Wednesday 18 November 2015

Wallpaper of March 2014

Wallpaper of March 2014





This is a picture of 'Bodrum Castle' taken by me, on July 2011.  It was a peaceful, quiet morning, when I went for a walk in and around the neighbourhood of the Castle.

In another blog, one day in the coming future, I will write about 'Bodrum' and also the historical Castle in this pristine town.

Thank you for visiting,

Murat Ulker is Numuro Uno

Murat Ulker is Numuro Uno 

I would like to describe briefly, the man, who is currently the richest person of Turkey.  

     Billionaires in Turkey

His name is Murat Ulker.  

As the above picture shows, his net worth is 3.7 Billion.  

Mr. Ulker currently serves as the Chairman of the Executive Board and Chairman of the Board of Directors of 'Yildiz Holding A.S'   

     Murat Ulker

Mr. Ulker has been the Chairman of Executive Board of 'Ulker Group' since 2000.  He served as the Chief Executive Officer of 'Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi A.S'.  He has worked in exportation field in the Middle East for a period of two years and conducted reviews in approximately 60 factories and facilities in biscuit-chocolate-food manufacturing. 

His fortune has increased in the past year by more than half a billion dollars.  

'Yildiz Holding', which Mr Ulker chairs, has been prospering over the past year.   It is Turkey's largest food producer. 

'Yildiz Holdings' largest publicly traded company is named 'Ulker Biscuit'; this company's shares rose by nearly a third in 2013.  

'Yildiz Holdings' also has interests in finance, venture funds, packaging, real estate, wholesale trade and personal grooming. 

Outrageous wealth indeed. 

Thank you for reading,

Ben

In The Shadow of Banff, Beautiful Canmore

In The Shadow of Banff, Beautiful Canmore 

Here are a dozen pictures while driving to Canmore and finally the town centre of this beautiful and charismatic town; which lies in the shadow of Banff.  

However, the charm of Canmore is quickly being noticed by visitors, and surely is becoming her own sought-after 'destination location'.  

   100 km's away,

   50 km's away,

   25 km's away,

   5 km's away, 

   Our hotel in Canmore, 

   Town centre 1,

   Town centre 2,

   Town centre 3, 

   Town centre 4,

   Town centre 5, 

   Town centre 6, 

   Town centre 7, 

   Town centre 8, &

   Town centre 9. 

Do make time to visit Canmore, in the future. 

Sincerely. 





















Galatasaray ve Agir Borc

Galatasaray ve Agir Borc

Galatasaray Spor Kulubu'nun net borcu aciklandi ve sizlere bugun bu bilgiyi paylasmak istiyorum. 

Lutfi Kırdar Uluslararası Kongre ve Sergi Sarayı'nde gerceklestirilen Galatasaray Kulubu Genel kurulu'nda faaliyet ve denetim raporları verildi. 


2013 yılı sonu itibarıyla, odenecekler sunlar:

597,262,859 lira, borc,

1,152,401,719 lira  yukumlulukler olarak aciklanmistir,

555,138,860 lira konsolide net borc. 

Bu 'borclar' fazla gorunuyor ve Baskanimizdan ve Kulup uyelerimizden istedigimiz, bu borclari kapatmalarini.  Boyle fazla borcu hemen kapatmak zaman alicaktir, onun icin, biran once bu borclara dusurulmesino ve buyuk paralar yatirilmasini istiyoruz.


Bu konu hakkinda, ilerki bir tarihte daha detayli bir inceleme yapacagim.  Simdilik bu kadar yazacagim. 

Saygilarimla. 

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Teams of Mesut Ozil

Teams of Mesut Ozil

Today, I would like to share the information and pictures of the teams that  Mesut Ozil has played for as a professional soccer player. 

Here they are, from most recent:

     Arsenal FC of England

     Real Madrid of Spain

    Germany National Team (no picture)

     Werder Bremen of Germany

     Schalke 04 of Germany 

Rumour has it that Barcelona FC is interested in transferring this 'smooth playmaker' over the 2014 summer transfer window.  We will see if another kit will be added to our collection vaults.

