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About Me
ABOUT ME
was an Erasmus student, music-lover, enjoys discovering cities, cultures, new tastes and musics.
Rather talking about myself, I prefer to show it and to be discovered. Knowing a person is also a journey!
PHILOSOPHY
Keep your expectations always low!
Smile though your heart is aching!
Don't be afraid of loneliness!
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
My first experience was in Salzburg with 3 of my friends :)
Interests
Singing, singing and singing!
And of course acting, dancing... As a result: I like musicals! I performed in two musicals at university :) I like being on stage and sing! You can find my cover videos and my performances on youtube :O
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=elif+k%C3%BCrde%C5%9Fo%C4%9Flu&sm=1
I enjoy to comment on the books I read, movies I watched, theaters and concerts I went. That's why I have a blog in Turkish:
http://gunesiuyandiralim-zeze.blogspot.co.at/
- books
- singing
- acting
- concerts
- dancing
- movies
- blogging
- music
- study abroad
Music, Movies, and Books
* Music is the sunshine of my life!
Of course I enjoy listening the big names like Queen, Pink Floyd, Beatles. Since I am also a singer I like listening jazz vocals such as Ella Fitzgerald, Eva Cassidy, Stacey Kent. I like jazz, funk, swing, soul and indie music.
Singers and bands I can add: Kings of Convenience, Fleet Foxes, Oh Land, Russian Red, We were Evergreen, 123, Nick Drake, Tori Amos, Stevie Wonder, Beirut, Camel, The Do, Edward Sharpe&The Magnetic Zeros, Feist, Hindi Zahra, Kool and the Gang, King Crimson, Lisa Hannigan, Aretha Franklin
* Movies
In Istanbul I follow the film festivals (which are usually independent movies) and watch movies during festival seasons. It is like a tradition for me to go that festivals with my friends. Favorite movies;
Before Sunrise, Dogtooth, American Beauty, We Need to Talk about Kevin, Annie Hall, Little Children, Laurence Anyways, Holy Motors, 12 Angry Man, Trois couleurs from Kieslowski, Submarine.
Director I admire; Michael Haneke, Xavier Dolan, Kim-ki-duk.
* Books
Reading is like a therapy and an inner journey for me.
My favorites writers and my favorite books me: Vasconcelos (My Sweet Orange Tree), Herman Hesse (Steppenwolf),Boris Vian (Heartsnatcher),Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood), Albert Camus, Milan Kundera(The Unbearable Lightness of Being), Cesare Pavese,Jean-Paul-Sarte, Chuck Palahniuk, Franz Kafka.
Teach, Learn, Share
I would like to learn how to play harmonica and ukulele- I have one harmonica already!