Third Journal Entry and Multi Media Entry

ADVANTAGES OF

TELEVISION

The television is like a media center for all those people sitting at home. The television provides you so much of information that you never fall behind the rest of the world. Also the television keeps you updated of the latest things going around in the world. It shows you the entire world on the different channels. Generally, people think that watching television is waste of time but we can find many advantages of watching it.




If you want to know the latest things going around in the world then watch the news channels. You can learn all the bad things or good things that have happened lately.The news channels also tell us about the different disasters, natural calamities, the different murders and many more.Then comes the weather channels. By watching the weather channel we can learn the weather and the temperature at the present moment and also what it will be. With the help of the weather channels we can learn whether any natural calamity is going to occur and we can save our lives.




If you want some fun, there are sports, cartoon and movie channels. We get a lot of entertainment from the sport channels. We can see football,basketball,volleyball , tennis and the matches of so many other sports on the television. Then come the cartoon channels. Everybody likes watching the different cartoon channels, sometimes even elders and grown-ups do. There are many different carton channels like Cartoon Network, Toon Disney, Disney ChanneL etc. They entertain us especially childrens a lot. And the movie channels. Everyday there are a wide variety of movies to choose from. For instance; comedy, action, drama, horror, science fictional etc.

When we are alone at home and we are getting bored, we can just switch on the television and choose the channel that we would like to watch and start watching. The television is like our friend at home when we are alone.

    Here is a video of some advantage and disadvantages of Television.Video is starting with an research about how many of houses im Mexico have a TV.After that it gives some purposes why TV is advantegous or not.I totally agree with the video because there are a lot of educative and informative programmes that can  be shown on the television for helping to the students or ordinary people.On the other hand.If a person spends too much time in watching television every day, then he will become lazy and waste a lot of his time.

Second Journal Entry And Multi Media Entry

                                         Maher Zain
  
   Maher Zain,singer&songwriter,was born in Lubnan.When he was 8 years old his family moved to Sweden.After being in Sweden music industry a few years,Maher met and start working with RedOne who was a famous music producer.Then he went to New York hoping a good career and there he work with some famous singers like Kat Deluna.At that time Maher had what many describe it as a dream job but he was still feeling something wrong even though he love music.After all He decided to turn back to Sweden.While his trip to Sweden,he tied to his belief Islam and started to working with Awakening Records.Besides he changed his music style and started giving works reflecting his muslim identity.He recorded his first album"Thank you Allah" in October 2009.

    

      Now he is a world-famous singer his second album was released last year.I like both his music and life style and he means a lot to me.In his songs,lyrics are quite meaningful and suited with music rhymes.Last week I went to his concert in Ankara Arena.It was really pleasure to listen him live.

In this video there is a song of Maher Zain "Number One For Me" he dedicated it to all mothers.It is my most favourite song of him.He tells in this song how bad acts to his mother he did and his sorrow for his acts.It is very meaningful to mention such a theme for him.And also this is a universal i'm sure every religion teach you to love your parents because mothers that help us grow,prosper and reach this life.

