxxxxxx

2007-08-13T21:45:00.000+03:00

I cannot seem to choose a word that describes my mood best.

...

This was not what i dreamed of...

2007-08-10T09:45:00.000+03:00

whatever it is

2007-08-06T08:49:00.001+03:00

........

"Malımızdan mülkümüzden veririken pek fazla birşey vermiş sayılmayız. Gerçek vermek kendinden vermektir. Mal mülk, bir gün gerekir endişesiyle alıkoyup sakladığımız şeylerden başka nedir ki? Sahi.. alıkoyabileceğimiz birşey var mı? Tüm sahip olduklarımız bir gün verilecek; öyleyse şimdiden verelimde, bize ait olsun verme mevsimi, mirasçılarımıza kalmasın.
...
Bir hayvanı öldürdüğümüz zaman gönlümüzde ona diyelim ki " Seni öldüren o güç beni de öldürendir ve ben de tüketileceğim. Çünkü seni benim elime teslim eden yasa, beni de daha güçlü bir ele teslim edecek. Senin kanın ve benim kanım cennet ağacını besleyen özsudan başka nedir ki?"
...
Sevincimiz maskesinden sıyrılmış kederimizdir. Şimdi kahkahalarımızın yükseldiği o kuyu çokça zaman göz yaşlarımızla dolmuştu.Sevinçliyken yüreğinizin derinliklerine bakın, bizi şimdi sevindirenin, bizi bir zamanlar üzenden başka birşey olmadığını göreceksiniz.
...
Huzur mu var, gücümüzü ortaya çıkaran o dingin kudret mi var evlerimizde? Anılar mı var, zihnin dorukları arasında uzanan o ışıltılı kemerler mi var? Güzellik mi var, yüreği ağaç ve taştan yaratılmış şeylerden alıp kutsal dağa taşıyan? Söyleyin, evlerinizde bunlar var mı?Yoksa sadece konfor ve konfor tutkusu, eve konuk olarak girip, sonra evsahibi, daha sonra efendi kesilen o sinsi şey mi var?Gerçekte bedenin rahata düşkünlüğü ruhun tutkusunu öldürür, sonrada katılıp onun cenaze törenine sırıtarak yürür. Fakat biz evrenin çocukları, rahat içinde rahatsız olanlar...içimizde sınırsız olanın meskeni göklerin konağıdır, o konağın kapısı sabah pusu, pencereleri gecenin ışıkları ve sessizlikleridir.
...
Yeryüzünün yüce ruhu, en düşkünlerin ihtiyaçları karşılanana kadar rüzgarın sırtında huzur içinde uyumayacaktır.
...
Kendi sırrına ermekten başka amaç güden sevgi, sevgi değil geleceğe atılmış bir ağdır, bu ağa sadece yararsız şeyler takılır. En iyi yanlarınızı sevdiklerinize ayırın. Eğer suların çekilişini bilmesi gerekliyse, bırakın kabarışınıda bilsin. Ne içindir ki onu zaman öldürmek için arayalım? Onu hep yaşanası zamanlarda arayın.
Ve hoşluğunda sevginin kahkahalar çınlasın, zevkler paylaşılsın. Çünkü küçük şeylerin şebnemiyle sabahına erip tazelenir yürek."

devam etmeyecek.. :-)

2007-08-02T18:55:00.001+03:00

We are not human beings on a Spiritual journey. We are Spiritual Beings on a human journey

2007-08-01T22:32:00.000+03:00

i am madly tired.. weather is hot & humid.. it's is hard to wake up, hard to work, hard to sleep..
i wish i had a personal A/C under my skin...
a lot to say but insufficient energy to type all. Let it go at this....

ah.. before leaving..

you are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven..

2007-07-31T22:42:00.000+03:00

"If aything we do that's motivated by our personal enrichment leads to suffering for us, while anything that enriches the happiness of someone else makes us happy".. we are on the path!

" Learn to respect insects. If you can learn to love something that to you is innately ugly and small, an insect has the same life force as we, that's the beginning".

Dalai Lama

2007-07-30T21:54:00.000+03:00

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

G.S

2007-07-26T21:48:00.001+03:00

I ve posted some poems again. I think they are more expressive than my own words.
Once more i apologize for the postings in turkish.. Those who are curious about the interpretation, you know what to do (:

ARAYIŞ

En kısa ceza
Ömür-boyu olandır..
Kimse bilmediğinden.
Kim bilir;
Belki bir yalandır..
Kendiliğinden.
Bir korkudur belki,
Saklanandır..
Çirkinliğinden.
Bir soru olsa gerek;
Sorulmadığındandır..
Birden.
***

YER
Bir yerde o varsa,
Onda da bir yer vardır.
Yer nerede ya da ne kadarsa;
O yoksa, yok kadardır.
Ama bir de o varsa,
Yer hem hep kadar, hem her kadardır.
***

ÖTE
Benden, onlara benzer olmamı beklemeyin,
Ve onları yineler olmayı beklemeyin.
Herkes yeniliğine varır, kendi kalırsa.
K imseden bana benzer olmayı beklemeyin.

OA

2007-07-24T21:40:00.000+03:00

EVREN YORUMCUSU
Atlayarak çiz dünyayı,
gerçekler söylenmeyen alanlarda kalsın,
yani gerçekleri söyle, sadece onları;
Bana sorarsan -ki sormasan da olur-,
yüreğindedir yaşamın bütün ipuçları.

OI

2007-07-23T22:04:00.000+03:00

If today was perfect there would be no need for tomorrow.

Life is a game, play it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is an opportunity, capture it.

It's all about character. Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. -Frank Outlaw

a musician in the rain

2007-07-20T21:40:00.000+03:00

2007-07-20T14:39:00.000+03:00

Do not value money more than its worth. It is a good servant but a bad master.

2007-07-19T21:13:00.000+03:00

Geçip giden her soluk ömürden bir parçadır,
Hoşça geçir onları sakın almasın keder!
Bu varlık ülkesinin tüm varı ömründür,
Nasıl geçirirsen sen onu öyle geçer.

*
Canımız bu tenden ayrıldığı gün
İki tuğla koyarlar çukurumuza
Ondan sonra başka çukurlar için
Tuğla olmak kalır çamurumuza

2007-07-18T14:45:00.000+03:00

Neden liman deyince
Hatırıma direkler gelir
Ve acık deniz deyince yelken?
Mart deyince kedi,
Hak deyince işçi
Ve neden ihtiyar değirmenci
Allahına inanır düşünmeden?
Ve rüzgarlı havalarda
Yağmur eğri yağar?

OV

Farewell to the sun :)

2007-07-11T20:55:00.000+03:00

Location: on the sea vessel between Karaköy-Kadıköy
Time: 19:52 PM

Yağmur yağsa, uykum kaçsa
Bir kuş konsa badi parmağıma
Ağlardım bir başıma

v sign

2007-07-09T15:32:00.000+03:00

heheheh! (sniggering)

you definitely and absolutely and certainly and surely deserved it. I am happy that i did not wait long to witness this!!!! i was filled with particular malice for a long period...!!

my god.. i feel relieved....

this should be the pleasure in life !!!!!!!!!! and..
unbearble lightness of being happy! :D

2007-07-05T19:04:00.000+03:00

Kolay bir hüzündür gecenin kovuğundan sarkan
Ellerindeki paramparça gecmisin sığ bir gövdesidir yolun ortasında
Erken bir gülüşe baslarken
...
Bir görüntü anlatır (sanki) bir yolun, bir yoğunluğun ortasında bal rengi kanı
Ve ayrılığın ta içinde biriken küllüğüdür özlemin.
Eski, hep eski anlatılmamışlıktır defterlerin...
Kuruyan su......
Kuruyan uykusu...
Ve kan yine de bal rengi derbederliğin....

