some progress.

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Since my last post, there's been lot to tell i guess. Some baaaad, some good news. First the worst one, I couldn't get the job that i told before here. They first accepted my application but then they didn't respond to my e-mails. I asked to someone else and he said application was not accepted. So I wasn't counting on this very much already.
Other than that, I started working with Prof. Astley besides working with Prof. Unak. So I have no time in weekdays, seriously. From 8 in the morning to 5 in the evening, sometimes even later, I'm at school. We tried to synthesize a Schiff base with Prof. Astley but at first we thought the reaction we are expecting did not occur. Yesterday I made it again from the beginning and the result was the same, then something happened and we came up with the idea that reaction might have been occured. Next week we're gonna analyse whether it did or not. Also Prof. Unak tried to bring some of his memory back about computer programming and he was kinda successful. We are going to do Monte Carlo calculations on "Microdosimetric calculations of F-18".
I also made some ads about my translation job and place them where people can see easily. Besides, me and Serhat are starting to give private English courses. As you can see, I need cash :D
Today I will get a bottle of tequila which my mom brought from duty free for me. Also a new Cavalli perfume and a shower gel.
On wednesday 29th October, we went out like 20 people and it was kinda crazy night compared to usual ones, but don't even compare this with Swedish nights ;) I kinda started to study for TOEFL but I don't think this will last long, as you know I'm like a lazy biatch.
Something else, now I'm the head of EBILTET Chemistry Group. EBILTET means Ege Uni. Sci. and Tech. Union. I was at the first meeting on tuesday and i tried to impress the attendees which were not more than 10. I hope I impressed them and was an inspiration for them. That's what I want for my life you know. My biggest aim in this lame life. If I start talking 'bout this crap, it will long like hundred pages so I'm gonna stop here and say goodbye to everyone. If you are really following my blog, I appreciate that and thank you very much. Älskar dig allt !!!

teaching...

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I was gonna write this couple of days ago but i had some problems with blogger website. Now, it's flawless and here i am. Last week, it was the first teaching experience for me. Since then, I am an instructor in the Nuclear Chemistry I Laboratory Course. It will last a semester and 10 experiments. I will be instructing for 3 experiments in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. Same experiments though :P. One of my experiments is "the Technetium-99m generator". If you are a little interested in nuclear medicine or radiopharmaceuticals, i'm sure you know many things about this generator. Second one is Investigation of the absorption of gamma rays in air and various metals, and calculation of absorption constants of these matters". We investigate aluminium, copper and lead here. Of course you can guess which one is the best for stopping gamma rays if you know a little nuclear chemistry. Third and last experiment is very easy compared to other 2. Investigation of the activity of the mixture including 2 different radioactive isotopes and calculating their half-lives. For this experiments , we take 5 background counts and 5 counts from the mixture then we calculate the mean value. Every week we record these mean value and the real calculation will be made after 8 - 9 weeks so we can see the decay of both isotopes.
Also Prof. Unak told us couple of thesis subjects and we need to pick one (or more) of them shortly. They all excite me but i'm interested one of them specially, the one includes Monte Carlo calculations, " Microdosimetry calculations".

Besides these stuff, I also started to a project with Prof. Astley. It's about synthesizing a Schiff base from reaction of L-Cysteine with Salicylaldehyde. We are 2 people in this. First week, last friday, my mate did something wrong and there is no process yet. This friday the reaction will occur probably but it takes couple of hours so i need to go to laboratory before noon. These were the most interesting 3 things happened recently in my life. This year it's gonna be full i guess. Not tough but busy. However, I'm more than ok with that. I want to take the TOEFL exam soon also but i'm worrying about failing because it costs 155 US $! Anyways, that's been too long. See you here soon. I'll keep posting as much as i can... Hejdå!!

the birthday

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14th October 1987, it was the day that started my life, my happy, sad, exciting, exhausting, inspiring, depressing and joyful life, just like any other one. So thru the years that has gone in the blink of an eye, I reached 21 now. Yesterday night was fun for me, not for all I guess. Anyway, only thing I wonder is, did I make a difference ? Throughout these years, did I succeed ? Was I enough successful to pride ? Answers to these questions generally differ but I can say, so far I don't think I made a big difference. I might be different but it's not the same. Next couple of years are gonna be the most important ones of my life, at least I think that. Today I'm applying for a traineeship in Karlsruhe, Germany. If it happens, I will make one of my little dreams come true. It's kinda revenge. I'm not actually a revenge person but it was so NOT fair which they did to me. I deserved something and I couldn't get. So ? There must be a revenge, or at least some point to make them feel awful and regret. Soon or later, that's what I'm gonna do. Just like everyone says, life goes on, and mine, even faster... Once again HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY for me!!!
- Do your best Ümit !
- I will, you can count on that.

Hope to meet here again with an entry which tells how I got the job. =) Hejdå !!!

10th Nucleonica Training Course

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Just 2 days after school started, there was a training course in Cesme, Izmir, organized by European Comission - JRC - Institute for Transuranium Elements and Ege University Institute of Nuclear Sciences. I guess I wrote about it here before. So I've been there for 3 days, even though I was really sick on first and second days, it definitely worth to go. I got like 40 degrees of celsius fever and I barely slept. Anyway, I really had the chance of meeting very important people there and I had the chance to impress them. I guess I was kinda successful on that. Especially I'm very happy that I met Dr. Joe Magill and I hope I impressed him. In this training course they also gave a book written by Dr. Magill and Jean Galy, both from JRC-ITU and I made it signed by them. Another great thing that I found out during this course, there are 4 projects on ITU for traineeships to apply. Altought my school is not finished yet, I qualify for an application and I'm going to apply. Deadline is 15th of October so I(you also) better hurry. The project I'm applying for is about a fuel of IV. Generation Nuclear Reactors. I hope I can make it. If I got selected, I would be like the happiest guy on earth because there are special reasons about that, reasons that I told in my previous blog entries.
Besides, my birthday is coming soon. I'm trying to decide what to do that day and I hope it goes nice. It's 21. the coolest age ever. :P
Well, that's enough I guess, I have some chores to do. :)
Be well, see you soon.

the new and the last school year

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6th of October 2008. The senior university year begins.
This is my 17th school year, since I am 21 years old, it feels like i was born to study :P

I hope this won't be my last year with studying. As you know I have further goals about science. Today I came to school and meet friends and now we're on lunch break and just had lunch. It was a little awkward though.

Since I don't have internet at home for couple of days, I am really getting bored. Today, we're gonna go and see Prof. Unak and talk to him about diploma work. Also, today I will go and see someone about Nucleonica Training Course and I need to talk to Prof. Cetinkaya and tell him that I will miss Inorganic Lab. this week because of this Training Course. Now I have to go, I will keep this updated as much as I can.

See you