Strength

Be kind.

Believe It or Not

This year I haven't work for anyone for a single day but I have more money in my bank and saving accounts at this time of the year than at any time in the past. And I have been following a number of courses that I really wanted to do, been listening to several lectures on buddhism, motivation, and other interesting things everyday, been doing what I want to do, spent my annual vacation outside the country, bought myself several things, and made what I wanted to make. Moreover I am giving myself the chance and the time to start a new career in what I really want to do to be happy and to be truly successful.

Unless something else comes up. Like an offer I am not allowed to refuse. ;)

An Attachment

There was a time when I was getting tired of visiting my favorite blogs and keeping my own blog. And several times I really wanted to stop. Once I even changed the names of my blog addresses so I could leave undetected. But for some reasons I just kept on. Moreover at the end of August I started visiting again and making comments everywhere. I am still thinking of stopping but somehow I just keep going.

How to live a simple life

Don't waste your time and money.

Our House

Strawberry Fields Forever

Top 6 Keys to Being a Successful Teacher

1. Sense of Humor

2. A Positive Attitutude

3. High Expectations

4. Consistency

5. Fairness

6. Flexibility

To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

-- Harriet Beecher Stowe

A Recording

To download.

There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.

-- Martha Graham

Turkish Cooking

Today we learned how to make mercimek sorbasi (lentil soup), prepare patates salatasi (potato salad), and bake Kunta Kinte (chocolate cake). Last time we had karniyarik (stuffed eggplant), pilav (rice), revani (meal pudding).

Since I was the only man in the group of 14 people, I was given a lot of encouragement by everyone. It felt like I suddenly acquired several mothers or mothers-in-law, except for five, who appeared to be younger than I was. Anyway all of them were slouching most of the time. One white-haired woman accidentally leaned against me and apologized profusely as soon as she realized what she had done. I smiled and assured her she didn't have to worry because I don't usually get excited very easily. The older the crazier, she added quickly and everyone laughed. However, two of the younger and prettier women were making me nervous because of the way they looked and smiled at me. Nevertheless I tried to keep my composure all the time, avoided flirting with anyone of them. Instead I did my best to peel the potatos as quickly as I could.

The food tasted very good. I had two servings of the chocolate cake while some of the women, especially the four black ones, took home slices of the cake.

Midnight Express Movies

Still Life

Anything you do might cause pain and sorrow. Intended or not. If there is no intention to harm there is no need for worry and fear. But be careful anyway.

Paper Engineering

Your Money ... from fear to sufficiency