Journal Set #3 : Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret is the leading brand of lingerie  that attracts thousands of people.It paved the way for marketing of lingerie industry.  Its advertising campaigns,such as  Victoria's Secret Catalog and Victoria's Secret Fashion Show,are full of visually eye-catching factors including Victoria's Secret's models,which can be a marketing strategy. That is to say, people are naturally inclined to affected by obscene things;so, if we look at the selling rates of Victoria Secret, then we say that they are competent at such type of marketing. On the other hand, items sold by V.S. are too high-priced for low-income people to buy them.If you wish to buy any item, you should be ready to pay a fortune.As for the ''models'',they are depicted as angels that represent perfection and divineness. You may remember that they once wore lingeries combinated with wings at a fashion show.They are all sexy and admired by not only men but also women.My favourite one is Adriana Lima. When seeing her on television walking through the podium, I say that I wish I had such a charming appearance. Girls,let's admit that they are better than us at drawing attention! :) 

Here is a video of advertising campaign of V.S. ; Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Journal Set #3 : FASHION

First of all, in dictionary, fashion is defined "something that is popular or thought to be good at a particular time." But many people generally perceive it as clothing and define it "wearing what fits them". Actually, it is highly acceptable, because one can choose what to wear or how to combine their clothes. In my opinion, there must not be a common decision about fashion. In addition,fashion in all things are constantly changing and it is not limited to clothing. Different kinds of games and amusements, styles of furniture, foods and drinks may come into fashion and go out of fashion. For example; once upon a time "MARIO" was really popular among the young. But now more sophisticated games are in demand. Additionally, some expressions may be accepted out of fashion and they are no more used. This may be because of religious,cultural or social factors.We can observe many examples of it in clothing,amusement,technology at any time. 

Journal Set #2 PASTA THE OFFICIAL FOOD OF STUDENTS

When you first register university,you frequently heard of jokes about pasta. ''Be ready to eat pasta everyday'',''pasta with tomato sauce,pasta with yoghurt or any type you can heard hahaha!'' This really sucks but it is a fact,though. This,however,occurs at student houses where no experienced cooks are available.That is to say, if you are not capable of cooking any demanding meal, then you are bound to eat pasta. Of course,some reasonable factors are determinant for students to cook pasta. They are generally of the opinion that; it is both practical and saticfactory. On the other hand, they are complaining about gaining weigh. Despite its side effects such as gaining weigh or any else, it is obvious that this ''tradition'' will last for long time.

Journal Set #2 COOKING AT HOME vs EATING OUT

Nowadays, while many people prefer to eat out,others insistently support the idea of cooking at home.Well,it is acceptable that wide range of facilities about food service is provided for us. But,when it comes to health and comfort, cooking at home appeals to us a bit more.Actually, If i were not a student, I would probably prefer cooking at home,too. By doing so, you benefit not only from the comfort of your own home and healthier foods, but also you get the pleasure of cooking by yourself. By cooking at home, you may avoid wasting of money,or at least spend less. You can also try cuisines of other cultures without caring time limit and mess in the kitchen.On the other hand, there may be some situations because of which you have to eat out. Suppose that you have business meeting with a notable businessman. Then,eating at home may not be formal and even it may even bring you to a trouble. So it will definitely be more reasonable to eat out. Think of another point. You are too busy with your homework and have no time to cook at home. At this point,we can not blame you for having some fast food items. On the whole, the choice is yours,but take these situations into regard.

KEEP CALM AND EAT LAHMACUN

Turkish Pizza : Lahmacun

You see a picture that you are accustomed to before like Pizza,but with a diffirence: The Turkish Lahmacun :) 

You may have heard its name, tasted it or neither of them. However, if you taste it once, it is impossible not to like it.

We asked one hundred people to taste lahmacun and ninety nine of them said they liked. Of course this is not the case,cause there was no such poll;but we believe in our palate as the Turkish and decided to introduce it to people all around the world.

What kind of a food is Lahmacun? 

