Matt Harding...NOT the best dancer...but what an influence! :)

I thought that the video was very unique in it's own way because this man is doing a silly dance all around the world and this actually influences some people because it actually gets people's attention, and it's great to see how all these other people start dancing with him as well, it just shows what kind of an influence you can make on people's lives with very small things. This is very interesting to see because Matt Harding became famous by doing a dance in different places around the world. I also liked the fact that he talks about how people in all these different cities and countries around the world, everybody wants to feel connected to each other and I think that's something to feel good about. Not having to feel bad that a lot of people around the world are watching this video and you and Matt Harding are dancing in a weird way, it's nice to see that people dont't get embaressed by that and they just enjoy life.

I thought that the article was also pretty cool, I liked how he talked about how people liked to feel connected to each other and how he sees peoples differences very quickly. Reading this article, i can see that he is a very simple guy and a man that really wants to enjoy life as it is, his writing really reflected on his personality. I also think that he really likes it when the people are dancing with him because he says that's what drives him to travel. Going around different places, experiencing different cultures and seeing how people react to this dance is really incredible to watch and it definetly influences people in many ways..

I chose this picture because when I saw this picture at first I really thought about how Matt Harding is the first person to have done something like this and the bright sky colors and the sea that he is standing on shows he travels through the skies and accross oceans to do one simple dance. Matt Harding has really inspired me.

Free Compliments = :)

I thought that what these guys did was very interesting because it was kind of like how the FREE HUGS thing came out and now FREE COMPLIMENTS! As I was watching the video I realised that people actually really liked getting complemented and I could say that it really made their day, random people complimenting what you wear and making you feel good about yourself, just like FREE HUGS. This is all great examples of people showing their care for others. If something like this was on the news it would really catch my attention and it's great for the world to know about this. It would be nice if this would spread around the world just like the free hugs campaign has and it would really be cool to do this!

I picked this picture because I think that when I see this, the girl looks a bit weird but she has a smile on her face because she might have been complimented on how great and colorful her hair looks or how the big red dots on her nose and cheeks show that she likes to have some fun. I think that to be complimented on these things brings a really nice feeling to people and it would be great if this went global! :)

The simple, plain and unknown name...Berk! :)

When I was little I really liked my name and I was ok with it because people in Turkey were able to pronounce it right and it didn’t bother me. I always thought that the Turkish pronunciation of my name was how it’s actually said and in Turkey my name is as simple as a plain white shirt and as easy to spell as ABC, I also think that it is comforting to the ear. I think it sounds just right. But when I moved out of Turkey to Jakarta, the people there couldn’t pronounce my name at all. I was quite annoyed at the start because the sound that they pronounced my name in was pretty irritating in my opinion, every time I heard my name those days I felt really embarrassed and the fact that people couldn’t spell it was quite upsetting and humorous at the same time. People spelled Bourke or Burke and some others but I taught them how to spell it and slowly started adjusting to it in time, I got over it and felt that if we would be living out of country for a long time, my names pronunciation would have to change and so it did.

Getting used to what my name was did take a long time I felt as if people would tease me because I had a weird name, I didn’t get teased quite a lot but had nicknames such as Berky Turkey and Berk the Turk. But I didn’t really care because I thought that they would get over it sometime. I just kept my mind off it and now I’m really comfortable with my name because I had really worked hard on being ok with it. I may have a name that sounds stupid but the meaning points me to another direction, my name means brave and strong. I’m very proud of that even though it doesn’t reflect my personality. Who knows, maybe deep inside me there is two brave and strong personalities edging closer into my mind.

Well I would have to say there isn’t much of a story behind my name and it’s weird for me to say that my parents simply just….. Named me. There’s only a slight mix-up that happened before I was born. My dad had gone to America and thought that I would be a girl so he bought a lot of girl clothes and came back to Turkey. Soon he realized that all he had bought for me had gone to waste because I turned out a boy, my parents also thought of naming me my sisters name Melis and giving my name to her, but they soon realized that Berk would suit me better. But mostly why I was named Berk was because my parents really liked the meaning of my name and also they had a really close friend named Berk who is a really nice and kind man that my parents really like. It’s pretty cool to know that my name is coming from a very close friend of my parents.
Over the years I have learned to be proud of my name and I have really adjusted to the pronunciation. I guess that shows how brave and strong I am. I feel as if I have really stood up for myself and learned to be proud of my name, I had been able to deal with the wrong pronunciations as well as the teasing that I felt quite upset with. Today I have totally gotten over that and I’m ok with it.

I chose this picture because I thought that my name is simple and my name is the only one, whenever I'm somewhere else other than Turkey. So my name would stand alone and be as simple and easy. Just like a tree!

The End To A Long Journey!

The quote that I picked was "A Great Victory Comes With Great Sacrifices". I like this because I do a lot of sport and I know what it takes to win and how its hard to take defeat, along that journey of victory you do have to make sacrifices and I have done this a lot during my life, from all the tournaments I have been in, I always had made a sacrifice to win.

I thought the image that I picked really showed then end of a long journey and how victorious you feel when you have ended your long lasting journey. It really shows how it's an amazing feeling to have gone through something incredibly hard for a long time and in the end, after all the sacrifices you have made. You reach glory, I think that would be an indescribable feeling.