Sincerely, 

Swedish Aspen Tree

Swedish Aspen Tree

I planted Swedish Aspen Trees in both the front and back yards of my home; and wanted to complete further research about these beautiful trees. 


Here it is below, briefly:

Swedish Aspen Tree is a fast growing columnar tree.  It is ideally suited for urban or downtown homes where space is limited between properties.  The Aspen thrives in a variety of growing conditions and it requires little maintenance. 


Also, the Aspen is an excellent wind break or screen for privacy tree. The leaves of the tree are large and green in color.  It branches near to the ground and goes straight up.  Plus, one thing to keep in mind,  of these trees are that they are all 'male' therefore, it will not produce the fluff to which so many people are allergic too. 


Like I mentioned, I planted a total of five of them in my property and I will monitor their progress.  

Attached, I have included a few pictures. 

Thank you. 

Insanoglu Gel Hele 1

Insanoglu Gel Hele 1

Zehra Abla sana biraz uzun olucak ama yaziyim dedim ve kotulemek istemiyorum kimseyi ama zoruma gidiyor.  Bendede hata vardir bu dogru ama karsindaki hepde hakli olamaz, ama bizim ailede malesef oyle.  


Isler nasil patlak verdi sana anlatayim.  Patlak vereli yillar once oldu, ama biraz daha oldu son zamanda.  

Halbuki, ben nefret ediyorum boyle konulara girmekten, ama anlatayim cunku ben simdi nasil bir kotu adamin anlatilirimdir, 'Namkor evlat namkor adam' derler.  

Bak simdi anlatayim, Pelin hanim Eylul'de Zonguldak'a gidiyor aramiyor, kocasindan ogreniyorum iki yada uc gun sonra.  Niye bana soylemedi soruyorum, cevap yok beyfemdiden. 

Ocak ayinda geri geliyor telefon ediyor, ben geldim diyor, hosgeldin Pelin hanim!  Dondugunde gidip goremedim haftada 50 saatten fazla calisiyorum, Fatma okula gidiyordu vede calisiyordu.  Cok mesguldum ve ayarlayamadim onu gormeye, vallahi de billahi de, kotu bir niyetim yoktu.  Yani gidemedim.  

Hemen Pelin hanim gelseydi.  Evde uc tane emekli insan var, yani calisan yok, zaman cok, hemen gel bana.  Baskalarina gitmesini bilir.   

Ama yok gelmezler, cunku bencillerya beni bekliyor.  Herneyse, isleri yok gelselerdi arasalardi, boyle oldu isler. 

Pelin Zonguldak'a Eylul'de gittikten sonra kocasina  aradim kac defa, beyefendi pek bana geri aramamiyordu ama gunahini almiyim o beni az arardi bende onu, o kadar. 

Pelin hanim ocak ayinda geldi dedim ya onceden, ve iki yada uc hafta oldu gitmedim hatirlarsin.  Sonra onu cay bahcesinde gordum ve gittim masasina 'nasilsin Pelin Ana?' sordum. Sormaz olaydim cunku agzima sicti.  

Bolum 1. 
4 Bolum Bulunmakta. 

Insanoglu Gel Hele 2

Insanoglu Gel Hele 2 

Bak sana bir sey daha soyliyim bunlar benim dusuncelerim, cunku derler Sulo'yu kim doldurur.  Ben kendim karar veririm.   Kimseye muhtac degilim.  Iste bu onlari bozar, ben kendi ayagimin uzerindeyimya, paraya muhtac degilim ve bu yuzden hic takmam.  



Ama gorevlerini yapmadilar ve bunun problemini gordum. Hanife yuz defa bana dedi, Ben ucuz gelinim, tabii goruyorlar paralari var, insan bir seyler yapar.  Iki bilezik ile evlendiriyorlar.  
Duydunmu???

