Today was really warm and sunny, and I bought my ticket for the University of Nottingham summer party. The weather made me think of last summer, when Ezgi was still with us, and we used to go out into the sun with couscous, halloumi, feta, olive oil and chilli oil, and just sit in the sun and enjoy each others company. But those days are gone. I've spent today running around campus helping Nikki hand in her final essays, but she didn't appreciate the help I gave her, so I've spent my evening alone thinking about my room next year that I will finally be able to make "mine", rather than a pre-fab room. Anyway, I put all my thoughts into yesterdays post, so I will just leave my Turkish friends with a story; my favourite story from the book 365 Gece Masalı, and this story reminds me of Ezgi.
Dünyanın en iyi Arkadaşları
Bir akşam hava kararıken Sasa, beyaz fare Fafa ile karşılaştı. Sasa, hayretle, "İnanılır gibi değil, sen bana ne kadar benziyorsun!" dedi.
"Eğer benim gibi kanatların olsaydı tıpkı ikiz gibi olacaktık!" Fafa çok sevindi. Bir aile sıcaklığı hissetmişti. İki arkadaş uzun süre çene çaldılar. Ama Fafa artık esnemeye başladı.
"Uhhh, epey geç olmuş, haydi gidip yatalım," diye teklif etti. Sasa ise, "Ama gün daha yeni başlıyor. Hava biraz önce karardı," dedi. İki arkadaş şaşkına döndüler: Biri gece uyuyordu, diğeri gündüz! Sasa, "Gel benim inime," diye teklif etti. "Benim yanıma yerleş."
"Ama ben senin gibi baş aşağı yatamam ki!"
"Merak etme, minik fare, bir kayanın kovuğunda uyursun. Her sabah ve her akşam birbirimiz görüp az da olsa sohbet edebiliriz."
Fafa, "Harika!" diye bağırdı. "Dünyanın en iyi arkadaşları biz olacağız!"


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"The weather made me think of last summer, when Ezgi was still with us, and we used to go out into the sun with couscous, halloumi, feta, olive oil and chilli oil, and just sit in the sun and enjoy each others company"
---That reminds me of when I was at school and my friends and I would go out on the Parkway (road that overlooks the the Blue Ridge mtns.) and have picnics etc.. when the weather turned warm and sunny - sometimes i miss school when i think about those things
What are your ideas for your room?
And yes, nostalgia is good, but I get quite upset sometimes.
I haven't thought too hard about it, just colour schemes, and where things are gonna go... I promise before and after pictures to you now! :)
Mä olen Nick...
Moi moi.
But can I ask why you Finnish me up on a Turkish post? :)
I could pretend to know Turkish, but that wouldn't get me very far. :]
Its a story about a bat and a rat who live apart, and aren't ever awake at the same time, but are best friends.
Dünyanın en iyi arkadaşları biz olacağız = we will be the world's best friends.
All letters as in English apart from
ü - same as in German
ş - sh in shop
ı - like "ugh" with closed teeth, at back of mouth
c - like j in jelly
ğ - silent, lengthens previous vowel
and ç isn't here, but is like ch in church. :)
So
dEWnyanuhn enn eeyee arkadashlaruh biz olaca-uhz
I was just looking through my music, and re-discovered the one Turkish song I have. It's Sor from the album Mesafe by Serdar Ortaç. Just a random statement. ^_^
I actually have one turkish book " kurbaga prens" if i wrote it right, little bit too hard for me still lol and couple of movies dubbed in turkish.
I understand enough of the Turkish to be able to say what happens, but I am not good enough to translate it properly. I can read Turkish a lot better than I can speak or write it.
I'm trying to recover my Turkish, I used to be a lot better, but because I have been concentrating on Finnish, my Turkish has worsened.
By the way, I got a call for a job interview today. Although I won't be accepting it, it made my day and boost my self-confidence. :) So yay! Good things also happen. :P
Fantastic news!! It's great to see something good happen for a change, and how nice that your confidence has risen! =] I am very happy for you!