MM

my mobile

2007-07-03T20:09:00.000+03:00

it has broken down. i fell it down while getting off a taxi. Its screen has completely darkened, leaving colorful traces on... looks more like fractals now... heheheh

i can not see anything, it still receives calls & sms, though..

I was not aware that it's an indispensible piece of my life.... mmm...
is it?

is it indispensible for me?
is it essential part of me?
is it on my top 3 list that i can not make my life without?
How come that this tiny, insolvent device rules my life?
Why is it so upsetting to me losing it; even though i know that it ll be back only couple of days later?
Is there- indeed- little in life more frustrating than not having a mobile phone?

can anyone help with the answers? i can not make it :((

2007-07-02T21:51:00.000+03:00

Dionysos, is the son of Zeus, also known to be the god of wine had cateorized each glass of wine as:

First glass is for health
Second one is for love
Third is for sleep
and forth is for violence

Which one fits you the best?

2007-06-28T11:22:00.000+03:00

A reasonable working place should have a temperature usually at least 16°C, or 13°C for strenuous work, equipt with local heating or cooling where a comfortable temperature maintained throughout each work room and sufficient space in work rooms.

We meet none.. rooms are overcrowded with a lack of fresh air circulation...insuffienct number of A/C... its hot... terribly hot..

we are all gonna melt away !!!!!!!

ok.. ok.. calm down...... try this meditation technique:

Imagine that you are on an ice block in Alaska where the temp is -30, lying on this block, your swimming costume on.. feel the breezing air biting all your body, circulating in your whole body

how are u feeling now?

Cooler...?? :D

2007-06-25T21:38:00.000+03:00

I am exhausted.

2007-06-19T21:40:00.001+03:00

Ne hoş, ey güzel Tanrım, ne hoş
Magillerde sefer etmek!
Bir sahilden çözülüp gitmek
Düşünceler gibi başıboş.

Açsam rüzgara yelkenimi;
Dolaşsam ben de deniz
Ve bir sabah vakti, kimsesiz
Bir limanda bulsam kendimi.

Bir limanda, büyük ve beyaza.
Mercan adalarda bir limana.
Beyaz bulutların ardından
Gelse altın ışıklı bir yaz.

Doldursa içimi orada
Baygın kokusu iğdelerin.
Bilmese tadını kederin
Bu her alemden uzak ada.

Konsa rüya dolu köşkümün
Çiçekli dalına serceler.
Renklerle çözülse geceler,
Nar bahçelerinde geçse gün.

Her gün aheste mavnaların
Görsem açıktan geçişini
Ve her aksam dizilisini
Ufukta mermer adaların.

O.V.K

...

2007-06-18T22:00:00.000+03:00

It seems to me that most of the people never remember the most essential things to do when they have time on their hands:

- Looking out of the window
- Watching the bird sitting on that branch over there
- Wondering why you, the intelligent mammal, is not enjoying the sunshine while a little bird gets to life a free life outside
- Feeling just a little sorry for yourself
- Opening the window wide open
- Feeling the breeze you’ve never even noticed could feel so good before
- Jumping out and joining another life

Why so efficient, career minded and dull?
do whatever you want, but FORGET about your job. be creative. relax and enjoy yourself

2007-06-16T17:24:00.000+03:00

Kendi kendine

Kişinin kendine ettiğini
Edemez kişiye hiçbir fani
Bu kahpe hırsı, ne kıskanç kini,ne şarap
Nede haşhaş edemez..
Kişinin kendine ettiğini tayfun, boran
Dağ, taş edemez.

Kişinin kendine ettiğini
edemez Kişiye hiçbir fani
tutmassa gerçek dost elini
kendi kendiyle baş edemez.
Kişinin kendine ettiğini
Sarhoş edemez,ayaş edemez
Mezar soyan nebbaş edemez...

M.C.R

PS: Dedicated to the teachings and timeless wisdom of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi

it is...

