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Mid work update!

2010-05-11T08:36:00.003+01:00

So update since I want to get back into blogging and I haven't had a chance to for weeks now. D=

I've started my internship on April 6th. I'm working with a great group of guys who a. know what they are doing, b. don't actually mind explaining stuff and answering my endless questions, and c. are a great laugh.

So all in all I'm enjoying my time here, and really picking up a lot of things. :)

A couple of my friends from highschool are planning to meet up in greece but I'm still not sure if I will be going. I think I will give them an answer by the end of this week after I finish thinking things over.

Had an ISS party last saturday which turned out really well. We had over 50 people in the place by 10 pm at the Old Oak! The manager there is great, she was nice enough to give us the deal for free food as well so that was super of her. :) If you're a first time visiter in Cork Ireland, I would recommend going to the Old Oak. Great traditional irish pub with a fun athmosphere.
We are thinking of possibly throwing another party next weekend, so it should be lots of fun for everyone!

I at last brought myself to the apple store and got myself one of those new ipod nanos. Purple color this time (no pink ! D= thought the color would grow on me....no it didn't). Very good quality, so anyone who is thinking of getting an ipod, but doesn't want anything really fancy, I would recommend the ipod nanos. Sleek, and full of room for all your fav. songs. ;)

If you haven't been paying attention to any news about turkey lately, the country is pretty much all news news news about the political parties and their leaders. Let's just say I hope certain leaders take back the position they were in a way, forced to give up. D= (baykal) I'll give more information on this in my next post.

I haven't played any basketball for two weeks, since both saturdays I wasn't feeling well enough. D= Feel so out of shape. I don't know about you guys, but I can't do the whole "go to the gym" bit. I don't feel comfortable there, and the only way I can relax is mostly through playing a sport.
I want to run around, have fun, instead of just running on a treadmill, running on one spot all the time....that's pretty boring to me. Here's hoping I'll be able to play some bball this weekend, we'll see.

That's it for now, I'll update more later. =D

Work-Work-Play-Work-Work-Work!

2010-02-13T12:12:00.008Z

Hey everyone,
In attempts to keeping this blog up todate:
We've been given our third year project, everyone assigned in groups of three.
So it's a group of all women, and none of us are from Ireland. Which makes things interesting,
and pretty fun. xD I'm not saying being the only girl in a computing course for two years was
bad in anyway. You get used to the boys and their interesting conversations. It is nice though,
to be able to have another woman around to chat with in class.

Speaking about classes, I've got two classes for this semester, Systems Programming, and
Network Security. Both I think are rather interesting.

I have a friend who is MADD(hinthint) busy with too many things to mention here right now. I don't think I have talked to him yet without his brain being busy with a million ideas at once. That boy is like an energizer bunny-He wont stop moving forward! (which is a great thing, so keep it up!) I offered to help out with some Javascripting, but haven't gotten around to doing anything yet [Baaad Ezgi Baad, I know. D=]. I'm hoping to jump into it this coming week. Hopfully it's not too late to help him out. xD

Another friend is busy setting up his own radioshow. He's been working pretty hard to get things in order, bring in new DJs, setting up events, and just working hard! I was asked to help out with writing a weekly newsletter for him. I'll try my best, and hopfully he'll like the end result of what it looks like. :)

Got headphones for my keyboard finally (not computer keyboard I mean, piano keyboard-or electric keyboard-I just call it "a keyboard"). I'll be able to practice more now, knowing I wont be bothering anyone with loud and repeated practicing. :D It's hard remembering the notes when you don't have your old music sheets with you! Dx I'm planning on tracking down every single one of them. I don't know if I can but if I ever get to playing the piano well again, I want to try playing over at the grand piano they have here. ....But I wont say when or where it is. =| no one is allowed to watch. >=| ...I'll be too embarrassed so please don't ask.

We were worried for my Sister, she had to have some scans done. Had been complaining of her eye hurting her for a few weeks. My mom went over to be with her when she visted the doctors. Thankfully everything is A-Okay! The scans came back clean, they want to do a blood test as well, but it's not for anything serious. I'm so glad that she's alright. I love my sister, she is one of the main idols in my life. My confidant someone I turn to for advice and guidence during my troubled but as well as for my happy times. She works harder then anyone I've ever known, and doesn't take crap from anyone! I think there are LOADS of things that she will accomplish, just you wait and see. xD I'm thankfull, glad, and proud to tell people that I'm her little sister. ;) She doesn't let obstacles slow her down, or get in her way. I can only hope I can be as strong as her as my own obstacles pop up in my own life. So yes, I'm glad that everything is alright, that she's okay. <3

Mom is coming back today so yaaay....that does remind me...I have to clean up the house before she gets here! xD

Yes, I'm still working in the International Students Society. We have our Welcome Back Party on tonight actually, at the Old Oak, so that should be fun. Including an International Dinner, Galway Trip, and other events I'm looking forward to. :)

Lets do a quick Random News segment while we're at it:

If you haven't already gone to see the Avatar I suggest you get over to the nearest cinema that is still showing it. It's a movie that you MUST watch in the cinema theaters, wearing the dorky 3-D glasses. Don't worry no one will see you in the dark while you wear them (the ones we had made us look like Carl Fredricksen from the animatino UP-all we were missing was the walking stick with tennis balls at the end). Fiddling around on youtube, watching some videos about the "making of the avatar" I stumbled upon a review that made some pretty interesting points. The creaters of review: RedLetterMedia Link: Here
Warning: It pretty much goes through the entire movie so watch at your own risk if you haven't seen the movie yet. Also get ready to laugh your heart out. I couldn't stop laughing through the entire review. :)

If you don't already know there was a huge earthquake in Haiti. With 200,000 Haitians killed by it, everyone around the work is putting in their efforts to help the people out. If you would like to help out and donate I suggest you visit the website for the Red Cross and Red Crescent
and make a donation. Link: I want to Help out!

