Nasil Oluyor?

Hala nasil oluyor da koltugunda ayni piskinlikle oturuyorsun, nasil bir yuzsuzlukle istifa etmiyorsun, bu taraftar nasil hala seni o koltukta oturtuyor, bu adami destekleyen neye dayanarak destekliyor anlamiyorum, anlayamiyorum. Ya ben gerizekaliyim, ya ben futbola ve Fenerbahce'ye cok yanlis ve farkli bir bakis acisiyla yaklasiyorum, ya da diger Fenerbahceliler benim gordugumu gormek istemiyor. Su stad hala Aziz Yildirim Istifa sesleriyle inlemiyorsa burada suc taraftarindir kimsenin degil. Bir kulubun, camianin icine bu kadar sicilmaz, kimse kusura bakmasin.

Bu adam kimleri harcamadi ki, sirada da Aykut Kocaman'in geldigi o kadar bariz ki, gecen gun resmi siteden yapilan aciklamada bunun gostergesi gibi. Herkes gidecek, degisecek, yenileri gelecek, ama asil suclu koltugunda keyif catip, rant saglamaya devam edecek, kaybedilen her mac sonrasi iceri alinan taraftarlar karakollarda surunurken, hayat padisahima guzel...

Playlist of the Week 2

IAMX- This Will Make You Love Again

Such a sad, depressing song. "If I wanna switch the lights off, I wanna switch them off with you"...

Tegan and Sara- Nineteen

I love Tegan and Sara. They are so energetic and they're so much fun to listen to. Nineteen is one of my favorite songs from them. Just start with Nineteen, and go on listening to all of their songs, you will love them.

Sia- Breathe Me

Just listen to this song with its video clip, it's one of the best song videos I have seen. Sia just does a great job in this song.

Cibelle- Green Grass

It's actually a cover of a Tom Waits songs, but lately I've been on my woman vocal shit, so I prefer to listen to it by Cibelle. It's really sad, emotional and romantic; just the way I like my songs.


Youth Group- Start Today Tomorrow

Youth Group is not a very well known band, they are from Australia, and I like their style and energy. They are really underrated and deserve to be more popular. Start Today Tomorrow is a great song to start with to get to know Youth Group.

So Tell the Girls that I'm Back in Town

Back to the District, Back to Georgetown...

Gokhan Gonul!

Adamsin...

Bundesliga and La Liga Preview

Starting this semester, I'm going to be writing a sports column in Georgetown's newspaper, The Hoya, with my favorite African man Mike Appau. So, we have written samples to get the position as the sports columnist. And we have decided to write previews for the major European leagues. This is my part of the column, and I wanted to post it here as well. They are very brief previews, but I had to make it as simple as possible because obviously there will be readers who are not as into soccer as I am. So, it's more like an introduction of soccer in Germany and Spain for the Georgetown students.

Bundesliga Preview by Cem Yolbulan



After having a great season last year both in domestic and European competition, Bayern Munich are the big favorites for the 2010-2011 season in German soccer. The skeleton of the team also had an amazing World Cup run over the summer and players like Arjen Robben, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Muller, Philip Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger are starting the season with a big confidence boost. They will be the team to beat in Germany and I don’t see any other team being a competition for them for the title. I also expect them to make a deep run in the European Champions League like last year. They just have a really strong and deep roster, the fact that Miroslav Klose does not start for them should demonstrate how strong they are.
Although I can’t see any other team having a shot at the title, there will be a lot of teams to compete for the European competition spots. We did not really see any expensive moves from Bundesliga teams this summer, but there were some moves who will have a big impact on the league like Michael Ballack returning to Leverkusen, Raul signing for Schalke 04, Steve McClaren coaching Wolfsburg. I expect all these teams along with Hamburg, Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund making a run for the top three spots. If you are wondering where Werder Bremen is on this list, with the future of rising star Mesut Ozil unclear, I don’t see them having a real shot at top spots.

Keep an Eye on:

Borussia Dortmund: They don’t have flashy players, or expensive signings for the new season, but they have been playing together for a long time now, and they are on a steady rise with the young coach Jurgen Klopp. He is dubbed Mourinho of Westfalen, and he has deserved that nickname with the attractive playing style and the fifth spot in the league last season. They are one of the teams to watch.

Robert Lewandowski: He is Dortmund’s new signing from Poland. He is a 22-year old striker who was the consecutive top goal scorer in the Polish League last two seasons.

Marko Arnautovic: Werder Bremen’s new 21-year old Austrian striker who had a short fling due to injuries last season with Inter Milan. He is a promising talented scorer who could be Werder Bremen’s new star after Mesut Ozil.

Steve McClaren: Wolfsburg’s new British coach, who lead Twente of Holland to their first ever championship last year who also previously had a fling with the England national team. One of my favorite coaches could bring back the energy and dynamism Wolfsburg lacked last year after their hard-fought championship on 2008-2009 season.

