Fabulous Typography

It's been a long time ago that I posted something. Though came this typography across on FB from London Design Festival and wanted to share. Look for more typography at http://www.londondesignfestival.com/blog/designers-design-one-hour-design-challenge

All the credits goes to Pei Chi Lo of Peizweb Design

Appearances are deceptive

My mood of 2day

It looks like I have to do a lot for finishing my GA report :(

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment" a quote from Jim Rohn, an American entrepeneur, author and motivational speaker.

The last couple of weeks I have been exchanging quotes with my colleague Gabrio known as the Q-lunatic :) This quote in particular draw my attention, a very simple and clear phrase that I used to hear often back at home.

Now with trying to finalize my graduation assignment before the 13rd of June, I need that discipline simply more than usual :)

Gotta go now, stay blessed!

Fast traffic...slow cappuccino..Milano 33º C and BEST FM

So true

Dream the undreamable, achieve the unachievable

I found myself suddenly in a Walter Mitty mode the last couple of days.
My adventure in Italy, which I see as a life-time experience that I will never forget, will end in June 21. At the 23rd I will have my thesis defense and if everything goes as plan I ll be officially pimped into a HRQM graduate.

The reality for sure will be that I will no longer be a full-time student, who studies properly on time for her exam and pass it with flying colours. No more 9 to 9 working at the airbox study room, no more chat with the friendly back-office ladies, restaurant hero Joop with his delicious sandwiches and no more the social talks with professors Da Ponte, Vinke, Chris Daniels or our Kung-Fu fighter, Oliver Ntenje our Cuma Reis and our Kazakh Friesche Piet Post. Noticeable, this shows me being too much sentiment.

However, I decided to do some research on master studies. Who knows, maybe I'll continue. I looked up on the Net and saw some interesting institutions such as TiasNimbas. We'll see...

To make an ending to this post, all in all my experience at Arnhem Business School, study abroad in Marketing Management in Denmark and 1 year of (HR)work experience at KEMA Italia was definitely an added-value to my growth in personal. I met so many people and gained new valuable friends, which I for sure will not forget and hope to keep in touch with them for many years. I have a feeling of sorrow that this stage of my life will end at the 23rd of June, but a new stage of life is waiting for me, and for sure I ll be happy to embrace this too.

Buon lavoro OR buon giorno e a presto !!

Scoprire la bella Firenze

I have 3 words for Florence and that is: Firenze è bellissima!! Together with Cinzia we took ourselves off on road to Toscany for 3 days. We stayed in hotel Baccio placed in Montelupo Fiorentino and it took us approx. 30 min driving to reach Firenze every day.

Firenze is the capital city of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaisssance. Especially for its art and architecture. It was the centre of medieval European trade and finance, and the city is often considered as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance; in fact, it has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.

Some hot spots of Firenze that we have sight-seed;

-The Santa Maria del Fiore, known as the Duomo, which was built by Filippo Brunelleschi.

-Bartolomeo Ammanati's Fountain of Neptune, a masterpiece of marble sculpture at the terminus of a still functioning Roman aqueduct.

-Ponte Vecchio, with the most striking feature of the multitude of shops built upon its edges, held up by stilts.

-Church of San Lorenzo

-Basillica of Santa Maria Novella

-Uffizi Galery

-Dante's house

-and last but not least Michelangelo's tomb in Santa Croce

Besides Firenze we also went to San Gimignano (Siena), a town which is famous all over the world for its medieval towers. Inside the town there are several small museums, as always a number of churches and interesting restaurants. And not to forget gelateries to die for.

It was also worth a look to visit the potttery and other arts and crafts where the artists were selling their work in the open air near the Rocca (fortress).

And the winner is................................... MATTEOO :-)

Matteo Becucci has won the second edition of X-factor. He sang Impossible composed by a Belgian songwriter Udo also known as the winner of X-factor 2005 of Belgium.



And a picture moment during the evening where we had great fun together. Thank you guys!

