Friday, October 21, 2005

Oylesine...

Aksam saat 09:00.. Ofiste yalnizim.. Pazartesi sabahi ikinci evim Canberra'ya gitmek icin yola cikacagim, onun icin son hazirliklarimi yapiyorum, bi suru dokuman falan print ediyorum. Oyle ofiste tek basima otururken canim yazmak istedi.. Boyle ingilizce parcalamadan rahat rahaaat yazmak istedim ne yapiyorum ne ediyorum..
Bugun itibariyle tam 108 gun oldu buraya geleli; yani tam 3;5 ay.. Inanilmaz cabuk gecmis vakit, ben bile sasirmisim, 3 ay sonra Turkiye'ye sinavlarima geri donuyorum bile.. Simdi donup bakiyorum da, bu 3,5 ay hayatimin en onemli zamanlarindandi herhalde..Yok yok.. En onemli zamaniydi..Ileriye dair.. Simdiye dair..Kendime dair.. Insan baska bi ulkede olunca, her ne kadar arkadaslari da olsa, daha bi yalniz oluyor, daha bi uzaktan bakiyor hayatina, kendi ulkesinde biraktigi rollerin hepsinden siyriliyor, bi anlamda sifirdan basliyor herseye..
Bi kere cok sey yaptim, cok sey ogrendim.. Kit kanaat maasla "ev gecindirmeyi", persembe gece 11lere, haftasonlari aksam 8lere kadar kebapcida calisarak, yeri geldi mi en pis bulasiklari yikayarak babacimin dedigi gibi "alin teriyle" para kazanmasini ogrendim, sonra o paranin benim icin ne kadar degerli oldugunu..
Sonra turk baskonsolosunun soforunun ogluna ingilizce dersi vermeye basladim; kisa suren bebek bakiciligi maceramdan sonra Yigit yeniden cocuklari ne kadar cok sevdigimi hatirlatti bana, Anilim da koca kazik kadar olduktan sonra hic bi cocugu oyle minciklaya minciklaya sevmedigimi..
Eskiden ne kadar cok dans etmek istedigimi hatirladim, tangoyu cok sevdigimi gordum; aiesec kebapci konsolosluk arasindaki kosusturmacada sali carsamba pazar gecelerimi tangoya ayirmaya ve sonuna kadar bu dansa devam etmeye karar verdim.. Turkiye'de de insallah..
Bi de boyleee derinden bi tutkuyla sevmeyi ogrendim; cok sevmeyi; kafayi yemeyi :)
Bilmiyorum ne olacak.. Orasi mechul..
Kutuphaneye yazildim, yine kitap okumaya basladim, bu guzel sehrin sagladigi imkanlar sayesinde Yasar Kemal kitaplari bile buldum, Turkce.. Bi de ispanyolca audio seti aldim, basladim, "que tal", "un zumo de naranja" falan ogrenmeye ; ama bilmiyorum ne kadar basarili olucam; cunku coook disiplin istiyor tek basina dil ogrenmek.. Baskalarinin yardimiyla insallah.. Kutuphanenin nimetlerinden faydalanip, Arjantin muzigi, eski bizim dede efendi muzikleri falan dinliyorum gece yatmadan once.. Genelde onlari dinleyerek uyuyakaliyorum zaten..
Simdi ukalalik etmiyorum ne cok is yaptim ne cok sey becerdim diye, ama cidden yaptim birseyler cunku baskalarini goruyorum da cidden bos bir dakika bile gecirmek istemiyorum.. Her aksam, her haftasonum birseylerle dolu olsun istiyorum, kendime, istediklerime vakit ayirdiktan sonra tabii..
Bi de her cesit insana sadece karakterleri icin, daha fazla saygi duymaya basladim; dis gorunus, kiyafet nereye kadar..- dans onemli ama :)-
Tabii bunlarin hepsini burada ogrenmedim, Turkiyeden biriktirdiklerim de var icinde; ama en azindan burada emin oldum bi cok seyden; hayatima baslamadan bu "day zero" gunlerimde ya da "hazirlik sinifi" donemimimin son zamanlarinda iyice anladim; ne yapmak istiyorum, ne yapmak istemiyorum, kimi istiyorum hayatimda, kime gerek yok..
Herseye boyle uzaktan bakinca, bazi seylere sifirdan baslayinca daha kolay degistirebiliyorsun bazi seyleri.. Ama bi de, bazi seyleri degistirmekle beraber hayatimdaki cogu seyin de ayni kalmasini istiyorum..
Hayatimdaki insanlarin kiymetini daha iyi anladim; annemin, babamin, babanemin, pinarimin, ozgemin, fatihimin, aslimin, gurkanin, abimin..Secili senemi ucuz kardes muabbetimizi ozledim.. Turkiyeye bi doniyim hepsinin yanaklarini isiricam.. Insanlara kizmamayi, hayatindaki her insanin seni uzse de, aslinda herseyin sende bittigini ogrendim..
Bi kac sene yurtdisinda kalip; ilerde cocuklarimin benden benim istedigim gibi bahsetmeleri icin nasil bi insan olmam gerekiyorsa, oyle olmak icin elimden geleni yapacagim ve sonra ulkeme Kavafis'in "Sehir"inde bahsettigi "benim sehrim"e donecegimi biliyorum.. Ama bi de herseye baslamadan soyle bi guzel tatiiil, Ankara, Izmir, Marmaris, Olimposla dolu, dostlarimla dolu bi tatiiil..
Iste boyle.. saat 9:48 oldu; kirkbes dakkadir ugrasiyoruz demek ki. Simdi boyle cuma gecesini falan melankolik gecirdigime bakmayin, birazdan disariya cikcam stajyer tayfasiyla falan.. Ramazan tabii, icmiycem o ayri..
Bunu Turkce yazmanin bi nedeni annemler de okusun istiyorum.. 23 yasindayim, koca kazik kadar oldum; ama anne baba cok cok onemli halen hayatimda.. 22 senedir ayni evde yasadigimiz icin pek anlamiyor kiymetini insan ama simdi anliyorum..
Annemmm, " ah may kokan kizin" seni buralarda cok ozledi, her gece ruyasinda goruyor seni, "cicekli" corbani, pazar aksamlari yaptigin ispanakli boregini, "gelin kaynana" kavgalarini, tanidik gorunce "caktirmadan" kolunu durtmeni..
Babacim her ne kadar senle son sene pek bi dalassak da, aieseci hiic sevmesen de, benim yaptiklarimi pek onaylamasan da, gecenin birlerinde ikilerinde eve gelerek seni cildirtsam da en cok sen burnumda tutuyorsun.. Sunu bil ki biricik babam, simdi dunyanin obur ucunda olsam da bana taa ilkokuldayken aldigin pembe "biricik kizim" havlusunu hep saklayacagim, ben hep "babasinin kizi" olarak kalacagim... Eger bugun buradaysam, ya senin destegini aldigim, ya senin karsi cikmana inat ettigim icindir; ama oyle ya da boyle illa ki senin sayendedir.. :) Seni cok seviyorum.. Ikinizi de..
Kiziniz yuvadan ucuyor yavas yavas ama o hep sizin kiziniz; ve size layik olmak icin elinden geleni yapacak..
Sevgiler,
Tugba

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Muriel's Wedding

One of the best things about Sydney is that you can find cool DVDs in the city libraries - and for free!!- The first DVD I decided to get from the library was "Muriel's Wedding", the first Aussie film I saw about 7 yrs ago. I ordered it about a month ago and the day I learnt it was reserved for me, I picked it up and watched..


It was last Friday and it was such a girly nite with Mei & watching Muriel's Wedding & dying my hair etc etc. I really liked this movie once more, and I realized that although it looks like a happy movie with Abba songs, fancy clothes etc; it is indeed a sad movie inside; Muriel's friends, her dad and her "marriage" .. Another cool thing was to see Gold Coast, Paddington-Oxford Street-, Surry Hills in the early 90s.. btw I saw so many common things with me and Muriel..Aman Allah'im..

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Ramadan in the Office

رمضان

As Holy Month Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic year arrived, I have started to fast during the daylight hours. (Turkiye'de pek yapmam ama) What does it mean? I am not drinking, eating during the day, and after about 6 in the evening I am allowed to drink/eat whatever I want, I am not also drinking alcohol during Ramadan..

Penny is also fasting with me, and the best team mates, the other MC people don't leave us alone. Ralphy fasted last week Friday and now the others are "excitedly" waiting for their turn to fast. I nominate Bretto to fast first with us in this week, and then Mei and then Serg, then Tilz and Westy


We have also decided to fast the last day of Ramadan altogether and we will have a big Turkish feast in that evening. (with my new Turkish nargile as well)

Brisbane Anilari...

Of course I will tell about the Brisbane Adventures with Bassagini Yiyyim and Selin. We got drunk, had fun, did a mini pub crawl; I know without the pics it is no fun :( But however, I will tell more.. With the hats Selin brought from Adelaide I was the Angel, Bassak was the Devil and Selin was the Witch. Bi de cilgin fotograflar var ki sormayin... We shouted in Brisbane Streets with our bare feet, (oyle mi denirdi yaw, tarzan olduk iyice?) , found Kebab Ppl in the middle of the nite; went to the tiny miny "kic kadar" fake beach in South Bank, sunbathed for 2 hrs, got tanned (I got pink as always) , the other day, been to Gold Coast, Surfer's Paradise; did the cheapest shopping, discussed about "3 holes" " Allah allah cidden 3 dimi, 2 veya 4 degil di mi eminsin 3?", swam in the ocean first time, (swim'in past tense'i swam oluyodu di mi?) ,Beykoz macerasindan sonra Pasifik Okyanus'unda tepe taklak olduk, we were all in sand..

Eglendim ya; bi de onca olaydan sonra iyi oldu kafayi dagittik..

It is all direct translation but what can u do? Blame my English..

Bye to my Nargile :(

Yes, I brought my Nargile to Brisbane and I broke it :(


But luckily a new Turkish trainee, Ozan is coming from Izmir next week and he will bring me a new Nargile.. See, the best thing about bringing more Turks to Australia ;)

SPMs for me...

The conference was quite important for me as well, the first Aussie Conference I had involved in the development process. It was important for me also because I believe I had the chance to represent my country very well, during the conference.
1-
As the MC, we wanted to compete in 2 different teams for skolling:

Girls : MC Kuku & Boys : MC Pipi
However there were too many teams and we had to split. :(


2- I skolled half of Turkish Yeni Raki before skolling, but didn't give up and represented Turkey in the "Internationals Skolling Team". (with Tilz, Serg and Emma)
allah babam gormesin, kilo yapmisiz gene..

During the conference, we also did "Sezen Aksu - Ye ye" dance and everyone learnt to sing the hit Turkish song of 80s " I love youu, I love you" .
For the ones who are interested, the lyrics are :

i love you i love you
do you love me? yes, i do.
if you want me tell me tell me
if you love me kiss me kiss me

o güzel gözlerini gördükten sonra
aşık oldum birden tutuldum sana
seviyorum seni sanki deli gibi
öldürecek beni bu kara sevda

i love you i love you
do you love me? yes, i do.
if you want me tell me tell me
if you love me kiss me kiss me

senden başkasını düşünmez oldum
eridim mum gibi sararıp soldum
ümitsiz aşkının esiri oldum
öldürecek beni bu kara sevda

i love you i love you
do you love me? yes, i do.
if you want me tell me tell me
if you love me kiss me kiss me

....

You can find it at SPM 05 Output CD orrr http://www.turkmizah.net/modules.php?name=Komik_sesler_videolar

Monday, October 17, 2005

September Presidents Meeting

SPM 05 is over.. The organization was great, the conference site was so cool, thanks to AIESEC QLD and the OC ;) I believe this conference was one of the most important conferences of AIESEC Australia in the last couple of years because....

- Our New Identity was presented (recently legislated corework, AIESEC's role..)
- We talked about the need for long term plan in AIESEC Australia
- We met first time with NLT 06 :)

NLT'06. Aren't they cutie?
- We met last time with NLT 05 :(
- AIESEC 2010 was launched.

“Every day, AIESEC is enabling the development of agents of positive change who create the needed impact in society.
Our rapidly growing network connects high potential people around the world to generate an increasing volume of AIESEC Experiences.
Every member in our thriving local and global communities of learning completes a life-changing AIESEC Experience.
Our contribution makes us the first choice amongst young people and organizations for activating leadership.”

(The best part of the conference was Kana reading the statement)
..and many more discussions around our culture, our MC plan, long term plan, heaps of new ideas & new topics



As well as we were able to give answers to many questions in the conference, it also left heaps of questions in every delegate's mind which was something we'd beeen already expecting. We are so lucky that we started to think about these new ideas in our term and we will be able to create more opportunities for AIESEC Australia to discuss on these new ideas & our new long term plan and and we will find the answers altogether.. This is why I believe we can consider SPM’ 05 was a very important milestone for AIESEC Australia.