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zeytin

zeytin

interested in watching movies and producing short movies.. have a good nature, like jazz, chillout, 60s-70s-80s,ambient,psychedelic,classical.. love cooking. do some sports(running, scuba and yoga) doing juggling and meditative things.. love traveling, hitchhiking and knowing new cultures. like japanese cartoons ,don't like... more »
  • London, UK
  • member since September 6 2007

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  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    hey Cagil! i am fine, thanks. :)

    i am still in the US, and my second semester here is nearing completion. i am not taking any courses in summer, and will be reading some stuff on my own. i can think of a dozen more interesting things to do (travelling would probably be at the top of my list), but unfortunately, i don't have the money to do any of those things :(. well, maybe later.

    i watched so many good films recently! have you watched 'i've loved you so long'? i found it amazing! did you have to write a dissertation/thesis for your MA?

    i am sure you will get a scholarship to start working on a PhD. what school are you going to there btw?

    take care dear pal,

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Olivia

    Olivia says

    i love that quote! that's where it came up so i bought the other book haha

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Olivia

    Olivia says

    How'd you like David Copperfield? I bought it out of curiosity and because it was referenced in Catcher in the Rye.

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    Hello Cagil!

    Yes, I am still in USA. well, you are quite the globetrotter, aren't you? ;-)) I do not have plans to visit London soon, but thank you so much. I love having friends from all over the world! You know you can stop by too if you are in this part of the world.

    I am desperately trying to complete my assignments and papers for the semester, and all of them are due next week, so other than a haywire sleeping pattern and frequent panic attacks, I am fine! ;-))

    MA in film studies? thats very interesting, indeed. you have diverse interests, and i think films are a good way to accommodate these varied interests. it should be an extremely good choice for you. i have taken to watching more films after i came here.

    it snows here frequently now (it is snowing as i write this), so i don't get out much either. but i have plans to go visit my brother in pennsylvania once this crazy semester is over.

    best,

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    its nice to get notes from u too, zeytin pal!
    am fine, but have begun to realize that graduate studies is no cakewalk!:P

    ohio is alrite, but the weather is crazy! it was chilly yesterday, and today its warm and sunny...very unpredictable..

    u r in koln?! one of my uncles stays in germany...in munich.
    and my real name is sohomjit, btw..

    u take care too!
    best,

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    a movie! u keep surprising me, u know that zeytin?!
    yeah am in US right now. reached yesterday, and still no sign of jetlag...;-)

    backpacking thru europe...hmm...*sigh* some guys have all the luck!!!:P

    guess what?one of the roomies in my temporary accommodation is turkish. hes from istanbul. i boasted i had a turki e-friend,but was lost when he asked which part of turkey u were... i dont even know whether zeytin is ur real name!(i hope u know mine, its right there on the mail id from which the note alert gets sent...)

    just finished reading a big fat modern bengali classic, and now ill go back to doing what i like doing best, reading literature and literary theory....and probably have some fun too, learning to cope up in a foreign country...:P

    keep posting.
    peace.best wishes.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    heyy pal, long time no notes?? did you make that road trip to india?

    i will be leaving for usa in a few weeks, have been accepted to KSU, Ohio to pursue a PhD in english.

    let me know what ur up to, and hows life...
    warm regards

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • cyd

    cyd says

    Struck by discussion...

    Check out my latest blog...

    http://cydwebster.blogspot.com/2008/05/struck-by-discussion.html

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Reni S O

    Reni S O says

    Hi,Zeytin!

    Thanks for replying. I never heard of John Fante, but will try looking out for his books next time I go to the bookstore. I'm from the Philippines. You're from Turkey, I suppose?

