BUSSES VS.AIRPLANES!





On the last Monday our task was to discuss the subject ''Which one would you prefer:bus or airplane for your travel?''and we started talking with the advantages of airplane;When traveling between long distances many people now prefer airplanes because they can be more economical when compared to the busses and they are really comfortable in terms of baggage because there is no risk of having them stolen and one doesn't have to wonder about them.One can arrive his distance much more earlier than he would by a bus and he does'nt have to change his vehicle unless it is not necessary.Then we started to talk about the good aspects of traveling by bus;when traveling between cities rather than countries it is more likely for one choosing busses for their travel because the tickets are usually economical and for the people who have to travel oftenly like university students they are very suitable.And one can have the opportunitiy to see different places while watching outside through the window and in the breaks one can sit in resting places with his fellow travelers and have enjoyable times.And it is much more easy to find a ticket in a bus at the last minute compared to airplanes because one should book his ticket days ago if he wants to travel with airplane.After all this evaluation we mentioned about their common features;one can find opportunity to connect the internet and there is a service of food and drink in both of them.And there are people who are in charge of helping the passengers not only in planes but also in busses.And their most common aspect we decided is that they are both for taking people to where they want.After we discussed all of these we came into the conclusion that;they have both advantages and disadvantages so,it is not possible to say "This is bad." and "This is good." directly but we can say that for people who are traveling between long distances or have the opportunity to pay the price of the ticket and have not fobby of height it is a good option to choose airplanes and for people who don't extremely care about the comfortability of an travel but give importance to the budget and the scene or the peasure that they will take from the travel buses are the best option.

THE TWO DIFFERENT WORLD!
Today I went Imagination Island and Music Academy Online in Second Life.
In Music Academy Online there were really beautiful houses which are built really tastefully.They were so many trees and green areas in there that as if it is not belong to this planet.The places in which the houses are located are have many natural beatuies.When I was wandering around I saw a small waterfall beside a big lake or sea which was flowing speedily.There were big variety of flower species around the houses and there were so many fruit and palm trees everywhere.But in Imagination Island it was almost the opposite there were snow everywhere and it was as if no life in here.The houses in there were not tasteful as in the Music Academy Online because they were designed according to the weather conditions mostly the builders thought of the temperature I think.And also there were no fruit trees or flowers there in contrast to the Music Academy Island the only kind of tree in Imagination Island was pine trees which were durable in bad weathers.
In conclusion altough there were mostly differences between this two areas they are resembling each other in terms of vast areas in both of them there were really big blanks between two houses in both places.And in both areas there were seas but while the sea in Imagination Island was a frozen and dull one the sea in Music Academy Island was a flooding one.

'IT IS ALL MY FAULT!'

A 93 year old woman was sitting on a chair on her houses' porch ,knitting a pullover for her granchildren and thinking about the thunderstorm occured one year ago.She had lost in the thunderstorm her son and daughter.She started to cry and tell about it:"We were sitting with my grandchildren and I was telling them about a fairy tale.Then, suddenly, a thunderstorm began and ruined everything outside.My children were outside too!I had to watch all the event from the window while I was trying to prevent the children from going outside.When it was over,we found them dead!This is all my fault.I could save them.But I could not!Now my grandchilren are staying with me and I look after them.W e were so happy then ,and now everything is different.If I were you,I would not let my children go outside in bad weathers because there can be any sudden disaster which can affect all your life."

Modern Times

Modern Times,is a film by Charlie Chaplin and it has a very important place in my life ;I watched it so many times that I forgot the number and I watched it again in last days.Every time I find something beautiful in it and I can't prevent myself from admiring Charlie Chaplin again and again.It is a film about a simple but a very kind worker and the events he came across both at work and outside the work.In this film there is a heavy critisim of industrialization ,modern society and the machine age.In the scene of "automatic worker-feeding machine" we see the how desperate is the Tramp against the technology and his boss.I won't give any more information about the plot of the film everyone must see this masterpiece at least once in his/her life.The film is the last silent film of Charlie Chaplin and it is black and white.It has really funny parts in it and one can't forget this scenes and there are some parts which are really dramatic relevant to the hardships people encounter in life both in that time and now.There is a song named "Smile"at the end of the film which became popular after being used originally in the Modern Times and as we understand from the name of the song there is a message that no matter what happens around us we can find something to be happy.

According to what METU students choose the clubs they join?