2007-06-13T12:06:00.000+03:00

Conference room is a place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagress later on...

why do we have to pretend that we are totally interested in the subject when our presence in the room is only phyical but never mental?

A Quote

2007-06-12T08:51:00.001+03:00

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

Agnes Macphail

Have a nice weekend!!!

2007-06-08T16:56:00.001+03:00

what's the category of your company?

2007-06-08T14:42:00.000+03:00

Don’t make the mistake of calling a company global when it’s really just international – or even worse, saying a company is multinational when it’s really transnational! For convenience, it’s common to use the umbrella term international business to describe business activities that extend past the borders of a company’s home country. But international business analysts (like superstar Michael Porter) have a more precise vocabulary to describe varying foreign activities. Here’s a summary list of the important categories:

International companies have no foreign direct investments (FDI) and make their product or service only in their home country. In other words, they’re exporters and importers. They have no staff, warehouses, or sales offices in foreign countries. The best examples of international companies, in the strict sense, are exotic retail shops that sell imported products, or small local manufacturers that export to neighboring countries.

Multinational companies cross the FDI threshold. They invest directly in foreign assets, whether it’s a lease contract on a building to house service operations, a plant on foreign soil, or a foreign marketing campaign. Generally, though. Multinational companies, however, have FDI only in a limited number of countries, and they do not attempt to homogenize their product offering throughout the countries they operate in — they focus much more on being responsive to local preferences than a global company would.

Global companies have investments in dozens of countries but maintain a strong headquarters in one, usually their home country. Their mantra is economies of scale, and they’ll homogenize products as much as the market will allow in order to keep costs low. Their marketing campaigns often span the globe with one message (albeit in different languages) in an attempt to smooth out differences in local tastes and preferences.

Transnational companies are often very complex and extremely difficult to manage. They invest directly in dozens of countries and experience strong pressures both for cost reduction and local responsiveness. These companies may have a global headquarters, but they also distribute decision-making power to various national headquarters, and they have dedicated R&D activities for different national markets.

n the world of eCommerce and virtual business, it becomes more difficult to stick any particular company squarely into a category. At that point, it’s more helpful to categorize a company by its intention or strategic focus, rather than its actual operations.

just to remind..

2007-06-06T10:17:00.000+03:00

Happiness is the purpose of life. It is determined more by the state of our mind than by our external conditions, circumstances, or events. Happiness can be achieved through the systematic training of our hearts and minds, through reshaping our attitudes and outlook.
The key to happiness is in our own hands.

Giving Her the Eye

2007-06-05T08:36:00.000+03:00

A beauty stood on a balcony high,
Sneezed and lost her blue glass eye.
A young man walking down The Strand
Caught the flashing eye-ball one hand.
Invited up to receive her thanks
He drooled on her features, figure, flanks.
While dining on champagne and chicken
These strangers felt their heart beats quicken,
Gazed into each others eyes, imperfections indiscernible,
Including the eye-ball that proved to be returnable.
Over croissants and coffee in the morning
The young man felt suspicion dawning,
Said, "Would you do this for just any passer-by?"
"Oh no!" she said, "He'd have to catch my eye".

Copyright; Barney Egan

PS: Funny poem, isnt it? (:

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2007-06-04T20:01:00.000+03:00

" Babamı gördüm düşümde" diye anlattı,

"Öylesine ağladım, yalvardım da,

Anlamadı, belki de hiç tanımadı."

"Elbet oğlum", dedi öğretmen Kirishna,

"Ruh ölümsüzse eğer,

Ölümlü duyguları anlar mı?"

M.C.A

ı gotto

2007-06-04T07:46:00.000+03:00

Listen as my day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Trying to keep my head up to the sky
People may cause me tears
Going ahead to release my fears
Stand up to be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry

I gotta be...
I gotta be bad, I gotta be bold, I gotta be wiser
I gotta be hard, I gotta be tough, I gotta be stronger
I gotta be cool, I gotta be calm, I gotta stay together
All I know, all I know love will save the day.

