the most successful soccer team in turkey. their goal is to beat the non-turkish teams.

the biggest little city in the world. host to hot august nights, a car show event which attracts international visitors.

a piercing through the inner cartilage fold of the ear, above the ear canal opening. piercing this area is also believed to help with migraines because it’s an acupuncture point. most commonly worn with a captive ball hoop

its citizens live to make president erdogan, his family, and oligarchs richer.

example:

"according to the world bank's figures, five turkish construction companies, the limak holding, cengiz holding, kolin, kalyon and mng holdings are among the world's top ten tender-winning companies."

the best and most useful music app. just switched from apple music. spotify has provided a better user experience so far.

pros:

always dark theme

has a podcast section

creating a session allows you to listen to music with friends

supported by many 3rd party platforms

accurate music, playlist, and podcast suggestions

finding/following friends

has the most number of users. so it is easy to share music with other users

hulu and spotify bundle

great apple watch app

has a larger turkish music library. i don't know whether this is the same for all genres

cons:

compared with apple music and spotify, spotify has more complicated theme

no simultaneous lyrics. no lyrics at all

even the worst outcome is better than uncertainty.

an interactive dictionary that i have just become a member. besides, it has been a topic in which i sent my first entry.

here we go!

one of the greatest –nobel prize winner– american authors. his letter to his son on love is as fascinating as his novels.

--spoiler--
...and don't worry about losing. if it is right, it happens — the main thing is not to hurry. nothing good gets away.
--spoiler--

dear thom:

we had your letter this morning. i will answer it from my point of view and of course elaine will from hers.

first — if you are in love — that's a good thing — that's about the best thing that can happen to anyone. don't let anyone make it small or light to you.

second — there are several kinds of love. one is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. this is the ugly and crippling kind. the other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. the first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn't know you had.

you say this is not puppy love. if you feel so deeply — of course it isn't puppy love.

but i don't think you were asking me what you feel. you know better than anyone. what you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that i can tell you.

glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.

the object of love is the best and most beautiful. try to live up to it.

if you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.

girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

it sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

lastly, i know your feeling because i have it and i'm glad you have it.

we will be glad to meet susan. she will be very welcome. but elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. she knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than i can.

and don't worry about losing. if it is right, it happens — the main thing is not to hurry. nothing good gets away.

love,

fa

a friend of mine gave them a 1 star review and i haven't heard of him since then. help!

his real name is nusret gokce. we both come from the same turkish city: erzurum.

the pareto principle (aka the 80/20 rule): for many events, 80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. examples:

-you wear 20% of what’s in your closet 80% of the time.
-80% of the women date 20% of the men.
-80% of a company's profits come from 20% of its customers
-80% of all frustrations in a relationship are caused by just 20% of the problems
-80% of your stress can be linked to 20% of the people you surround yourself with
-20% of the foods you eat account for 80% of the weight you gain
-20% of your friends give you 80% of your enjoyment
-80% of the world's pollution comes from 20% of the factories
-80% of the awards/achievements go to 20% of athletes/artists/authors/actors
-20% of all the artists on spotify are responsible for 80% of the sales
-80% of your grades come from 20% of your efforts

footballer and nobel prize winner philosopher.

"i knew a man who gave twenty years of his life to a scatterbrained woman, sacrificing everything to her, his friendships, his work, the very respectability of his life and who one evening recognized that he had never loved her. he had been bored, thats all, bored like most people. hence he had made himself out of whole cloth a life full of complications and drama. something must happen and that explains most human commitments. something must happen even loveless slavery, even war or death."

"to have money is to have time. that's my main point. time can be bought. everything can be bought. to be or to become rich is to have time to be happy, if you deserve it."

"those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness."

"if there is a sin against life, it lies perhaps less in despairing of it than in hoping for another life, and evading the implacable grandeur of the one we have."

"don't walk in front of me — i may not follow; don't walk behind — i may not lead; walk beside me and just be my friend."

the 21/90 rule states that it takes 21 days to make a habit and 90 days to make it a permanent lifestyle change.

i don't give a fuck.

is an acronym for light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation.