Ten Things to Do

1. CHANGE A LIGHT: Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
2. DRIVE LESS: Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You'll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don't drive!
3. RECYCLE MORE: You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.
4. CHECK YOUR TIRES: Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!
5. USE LESS HOT WATER: It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow shower head (350 pounds of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year).
6. AVOID PRODUCTS WITH A LOT OF PACKAGING: You can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
7. ADJUST YOUR THERMOSTAT: Moving your thermostat just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.
8. PLANT A TREE: A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over it's lifetime.
9. TURN OFF ELECTRONIC DEVICES: Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you're not using them will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
10. SPREAD THE WORD: Let everyone around you know about what they can do!
    

I got these from the Myspace page of "An Inconvenient Truth" a long time ago. Been going through some old documents on my LT and I saw these. Thought I share them with you, since Global Warming is one of the most impornant issues of today. Let's take action people, now! You can find more info about this here.

Cool or Just Strange?

I had a dream last night, the moment I woke up I thought it was the coolest! But now I think it was just weird... You decide:

I was in school and the kids were talking about some new teacher coming to teach at some Friday class. Guess who the teacher is...? It's CAPTAIN! I know, very surprised myself :P The odd thing was, the lecture took place in the hallway of our apartment! I saw Captain pass by me and head to the bathroom, yes, our bathroom! Then he started to shave without using any foam... He saw me, I smiled, he smiled... WEIRD, I know. Then the dream became even weirder! YES, what I wait for! Poets of the Fall in Turkey! Me at the concert area, with my Nokia 6131 in my hand, waiting for the concert to start. Captain sitting on the stage, no trace of the other band members... Then I get bored and suddenly decide to wander around. At that moment, I get a sudden urge to find Marko! A classmate of mine leads me to somewhere where I might find him (have no idea what she is doing there and how she knows that???). The odd thing is, the building I enter is my elementary school building but when I get inside it gets enormous! Then I start to run, looking everywhere for him! I pass through so many places, enter VIP sections (no control btw, I just burst in??), and finally find a place called a "Band Practice Room"??? Some bands there, practicing with their drummers and guitarists and stuff. I remember hearing Muse too btw, have no idea what they got to do with that?? Then I suddenly see this guy and I ask him where I might find Marko. Strange thing is I ask him like: "Do you know where I might find Saaresto, Marko Saaresto?" I'm speaking English btw... Totally stupid! :P Then a woman comes, they look for him, call him and stuff. Later they tell me that they cant reach him because they mixed some lines up and I'm still very lucky to be there???? In a sec, I panic! I'm like: "OMG, what if the concert is starting without me!!??" I run back, forget all about finding Marko btw... I get back to the concert area and still no one else on stage but Captain... And he was smoking I think, I don't even know if he smokes in real life. Then suddenly I find myself in some dark, foggy alley (the dream becomes black&white btw). I see Marko just for a moment, standing against a wall with some Léon glasses on, then he suddenly disappears! After that I remember seeing Ollie, I try to take his pic and he just starts to run away afraid of the photo flash (my phone doesn't even have a flash btw)!!! Ha ha! Running scared! And I yell behind him something like: "Don't be afraid, I just want to take a photo!", still talking English btw!?? That moment I woke up!

I don't think I've never dreamt of something that I remember this crystal clear before ! Freaky, huh? Pretty stupid too! I normally wouldn't post a dream I had here, but I thought "What the Heck!" on this one, since this is the very first dream I've had involving Poets of the Fall! Ha ha! :D :P

A New Project

Me and our very own Poet in the Jar are working on a project together! It's brand new, so it's going to take some time before we can get into details about it. But patience people! It's going to be cool, at least we think so...

TRULY HAPPY

I realized something today
A fact about you and life
No matter what I'll have
It's gonna make me smile
But fade away the next day
I'll feel happy for a moment
And sad again the next
'Cause they can give me anything
But without you in my arms
I'll never be truly happy

It's indeed hard living with this
But I'll wake up the next day
And keep on living without you
Because I still have the hope
That you'll show at my door
And make me feel alive again
It's only a dream though
Knowing it'll never come true
Makes me feel this fact that
I'll never be truly happy

Guitar Madness

Okay, I've never really mentioned it here before, but I've been wanting to get me a guitar for so long! And I finally got one, yay! It's been four days now but I think I'm pretty good at it, though I've got blisters on me fingers now, haha! :D I'm so happy right now!!!!! :D :D Hehe... :P

SINCE

If I don't love you
It's not my fault, it's yours
If I don't respect you
It's not my fault, it's still yours
Have you ever stopped and considered
What you have done to the joy...?
To our loving hearts...?
Do you remember how you treated us
At the time we needed love the most...?
I know, it won't change a thing
No matter what I say
You'll still be who you are
And never light up our day
Know this though...
I come to this place once called home
Because I have nowhere else to go
When that day comes
I'll walk away without looking back
And never come back
Until you rust away
In your dark corner
Since, this is the way
You deserve it to be over.

WOULD IT?

Would it matter,
If I told you I loved you...?
And will always be there
Would it change a thing...?
Anyone else but you,
Will be contenting myself with someone,
Would it freak you out,
Push you away from me...?
It's all truth I talk
Nothing can change this
All I ask for in return
Is your love, nothing else
You're my whole world anyway
I don't need anything else
If I would tell you these
Would it bring you closer to me...?
All I need is a glimpse of possibility
It would make me smile again
Because, you are worthed
I'll wait forever if I have to
As long as you may love me too
Would it make a difference...?
Would it...?

HELP

This lecture is killing me
I'm bleeding on the inside
This teacher has no mercy
Knowledge comes in like a tide

I can't breathe anymore
Time just doesn't pass by
I've grown so weary
I think now, I'm gonna die
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I wrote this one today, during my differential equations class. Pretty immature; I know, but what the heck :P Guess I got my inspiration back!!! :D

Advices On Life

• Always remember that big loves and big investments come along with great risks.
• When you lose something, don't lose the lesson you learned with that as well.
• Always live with these three things: respect, for yourself; respect, for others; and responsibility; for all of your behaviors.
• Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is great luck.
• Learn the rules well so you can violate them the right way.
• Don't let an insignificant thing damage your friendship.
• When you realize that you made a mistake, immediately take action to fix it.
• Spend some time on your own.
• Be open to new things, but don't let them lose your values.
• Remember that sometimes silence is the best answer there is.

I translated these to English myself, so excuse me if I made some mistakes. These advices were on a board in my school, they really made me feel better. So, I wanted you guys to see these too.

My New School

Hello Visitors!
First of all I want to thank you for visiting my poetry site. As you can see I wasn't really creative these days. So, I thought I could keep you guys busy with some other stuff until I can write something again.
Well, you probably know that I transferred to a new school this year, I want to show you what it looks like... :

This is the place I go to school everyday. The Faculty of Agriculture building of Akdeniz University.

This is my bus-stop, where I get on and off the bus. I wanted to show you this too because well, it's one of the places that I spend my time the most... Since, the buses don't bother to show up very often.

Another pic from the campus. Some kind of a brigde.

Me... Hehe...

Another one in the campus. This trail leads to the restaurants, book-shops and stuff in the campus. Pretty neat, huh...? :)

The Rectorate building. I think it looks cool.

Well, this is it for now. Thanks... Come again!