China is strongly suggesting that USA cancels their meeting with the Dalai Lama.

Beware of the women who are quick to anger and love highheels. A man in London wasstabbed
in the eye by....a stiletto! Ouch!

A colorful Carnival went on the Venice! Huffintonpost has some great photos of the event!
Go take a looksee-> Here!

Apparently Bill Gates made some interesting points during his TED speech. Involving how technology should focus more on Climate Changes. He used some interesting props during his speech.

The Olympics has started out on a sad note, with one of the competitors passing away just hours before the event. You can learn more about the story here.
Most of the athletes donned black armbands.

Well that's about it for this post. I'm trying to keep things short for now (didn't do a good job of that today). Have to finish up some labs, and get over to the sports hall for some basketball. I think with all the stress and work going around me, playing basketball is one of things that helps me relax. I'm not too comfortable in the gyms, and it's a lot more fun running around then just staying in one spot on a machine (in my view anyway).

Hope you all are having a great weekend. Work hard, party responsibly, and don't be afraid to reach for the goals you have for the year 2010!

You can do eeeet!

-Ez.

Happy New Year...and Happy Birthday Me...

2010-01-15T00:45:00.002Z

Hope everyone had a great new years party whereever you are in the world.

Also, today is the...15th of Jan, my birthday.

So,Happy Birthday Me! =D

-Ez.

PS: Spending my Bday and the weekend in Dublin with mom, sis, and Mustafa. :) Plan to be back in Cork on Monday.

Greyhound Race Tracks!

2009-11-23T13:39:00.000Z

We had a good group show up to go to the dog race tracks on friday. My neighbor races his dogs there as well, so he was able to meet up with us and give us a bit more information about the place. It's a very nice looking place, bar on both floors, and a resturant at the second floor with a cool view of the race tracks. I managed to win twice xD though some of the dogs names were rather funny. =P It was a very interesting and fun trip.

Will be putting up photos of it later. :)

-Ezgi

Helloooo-o-o-o-o!

2009-11-20T10:06:00.001Z

Oh Haaaaiiiiii!
Wooow It's been a while, I'm way behind on the posts. I'm in my third year now, and have been kept pretty busy. Aaanyway, some news from me:

-I Got a Summer Internship ! Woohoooooooooo!!! Yaaaaay! ^_^
So for this coming summer, I'll be working for Strencom.
It's an irish networking company. The guys who came down
for the interview were very nice, made it easy to talk to them. :)
Sooooooooooo I'll be in Ireland for the summer, and mostly over
in Blackpool. ^_^

So yeah ! YAAAY!

-I am the Chair Person for the International Students Society in CIT!
Yaaaaay! =D I wasn't sure if I should go for the position or not, but I ended up going for it in the end. ^_^ I'm enjoying my time as the Chairperson so far. It helps when you have such a great committee who are dedicated and willing to make time to organize the events throughout the year. As a committee so far we have: 1 person from Turkey (Meh xD), 2 from Germany (Sandra[PRO], & Kathrin[Secretary]), and 2 from France (Mathieu[Treasurer], & Maud [Assistant Treasurer])

So a good mixture really. :)
We have around 117 members in the society, so we're trying our best to make this a fun year for them. The students are very nice, and they all get along well with each other.

We've done: A welcome party, Halloween party, Bowling night. Tonight we're all going to the Greyhound rack tracks.

We also have a facebook page, look us up when you have the time. ISS CIT. =D

hmm that's all the news from my end to be honest.
In other random news, Neil Patrick Harris is on twitter. =P Yes I do use twitter, so it was nice to hear the news. If you don't know who he is I would suggest you look up "Dr. Horribles' singalong blog" on youtube, or start watching the tv show: "How I met your mother". He's very good.

The show is about a guy called Ted Mosby, telling a story to his children about how he met their mother. Neil plays a woman crazy Barney Stinson, who is one of Teds best friends, determined to teach his friend more about the ways with women. Let's just say there are too many hilarious momments in the show to be able to list them all here in this blog. :)

He's not the only one, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day are also on twitter. They were both in "Dr. Horribles singalong blog" with Neil Patrick Harris.

Nathan Fillion stars in the tv show "Castle" as a rather funny mystery novelist Richard Castle, who ends up tagging along with a young detective Kate Beckett (played by Stana Katic). He uses the excuse of wanting to use her as the next character in a new book he is writing.

Famous & filthy rich novelist + a rather tough female detective = comedy ensues!!

Felicia Day has her own show as well. Starting out on Youtube it got pretty popular. "The Guild"
about a group of WOW players, and the hilarious situations they find themselves in once they all decide to meet up in real life. Even for someone who doesn't play wow, it's still a pretty good show to watch. They also got themselves a deal with microsoft for their new season coming out (they're on season 3 now and going strong).