First Journal Entry

                      Some of the wedding traditions are nice and interesting, some are weird or even cruel and some are a mere result of superstitious belief. I am going to talk about interesting wedding traditions of some countries. These countries are orderly Scotland, Swedish, Pakistan, Mauritania, Malaysia, Sudan, India and Poland. I choosed these countries because these are more interesting than the others.
           The Scots has some unique and weird wedding and pre-wedding customs, “Blackening of the bride” being one of them.The bride is captured by her friends and 'blackened’ by using substances such as feathers, flour, curdled milk, rotten eggs, spoiled curry, smelly fish sauces, flour and sausages.After being blackened, she is either tied to a tree or taken to the local streets and the pubs with the friends clanging the pots to announce the wedding.
        The Swedishs has ‘kissing tradition’.It is not just between the bride and groom, if the groom leaves the room for any reason, the other men at the wedding are allowed to kiss the bride! And vice versa!
        Traditional Pakistani marriage wedding celebretions lasts for four day. Pakistani have interesting traditions, also.The bride receives a traditional henna staining of her hands and feet.The other interesting tradition is their wearing style.The bride's gown is very elaborate and she dresses veil and jewelry. Men wear a distinctive traditional turban.
         In Mauritania, bride’s parents are sending brides to a fat farm where they are forced to eat too much food until they vomit! It doesn't matter if it ruins their health or make them live shorter lives.All that matters is that the woman is as large as possible in order to sell her for a high price when she reaches the age for marrying.
       Malaysian has an interesting tradition. In their wedding tradition, the bride and the groom cannot go to the bathroom for at least 72 hours before the ceremony. The couple is starved but given little quantities of water.
       In Sudan, the bride and groom bend forward and kiss the knees of their parents, a ceremony called ‘sungkem’,asking for forgiveness , blessing and promising to continue to serve their parents.In the other tradition, the bride and groom sit next to each other under an umbrella in front of the entrance to their future home with a veil covering both of their heads. The umbrella is held over the couple's head, serving not only a very practical purpose but also symbolizing esteem and respect.
       India has colorful weddings traditions.One of them is the groom’s feet are washed by the bride’s mother.Then milk and honey are offered.The highlight is 'Saptapadi', also called 0the 'Seven Steps'. In seven steps around the fire, they are agreeing to for a strong union with the seven vows.It is representing prosperity in their new life together. This is considered the most important part of the ceremony.
       In Poland, guests pin money to the bride's wedding dress to buy a dance from her.Or the money can be put into a basket,plate, or decorated box before dancing with the bride.
       In a conclusion, every country’s tradition changes from country to country. Every nation has its own customs. People have different customs because of their living environment. And this effect their life styles.
 

My comments

I have commented on 4 of my friends two of them for Halil İbrahim and Esra on free writings of them and two of them for Neval and Munise on their video entries.

Journal Set 3 - ISPARTA-City Of Roses

    Today, I am going to tell you about my city Isparta, The City Of Roses.Why Isparta is called from this name is because of its roses and rose gardens.The main economic activities in Isparta are rose products.There are also a lot of natural beauties in Isparta like Lake Eğirdir ,  the Kovada Lake and Kızıldağ National Parks and the Pisidian Antiocheia and Apollonia Early Ages Cities, Ertokuş and Dündar Bey Medresses. Besides, The Davraz Mountain has a ski centre, and the canyons, caves and mountains are suitable for nature treks, river sports and many other nature sports.

     Isparta's history dates back 

 Palaeolithic (Pre-stone) Ages. The Pisidian area was a settlement of the Luvi and Arzava kingdoms during 2000 B.C.Until Ottomans,Isparta had been ruled by  Arzava nation.The ‘Aegean Migrating the Tribes Phrygians the Lydians , the Persians  the Pergamon kingdom, the Seleucians, the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire.


    Finally, Isparta is suitable for both your summer and winter holidays with its natural beauties and historical views.

       In this video,called "The Rose Garden Of Turkey - Isparta" Speaker tells The Rose of Isparta.Firstly it is told that Roses are picked on May and June.The city smells like rose and you can see a lot of shops selling rose products in the city.He continiues saying a sentence of Mevlana and emphasizes the history of roses.Then he gives us some statistics about how many people and how many family get along with rose and rose products.Finally he says that Isparta is known for its rose all around the world from perfume companies.

    

Journal Set 2 - video entry about perfectionism

               In this video, the speaker tells about how to handle harmful effects of perfectionism with seven steps.She explains them after give 4 needs that are : Honesty , Discipline , Humility and Gratitude.First step is  confronting the disconnectedness experienced imperfect world around.After that it is adviced to deny criticizing the others and let it go and to force them to fun with others.Before the last step the speaker gives a good sentence:"Perfection comes from accepting yourself.You can create it by beating yourself" and she finishes her speech giving a statistic that " Obsessive compulsive disorder affects 2.2 million Americans"

Journal Set 2 - Perfectionism

                                                         PERFECTİONİSM

      
        Today I'm going to tell you about Perfectionism and its positive and negative effects.On the one hand,It can have some damaging effects.  Perfectionist people’s goals can be difficult to reach, so they can easily disappointed by this thougts and get depressed.In addition,expecting big things from life can lead not only failness but also hopelessness.But,on the other hand,it might contribute a great deal to them in some ways. For example; perfectionism can give motivation for accomplishments and encouragement to face obstacles.In addition to this,perfectionist people have high standarts of life and fewer mistakes to fix later.Finally,perfectionism is not fully useful but not totally harmful.