    Best regards,
    Reni

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mona17

    mona17 says

    wow that's great-you taking your master's degree and having a part-time job as well...im thinking if i should also pursue my masteral...but im still taking my time working first...doing documentaries and all...im focused now on documenting feature stories on the lives of women and children being abused...i can say that im enjoying it...how about you?are you still into doing short films?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    taoism, sufism, and quantum physics?
    mamma mia, as the viennese might say!;-)

    well, i have picked up a thing or two about sufism too while working as a project fellow in the university, and i must say that it is very very interesting!

    and you have read a lot! now let me boggle your mind a little(might be a little presumptuous on my part though, i am awed enough by the quantum physics bit!) by mentioning that there is more than one ramayana!(the one in south india mentions ravana as the good guy!)and then there are the ones like the indonesian one(havnt read it, would love to soemday)...

    and something for istanbul?? thats very generous of you, just bring anything you want, as long as you drop by if you are here...

    you can mail me too if thats convenient, i chk my shelfari profile only occasionally....

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mona17

    mona17 says

    hi there zeytin...everything's good...how about you?im wondering what happened to our group...im glad to hear from you again...=)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    hello back zeytin pal...
    sorry for the delay in replying.

    well, and now for ur questions....
    the first thing u need to know about about indian culture and religion is that there isnt one! isnt ONE, i mean...what we have are indian cultures within the blanket term of “Indian culture”...and as for religions, i dont think they can be exclusively categorised as indian...and it can be a little confusing...ill give u an example...india has the 3rd largest muslim population in the world and yet is known to the world as primarily a hindu nation (that isnt true, btw...india is constitutionally secular, like, if i am not mistaken, turkey, and now, nepal...)...and i know of incredible india advertisements (a series of advertisements by the govt. of india to attract tourism) that rightly points india out as a country having many sacred sites for budhhists...
    and then we have sikhs, christians, jains, parsis and of course, indigenous peoples who have their own religion, if they have not already converted to hinduism or christianity, or been made to convert...dont want to get into that debate!

    but what we do have is a rich spiritual consciousness...as a random selection, i can advise you to read the works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother of Pondicherry, and Ramakrishna- Vivekananda literature....and there are the ancient texts of hinduism like the vedas and the gita, and the several versions of ramayana and mahabharata, of course...but plz don’t conclude that Indian spirituality is to be equated with hindu spirituality..

    i know i said that there isnt any one indian culture...we are a bunch of very different people who, by some sweet miracle, have found the way to exist together...and are working still as a team... a very helpful introduction to the indian culture(s) can be, amartya sen's The Argumentative Indian...

    but there is nothing better than experiencing india firsthand..as you are about to do...
    summer is not exactly a very good time to visit india..(sweltering heat!!)..but since i guess uve already made plans...:)

    i stay in the eastern part of india..kolkata, to be exact..and if u decide to drop by we can meet up and i can even show you around a bit(the headquarters of the ramakrishna order is in kolkata)...but sorry pal, doesnt seem ill be able to join u for the road trip..altho' id love to!

    and you are in vienna? cool!(literally, we are burning up here!)

    my very best wishes,
    oiseau.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • yesil_zeytin

    yesil_zeytin says

    :D

    mup mup..

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Reni S O

    Reni S O says

    Hi! I noticed that we've read a few books in common. I read your review of "The Catcher in the Rye." Thanks for posting some quotes from the book. I truly enjoyed reading it back when I was still in high school. And I plan to read it again, but not soon. If you liked it, you might also like reading "'Tis" by Frank McCourt [author of "Angela's Ashes"] and "A Monk Swimming" by his brother, Malachy.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    iiiiiks!
    sorry for the three notes!
    connection trouble!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc says

    hey zeytin!
    how have you been?
    read anything good lately?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • yanimus