So all three are on twitter, and with rather amusing posts at that. =P

Started flooding in Cork on thursday. Thankfully things weren't too bad in Carrigaline, we were still able to get out and about. Though corks main street Patrick street was flooded really bad on thursday. Google it on youtube to get a better idea on how bad it was.

hmm No other news other then that for now. Finally finished a post. More will be coming soon if I manage to get work out of the way.

Soooooo anyways, stay dry, and hope you guys have a good month. =)

-Ezgi

Summer Time!

2009-07-18T10:41:00.000+01:00

This post is way overdue, but a post midsummer is better then no post at all eh?

Let's see, I've passed my classes, and thankfully I'll be a third year Dnet student. =P

Didn't do much since after the finals, just did the one thing I've been wanting to do for a while which was to- RELAX!

Movies watched:

The Star Trek movie, and I liked it. I liked watching star trek growing up, think they did a good job with it, especially with Zachary Quinto as young Spock! He's playing Syler in the show Heros. Seeing Leonard Nimoy in the movie was pretty cool. John Cho had some impressive fight scenes, while Simon Pegg was just hilarious. Basically, anyone who hasn't seen it yet, you are missing out you fool-go get the dvd!

Terminator Salvation, which was fun to watch. Though I'll never get (spoiler) why a pregnant woman was allowed to come along into the fighting towards the end of the movie. She looked weird and out of place. xD Meh. Even with little bits that seem not to make much sense it was still overall a pretty good action movie. That's what this is, it's a perfect action movie for the summer. I've always been a fan of Christian Bale, he did a great job as always. Was impressed by Sam Worthington s actas well.

While wondering about what to watch next, a friend suggested 'Short Circuit'. After watching that, I ended up watching Wall-E (I had kept putting it off, finally gave in). Understandable why some people would ask why both robots seem familiar. Though I will say Wall-E wins on the cuteness scale. xD

hmmmm
what else?

I was very sad to hear about Michael Jacksons passing. I loved his music, and what he brought to the world. I'm keeping this short, since I think I'll be writing a longer post about him soon.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson. <3>

Well I'm in Turkey at the momment with the family. Planning on staying here till the end of August.

I'm a bit bummed that I can't make it to the Rock'n'Coke Festival in Istanbul though. :( I'm over in ankara with the family now. Maybe next year? We'll see.

Still planning on hitting the beach and enjoying the sun in Izmir soon enough. :)

Hope everyones having a great summer. ^_^

-Ez.

p.s. I need to get a new laptop. The one I have has served me well over the four years that I've had it, but it's given up on me, and I can only use the cousins computer for so long. xD

Finals....

2009-05-11T09:56:00.000+01:00

Almost done with classes. Have a math's maple exam, project presentations for programming, and OO design. An exam in OO design, as well as in networking. Then three finals to survive through next week.
Wish meh luck.

On personal news, I finally caved, and gave in. Got myself an ipod shuffle (FINALLY!) ...it's color...ehm..pink. >.>; Yes I don't like pink but a. it was the only color they had and b. I did the lazy thing and bought it instead of coming back another day. If I put it off for another day then I would keep putting off for another month to be honest. Which I should have since as soon as I got home, dad was talking about how he had planned to get an ipod nano for next month >.> so that plan is shot now that I've already bought this one.

Hmmm what news for this month,

Everyone stay healthy D= and watch out for the mumps. Get the shot if you never got it as a kid (and uh guys especially XD ha! ). I asked the parents if I ever got it as a kid, mom was convinced that I had. Then she hesitated, saying maybe that was my older sister who got it instead. >.>; So that got me a bit worried, but she assures me that I did get it at one point.
In Turkey we call it "kaba kulak". Which I think is a bit of a funny name, but that's only if you translate it word for word to english "kaba" = "rough", and "kulak" = "ear". So yeah, stay healthy, and be careful, especially since finals are just next week. I do think you still have to take the exams if you still get the mumps so try to avoid it as best you can.

May Day, (which is May 1st) is usually a day full of rallies by labor unions. People protesting the government, the unemployment, etc. Turkey wasn't the only country that was full of protests and marches for that day. Hmm my thoughts on that? Well, I say protest if you have something to protest about, but keep it peaceful. You're only doing yourself more harm if things turn violent. Basically I don't see how violent protests really help your cause.

Dom Deluise passed away this month. D= Which really sucks, I thought he was a rather funny actor.

Swine Flu has gotten really bad. Everyone be careful when traveling. D=

This might be bit of old news, but I read that they were taking the grey wolves off of the endangered species list in America. Though at the same time because of this, "wolves can now be hunted again according to strict regulations." >.<>.> Honestly, just sounds wrong if you ask me.

Right, well thats it for this month. I have three big exams to study for. Hope to god they all go well. Study hard people and pass all your exams so you can enjoy your summer!

Good luck !

-Ez.

Right around the corner

2009-04-29T14:44:00.000+01:00

Right, finals coming up. D= Have to study.

and y...a...y... >.>; eh, projects due as well.

>.< So much to do, so little time for it all.

Someone stop time for me. =D

2009-04-04T21:47:00.000+01:00

Easter Break...
Projects:
-Networking
- Programming
- OO Analysis and Design
- Build your own pc.