Raúl: The legendary Spanish striker who left Real Madrid where he played for 17 years and became the top scorer both for los Galacticos and the Spanish National Team to sign for Schalke 04, will be very interesting to watch with a jersey other than a Real Madrid one.




La Liga Preview by Cem Yolbulan

The recent years have left Barcelona and Real Madrid alone by themselves on top of the Spanish soccer. It’s not really possible to see any other clubs competing with Barca or Real Madrid in Spain, including teams like Valencia, Sevilla or Atletico Madrid who historically have challenged these two giants.



This year, I expect an even more polarized league in Spain; as Real Madrid-Barcelona and the others. Jose Mourinho is taking his label as the “best coach in the game today” to Madrid. Although I agree with that label as well, I believe Barca just has too much depth and quality compared to Real Madrid. And especially with the addition of David Villa, I think they found the perfect piece for their system. Although both Eto’o and Ibrahimovic scored tons of goals for the Catalan side, neither of them were the right strikers. Barcelona needed a good finisher who is also fast, good dribbler, with good footwork and passing abilities, and Villa possesses all these qualities. Their only problem is in the goalkeeper area, but that should not be a problem with the best defense duo in the world; Puyol and Pique. I predict Real Madrid to be close second after Barcelona, because although Mourinho has the mental and tactical edge over Barca’s coach Guardiola and I expect Real Madrid to do well in the games against Barcelona, but if you just look at each the overall team quality, Barcelona is just superior than Real Madrid, especially in the midfield area. And that Xavi-Iniesta duo in the midfield, will once again will be the dominating element for Barcelona, La Liga and the Champions League in general.

Post of the Week!!

And yes it is a turtle eating mashed potatoes.. :)

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Hakikaten cok guzel dusunulmus, cok iyi uygulamaya gecirilmis. Tebrikler.

Mactan uzgun ayrildilar ama olsun takimda umut var. Tozo-Cernat-Emenike-Tomic dortlusune bir sakatlik gelmezse bu ligde kaliriz, yoksa bu kanatlar ve bekler ile isimiz zor.

Haftalik Futbol Notlari

- Besiktas Robinho'yu alacak gibi, kendisini hic sevmem, Besiktas'a da yararindan cok zarari dokunur, binbir tane problem. Zaten Besiktas'in kadro yapisi problemli, yabanci kontenjani sikintili, bir de Robinho gibi bir bas belasi geldi mi buyuk sikinti olur, hic gerek yok bence.

- Fenerbahce, sezon basinda tahmin ettigim yolda tam gaz ilerliyor, Avrupa hayallerimiz daha yaz bitmeden bitecek, el ele bu takimi bu hale getirenlere yaziklar olsun. Daha fazla bir sey yazmayayim sinirleniyorum, her sey ortada.

- Zaten artik o kadar heyecanli, istekli falan degilim Fenerbahce icin de, mac izlerken artik Fenerbahce'nin gol yemesini, yenilmesini ister hale geldim, nasil oluyor bilmiyorum, tamamen icgudusel bir sekilde, bir seylerin degismesini artik o kadar cok istiyorum ki, Fenerbahce'nin sportif basarisini istemez hale geldim.

- Dedigim gibi sanirim fanatikligim giderek azaliyor. Eskiden Avrupa maclarini Galatasaray, Besiktas kaybetsin diye izler, ve sevinirdim maglup olduklarinda, simdi gurur duyuyorum Trabzonspor Liverpool ile basabas oynarken, Galatasaray ve Besiktas'in Avrupa basarilari da hic koymuyor. Insan zamanla nasil da degisiyor.

- Besiktas cok iyi hava yakaladi, iyi guzel de bu kadro yapisi, Delgado, Tabata gibi gereksiz fazlaliklar bas agritabilir ileride. Birde ortasaha ve defansta rotasyon sikintisi var, sakatliklar yasandigi takdirde zor durumda kalir Besiktas.

- Trabzonspor'a acayip sempati duymaya basladim. Senol Gunes'e inanilmaz bir saygi besliyorum. Bu kadar modern ve pozitif futbol, futbolun dogrularini yapmaya calisan bir Turk takimi uzun zamandir izlemiyordum, takdire sayan.

- Galatasaray'da Rijkaard'i suclu goren, bok atan adam, futboldan anlamiyordur. Kardesim sen adama Mustafa Sarp'tan, Ayhan'dan, Aykut'tan daha iyi adam mi verdin de oynatmiyo bu herif? Sen gecen sezonki en iyi oyuncunu satarsan, Elano'nun daha ne olacagini cozemezsen, hala ortasahaya bir takviye yapmazsan, gitmek isteyen artik olmus bitmis Servet'i gonderip bir stoper almazsan, senelerdir yasanan kaleci sorununu cozmezsen Rijkaard ne yapabilir? O da bir yere kadar. Rijkaard da elindeki kadrodan memnun degildir mutlaka, o da takviye istiyor, ancak yonetim baska islerle mesgul iste, hic bir sey yapilmiyor. Bu gidisle Skibbe'ye, Gerets'e ettikleri gibi Rijkaard'a da yazik edecekler.

