highlights of the weekend

I had an huge fight with my best friend on Saturday, we're still not talking
I went to Beyoğlu on Saturday and took some magnificent photos
Learned some delightful songs
Had a bad/boring Valentine's Day
Today was 95% gloomy
I've got a new favorite song: in a manner of speaking- nouvelle vague

I would have written something much more longer, given details but I would have no space left for the photos. Hope you like them :)
you can find some more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/burcekabaoglu BUT in a while cause I can't upload them right now, gotta watch Star Wars. May the force be with you!

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Today I was quite emotional, I still am. I was eager to take some nice photos with my new camera so hanged out at the city centre for a while, by myself. I wanted to distract myself with taking photos but it didn't work. I had some important thinking to do so I couldn't focus on photography. I've made some important decisions about myself. I had an efficient me-time. After that mom, her friends and I went to an opening of an art gallery. It was quite boring for me. Anyway when I got back home, I looked at the photos I took. Absolute disgrace. Anyone could have taken those with any cyber-shot camera. I was in the mood for crying so I watched Tom Hanks's film The Green Mile. I had never cried so hard before, it felt good though. I'm still not done thinking. I guess this weekend is going to be another gloomy weekend after all...

p.s. check out the tiny question mark in the photo. I realized it was there when I uploaded it on my notebook. nice isn't it?

looking-glass, looking-glass,

tell me once and for all...

hey oh

Some of the photos I took at school yesterday, my first snow trials.

the sleepyheads

the title explains it all...

fireworks

I was at my friend Dafna's this weekend. Another friend of hers was also staying there. We had tons of fun together. Saturday night we went to a birthday party. It was OK. After the party, when we returned home, all of us were eager to take some interesting pictures. I was inspired by Marauder's air paints and the sparklers at the party so we decided to do some air paints with the sparklers. I hope you like them. Now I'm going to watch Star Wars Episode III. May the force be with you ;)

this one's for you dad ;)

I've got nice news. Dad got me a new camera! It's a Canon EOS 500D. I'M LOVIN IT! Although he made me suffer a little, it was worth it. We had a little talk after he gave me my gift. A life lesson. My dad was actually going to get me this present for my birthday. I had been asking for it since school started. He told me why he made me wait.

You know the feeling; when you are waiting for something and you know exactly how long you are going to wait for it, day by day you get more and more excited during that waiting time. You sleep dreaming of it and even daydream of it. It is the only thing that you think about. When you get what you wanted, the ecstasy-like feeling lasts as long as the waiting time. Dad wanted me to deserve my prize. I would deserve it by waiting as long as possible. You were right dad, this is a lesson worth learning and don't worry I've learned it.

I just want you to know dad; you may think, for me, photography is just a desire that will pass; but it is not. It's one of my ways of expressing myself. Just like my passion for skiing. By the way, thanks again dad, I love you.

p.s. These are the very first photos I took with my brand new camera. The photos are not the kind you like dad, these were the best subjects I found at home.