+

Assessment in almost every class. >.>;

=

Short break time? xD

Didn't plan much for the break to be honest. Mostly just sleep, study and maybe go out once or twice. I already organized most of the notes, but I'm still going to be going over them during the break as well. Sooo nothing interesting for this weekend, but we'll see how the break turns out.

Chance has grown up rather fast. D= Looking back at the videos can't believe how small he was when he first came. He's still barking at children, and trying to run off with anything he can grab without anyone noticing. Hopefully we can make him stop doing both.

I might try going to Dublin again for a few days. Would be fun. ^_^

^_^ Have a great two weeks everyone!

Enjoy your Easter break.

Good luck to all who have exams and projects they have to work on during the break as well.
Don't be sad, you can make it through all of them. Just keep at it! =D

Ending with this long quote from one of my favorite books:

"The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn."
-Merlyn The Once and Future King, T. H. White

APAL

2009-03-16T00:00:00.001Z

APAL
=
Assessments, Projects, Assignments, Labs.

Finished the calculator project this weekend and sent it in. ^_^ Had to make a calculator, like the small ones on usually every pc? Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Calculator.

Have a report due for wed. for build your own pc. It's a nice class, and he really goes into detail with explaining every little bit on and in a computer. Most of my class is taking the class as well, we ended up making crossover cables while everyone else did the rest of the lab. ^_^; Heh.

Exam this thurs. for Calc class. Hopefully I'll survive it. *fingers crossed*

Online exam as always this tuesday for networking.

hmm theres also a case study that I should be starting soon for networking class. It's due sometime after the april easter break. >.>

Trying to commit more to the international student society as well. Figured I really should considering I'm currently the PR for the society. XD

Definatly a good group of students in the society though, everyone on the committee tries really hard to put together the events for the members, and really go out of their way to try and make it the most memorable. ^_^ So far I've started organizing a- game day? Didn't really give it a name. It started out a few weeks ago, just getting people together to play some basketball every saturday. There were some other sports the members wanted as well, so I'll be trying to organize a different sport for each saturday. Last saturday it was indoor football, didn't think it would be so good outside considering what the weather was like during the week following up to it. I'm not a good football player, but still had lots of fun trying to play with the others. xD
Next saturday I'm aiming for a badminton game time, maybe also football. Whichever one most of the members want to play to be honest. Either way I'll do my best to make sure the equipment is there anyway.

Hopefully I'll be able to get one of the hoodies that the society is offering the members. Only 21.50, so not too bad to be honest. Usually they are like 25 something, so, i'm a little late but we'll see. There's also a trip to Galway, which I'm sure will be a blast for any who join in. ^_^ I wont be able to go considering school work and all, I'll definatly try for next time something like that is planned though.

Gaye and Mustafa are visiting. =D
They came down to Cork on saturday, probably will stay for most of the week.
^_^ Yays!

ARTSFEST is coming up, 21st- 29th of March. Means lots of fun things to go see and check out.
Can't wait for that. =D

Didn't get to go to dublin to see Neil Gaiman. :( oh well, I'm hoping maybe next time he comes around I'll be able to see him then. ^_^ His father passed away recently =( so I was very sorry to hear about his loss. My deepest condolences to him and his family.

April is coming up fast, and causes me to think even more then before of someone I usually think about all year through. April 1st 2001, the day my grandfather passed away. I'de like to think he wouldn't want people to be sad that day though. So usually, even if it sounds silly, I take out the backgammon game and play either against someone else or just play a game against myself. xD
I would go to Turkey every summer, we would end up going to his beach house there. He would always be playing backgammon on the front side of the beach house during the summer days. All his friends coming over to play a game with him for the day. =) I always hear funny stories about him, and things he used to do or say. Miss him every day. ^_^

I was reading The Economist today, just one of the few maganzines that sister always is reading. XD There was a smal artice about ireland and the government's current condition. D= I really hope things pick up, and useless cuts aren't being made anymore ( though to be hoenst that would be a silly thing to hope for, its the same for almost every country right now to be honest).
There are houses in Detroit Michigan in the USA that are being put on sale for just 100 bucks a house, or even for a dollar. D=

Apparently there are communities that live in tents now. 0.0

Good luck to all of you who are doing work placement right now.

WORK HARD!

<.< >.>

>.< *Leaves a cookie.* >.<

-Ezgi-

Attention =D

2009-03-02T13:30:00.000Z

Recommend you all check it out:

http://www.studiodyv.com/

Group of artists who are so good at what they do, you'll be hooked on their work.

Also: Nice site for all those who want to keep a bit ahead of the news on new technology
updates.

http://hexabites.studiodyv.com/?p=613

Hard to believe it's already march! Good luck everyone with all your classes this semester!

-Ez.

Pigeons of Ireland...

2009-01-29T19:55:00.001Z

Crows are the Pigeons of Cork.
I can't believe the amount of crows that are around the place. Not that it's a bad thing to be honest. Edgar Allen Poe's poems have a tendency to pop into my thoughts at times when walking by a group of crows though. Wonder why. =D

Speaking of which, it was Edgar Allen Poe's 200th anniversary on the 19th.

