Kurban bayram 2006-my conclusion.

These r the biggest group of visitors we had this bayram at baba's. ..in fact, with the addition of a few new faces, they go to baba every year... Who r they? they r the academicians.. be it. from istanbul uni where baba served till he retired... be it from old academic friends... collegues..etc.. and every year... this group...they choose a day in bayram and they visit a few selected hocas' houses...apartments.......an effort worth admiring... :0)


Sweet baba, he always make sure that this group come on the day where mıstık will be around..usually on the third or fourth day of every bayram..be it the ramazan bayram or the kurban bayram.. i managed to escape this group a few bayrams heheheh (well..they r so many!!)... at times.. meşe would be the victim hehehe but this year...mıstık, halil n i joined forces to serve them tea, the borek n bakla n tea and tea and tea and tea..... we barely could cope..n by the end of the day..i was ............puffed out! :0)




The thing is... when anne was still around, our family bayram was usually celebrated in sapanca..at baba's sapanca summer house.... anne loved it there... but after anne... baba celebrates his bayram at his home in istanbul... and thus, we too stay here....we r whereever baba is...as simple as that :0)



What i conclude from all the bayrams so far...there r regulars who always..without fail who come to baba.They r the ones we can predict which day they would come...for how long... bla bla bla.. of course there r unexpected visitors....and the phone just rarely stop ringing...



one of the visitors really remind me of saddam hussein.. hehehe this year.. suprise suprise..he had his beard n moustache on hehehehe totallyyyy saddam look..if u can see him..u will totally agree with me....hehehe



The highlight of this bayram is always the siblings visiting.. as usual..4 zaim siblings stay in the 2 zaim blocks... only meşe stays at baba's apartment block.. So on the third day when meşe started her visits to one of the siblings... the rest of the siblings, and their wives n kids follow suit..



Normally, our home would be the last place to be visited coz halil is the youngest.. but this year.. on the third day of bayram..meşe, mesut, merve n safa started with our apartment first.. together, we all (meşelar n halillar)went to halimlar... later, we (meşelar n halillar) went to muyessa yenge... later, everyone (meşelar, halimlar n halillar) went to selimlar... then..we all hopped to another door (kerim's).. and later meşelar went home. Selimlar went to halimlar while halillar (that means us) went back to our place coz i needed to feed my kids..and finally... halimlar n selimlar came to us for their bayram visit .. is this confusing enough for u??hehehehe ..the end conclusion is.. *this is the siblings visiting of the zaim siblings* hehehe



While doing the bayram visiting at our place, keremcan (halim's son) wrote this poem.. it is about basketball...i cant translate the thing.. i will have to ask özlem (his mom) to translate it for me...so özlem..bu şiir tercume yapar mısın? sağol..:0)




And this is the translation of keremcan's poem..
Basketball

I wake up and play,
I break baskets,
I am the best,
I beat Iverson.


SAturday and sunday I loose myself,
I jump into entertainment,
I beat every body,
I sweat and come back.


This is a poem written by Zeynep (Selim's daughter)..The poem is talking about fruits.. in order not to destroy the beauty of the poems.. again..i will have to ask her mom- funda to translate this for me... so funda.. bu şiir tercuma yapar mısın? sağol..:0)

And here is the translation of the poem..as written by funda:

Fruits

How nice are the fruits,

I eat delicious fruits.

I take vitamins by eating fruits.

I like fruits very much.

How nice are the fruits,

I eat oranges for instance.

I like all the fruits

Also eating the fruits.

The 2 younger generation of the Zaim family...keremcan and zeynep..

how talented they r... :0)

And before i close this blog for the week..here r my angels posing this bayram..

Have a nice weekend everyone! :0)

Thank You for hopping by...Hope to see u again the next time..