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The Fountain
I have just came across with a song that I liked. It is from the movie named The Fountain. I don’t really remember it that much. But all I can say is that it was about “Death” and the main question was “what if you could live forever?”
What if you could?
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Brain Crain - Sienna Album Cover
I absolutely love this piece and it touches my heart every time I listen to it. It expresses so many things that are simply cannot be expressed in words.
As written on Brain Crain’s website, this song was a gift for his young daughter Sienna, and not for the city in Tuscany, Italy. I should admit now that when I first heard it, I have Googled “Sienna” and thought that the city should be a perfect place for Brian to produce such a gentle and calming piece.
Though it is not for the city Sienna, I hope I will go there and listen to this song over and over.
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Oh, I like listening piano pieces. Feels so peaceful.
It makes me wander, wonder, dream and hope!
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In my idle times, of which there are many, I try to translate TED Talks into Turkish, my mother tongue. But this was the first Talk given by a Turkish person, Elif Shafak, and the most fun translation that I have ever made.
“The Politics of Fiction” being the title of the Talk, Shafak is telling how powerful stories are in conveying a message. Reading and listening stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. She builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.
From now on; I will try to write posts about the translations that I have made. Until then, the other Turkish translations are available here.
Are you interested in translating one of these brilliant TED Talks? Follow the instructions here.
I have been thinking of applying to the Turkish Linux Users Group (LKD) but I have not taken the steps required to be a member until last Friday. Waiting for getting an admission, I have received an email from the group yesterday and learned that I have been accepted.
Eventually, I am the 1038th member of LKD and I am very proud of it.
I have started analysing the system that they have designed to control all the members and listing the things that I can do to help improve the group’s quality. So far, I really liked the organization and the people involved in this group.
Some people have been asking me lately, so I am going to tell it all at once.
It is not because I am busy with my lectures, duties, or responsibilities; it is because I am not able to give up coding & updating some other work. What then? Well, don’t ask me further because it is a classified matter which should not be proclaimed here.
But I promise to update this blog as soon as I am done with the other work. It will take about 1-2 week to complete successfully if scheduled straightforwardly. I hope so..
Have a nice day and enjoy reading some other blogs around.
As you are here, I have assumed that you already know my name. Don’t you? 
First thing I should say is that I really like to indulge in learning, exploring, sharing, and enjoying in the world we inhabit.
I have been reading some stuff written by others, and thinking of having a blog to share my experiences about my main fields of interest. So basically, I have created this blog to make my thought come alive and, of course, to be able to broaden my knowledge. Hopefully, seeing the readers have benefited from my writings will inspire me to write some more, and read a lot more, write a lot more, and learn some more…
As a rule of thumb, I will go along with providing my writings in both Turkish and English. However, I think, translating the content from one to the other will be quite annoying and strange in some cases. So, I will not be doing that. Instead, I will try to keep the subject alive as much as possible while translating.
All that remains for me is to wish you happy reading (I hope!) and to say; feel free to comment, review, etc.
Thanks! 
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