Went to Dublin for almost a week to spend time with Gaye and Mustafa. I rather enjoyed myself, went to the national museum, took random pictures of old buildings, went to a nearby pub. Even joined the sister in a bit of shopping (which is rare, considering I'm not much of a fan of shopping >.> It was rather fun to go with my sister though). Stopped by a park for a bit to take pictures on the way to the museum. Once we got to the museum, there was a huge section on paintings by dutch painters.

All in all my most favorites were:

Jacob Isaackszon van Ruisdael His painting Bentheim Castle is breathtaking. Might sound corny but it literally made my jaw drop. Gabriel Metsu His paints of Man Writing a Letter and Woman Reading a Letter hung on the wall side by side were amazing. Just the delicate touches of detail from the reflection on the mirror, detail of the paintings behind both figures, the light landing on their faces, her smile-his concentration. Willem Claesz Heda His still life paintings of Breakfast of Crab and Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie up close even were amazing. I had an urge to just reach out and pour myself a glass, and maybe try a bit of the breakfast. Some of Gerrit Dou's paintings, and Caravaggio's Taking of Christ painting was rather incredible as well.

There were many others. Anyone visiting Dublin, I would recommend they go to the National Gallery of Ireland. The architecture of the building itself was very different as well.

I had a blast in Dublin, and can't wait to go back. There will be a film festival in Dublin that I would really like to attend. Learned that Neil Gaiman will be there as well on the 17th of Feb. He's the creator/writer of the Sandman DC comics, author of the book 'American Gods', and the new one called, 'The Graveyard Book'. I liked the essay he wrote about Edgar Allen Poe . I doubt I'll ever be that lucky, but who knows maybe I'll get to see him there. =D

We'll see what happens. There are friends that are getting back in touch with me, and I with them. I miss a lot of my friends around the world, everyone in a different country, city, town. Maybe I'll meet up with some of them this summer? ^_^ Heh, we'll see. I really hope that this year will go smoothly, and that classes will be alright. So many ideas, so many things I want to do this year. What's that quote again? Oh yeah,

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,
all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read,
and all the friends I want to see."
-John Burroughs

One thing about Dublin, the pigeons there are the fattest one's I have ever seen.
Not Crows this time, I mean actual chubby Pigeons close to obesity.

-Ezgi

Entering 2009...

2009-01-15T16:12:00.000Z

Happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!
A bit late but yeah XD Happy new year everyone!

Well, finals are...over. ^_^ Hopefully we all managed to pass. *fingers crossed.*
Went to Dublin on the 12th with some of the other students from CIT. Five all together from our Dnet class showed up. The trip wasn't too bad actually, its the total six hour trip that was a bit tiring but still alright. Three hours there and three hours back, spent most of it sleeping, listening to music or reading. xD We weren't allowed to take pictures once inside but it was still pretty nice Presentation was made about the new things microsoft has been working on, xna, silverlight, and some other things. A small tour followed, it was very quiet but I think most of the people by then had gone for lunch since there weren't many people at their desks. The ones that were around were busy with headphones playing various games on their computers. A section for developers some for testers, etc. Lunch break, followed by a last presentation about the imagine cup. ^_^ overall it was a rather interesting visit to microsoft.
Other then that I've been rather lazy during the break. Picked up the guitar again, trying to learn both from chords and from tabs.
In other news, I got a new puppy. =D
A 6 week old, male jack russell terrier, lucky my sister and her husband were still in cork when we got him. The previous owner was kind enough to bring four of their male puppies for us to choose from. We all ended up picking Chance. ^_^
Sister gave him the name "Bon Chance" which means chance/lucky in french apparently. It sort of stuck so we've all been calling him chance in turkish, "shanse" for short.
He's curious about everything in every room, hyper and since his teeth are only just coming out, he bites almost everything he sees. Love him to bits! XD

Today is also my brithday. ^_^ I'll be turning 22 today, stuffing myself with moms yummy cake, and heading to town later to meet up with the friends at the pub.

I hope the rest of you are having a great break. If youre working, I hope the jobs going well, if not then have fun being a lazy bum. =P

-Ezgi

Time to relax! Yay!!!!!!

2008-12-22T17:52:00.000Z

Had the networking on Thurs, the Math on Friday, and they both went pretty well.
At last I can relax and enjoy my break for a bit.

Still have my Operating Systems, and Programming exams in Jan. so I'll still have to do some studying during the break which isn't bad though, I can still relax for a lil while. Yaaaaay! ^_^

Gaye (my sis) and Mustafa (her husband) are coming over tomorrow, which I can't wait! xD Might go out with them and the cousins this week, maybe over to the Pav. later. We'll see. ^_^

Going back to some things I've been wanting to start again.
Learning to play the guitar (I only know three chords so far D= Maybe I could get a friend to help out and teach me a few things, we'll see. xD any of you know how to play the guitar?),
finish reading some books I wasn't able to finish thanks to studying. Try some CS again as well as finish the Fable PC game. Write some pretty overdue blog entries. Hmmm and a few other things basically.
So glad its winter break. =)

Hope you're all having a blast already and are enjoying the break.
Happy Holidays. =D

-Ezgi

Exams update...

2008-12-17T23:19:00.000Z

Networking written final exam is tomorrow. Then math exam is on the day after that. D= Can't wait for these two to be over with.

Hope I survive.