    yanimus says

    Sevgili Karadut,
    Ermeni konusunda ailemizden gelen bilgiler var. Anneannenin dedesi Egin(Kemanilede) Ermenileri korumus. Anneanemden duymustum onun icin Ermeni aileleri hep adaya cagirir hurmet eder raki ikram ederlermis anneanemde misafirlikte ikram edilen geri cevrilmez deyip icerdik diyordu sonrada kisir kisir guluyordu. Ben bunu The Times gazetesi arsivinde buldum sana yollarim. Olay 1896 da oluyor. Simdi tabii bu Ermenilerin katliamlara ugradigini gosteriyor ama yine aileden biliyoruz Ermeni teroristleri ayni PKK taktigini uyguluyorlarmis. Yani olayi fitilliyenler onlar. Ha su cok onemli bir mevzu Ermeni olayi Turkiyede tabu hic bir zaman olmadi bu da bir propaganda hem ikinci Cumhuriyetciler hem Ermeni diyasporasi tarafindan. Ben bu konulari daha Hrantlar, Taner Akcamlar solculuk oynarken Pamuk daha bu konulari belkide hic dusunmuyorken cunku tum romanlarini okudum bu konuda tek bir satir bile yok, yakinen Turkiyedeki acikca yazilan ciddi arastirmalardan okudum(1974-75) ve dedende de bir cok brosur vardi. Esat Uras, daha Ellilerde detaylica bu konuda yazmistir, daha sonra Kamuran Gurunun; Ermeni Dosyasi, Ataov Turkkayanun sayisiz degerli eseri ve bir bibliograpya calismasi vardir. Amerikada Harvard Universitesinde 1952 yazilan Diplomacy of Imperialism adli kitapta konunun ayni Perincekin dedigi gibi (Emperyalist yalani)oldugu yazilidir. Dedigin dogru konu politika malzemesi yapilmamali ama akademik calismalarda durust olmali ve tum akademisyenlere acik olmali, Bogazici Universitesinde yapilmak istenen sonra Bilgide gerceklesen akademik degil politik ve tarafli propagand toplantisiydi Ataov Turkkaya gibi degerli bu konunun su anda Turkiyede yasayan en eski uzmanini ne cagirdilar ne gitmek istediginde iceri aldilar. Bu konular cetrefil konular. Yine degerle tarihci Stanford Shaw'un evini Ermeni Teroristleri Amerikada bombaladilar. Konu cok genis ve bu konuyu cok iyi biliyorum, ve ortaya daha once cikmamis bir cok belge cikardim ve Tallarmeniantales adli sitede yayinlandi. Bu site cok degerli ve ucsuz bucaksiz kaynak dolu. Eger Ermeni konusu ogrenmek istiyorsan bu siteyi gunlerce okuyup inceleyeceksin. Yayinlayan gizli yayinliyor ikinci nesil Amerikali Turk cunku Ermeniler oldurebilirler. Bu konularin sakasi yok. Hrant'a gelince Fetullahci- CIA isbirligi ile olduruldu. Ethem Mahcupyan gibilere ortalik kalsin hemde Turkiye kotulensin ve de baris icin kopru olacak bir sahsiyet ortadan kaldirilsin diye. Aslinda bu konular ne politikacilar ne akademisyenler tarafindan cozulur ancak bizim gibi hic bir cikari olmayan Turk ve Ermeni tabaninda cozulur, ben burda bir Ermeni ile bunu yapmaya hatta bir dostluk konseri duzenlemek icin calismalarimiz oldu ama cok zor her yerden baski var. Son olarak yanlis anlama katliamlar olmus ve korkunc bir surulme olmus, ama Ermeni ceteleride korkunc provakasyonlar yapmislar. Ama tum ciddi tarih calismalarinda planli bir jenosid (1940lardan sonraki hukuki tarife uygun) izine rastlanmiyor. Zaten onun icin iki yuzlu Bati devletleri konusulmasini yasakliyorlar. Bak simdi aslinda her dis gorunume rahmen Hrant ve Pamuk davalarina rahmen bu konu ne Ermenistanda ne Fransada ne Isvicrede Turkiyedeki kadar serbest konusulmuyor. Maalesef son zamanlarda az okuyabiliyorum roman yani, ama bir kac hos sey okudum ama koymaya elim varmadi. Sevgiler Mustafa

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • madisssssssssson

    madisssssssssson says

    hi :]

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Muna G

    Muna G says

    Hey Zetin!
    We seem to have some common books..especially Russian authors..
    Do you have a favourite?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )


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