Herseyi Ben odedim.  Benim yasimda kac insan yapmis ve birde benden saygi bekliyorlar, Ben yine de saygiyi eksik etmedim ama saygi hic gormedim.  Islerine gelince abiyim ama onlar cocuk dogurdugunda millete bildirirler ama abiye bildirmezler.  Birde sozde benim adim tutumluya cikmis, bunlar hic birseyi kaptirmazlar.   

Hep suratimiza vururlardi baska evlatlar neler yapiyor annelerine.   ama unuturlar baska parentlar 20 yada 30 bin oder cocuklarin evliligine, tabiiki paralari olanlar.   Sen yapacaksinki saygi goreceksin etrafindan, bilhassa gelinden. Benim umrumda degil, cok sukur kimseye ihtiyacim yada muhtacim yok.   

Benim oglum olsun bak ne yapacam evlendiginde,  20 bin dollar borc alicagim ve yapacagim cunku cocuk bunun altinda kaliyor.  

Bolum 2. 
4 Bolum Bulunmakta.

Insanoglu Gel Hele 3

Insanoglu Gel Hele 3

Ben daha neler anlatirim neler gordum ve artik karismak istemiyorum ama cok gecimsizler.  Bak gidiyor Fatma'nin akrabalarina, son Zonguldak gelisinde Fatma'yi kotuluyor.  Fatma bunu duyuyor, ve kiz bana diyor 'Ben nasil konusurum onunla beni gidiyor kotuluyor ve onun yanina niye gideyim?'



Diger insanlara cok ama cok kere bagirdim, konusmadim gunlerce, cunku Pelin hanimi aramiyor diye.  Ama hakliymis bazilari, cunku onlarin hakkindada Pelin hanim kotu seyler soylerdi ve bunu duyarlardi ve en sonunda evden kovdurduk onlari.  

Bu kadinlarin, bunlarin gecimsizliklerinden bazi sevdigim insanlardan ayrildim.  Ama onlara sorsan derler 'seven katlanir' bu zamanda katlanmazlar  Zehra abla.  

Yani Ben bunlari onceden baska iliskide yasadim ve bu Pelin ogrenmedimi millet ile iyi davranmayi.   Bu Sefer umrumda degil.  Bir daha kimse ile, bilhassa bana aksamlari cay yapan, bana kapiyi acan bir insan ile kavgali olmak istemiyorum.  Isteyen konusur, istemeyen konusmaz.   Bak Zehra abla, eskiden icim yaniyordu kadinlar kavga ettiginde, simdi hic oyle degil. Icim rahat cunku pek fazla bir sey kotu yapmadim, kendi aralarinda halletsinler.  Pelin hanim buyuklugunu gostersin ve ozur dilesin, ve gururunu yutsun ve arasin, gitsin gelsin.  

Onu, bir ay once Mcdonalds Restaurant'da gordum oturuyordum Fatma ile, 'Pelin hanim abla gel otur' bagirdim, gordu beni ve gelmedi ve cekti gitti.  

Bolum 3. 
4 Bolum Bulunmakta.

Insanoglu Gel Hele 4

Insanoglu Gel Hele 4

Simdi Pelin Hanim Ayda'nin yaninda tatil yapiyor, ben arayip Ayda'nin sesini bile duymak istemiyorum.  Biliyormusun o da ne yapti.  Yani Ben abiyim ya, saygi sevgi dedik ya.  Kiz buraya geldi ve tam 14 gun sonra evet yanlis okumadin, tam 14 gun sonra beni gormeye geldi is yerimde.


Soruyorum, Ben ona birseymi yaptim? Tabii onlar Pelin hanimdan duyarlarya hikayeyi, kotu olan ben oluyorum.

Ama simdi Ayda'ya sorsan 'niye onceden gitmedin?' onlar akilliya, Pelin'in arkadasiya nede olsa, der 'Ben gittim evlerine ama kimse yoktu'.    

Telefon et o zaman. 

Olmazmi?

Yani Zehra abla, Ben ona birseymi yaptim, Fatma ona birseymi yapti, niye aramaz kizi.  