Just want to relax for a bit but can't do that until after Friday's exam.

Can't wait till exams are over with.

Good luck everyone.
You made it this far, you can pass this last bit too!!!!!! ^_^

Attention

2008-12-14T21:28:00.000Z

Reviews of various games,
The latest updates on new hardware,
Want to stay up to date on the technological advancements of today?
Go on, take a peek:
http://www.studiodyv.com/exabites/

Hear all the latest news before the nerds do.

Aaaand Another Update...

2008-12-12T11:29:00.001Z

Oh-meeeh-gaawwwdd!
I can finally say that I'm done with the course work today. Did better in the online final networking exam then I was expecting.
Able to give full attention to the finals coming up next week now. Yaaays ^_^
Sent the money needed for the trip to Microsoft trip up to Dublin for the 12th of Jan.
My birthday's on the 15th, so I'm trying to decide if I should just stay there and crash at my sisters after the trip is over. Maybe celebrate the birthday there with them. Hmmmm Not sure. Well, we'll see what happens. =D

GOOD LUCK ALL OF YOU IN YOUR FINAL EXAMS!
"You can dooooo eeeeett!!!!"

-Ez.

Update...

2008-12-04T13:27:00.000Z

Haven't had time to do the weekly news. D=
Assessments, final exams, projects taking up a lot of my time.
Had assessments every day of this week....and now after the practical on friday, I have to continue studying for the actual finals.

On another totally random note:
Joe Bonamassa <3

Update...

2008-11-27T13:50:00.000Z

Had two hours free today sooooo finished the last of the translations and sent them to steven.
"YaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaY!"
Now I have to go back to reviewing for my exam I have at 5 today. D= Gaaaaaah!
Don't know about you lot, but I can't WAIT till the break starts.

Whats the first thing I'll do you ask?
Take A Nice Long Nap.

-Ez.

Update...

2008-11-27T09:04:00.001Z

20 of the translations sent in. One more left which will be finished by today. ^_^ yaaaay!

Have an exam today. 0.0;

Update...

2008-11-26T17:49:00.001Z

Handed 30 of the translations. Almost done with the rest will be working on them tonight and tomorrow as well.
Exams are right around the corner...

News for You...this week.

2008-11-23T23:01:00.000Z

Right soooo this wont be as detailed, almost waaay shorter. These news posts are still a work in progress though soooo any input is welcomed...with a free virtual chocolate chip cookie. ...Thanks...annyyways...here's a list of some news that caught my attention and hopfully you'll be paying more attention to as well:

Protestors in Bangkok want the resignation of the prime minister of Thailand.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/thailand.unrest.ap/index.html
What do you guys think of this situation? Should he resign? Why?

In Argentina: An ex-police commander shot himself on friday after being charged and about to be arrested for violating human rights during the military dictatorship which was during the years 1976-83.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/23/argentina.suicide.television.ap/index.html

On sunday shots were fired at the vehicle carrying both presidents of Georgia and Poland. Not sure on who fired the shot, and no one is really admitting to it.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/23/georgia.poland.shooting/index.html
They seem to be taking it quite lightly. D=
Who would you guys think did it?
What do you think about the situation between Georgia and Russia?

An Astronaut on board the International Space Station looses her tool bag. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/18/endeavour.spacewalk/index.html
How you ask? She was apparently on a spacewalk (no closet-MJ-fans not moonwalk, we're talking about SPACEWALK.) I suppose its understandable, floating in endless space....earth right infront of you....attatched by a line to the station or somthing...I suppose the tool bag would almost be the last thing on your mind.
So...theres a tool bag...floating off into space. What a way to make a first impression on anyone who happens to find the thing.
Also...if you guys read the article it says that they are planning on installing a "a recycling system that will convert astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water"
Wait, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?! Did I read that right? I mean-Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!
I'm sorry I mean amazing that you're up there an all, but-Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?!
Ew! D=<

Yahoo is looking to still work with Microsoft, who might actually agree this time to work with them. Considering it's apparently their best bargining chip to get a better footing against Google.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/11/06/yahoo.microsoft.google.ap/index.html

Yahoo is also now looking for a new CEO replacement.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/11/17/yahoo.yang/index.html
They apparently gave the last one the boot. He'll still be around though, just not in the CEO chair. Hmmmm....if you were the new CEO of Yahoo, what would you do? >.>

Okay thats it for now everyone. Keep your eyes alert for further news posts. Still a work in progress but we'll get there. ^_^ Thanks for tagging along though. *Hands out virtual hot chocolate* & Virtual Cookies handed to those submitting comments.*
heh =D

Hope you all had a great weekend.
Good luck with your classes this week. Hang in there guys! The winter break is near! You've all gotten this far, make it to the rest so you can relax during the break! Good luck! =D

-Ez.

Aaaand another update!

2008-11-20T13:33:00.000Z

So I had two exams after another yesterday, as well as trying to finish the other assignments. ^_^ College work, busy, busy, busy.
I just got on the committee for the international society as the PRO two weeks ago. Putting up updates on the What's On, and also putting up posters and whatnot. =D I was worried considering the timing that I joined in at but seems to be working out so far. =)

I didn't have time last week to do a news week post, but I'll be trying to post one up for this week tomorrow. ^_^; I doubt a lot of people are reading it or anything, but still sorta fun to do.