METU is a really huge university and has thousands of students in it.Because the number of studets is very high;the number of the student clubs and societies is high too.METU satisfies its students from this aspect.Students in METU can be categorized into nine groups according to their interests and the student clubs they choose.Firstly,the students who are keen on adventure and nature sports usually choose Mountaineering and Winter Sports Club,METU Scouts,Lifesaving and First Aid Society,Subaqua Sports Team.Secondly,the ones interesting in politics opt for the clubs like;Socialist Thought Club,Social Democracy Club,Atatürk's Thought Club.Another group of students getting pleasure out of music,prefer the clubs like Classical Guitar Society,Music Societies,Musical Society,Turkish Classical Music Club,Jazz Society.Some students go for the clubs which are related to their own departments like Chemistry Society,Construction Club,Economics Society,Mathematics Society,Mechanics Society,Psychology Club,Robot Society,Sociology Club,Statistics Club.The students are opting for some clubs such as Balkans Society,Eurasia Club,European Students Forum,Turkish - Japanese Communication Club to introduce the people who come from the same country with them or just to make new friends or learn about different cultures.Some students choose the clubs they join considering the fields they are succesfull and make their choices with respect to their talents.Such students usually participate in Theatre Club,Young Authors Society,
Radio Society,Humour Club,Literature Club,Fine Arts Club,Contemporary Dance Group,Cinema Club,Amateur Photography Club.Students who want to do something for both themselves and for the other people go for the Education Club or ILKYAR Society.Some students with liking of different things than others participate in the clubs like Archeological Society,Creativity and Social Innovation Society,Go Club,Science Fiction & Fantasy Society,Science and Utopian Society.And lastly students who are relevant to nature more than other people and love the things about it usually choose Nature Club,Environmental Society,Birdwatching Club.There are lots of student types and student clubs ,which weren't mentioned,in METU but in general the situation is like this.In conclusion altough they all study in the same university;each student is very different from another and with the all differences in it the METU,is a really good university an it cotributes its students really much.

Why people are using second life?

I went several places in SL to chat with people about why they are in Second Life.According the answers I got the people in there can be categorized into three groups.First of these is the ones using it for making new friends,broadening their social environment.The second group's purpose is just having fun and they are using it to enjoy or to have some good time.When it comes to our third and last group they are making use of Second Life for their lessons.They claim that it can provide easiness for their studies in some aspects like developing their communication skills.They say by writing frequently their skills are getting well.

Second Life Description!

My name is Tugce Fyanucci in Second Life and I took a picture of a place I liked in Roma Centro-Piazza Di Spagna-Spanis.In this picture there is a lake in which a mother duck is swimming with her ducklings in a peaceful manner.There is a road furnished with rocks and it is seperating into two different directions
one of whom is turning towards to a door of a site which is surrounded by walls.The walls have grass on them and they are making the site a lovely and attractive place.We can see a sculpture in the site and there is a light-brown building most probably it is a house.There are two huge trees in the other part of the way they are contributing a different feature to this environment other than all of this there is a wide green area.I think this view is so beautiful that it can give anyone tranquility.I would want to be in this peaceful place and waste my time while watching ducks.

My Best Friend!

My Best Friend!

I will introduce you someone who is very important for me because she is my best friend.Her name is Meltem,she is studying in METU like me but our deparments are different;hers is Chemistry Engineering.She is staying with her family in Ankara,their house is in 100.yıl 5 minutes from A4 so we can go there oftenly.She has a very sweet mother whose name is Umit I love her so much also,she is like my second mother when I become sick or have a problem she and Meltem always help me,they are really very excellent people.I met Meltem in METU Scouts last year and we were in the same stage in prep school;thus,our friendship developed quickly.Last year we were going camping almost every weekend and we were having really good times with our new friends but I was getting along with Meltem the best and in weekdays our lessons were finishing at the same time and we were doing lots of things together.Our interests are so alike that we sometimes think even we are the same person or something like that.When it comes to her physical appearance she is a very lovely person with green eyes,and her hair is reddish now.She is interesting in photography different than me.Our music taste is so similar ;her best group is Pearl Jam,we both like Pink Floyd,Dream Theater so much.We tried almost everything together for example;we went archery course altough we don't like it we continued because if we do something together we can enjoy whatever it is.We were very sad at the beginning of this semester because we were thinking our departments' being far from each other end our lesson hours' not being same would prevent our seeing each other and we wouldn't be able to meet as often as we did last year but it didn't happened so.We are keeping in touch consistently,at least we are eating one meal every day together with our friends from last year.I am going her family's house at least once a week because her parents are in Datça for one or two months,we are watching tv ,telling each other about our departments,speaking about what are we doing in last days.Already we are both in METU Litarature Society and we are reading same books,we have same opinions about life and other things.In weekends we usually meet with Meltem and go Piraye Cafe which is in Nazım Hikmet Culture Center while we drinking our teas,we read our magazies or books,talk and discuss with each other and this is the thing we enjoy mostly in last days.I feel very lucky for being friend with Meltem she is a very modest,honest,intelligent and understanding person we always be happy when we are together and from now on we know although we are in different departments and there are some obstacles in front of us,the link between us will bring us together under any circumstances.

(I put two photos of Meltem and me which were taken in Metu Spring Festival last year.)

addition!

My SL name: Tugce Fyanucci.
And my Tapped In name: TugceNurB

INTRODUCTION

Hello!My name is Tuğçe Nur and I will introduce myself briefly.I was born in Balıkesir in 26th February 1991.My parents are teacher and they are living in Balıkesir and I have a brother 13 years old,who is studying for the SBS.I am staying in dormitory 7,which is located in campus.I started school one year before my peers and last year I came to METU which was my first choice in OSS.The prep school was so easy that I have lots of spare time to do things which are not related to lessons; thus,now I have a problem of doing homeworks,concentrating on lessons, getting accustomed to studying after one completely lesson-free year.I hope I will encounter this problem in a short time otherwise my laziness will be a real problem for me.When it comes to this lesson I believe we will learn while enjoying what are we doing and it will provide us to remember the things we see and learn because we will have done everything ourselves.Thanks for giving us this chance.