Yani buraya gelirsin ve tam 14 gun sonra yanima gelirsin, gelme daha iyi.  Ama bir kac gun once uzun bir email yazdi vallahi iki satirini okudum ve gerisini okumadan. 'Delete' bastim.  

Ama para lazim olsaydi hemen ararlardi.  Bu insanlar kadar hayirsiz insan tanimam.  

Herneyse, burdayken gelmez evime, Zonguldak'a gider ve telefon etmemi bekler.  Tabiiki hatalarindan simdi ici yaniyor.  Kadin gecinmesini ogrensin, yoksa hayirsiz kizlarinin gitme gelmelerine kalicak.  

Aramam Ben, kendi gitsin parasina kiysin ve arasin.  Ben kimsenin sesini duymak istemiyorum.  Hepsi gelsin elimi opsun ozur dilesin ve sonra ararim.  Valla saka yapmiyorum.   Ogrensinler artislik yapmamayi.  

Canini siktim, vallahi daha ne yazarim ama son 2 saatte aklima gelenler bunlar. 

Bolum 4. 
4 Bolum Bulunmakta. 

Son.

Tuesday 8 September 2015

Madrid's in Lisbon

Madrid's in Lisbon

Today, is the UEFA European Champions League Final, between Athletico Madrid versus Real Madrid.  Amazing to see two teams from the same city make it all the way to the finals.  This final will be played in the neighbour country of Portugal's capital city of Lisbon.  


     Athletico Madrid

I'm very much impressed at the journey of these two teams, to make to the 'bitter end'. 


     Real Madrid

May it be a good game, and let the better team win today.  

I'm waiting for the game to begin, and wanted to post this blog.  

Here's comes kickoff.  

Public Domain

Public Domain 

Hello Everyone,

I hope you will enjoy this blog.  Please feel free to comment, it is good to have some feedback.  


All images, unless otherwise noted, were taken from the Internet and are assumed to be in the Public Domain.  If there is a problem with copyrighted material, the break of the copyright is unintentional and noncommercial and the material will be removed upon request.

Thank you everyone,

Ben

Saturday 22 August 2015

The Good

The Good

For those who might not have recognized the man in the picture; this is Clint Eastwood, from the unforgettable movie 'The good, The Bad, and The Ugly'.

 

One of my favorite movies and a 'good' character, that I cheered for.

If you have not watched this movie yet, please make time to do so.

Sincerely, 

Sunday 16 August 2015

USA Land Size

USA Land Size

I came by the following information and wanted to share this today, as I found it to be important to know. 

Briefly, I wanted to know how USA increased the land size.  


Do you know which territories and/or states were part of America prior to 1830?  You might have an idea, I understand this.  

Now, add the following states of:
New Mexico, 
Arizona, 
Utah, 
Nevada, and 
California 
to America's size, as USA won the Mexican-American War, which occurred on the dates of 1846 to 1848.  

Also, the modern state of Texas was created partly from the Republic of Texas, which had won independence from Mexico in 1836 and became a state in 1845; and partly from land ceded by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, after the Mexican-American War.

  
As we can understand, USA increased the land size dramatically around year of 1850. 

I found this topic to be very interesting, and wanted to bring to your attention. 

Sincerely now,

Ben here

Tuesday 11 August 2015

Horoz

Horoz

'Horozuna kravat taktigim' --- Vahi Oz (Vahe Ozinyan) Legendary Turkish Actor. 







World Cup Final of 2014

World Cup Final of 2014

The final of the prestigious World Cup Final will be played on July 13th, 2014.  

The teams that made it to the final are Germany  and Argentina. 

   Germany

This will be a fantastic final against two very good team. 

   Argentina

Hopefully you will make time to watch this game.  

Sincerely, 


Friday 7 August 2015

Ramazan Day 16

Ramazan Day 16

Today, I have fasted for 14 of the 16 days.  It was difficult at times to not eat / drink from  'sun up' to 'sun down', however, I was given strength to keep at my 'fast' and conclude it properly, each day. 


We are now half way to the end of the 'holy' month of Ramazan; we 'Turks' call this month Ramazan, however, our Muslim brethren from the Middleaest call this month 'Ramadan'.  It is a simple change in translation, but the meaning is the same.  