Now that I have the two exams and prog. project out of the way, I can spend a lot more time on the translations. Going to get the last batch from steven as well and see how many I can finish translating by this coming monday.

Also need to see how many cisco exams I can get through this weekend as well. >.>;

Well, thats all for this update. Hope you all have a great weekend. =)
Also good luck to all of you who have exams next week.

Update

2008-11-12T14:15:00.000Z

Emailed the essay on friday, but saw Colin this morning on the way to class. I have to send him the essay again, turns out he didn't get the email. Going to do that once I get home today from classes.
Website project update - finished a few of the romantic on the main pc at home. Peter offered to do the foreign films while I do the translations. He gave me the westerns today, so I'll be doing the translations for both the romanitc and the westerns tonight. ^_^

Still kind of cold, but a nice day out. =)

erm...

2008-11-09T01:36:00.000Z

Quick note- Will keep next weeks news post shorter...promise. ^_^;

News for You...This week.

2008-11-08T14:40:00.000Z

So, what WAS supposed to be posted up yesterday is being put up today instead. Why you ask? I'll be honest, I fell asleep. D= After the one lab, I went over to the garda in cork city to get my student visa renewed (has to be renewed every year >.<; ) . Coming back home I just....dropped onto my bed and fell asleep. ^-^; Guess it's been a tiring week. Anyways, moving right along, here are the bits of news that managed to catch my attention this week:

-------------------United States Presidential Election. ---------------------------------
It's been an interesting election to be sure people coming up with the weirdest arguments against Obama as well as Mccain. Though there have been some rather funny jokes about the election as well: Everyone should make a rap for their campaign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG1g5qvgtSg&feature=related Or come up with their own dancing routines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAKnSCRWQM In the end of the election though, Obama won. One of his speeches before the result of the election. It's kind of long, but still an interesting speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrp-v2tHaDo His acceptance speech in Chicago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU&feature=channel He's a rather charismatic man, who is VERY good at giving speeches. I say congrats. Though, campaign speeches usually can't always be counted on. That's what campaign speeches are, promise many things, then maybe not do anything after winning. I'm hoping that wont be the case with Obama. He's already apologized to Nancy Regan for a careless remark apparently. >.>; uh...yeah.... at least he's careful and doesn't ignore his mistakes so far.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/07/obama.seance/index.html

-California:
Proposition 8 is basically going for a ban of gay marriages in the state.
On the day of the presidential elections, the passage of the constitutional amendment in California passing and thus banning gay marriage.
I find this banning to be rather pointless, especially after an amendment was passed already in May 2008 allowing gay marriages. What's the point of banning them again? You'd think people would have better things to do then to try to stop their gay neighbors from living the way they want to-because god forbid anyone else should be allowed the same rights. Never be surprised by the power of a group consisting of ignorant people. Honestly, ignorant narrow minded people scare me sometimes. >.>;
Thankfully people aren't giving up so easily:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/11/08/same.sex.protests/index.html

Michigan:
Is now allowing for the purchase of marijuana, only for medical use. Becoming the 13th state
to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. This is slowly spreading out to the other states.
Amended the state constitution to allow embryonic stem cell research, except, it's only
allowed with certain restrictions. I would say at least they are allowing it, even with restrictions it's still a good half step forward. ^_^
Nebraska :
Voters approved a move prohibiting the state government from discriminating against or
granting preferential treatment to people on their race, sex, ethnicity, color or origin.
Nice move. Always say no to discrimination. Would you agree? (If you say no and that you're for discriminating....you're allowed your thoughts too...but you're officially an ignorant idiot in my book, no offense. ^_^ )
Washington:
Voters there have approved that an adult with six months or less to live may request lethal medication prescribed by a physician. The physicians don't have to agree to it, but if one does agree, then he/she wont have to worry about criminal prosecution.
I don't really like this rule, in my eyes, it's basically doctors helping someone commit suicide (I'm against the idea of suicide), so I would say no. But what about you guys? Would any of you consider that to be assisting suicide? Even if they have a certain amount of days to live and may be in pain? How would you have voted? Why?

Arizona:
Rejected to overhaul state laws prohibiting the employment of illegal immigrants.
So if you're an illegal immigrant, stay away from Arizona.
Speaking of Arizona, on Friday an eight year old boy is charged for fatally shooting his own father and one other man, with a .22-caliber rifle. Apparently he has no bad record in school nor were there any signs that anything wrong was going on at home. He apparently shot them both, and then went to his neighbors to tell them his father might be dead. His biological mother was in Mississippi at the time, and has flown back.
The little boy is in jail right now, and all I have to say is WOW. Just how did an eight year old get his hands on a .22-caliber rifle to begin with? I had to look it up-but that is a HUGE rifle. D= Under Arizona law, a child eight years old or older can have charges filed against him/her. I don't think an eight year old should have charges against him I think that's still too young an age. At what age is it right to start charging kids for their actions?