Herald what my mother said
Read the books my father read
Trying to solve the puzzles in my own sweet time
Some may have more cash than me
Others take a different view

Time asks no questions, it goes on without me
Leaving me behind if I can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning
Can't stop it, if I tried to
This part is danger staring me in the face

Remembering to listen as my day unfolds
Challenging what the future holds
Trying to keep my head up to the sky
People may cause me tears
Going ahead to release my fears

Got to be bold
Got to be bad
Got to be wise
Do what others say
Got to be hard
Not too too hard
All I know is love will save the day

PS: dont push hard to be strong.. u are what u are (:

..to remember ..

2007-06-02T22:10:00.000+03:00

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set goals by what other people deem important,
Only you know what is best for you.

Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart,
Cling to them as you would your life for without them life is meaningless.

Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future, by living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.

Don't give up when you still have something to give.Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.

Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love,
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly,
And the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don't dismiss your dreams.
To be without dreams is to be without hope.
To be without hope is to be without purpose.

Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been,
But also where you are going.

Life is not a race but a journey to be savored
Each step of the way...

Life is a mirror

2007-06-01T11:33:00.000+03:00

Yes....

our entire life is a mirror of what is going on in our counsciousness.
It is a reflection of ourselves. Each person, each event may be considered as a tool which can help us to know ourselves better and better.

If we had a mirror which could perfectly reflect all that was inside of us, what would we expect to see?
Would it be a beautiful, magnificent world in the mirror, or would things look pretty much the same as they do right now?

To a large degree, the world around us is a mirror of that which is within us. We see what we look for.

People treat us as we expect to be treated. The things we experience come from the actions we take.

Think of the world as a mirror of, and consider whether or not you like what you see. More importantly, realize that you have the power to change it.

Our world is a part of us. It is an expression of ourselves. With our thoughts and actions, we can make it what we want it to be.

what's life

2007-05-30T22:44:00.001+03:00

Life is all about attitudes

We create our reality through our perceptions and our way of being. I found a text which reflects perfectly what I believe about that. This is really what I experiment every day.

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company...a temple...a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do is play on the string we have, and that is our attitude.

I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our attitudes."

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2007-05-30T20:54:00.001+03:00

i am very tired today. so tired that i can not even type the letters correctly on my keyboard. having a headache...pain primarily on one side of my head, behind my eye..
my neck or shoulders are tense. Perhaps the headache is suggesting something to do with my eyes...how often do I read?..everyday.. monitor the notebook? ..everyday.. what kind of lighting am i using? ...dunno...dimness puts more strain on my eyes, therefore on my head...the headache is BORN!

i better go and sleep

A Quote

2007-05-29T12:59:00.000+03:00

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
-- Mark Twain

A Quote

2007-05-28T21:45:00.001+03:00

I'm on the edge, but thats where it happens. - Max Cohen, Pi

2007-05-24T20:46:00.000+03:00

Uykuların kaçar geceleri,
Bir türlü sabah olmayı bilmez
Dikilir gözlerin tavanda bir noktaya
Deli eden bir uğultudur başlar kulaklarında
Ne çarşaf halden anlar, ne yastık
Girmez pencereden beklediğin o aydınlık.
.....

U.Y.O

PS: I think so... hmmm.. yes i think it was.. this was the poem i did hear on the radio this evening.. I only catched the last stanza of this beautiful poem but shuffling to come accross with a good piece of music, I missed the rest.

2007-05-21T08:20:00.000+03:00

UZAK DİYARLAR / Distant Lands

Her giden özler sanırdım. Hep geri dönmeyi ister; bir gün mutlaka döner, uzak diyarları sevmez sanırdım
Oralar ayaz ve soğuk, Oralar karanlık, oralar donuk; sırf buralar huzur, uzak diyarlar kusur sanırdım

Çocuktum, artık büyüdüm, hep dikenli patikalarda yürüdüm
Sen gideli, hasret gayri yeter, uzak diyarlar beter sanırdım..