'Ramazan' is the month of 'Awareness' as I like to describe this. It is a time of valuing our actions.  The items we tend to not 'give to much thought too', which are basically the food we eat.  Also, the interactions we have with the people around us needs to be respectful at all times.  


I will not write further, as some research on the 'Net' will give you further information on this month, which is called the 'King of all the other months'.  

It really is a spiritual month, for me.  I have 14 days to 'Fast' before being rewarded the daily simple things I seldom gave second thought too; an example of this is a cup of coffee, drank any time during the day.  Looking forward to this. 

May all of us, find our kingdom...

Sincerely,

Grandin Court Downtown

Grandin Court Downtown 
 
Grandin Court is a condominium complex located in downtown Edmonton.  It is a 'walk-up' wood constructed, four story building.   
There are approximately 50 units available, and the prices range from $250,000 to $400,000, in today's value.  

Today is July 30, 2014. 

The location of the complex might be in my opinion, at the best liveable spot, if you are looking to work and live in 'downtown'.  
(((Picture taken on November 2013)))

It is in a quiet spot of busy downtown. 

The address of 'Grandin Court' is 9828-112 Street. 

I live here now and work on jasper avenue and 97 Street.  

It takes me 30 minutes to walk to work now, instead of driving for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.  

My recommendation to everyone is that, if able, try to live and work in close proximity, to save on time.  Particularly 'downtown' living has considerable amount of benefits, which I will write in detail, in another blog. 

For now, I would like to focus on the beautiful complex of 'Grandin Court'.  It is a nice place to call 'home'.  And I do recommend living in this complex, particularly buying in here. 

Thank you for visiting, leave a comment, if you have time. 

Sincerely, 

Ben






Ah Bu Masonlar

Ah Bu Masonlar
Ilk once 'Hulki Cevizoglu'nun Masonluk hakkındaki kitabini okumanizi tavsiye ederim.  Masonlar sir tutmasini bilen ve cok siki agizlidirlar; 'ser verip sır vermezler'.  
 

Mason, orgut gibi bir seydir.    Ama elbette belli bir amaclari vardir.  Devamli kendi aralarında toplantılar yaparlar, ve elbette toplantıları sırdir.  Masonlar davet ile uye kabul ediyorlar.  
 
Bazi tanimlara gore Masonlar, okumus, aydin, ve toplumun egitimli tabakasını olusturur.  
 
Masonlar, belli bir 'yas' seviyesine ulasmalari lazim, bu yas 30'dur.  Boyle bir kiriter olmazi sart.  Bir insan okumus olabilmesi lazim ve olgun ve aydin goruslerini anlatabilmeleri icin ve topluma yon verebilmesi icin bir seviyeye ulasmasi elbette sart.  

Soyle, 'basic' Masonlar hakkinda kisa bir bilgi veriyim dedim bugun, yakinda uzunca yazicagim. 

Tesekkurler, 

Ben

Thursday 6 August 2015

Ugly Not ,Eli Wallach

Ugly Not, Eli Wallach

Rest in Peace

The big man, from my favorite movie 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' passed away on June 24th, 2014. 


Sincerely,




Monday 3 August 2015

Bela Lugosi, at His Finest

Bela Lugosi, at His Finest

Bela Lugosi, at his finest, as the scary Count 'Dracula', in the 1931 movie of the same name.

Chateau Lacombe Hotel Edmonton

Chateau Lacombe Hotel Edmonton

The Hotel is located in the heart of downtown Edmonton, and it is now an iconic landmark.  


The Chateau Lacombe offers spectacular panoramic views of the North Saskatchewan River valley.  

It is a preferred choice for business travellers and a favourite destination for visitors from around the world. 

The picture above of the hotel was taken by me this morning, while walking in front of it on October 8th, 2014.  

Sincerely.

Sabrin Sonu

Sabrin Sonu

'Sabrin sonu selamettir, basa gelen cekilir...'


Ne guzel bir soz.