My articles

It is snowing outside. It is really freezing too. I love it!

After reading my article printed in Today’s Zaman this morning, he said:

“Now, i am proud to call you my wife. If baba (his father) is still alive, he will be proud of you too”

Hey! What was i before? A wife he was ashamed of??? Grrrrr…

Here is the link:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=132656


Mumbling in a local newspaper came as a suprise to me as well. Yes, i mumble in my blog. U all know that. But mumbling in Today’s Zaman occasionally is totally unexpected. I submitted my first piece, *I”ll gladly take the back seat, thank you!* just for fun. The piece was there already written in my pc anyway. So i thought, if they printed it..then it would be fine. If not, i would have nothing to lose anyway.

You should have seen how proud my beloved was when the first piece came out. I think he was more excited than i was. What motivated me more was when even baba liked that piece, while the rest of the siblings teased me about mumbling about traffic! I think they liked it too:0)

I wanted to write something about baba as well… and therefore, my second article came out. I used baba’s wise words and sayings to connect to my article entitled *developing potential*. He was so happy! U see… when in a crowd, normally i switch myself off from the sounds around me. He was happy that i actually did listen to him and was able to quote his words, using his own words, *better than his explanation*. He kept telling that to everyone! That article came out at the right time coz it was then he was diagnosed with lymphoma. That article cheered him up a bit.

My *health and care* article was written when baba had that operation. I thought it was the thing to talk about since i was at the hospital each day then. It was published on the day baba’s condition quite deteriorated. Selim read the article to him.Up till now, i dont know for sure if he actually understood what i had written esp with Selim’s nice (wink wink) pronounciation.

Baba died. An eulogy was only normal… and so…*it is an honor to be honoured in life as well as in death* was written. I was too sad at that time… and so i used a lot of the stuffs i had written in this blog and coined them up together coz the pieces combined were what my heart was saying.It was my ode to him.Up till today, i still miss him .

The phase where my writing concerns baba stopped there. And my fifth article….*New Year in Turkey* talked about the issue i had long wanted to talk about. I took that chance and wrote it.

And my sixth…well… it is here…it is a topic i had toyed with for ages. Considering the fuss they r making in the media nowadays regarding headscarves..i decided to write this piece….with my beloved’s encouragement… this is from my heart. an honest account of my thoughts....i hope i had not offended anyone there..

I am not a good writer. Allah knows how the proof readers of todayz zaman worked hard to correct my mumbling into a good writing. I am sure Helen P. Betts and her team went xtra crazy everytime they had to review my article! Hahaha..but i trust them… and i also know that Pınar Vurucu will provide a nice layout for my articles. İ know they are in good hands and for that i really thank them.

No, i dont get paid but that is not important.. What is important is that i get to voice my view to a different group of people….i am not only limitating my views to only to my blog readers…and to be able to see my piece printed out there..that is the ultimate satisfaction coz i get to compile it… and one day when my kids can read english, they will be able to read their mom’s mumblings!

Enough of that… where was i?

I was….rushing here..rushing there every day!! İ was totally free during the times our pc crashed and the moment i was connected again..phew!! by 10pm each nite…i was dead on my feet! Hahaha

Now the kids r at home. The pc is up n running… i have to fight for the rights of the pc with 3 other people… Halil,Hatice n baddin vs urs truly… games vs internet!! Arghhhhhhhhh!! İ am losing! Hahahah but my kids actually deserve their games times coz everyday, after breakfast from 9am till 12noon…we all got stuck with the homework!! Yes… itz a holiday n the kids have tons of homework to do!! …will tell u all about it later…..soon…

Here are some pics of us... the first set...snapped yesterday..on a rainy day (pls bear in mind that the kids have flu n cough at that time)...at 4 degree celcius...freezing cold and Halil decided to have a family sport! The snow ones were snapped this morning...again as a family.. the fun bit was to be able to throw the snow towards each other! my shoulder is still painful!! halil doesnt know how to throw the snow gentler!! hahaha

i am soooooooooooo sorry if i lambat blog hop... tercungap cungap nak layan bebudak kat rumah...the fact that i can even update this blog is a miracle! but i will try to visit ur blog as soon as i can...i have so many to tell...anyway...

today is baba's 52th day of death. We will have a small doa..we had an overcrowded doa on the 40th day...today,it will be just us zaims and an imam...Al fatihah...

muahhhh muah muahhhh miss u all loads!

Update: this is the link of the headscarves update in the turkish scene:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=132820

dad n daughter running after the ball..

the dad dominating the game..poor dear daughter!

Hey u!! give the ball to ur son!!

a crying son! he needs to learn the concept of..* i lost!*

sweaty sweaty people.. xcept me..i was frozen! i forgot my gloves !

ready to snow fight

ready to snow fight too...

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