PS: Poet dedicates the poem to his father who had passed away when the poet was a child. Rhymes denote that poet could not accept the truth, since he was so young, and longed for his dad during his lifetime.

Isn't it the hardest thing for all of us to be a great distance off the ones we love and care?
How long a person can tolerate similar situations?
How powerful are we to get over a formidable yearn?
Will it make us stronger or weaker?
Will it harm the conviction or steam up?
Does firmness have any limit?

I know.. not a piece of cake to answer such questions. They just poped up when i read the poem, reminding me the darkside of absence

2007-05-17T19:54:00.001+03:00

I’m trading my sorrows
Learning just to stick to the path
That my life must follow

I have no control over most things
I find that quite stessful
But as I’m learning to let things
Just be what they will be
I’m finding it easier to be free
I’m finding it easier to me

Maybe my life
Will never be
What I want
At times it will cause me strife
If I can just let it go
Live as the world around me flows

Then maybe
Just maybe
I can trade my sorrows
For happier times
Find a better life
A happier life
Tomorrow

Dedicated to the company i work

2007-05-16T17:28:00.000+03:00

ok.... I know... it is downright foolish to dedicate such a pathetic rhyme to a business entity but i just felt that it is a perfect fit for the company due to the very high employment turn over with in 2 years.

kimdi giden kimdi kalan
giden mi suçludur her zaman
ne zaman başlar ayrılıklar
dostluklar biter ne zaman
her geçen gün bir parça daha
aldı götürdü bizden
aynı kalmıyordu hiçbir şey
değişiyordu kendiliğinden
artık çözülmüştü ellerimiz
artık bölünmüştü yüreğimiz
birimiz söylemeliydi bunu
ötekini incitmeden
kimdi giden kimdi kalan
aslında giden değil
kalandır terk eden
giden de bu yüzden
gitmiştir zaten

2007-05-14T21:40:00.000+03:00

The happiest of people do not necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes their way.

Do we know where to look for the meaning of our life? Have we ever questioned whether we have it or not? or... are we like autumn leaves being scattered around by the wind? Are we aware of our potentials?
Are we just standing there; doing nothing, and then expecting something come along and happen?
Focusing on negatives meaning that somehow we expect the opposite to happen. Whatever we put our focus on, we receive. Focusing on the negatives will bring more of the negatives. Focusing on the positives will bring more of the positives. This is where we take a close look at our current life circumstances, and then we look at the thoughts, concepts, perceptions, attitudes, limitations, emotions, opinions, and beliefs that go on inside our own head, and we realize there's a huge connection.
Life we live is a perfect reflection of the attitudes, emotions, thoughts, beliefs, and choices of us.
Realize that the truth doesn't need the approval of the human ego in order to be truth. Absolute Truth already is what it is.

Hikaye

2007-05-14T21:04:00.000+03:00

Senin dudakların pembe
Ellerin beyaz,
Al tut ellerimi bebek
Tut biraz!

Benim doğduğum köylerde
Ceviz ağaçları yoktu,
Ben bu yüzden serinliğe hasretim
Okşa biraz!

Benim doğduğum köylerde
Buğday tarlaları yoktu,
Dağıt saçlarını bebek
Savur biraz!

Benim doğduğum köyleri
Akşamları eşkıyalar basardı.
Ben bu yüzden yalnızlığı hiç sevmem
Konuş biraz!

Benim doğduğum köylerde
Kuzey rüzgârları eserdi,
Ve bu yüzden dudaklarım çatlaktır
Öp biraz!

Sen Türkiye gibi aydınlık ve güzelsin!
Benim doğduğum köyler de güzeldi,
Sen de anlat doğduğun yerleri,
Anlat biraz!

C.K.

Driving home this evening, i ran accross this beautiful poem on the radio. At that moment i concluded that It was the poem that has fallen on my lot today.. One of my best.. if not mistaken the poet had ryhmed this poem in 1940's. It's already been over 60 years but still remains up to date, deep, touching, thought provoking and realistic..