CNN reports that Congolese soldiers advance on rebels. Leaders are calling for a cease-fire.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/08/congo.summit.ap/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/08/congo.summit/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
I hope the cease-fire goes through, for the innocent people stuck in between, having to go from one place to another. D=

A school has collapsed in Petionville, near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday night.
Many students and teachers were injured, and some are still missing. According to BBC there was about 500 children and teaches, now with at least 107 injured. D=
Pray for the students, teachers and their families. Hope they manage to get to the others under the rubble soon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7717756.stm

Honda has come out with a new walking invention. Basically a walking assistant that consists of a bicycle seat, two mechanical legs that are attached to a pair of shoes. You sit on the seat, and place each foot into a shoe, and just start walking.
I think it's basically made to be useful for those in rehabilitation centers. If you buy them just to have around the house and are in no real need of it, I personally would consider you to be a lazy bum. ^_^
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/07/robotic.walker.ap/index.html

Google Inc. backed out of an advertising partnership with Yahoo. Mainly to avoid the threats by the U.S. Justice Department which would have probably sued Google had they gone ahead with the partnership. So, Yahoo Inc. is trying to make a deal with Microsoft Corp. instead, only Microsoft isn't interested either. Considering Yahoo had already turned down Microsoft's previous offer six months ago, it's not to surprising that Microsoft isn't interested anymore either.
Google drops yahoo: http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/05/technology/google_yahoo.ap/index.htm?postversion=2008110510
Microsoft says no: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1857424,00.html?cnn=yes

Scientists in Japan have created clones of mice that were frozen for sixteen years. Giving hope that in the future they may be able to clone extinct species as well.
So lets say they managed to do just that in just a few years, what species would you like to see walking out and about back on the earth? Just think of it a giant Mammoth just walked by your room window. o.O If that couldn't wake you up early enough for classes I don't know what else could. >.<>

That's about it for this week. Thanks if you actually read through the entire post. =D
This is my first real try at doing a news blog post...sort of thing. >.>; Any feedback would be welcomed. ^_^ Every commenter gets an imaginary cookie.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

US elections.

2008-11-05T20:56:00.000Z

Woke up early this morning (waaaaay too early >.>;) and what do I find out?

Barack Hussein Obama II has won the election.

Considering America's past history, this is a rather giant step forwards. Have to say that I'm happy about the turn out of the election. Let's also not forget that the Democrats are now more or less in control of all three, the White House, the Senate, and the House of representatives. The following years are going to be interesting.

Quick Edited note- I'm thinking of doing a long post for the blog here every friday....something along the lines of including a bunch of current events that have caught my attention that week. Perhaps also some other things but, for now-okay that's all for now. <.<; You'll most likely see on friday what I've decided on doing. =)

-Ez.

Halloweeeeeeeeeen!

2008-11-03T13:39:00.001Z

=D
Hope everyone had a great halloweeeeeeeeen!

-Ez.

Anniversary

2008-10-29T13:31:00.000Z

October 29, 1923!

Today marks the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic!
Where Turkey split it's ties with the Ottoman Empire, and built itself up with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk becoming it's first president.

=D *Hands out cookies.*

-Ez.

Bank Holiday Weekend!

2008-10-28T00:06:00.000Z

My sister came to visit from Dublin this weekend, with her husband, and one of their friends came as well. :)
I was not really in a rush to leave the house and go out at first-happy that I did in the end though. Ended up walking around Cork, visiting a few places, as well as watching some spanish dancing over at the Opera house.
Quite interesting to watch, though it seemed like the men were doing most of the dancing then any of the women. Then again there was only ones dancing seemed to be one lady and two men. The men- back straight, feet firmly stomping to certain beats. The one lady looked like she was just flying all around the place-in a rather elegant manner really. They all stomped their feet firmly onto the ground, backs stiff and straight, but their arms and hands-just the movements. Flowing through the air in graceful manners-totally opposite to their feet.
My favorite part of the entire show was when the head guitarist was sitting on his own in the middle of the stage and just went through one solo after another. Have to say, the music took more of my breath away then any of the dancing did. Still very good though, would love to go again if they're around next year.

The weekend was quite fun actually, great chance to destress and just enjoy everyone's company. Week's starting though, so its back to business as usual on Tuesday.

-Ez.

Essay Topic

2008-10-27T23:56:00.000Z

Had a talk with Prof. Colin Manning about the essay topics available last class. Finally chose my essay topic for this class to be, "Blogging", both non-technical as well as technical information involved. A few new aspects to blogging have caught my attention, so planning on including them as well.

-Ez.

Bad Website

2008-10-27T23:54:00.000Z

I decided on a website that I really didn't really like.
http://www.milliyet.com.tr
It's actually a good turkish newspaper's website, the layout of the entire thing however is really too distracting. Ton's of pictures everywhere, flashy writing, and all information for that month seem's to be just crammed onto the first page. Looking for any specific type of news would be close to trying to find a needle in a haystack.

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2008-10-08T15:50:00.000+01:00

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Mid work update!

Work-Work-Play-Work-Work-Work!

Happy New Year...and Happy Birthday Me...

Greyhound Race Tracks!

Helloooo-o-o-o-o!

Summer Time!

Finals....

Right around the corner

APAL

Attention =D

Pigeons of Ireland...

Entering 2009...

Time to relax! Yay!!!!!!

Exams update...

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Aaaand Another Update...

Update...

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News for You...this week.

Aaaand another update!

Update

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News for You...This week.

US elections.

Halloweeeeeeeeeen!

Anniversary

Bank Holiday Weekend!

Essay Topic

Bad Website

Web Hosting

Attention