Speciale X-Factor 2009- La finale

Tonight I'll be watching togheter with Cinzia to the finals of X-factor (9.30 PM), although I am not a fanatic follower I am curious which one of the groups/individuals ( Juri, Matteo or Bastard Sons of Dioniso) will win.

By the way, last week when I was in Navigli I saw Morgan (right guy in the picture) together with his friends
:) though did not walk up to him.

Car keys in the washing machine BRAVAA!!

Last week Tuesday morning when I had to go for work it ended up a bit hasty. And you know what they say haste makes waste. Before I intended to leave the appartment I looked once again in my bag for the car keys, a ritual check-up of mine or probably like everyone. This time however I could not find the keys, it took me approx. twenty minutes to find the merda keys and then I realised I forgot them in the pocket of my jeans. Which I throw them in the washing machine and I just activated it before going to work. So there was nothing for it but to wait till the machine stopped. Called up my colleagues and told them I would run late.
Once entered the office a nice suprise followed. My dear colleague Gianluca had prepared my desk with a lovely drawing and sticked this on to my PC.

What can I add more, COK IYI FATMA :-)))

Still waiting & where is everyone??!!

Okey, now the clock turned to 07.21 PM but this person in matter is still waiting and trying to loose some time on the Internet... Unbelievable, when I need people around they are nowhere. I am telling you, the Diablo Rosso is somewhere very close to me today...

Well, I hear my stomach grumbling so I say goodbye to you and have my last pizza for the coming two weeks.

Cheers,

The feelings that arise when you miss your plane

Well today it is my "lucky day". I am honoured to tell you that I have missed my flight for the second time of my life. And in this case the second time was worst...

The first time I missed my flight was when I went to Istanbul together with my friends. I decided to spend in the last week some time with family and friends in Turkey. I went to my family in Bursa. I had a great time with them and really did not want to finish the vacation that soon.. so deep in my thoughts I asked God ..pleaaaaassse let me stay some couple days of more...well can you imagine that my prayers have been heared???

Apparently, the time on the ticket was not correct and I did not checked it 24hrs before which was obviously very clever of me. Eventually, I could stay some couple days more in Turkey which was GREAT.

This time however, I woke up at 6.00 AM cleaned my house, packed my stuff and went on road. My colleague Gianlucius adviced me to park my car in Lambrate as I did not want to spend money on the LONG parking in Malpensa. Anyhow, I went to this place and what do I figure out? YES, not any parking place left free. Thank God the place of my friends was in the same area so I parked over there, where I am not sure whether I can park there for 2 weeks as there are the streetcleaners who clean that place once in a week.Probably I will receive a ticket... the diablo is in my surrounding I just feel it. So next step was the subway. Took the subway in Lambrate to the Central station where I arrived approximately around 11.00 AM bought my ticket and went straight to the ShuttleBus service Malpensa. Finally, settled safe and sound in the bus. However, a huge traffic in Milan gave me the nerves and it I knew that it would take some hours to my final destionation. Also did not know that we had to stop first at Terminal 2 and I needed to be at Terminal 1. And here we go another lost time. I exactly arrived at 1.00 PM and my flight was scheduled at 13.40 !!!!!!!

I hurried to the check-in and what did I found out: counter AIRBERLIN CLOSED !! I just could cry it out and was so pissed off that this was happening again to me. I directly went to the Information desk for what I could POSSIBLY do to still catch the flight, the friendly lady advised me to go downstairs to the gate where the security officers, maybe they could help me out. The friendly security officer wanted to help me and I could feel his sincerity but unfortunately his chief denied his request. So you are asking me what happened next? Fatma got in total 273 EUR lighter for another flight at the same date :-/ where she has to wait for the next flight that is around 08.30 PM and will arrive in Dusseldorf around 09.50 PM ... A hell of a day or not?

