reflection task 1b

Shining Talent

Everybody has a favorite actor or actress. We like their talents, opinions or whatever they are good at. What about the ones who are talented but not well-known? There are a large number of people who are successful but not recognized so I will tell about a specific one. That person is Serde Yerlikaya who is 19 years old and from Tunceli. She is good at sport field. At her young age she started to join short-distance running competition and she got success. She won some prize. She had to make a choice between going school and continuing to do this sport. She chose to go on school and she got into exam then went to Akpazar Anatolian Teacher High School.  There she didn’t stop joining such competition. As being talented one, she won the competitions. Besides short-distance running, she is interested in ski. She went to Kastamonu, Izmir and Erzurum where she spent her time doing ski and camping. After she had come back to school, she made a choice about which department she would study in. She studied in English Language Department and entered to Hacettepe University in 2013. She is happy with what she did and she is thinking of continuing these activities as a hobby. I am sure she would become one of the world’s famous and successful athlete If she had chosen to make improvement in that area.

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                                            Metu’s Beauty Taken By Me

                                                         

                                       First Snow Fall In Ankara  Taken By Me

Reflection task 3

Talented Actor Of The Year

As being a jury member of the committee to choose the person of the year, I want to introduce my candidate. My candidate for the person of this year is Aamir Khan. Let me give some information about him and tell why I have chosen him. He is an Indian actor, producer and director. He was born on 14^th March 1965. He is married and he has two sons, a daughter. Her wife’s name is Kiran Rao who is director as well. Aamir is Muslim whereas his wife is atheist. After giving information about him, I want to tell about his job. He started his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hüssain’s film called Yaadon Ki Baaraat and he began his professional career eleven years later with Holi and his first commercial success with Quayamat Se Quayamat Tak. In 2001 Khan set up a production company known as Aamir Khan Productions. Its first film was Lagaan. The film won numerous awards at several Indian award functions such as Filmfare and IIFA. In 2007 he produced the drama Taare Zameen Par which marked his directorial debut. In 2008 his commercial action film Ghajini went on to become the highest grossing film of its time. This record didn’t last long though when his next release 3 Idiots went on to shatter not only the highest grosser record but many more. He has many successful films like these. Thanks to his ability to portray different characters believably on screen, he is regarded as not only one of the biggest superstar but also one of the finest actor of Indian Cinema.

Reflection task 2b

                               

                                 Extreme Poverty And Hunger

This video is about hunger and poverty. The reason why I have chosen this video is that this matter is quite important and it should be handled as soon as possible. Besides this reason, it is a matter on which making comment is easy and it is a world problem. The video maker states that not everyone lives in a nice home and eats meals three times a day .That is what everyone knows but not pipe up. S/he tells the situation of poor people with some pictures in which we can see them in such a bad condition. They are about to die because of malnutrition. The maker of the video supports the idea with mathematical data. These mathematical data are pretty sad since the number of poor people is high. The video maker says they cannot go to school because it is expensive. According to me it cannot be even the case since they struggle to fulfill their basic needs like obtaining food, housing and health care. We cannot expect them to go school or do any activity while they are just struggling to live. The poverty is caused because of economic and unequal social status. While they are on the threshold of dying, some people spend their money on nonsense things which they do not need. The video maker also gives us advice to increase the number of poor people. S/he tells us to donate organizations like UNICEF and spread the things happening throughout the globe. S/he finished it by saying there is still hope at the end of tunnel. I agree with him/her. There is always a way to figure things out, it just requires awareness.

Reflection task 2a

Odd Traditions Of India

 The reason why I have chosen this topic is that I am interested in cultures and different cultures mean a new ocean of knowledge, view and variety. Every nation has different culture so sometimes it is hard to get used to and accept other cultures.  According to me Indians’ culture is among the most crackpot and various cultures so I will tell about some different and amazing traditions of Indians. Let’s start with HOLI which is the fest of spring, color and love. The festival signifies the victory of God over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter. During the Holi people chase and color each other with dry powder and colored water. Anyone and anything is fair in the game; the friend or the stranger, the poor or the rich, the children or the elders, the man or the women. This fest sounds entertaining to me so I want to celebrate it. I wish there was a fest like that in Turkey. I can’t imagine what kind of fest it would be because it is important to respect elder here and I don’ think that old people would join this fest and enjoy like crazy with children. Furthermore, the differences between the poor and the rich people are quite sharp in Turkey which makes me think that they can’t enjoy together. Another custom is bathing in Ganj  River. Indians think bathing in this river or dying near it will redeem their sins and give them a chance to go to heaven. When thinking so many people bathing in this river, it is inevitable to see the river become dirtier day by day. The number of the diseases like typhoid, cholera and diarrhea is increasing in this area. No matter how strange it is, I still respect their belief but they should be aware of these diseases. Let’s take handle Drahoma which is not less strange than other customs. Unlike Turkey, girls who marry give dowry to bridegroom’s family in India. As it is a financial burden on brides’ family, people do not want to have daughters. As a result of this, people have their girl babies aborted and the sex ratio of the country is distorted. I think this custom should be changed little bit to relieve poor people. Going through the customs I want to tell about Nag Panchami which is known as a festival of snakes. During the festival people bathe the snakes with milk ensuring their families freedom from danger of snakes. According to myth ploughing a field is forbidden on this day. Charming the snakes is another eye-catching event related to snakes in their culture. The cobras which snake charmers try to make them dance are deaf to snake charmers’ pipe but they follow the visual cue of the moving pipe and sense the ground vibrations from the snake charmers’ tapping. In conclusion, I like the weird tradition of this country but some of them have negative effects on people and environment.