2007-05-12T22:37:00.000+03:00

Yanlızlığı Denemek

Gecenin ortasında ne işin var
Yıldızlara dokunma yanarsın
Bak birazdan ay da batacak
Karanlık bulaşmasın ellerine
Tersine döner yolunu bulamazsın
Içi dışı uzay tozu yansımalar
Sahi mi yalan mı anlayamazsın
Bir rüya gemisi iskele sancak,
Dokunup geçiyor hayallerine
Ağlayasın gelir ağlayamazsın.
Sevmek insanın yüreği kadar,
Küçükse büyüğünü taşıyamazsın
Yalnızlığı da dene oldu olacak;
Nasıl yankılanır derinden derine
Iyi midir kötü mü çıkaramazsın
Insan insanı kendisi tamamlar
Içinde başka, dışında başkasın
Eksikliğin fazlana elbet bulaşacak,
Öbürü sığacak bunun derisine
Yoksa sabaha sağ çıkamazsın..

A.I.

PS: I avoid verbal translation of sensational poems and prefer posting them in their original language as I can not carry out interpretation successfully... I am sorry for the readers of my blog who does not know Turkish :( But promise i will post poems in English soon!

2/1-1/2

2007-05-12T19:05:00.000+03:00

Giderken bura için, gelince ora için,
Gününde ve gecende kendince ora için
Sakladığın kendini böldün iki yarım'a;
İki kez yaralandın bir yarım yara için

Ö.A.

2007-05-10T19:25:00.000+03:00

Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real.
It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.”

(Math & Art) 3 or more dimensions

2007-05-06T13:46:00.000+03:00

Penrose Tiling is a aperiodic tiling. The discovery of Penrose tiling was a break-thru in mathematics and crystallography with great ramifications (e.g. material science). The beauty of aperiodic tilings is that their orderliness is subtle

plot of a iteration process (Mandelbrot set).

A plot of the complex-valued function (z-2)^2(z+1-2*i)(z+2+2*i)/z^3. By Hans Lundmark, 2004

The real part of the discriminant as a function of the nome q on the unit disk”, by Linas Vepstas

A dodecahedron formed by pentagonal rings, by Michael Trott

2007-05-05T23:22:00.000+03:00

All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day, put the pieces back together my way.

Yaşadıklarımdan öğrendiğim birşey var...
...
İnsan saatlerce bakabilir gökyüzüne
Denize saatlerce bakabilir, bir kuşa, bir çocuğa
Yaşamak yeryüzünde, onunla karışmaktır
Kopmaz kökler salmaktır oraya
Kucakladın mı sımsıkı kucaklayacaksın arkadaşını
Kavgaya tüm kaslarınla, gövdenle, tutkunla gireceksin
Ve uzandın mı bir kez sımsıcak kumlara
Bir kum tanesi gibi, bir yaprak gibi, bir taş gibi dinleneceksin
İnsan bütün güzel müzikleri dinlemeli alabildiğine
Hem de tüm benliği seslerle, ezgilerle dolarcasına
İnsan balıklama dalmalı içine hayatın
Bir kayadan zümrüt bir denize dalarcasına
Uzak ülkeler çekmeli seni, tanımadığın insanlar
Bütün kitapları okumak, bütün hayatları tanımak arzusuyla yanmalısın
Değişmemelisin hiç bir şeyle bir bardak su içmenin mutluluğunu
Fakat ne kadar sevinç varsa yaşamak özlemiyle dolmalısın
Ve kederi de yaşamalısın, namusluca, bütün benliğinle
Çünkü acılar da, sevinçler gibi olgunlaştırır insanı
Kanın karışmalı hayatın büyük dolaşımına
Dolaşmalı damarlarında hayatın sonsuz taze kanı
Yaşadıklarımdan öğrendiğim bir şey var:
Yaşadın mı büyük yaşayacaksın, ırmaklara, göğe, bütün evrene karışırcasına
Çünkü ömür dediğimiz şey, hayata sunulmuş bir armağandır
Ve hayat, sunulmuş bir armağandır insana

A.B.

A quote

2007-05-04T23:16:00.000+03:00

Life is a dream, it's the awakening that kills us.

W.V.

sakura trees

2007-05-03T21:40:00.000+03:00

Finally........ it arrived.....May... the merry May... No one really cares for the arrival celebration of this uniqe month...The most charming and favorable time of the year.... Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king... (: only if i had a chance to lie beneath those cherry trees and gaze upon the blue sky through their sweet pink blossoms.. seems like popcorn popping on the trees... so adorable ornamental..

Once i was told that in Japanese, there is a verb meaning "blossom viewing" commonly refering to "cherry blossom viewing". I dont remember the word itself, could be something like "hanami", but this action should really be taking a plenty of time!

a poem about a spelling of fine weather

2007-05-03T07:52:00.000+03:00

Orginal Version

Beni bu güzel havalar mahvetti,
Böyle havada istifa ettim Evkaftaki memuriyetimden.
Tütüne böyle havada alıştım, böyle havada âşık oldum;
Eve ekmekle tuz götürmeyi böyle havalarda unuttum;
Şiir yazma hastalığım hep böyle havalarda nüksetti;
Beni bu güzel havalar mahvetti.

O.V

English Version

These fine days have been my ruin.
On this kind of day I resigned
My job in "Pious Foundations"
On this kind of day I started to smoke
On this kind of day I fell in love
On this kind of day I forgot
To bring home bread and salt
On this kind of day I had a relapse
Into my versifying disease.
These fine days have been my ruin.
Translated by Bernard Lewis

what i mean to say is..

2007-05-02T21:13:00.000+03:00

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
Forsan miseros meliora sequentur

my dear left side

2007-04-29T09:56:00.000+03:00

hahah.. this is really insane!.. i never knew that i have a day to celebrate with a minor society..August 13 is International Left Handers Day.

As a left-hander, I'm discriminated against all the time . Not for serious things of course :) I am not denied for medical care, a job or a driving licence. But I experience anti-lefty bias in the form of school desks that are unusable, cooking outfits that are useless i.e. cups that are not symmetric which makes pouring awkward and messy, computer mice that cause hand cramps (Logitech used to supply left handed versions, but have discontinued these) etc. Unfounately i have to spend my life conforming to a world that was not designed for my benefit.

Who would I be if I was right-handed? Not the same person. Left-handedness is part of my identity, left-handedness is so integral a part of me that I could not imagine living otherwise.

What does being left-handed mean?
Being left-handed means having a preference for using a left hand for a variety of tasks, including reaching, throwing, pointing, catching and holding. Besides, a preference for using your left foot for actions such as kicking, as well as the preferred foot with which to begin walking, running and bicycling. However, there are no hard rules for determining which hand or foot the Lefthander prefers to use for a particular action. Most will prefer to use the left hand or foot for delicate work.

MY LEFT HAND
I got drunk
And thought of you,
My left hand
My awkward hand
My poor hand.

Orhan Veli

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2007-04-28T10:10:00.000+03:00

..........
Bazıları seyrederken hayatı en önden, Kendime bir sahne buldum oynadım. Öyle bir rol vermişler ki, Okudum okudum anlamadım. Kendi kendime konuştum bazen evimde. Hem kızdım hem güldüm halime Sonra dedim ki ' söz ver kendine ' Denizleri seviyorsan, dalgaları da seveceksin. Sevilmek istiyorsan, önce sevmeyi bileceksin. Uçmayı seviyorsan, düşmeyi de bileceksin. Korkarak yaşıyorsan, yalnızca hayatı seyredersin.
Öyle bir hayat yaşadım ki, son yolculukları erken tanıdım. Öyle çok değerliymiş ki zaman, Hep acele etmem bundandı Anladım...

F. W. N.