Therefore my grateful thanks goes to:

-Shuttlebus Service Malpensa, for getting me on fashionably late at the airport

-Milan Traffic, for providing me the nerves

-American students/tourist who were in the shuttlebus and just could not stop talking the whole road ( really one girl had this annoying voice and talking like.. i was like .. it is like...)

-Friendly lady of the Information Counter

-Friendly signor of security for calming me down

And last but not least

- AIRBERLIN

In commemoration of Gallipoli War 18 March 1915

Today it is the commemoration day of Gallipoli War, Canakkale Savasi, the World War I battle for control of the Dardanelles that was straight fought on Turkey's Gallipoli (Gelibolu) peninsula, with appaling casualties. Around 100,000 were killed and 400,000 wounded during the nine-month campaign (1915-1916).


The British navy (under the command of Winston Churchill) wanted very much to get its battleships through the Dardanelles and attack Istanbul to knock the Ottoman Empire, an ally of the Central Powers, out of the war. Invading armies and navies have coveted the strategic Dardanalles strait since the days of the Trojans because it controls the sea traffic between the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and the Aegean/Mediterreanean. At only 1,2 km wide at its narrowest point (Kilitbahir), and over 100 meters deep, it is also the key to Istanbul: warships could conquer the city if they could get through the Dardanelles.


Ottoman forces, some of whom were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Kemal (later Ataturk) knew that if the British would get through the Dardanelles, it meant the conquest of Turkey. This war was reclaimed in high spirits by the Turks and showed great courage in defending the Dardanelles and every year at this day it is been commemorated.
The result of the Dardanelles failure has put an end to the British Empire's apogee. From then on Britain's influence in her dominions had gradually declined and in in 20-30 years time, the British Empire has came to and. The British has sailed for the world sovereignty but the Dardanelles campaign has misled their route.

Today, the Gallipoli battlefields are silent, preserved as a national park strewn with marble and bronze monuments, among the most emotionally touching places to visit in Turkey.


Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives..you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets where they lie side by side here in this country of ours...You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. Having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well

--Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 1934

How I got introduced to Luis Migel

A couple of weeks ago my caro colleague Gianluca introduced me to Luis Migel, or actually HIMSELF. Before, I didn't know anything about this singer but after some gooooglingg the result was tremendous!! How can a person look THAT much ?! I would love to share his look-alike but I think this would violate his personal property. Therefore I have added only Luis Migel's picture, where the one's, who are not familiar with this singer,can have a glimpse of my lovely colleague Gianlucius.

Luis Miguel, known as un cantante pop portoricano naturalizzato messicano, is the son of the late Spanish singer Luisito Rey and Italian -born actress Marcela Basteri. Luis Miguel has been one of the most popular singers in Latin-America since the early 1980's. Honestly, I begin to love his music. I definitely need to explore more...so many things to discover :)

Distracted...

These last couple of weeks I feel very distracted. Perhaps not willing to continue with some activities where I am engaged to or maybe because of my GA topic or it is just the spring fever. Anyways it made me re-think about my goals in my life. After graduation my intention is to work but now I have my doubts. I do like my branch do not get me wrong, but the 9-5 mentality is not designing my ideal job either. Searching on the web for follow-up studies and or applying for jobs that are not related with my study and even designing my own business.. it just made me think where and with what I want to be occupied with. Where will I see myself after 5 years? I guess I want too much and have the control in my hands, which is obviously a not-done work. As a matter of fact this shows some draws of Gemini ...yepp Astrology. To be honest I am not fully informed about Astrology and its scientific support but I did get the total picture of my own astrology sign.