- Mesut Ozil'e sevindim, biraz erken gitti gibi Real Madrid'e ama ayak uydurursa kulup efsanesi olabilir. Onda o oyun zekasi, o yetenek fazlasiyla mevcut.

Playlist of the Week

From now on, I am going to post the weekly playlists here, both to keep them in the blog archive and I also want to write some things about the bands/songs etc. So, this is the new playlist for this week:

Reamonn- Sometimes

This has been the song of the week for me. I've been listening to it over and over. Although I only know a couple of songs of Reamonn, with works like Tonight, Supergirl and now Sometimes, they have three songs that are special for me.

Morrissey- Let Me Kiss You

I love this song. When lyrical genius is combined with Morrissey's amazing voice, the result is a great sad, emotional masterpiece like Let Me Kiss You.

Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence

I think it's only Paul Simon's song, but it doesn't matter. It just never gets old, I have been listening to it for years, and I still feel the same way as I did the first time I listened to it, I can't get enough of this song, I don't want it to ever end. Lyrical brilliance...

Bob Dylan- Sara

"Loving you is the one thing I'll never regret", "so easy to look at, so hard to define". One of the best love songs ever. It's so sincere and sad, you can hear how Bob feels in his voice, and there is no need to explain Bob Dylan's songwriting skills and his lyrical genius.

The Devil Makes Three- Graveyard

I want to have at least one song from an unknown/ not popular bands to introduce them to you and see if you like them as much as I do. The Devil Makes Three is one of those bands, I recently discovered them and really like their style. They are very versatile and old-school, just give them a try and Graveyard is a great song to start with.


This is it for this week, I hope you like my music taste, and enjoy the playlist.

Spotlight

I have decided to maintain the balance between the Turkish and English posts so that we keep our bilingual label fair and square. Also, I am on the verge of giving up arguing with my brother on any matter. Therefore, I am creating this -hopefully-weekly post named "spotlight" to succesfully avoid arguing with him. I will try to convey how I feel about the current [global] events in these posts.

Ground Zero Mosque - I like how Obama supported the idea but I don't know how I would have reacted if I were born in the United States and/or experienced 9/11 in NYC. By the way this wouldn't be a discussion in Turkey, it would be political suicide (I hate fucking populism in politics). Not building the mosque would be against everything that the United States stands for. There is no law against building a mosque on the same block as ground zero. period. Anything else about the matter is motivated by emotion -completely justifiable-. Final decision: build it!

Blagojevich's trial - Today he was found guilty on one count of lying to federal authorities. 22 other counts were dismissed because of a mistrial. Most charges the jurors couldn't agree on but I've read that on some charges the vote was 11 to 1. Ok seriously who the fuck is this one man?? The general opinion in mainstream American media is that Blagojevich's approach in the trial (claiming innocence and not calling any witnesses) helped him gain the support of that one juror leading to the mistrial on numerous charges. Now the prosecutors are looking for retrying him. The Democrats are sick of the negative effect this is having over their November ambitions -understandbly- and so am I. (BTW get a fucking hair cut man, seriously) Final decision: don't retry him before November.

Wyclef Jean's candidacy - I have only one thing to say about this opportunistic, pathetic man: NO!

Proposition 8 - Justice Walker recently overturned the proposition that defines marriage between a man and a woman, banning same-sex marriage in California. Now, until the Court of Appeals review Justice Walker's decision, all same sex marriages are put on hold (only the gay community is immediately hurt by this legal process) I have intense mixed feelings about this entire situation. Personally, I feel uncomfortable with the idea of changing the definition of sacred institution of marriage, but a big part of me feels that there is nothing more sacred than 2 people honoring their love by getting married. Above this all is democracy. If the 7 million people of California vote to ban same-sex marriage, no judge should oppose it. What happened to "by the people, for the people"? The concept of democracy can't allow for ideology driven decisions of the courts to dominate the system. Final decision: shut it down..

McGrady joining the Pistons - What did you do brah? Even Shaq swallowed his ego and accepted the Celtics' offer. A player of your position (age and injury wise) has to understand that you can only compete in a championship team if you accept your bench role. Do you think Shaq is peachy that he will be benched under Jermaine O'Neal and Cedric Perkins? NO. But now he might catch up to Kobe (# of rings) or has that shot. McGrady traded his last shot at glory for the chance to make the most money and have the most shots. I thought he was better than that. I guess not. Final decision: Shaq will be happier than Tracy McGrady.

For now, this is it in the Spotlight.