First of all, it is a Turkish cuisine and specific to Gaziantep.Let's think about a dough on which several types of species, meat, parsley, onion , garlic. With its charming apperance it meets the needs as a appetite, as well. Lahmacun is often served sprinkled with a piece of  lemon and wrapped around vegetables, including pickles, tomatoes, lettuce,which is an important factor that makes us consume more. We know you lick your chop,so all you must do is just go to a nearest Turkish restaurant and order a lahmacun or start to make it on your own.

These are “fındık lahmacun” and they are specific to Mersin,Adana regions. They are called “fındık” because they are as small as nut J You can eat one of them at once :) You can find them only Adana,Mersin regions and buy 8 of them only 2€ :) 

There are “Antep Lahmacun” and they are bigger than “fındık lahmacun”. They are diffirent from other kinds of Lahmacun because they are hot. You can buy one of them for  less than 1€ :)

How to make a Lahmacun?

  

First of all, you could make lahmacun with tortilla -which is more practical- or you can make your own dough which is more delicious :) :)
We will give the recipe for the dough.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of ground beef
•  1 kg onion
• 2 medium size of tomatoes
• 1 bunch of parsley
• 2 green pepper
• Tomato paste
• Red pepper paste
• Black pepper
• Salt

For the dough:

•  4 cups flour
•  Salt
• 1/2 cups of warm water
• Yeast

Wash and drain tomatoes, onion and parsley.

Take onion and green pepper to bowl and process the food processor until ingredients are finely chopped .

Take them into a big bowl.

Put tomatoes to the food processor and then take the tomatoes to the mixing bowl too. 

Chop parsley and take it to the mixing bowl.

Add meat, tomato paste, pepper paste, black pepper, and salt to the mixing bowl and knead them until they are combined.
Heat the oven to 250C.

For making your own dough, mix flour, salt, and yeast in a bowl and add warm water slowly.

Cover with plastic wrap and wait to rise for 1 hour and knead it again.

Take a small part of dough (like a lemon) and roll it as large as tortilla.

Then add the mixing to the dough.            
You can serve lahmacun with ayran and onion salad.

Enjoy Your Meal !!!

KEEP CALM AND EAT LAHMACUN

Introduced by Demet Gümüş & Ebru EVCEN

Journal Set #1 - IEEE METU

IEEE METU Students Branch is one of the student clubs that are numbered more than 1300 and  founded in 80 countries. IEEE METU is connected to the 8h region of IEEE consisting of Africa,Europe,Middle East,and IEEE Turkey Branch and also METU itself.  It went into action in 1990 with twelve charter members and it was among the 1150 students branch of IEEE which is the greatest technical organization.Thinking globally,it  aims to keep its performance steady and settled. Additionally, the events organized by IEEE contribute a lot to members' intellectual and personal development. Despite its name,Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineering, it welcomes students from every faculty. It adopts systematic growth as its principle and reflects it in every event. These events create tremendous impression in both national and international media by showing everyone how sophisticated organizations it is able to make. Up to now, IEEE METU has experienced the pride of organizing so many successful events through the feeling of social responsibility and it still conserves its prestige. I feel obliged to state that since I first joined this club,I have had more creative ideas and more rational approaches toward any situation. Beside its contributions about personal development, I have made many friends who stand by me against any challenge and I am of the opinion that I pushed the right button by becoming a member of IEEE METU.

Journal Set #1 - A video by IEEE

As I mentioned in the passage about IEEE METU, we work through feeling of social responsibility. This year, due to  international day of people with disabilities, we prepared a set of videos by interviewing with many people at METU. We asked them to reply our questions to figure out whether they are aware of some facts about people with disabilities. In this video, our question was based on sign language translators. '' Do you know where sign language translators are to be for people with disability of hearing. Fortunately,many replied it correctly. Actually, we aimed not to blame these people for being unaware,but to increase conciousness. I and my friends from IEEE got informed about these facts,as well. In this video I shared with you, I voluntarily appeared. I was so excited that there might naturally have been mistakes; however we,as a team, were proud of what we achieved. I wish more videos or events would be prepared by other people to enchance conciousness nationally and globally.