Viva La Vida (Old Burger King)

I used to be the Burger King

People would bow when I gave the ranch!

Now in the morning I'm alone and hungry

In the city where I used to make people work for peanuts

I used to have all the barbecue sauce and whopper

Listen as the crowd would cheer

Now I have just mayonnaise and ketchup

One minute I thought I had them forever

next they all went far away

I discovered that mustard without honey

is neither delicious nor yummy.

My Version of "Imagine"

Imagine we are the royal family

It's possible if you believe

No authority below us

Above us only us again

Imagine all the people

Are our slaves

Imagine there's no duty

It isn't hard to make money

Nothing to worry or hurry

And no pressure too

Imagine all the people 

are our servant

You may say I'm a cruel man

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll die

And the world will only be mine

Imagine no law

Object to me if you can

No need for judge or court

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

work for me and my happiness

You may say I'm a crazy man

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll die

And the world will be mine!

Run-on Recognition

1. Grace must pay special attention to the amount of protein in the food she eats because she is a vegetarian. So, she eats a lot of beans and eggs.

2. When Grace first became a vegetarian, she missed eating meat since she had always liked the taste of it.

3. When Grace first became a vegetarian, she missed eating meat since she had always liked the taste of it. Now, she can't imagine eating meat. Because she has grown to appreciate the pure taste of meatless cuisine, meat tastes very strange to her and she is happy to be a vegetarian.

4. Sometimes it's very difficult to eat out in restaurants due to the limited meatless choices on menus. That is changing now with the increase in vegetarian restaurants.

5. Grace is opposed to the killing of animals. She is not only a vegetarian but also disturbed by the use of animal fur for clothing.

6. She feels better, healthier and more humane now that she doesn't eat meat anymore.

7. Grace becomes irritated when people question her motives for being a vegetarian and feeling that she is doing her share to protect animals. Although she tries to be patient with such people and make them understand the vlue of saving animals, people often just don't understand.

Reflection Task 1a

   Hello, I'm Büşra. 35 years ago, I was born in Gaziantep. Because of my father's job I have lived in different places from Turkey like Gaziantep, Siirt, Akşehir, Soma, so I could meet different cultures, customs and people. 

 I got my high school education in Soma Anatolian Teacher Training High School. I have graduated from  Deparmant of Foreign Language Education in Middle East Technical University. I lecture in this department at METU. I got my Ph.D. degree in English Language Teaching 8 years ago. 

 In my university years, I had a lot of opportunuties to be able to do sports, go abroad and improve myself. I have been playing ultimate frisbee in my leisure time for over 10 years. I have played in different ultimate tournaments in and out of Turkey. I have learned Italian and Spanish in METU. I have improved those in Comenius and Erasmus programmes and I can speak both fluently. However, those are not enough for me. I'm trying to learn Russian in these days because I love learning new languages and meeting interesting things.

 I'm also interested in following tv series and films in languages that I know and making subtitles for them. By doing this, I can make my free time funny, effective and improving. I love singing song and I dabble in it. When we come together with my friends, we prepare mini concerts or we join coirs for charity works.

  I think I could make my dreams come true and I love my life. I hope I can find the one with whom I can share the excitement of life in this site.