Below a summary of a Gemini woman, who somewhat describes me :)

• Gemini woman is extremely talkative. Her constant desire to express her views and ideas makes her a great communicator ( Modestly, I confess it is true)
• Exploratory in nature, she loves to travel and discover new places and gain novel experiences; ( YES, I love to travel)
• However, such individuals have a tendency to divert from their actual destination and the newfound meaning would bemore important to ther than the initial one. (Hmm..that makes sense)
• Witty, charming and provocative, Gemini females are easy to approach and friendly (no comment on that one..)
• A Gemini woman has an optimistic outlook in life. She tends to be very rational in her thoughts and ideas; (this lacks at the moment)
• While this tendency can lead to a person being highly intelligent, versatile and quick-minded, it can also make her dispersed and metally fatigued. (Like today ...)
• A Gemini woman longs to be a child at heart and will continue to do so all her life. (Is it??)
• A Gemini woman love the exciting small adventures that she meets along her way in life. (Somehow true ... )
• It only in middle ages that a Gemini woman would start acting mature and have a focus in life. ( Now I am worried ...)
• A multi faceted individual, she has many friends and is a different person in each of the social group she belongs to. (Hmm many friends with no friends.. I would consider it as having a large network)
• She has a wide range of interests and goals as well ( that explains everything ...)
• A Gemini female is also a multi-tasker and can accomplish a lot of things at the same time. (true, will never ever do one task at one time- it's against my nature)
• Change is essentially the most necessary part of a Gemini woman, a requisite for her emotional well being. ( somehow true.. )

I believe some paths need to be walked in order to achieve that certain level that we want and sometimes things happen because it meant to be (call it fate or destiny...) But it just worries me when I do not have the control or even when I have the control to miss that control.. Well aren't we being profound today! In short, I am just looking forward to the graduation ceremony at the end of July to experience that feeling again with that piece of paper in my pocket. Will be relieved and I know that another challenge is waiting for me.

A buon giorno and stay tuned for the next blog that probably will be published the next month as this blog took a while to be posted..

Imaginable

How business is done..

Jack, a smart businessman, talks to his son

Jack: I want you to marry a girl of my choice
Son: "I will choose my own bride".
Jack: "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter".
Son: "Well, in that case....".

Next Jack approaches Bill Gates

Jack: "I have a husband for your daughter".
Bill Gates: "But my daughter is too young to marry".
Jack:"But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank".
Bill Gates: "Ah, in that case..."

Finally Jack goes to see the president of the World Bank.

Jack:"I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president".
President:"But I already have more vice-presidents than I need".
Jack: "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law".
President: "Ah, in that case.....".

This is how business is done!!

Did I mention....?

Did I mention to you that I am a huge fan of Engin Gunaydin, a Turkish comedian, who is playing the character Burhan Altintop in Avrupa Yakasi?

"Avrupa Yakasi" means "European Side", which refers to common usage of west side of Istanbul, since the big metropolis is divided into two by the Istanbul Strait, while eastern part is called "Anatolian Side".

However in this funny sitcom by ATV, "Avrupa Yakasi" is the name of a Fashion & Style Magazine, which the main characters live in "Nisantasi", located in the Europian side of Istanbul. It is an important detail for this TV series, because "Nisantasi" is presented as the home town of "high"society in Istanbul.

Avrupa Yakasi is one of the most successful TV series of last year. Almost every character has created own fans.

Burhan Altintop born in Tokat but always denying his roots with often saying : "Bende zengin cocugum ben de Nisantasli cocuguum alsanizaa beni yaggaanizaa". Which means literaly: "I am also a rich kid, I am also a nisantasi kid... why don't you take me with you? ". :-)

Anyhow his Tokat accent and his odd movements makes me always laugh.

Next to the character Burhan Altintop, Sahika and Dilber Teyze are also listed in my favorite.

This sitcom shows the funny rivalry between the Anatolian and European side. Maybe because Istanbul, which is a melting pot, a city of great contrast where many possibilities arise. I think that that might be also the reason that this sitcom creates a major difference among other Turkish sitcoms.

PS: To my sorrow I found out that Mr Gazanfer Ozcan, who played the role of Tahsin amca, has passed away yesterday. May Allah bless his soul and my sincere condolence to his family and friends.

Employees <30 & >31 years

Funny picture that I run into :-) And as it is Wednesday the balanced day of every employee I thought grab ur chance and put it into your blog. Good intitiative huh?