PHONE STACKING

Recently, while I was reading the newspaper, I read about this interesting game called “Phone Stacking”. This is a new growing trend around the world released by a 20-year old boy, Stephie. Here's how it works:

When you have a meeting with your friends or family everybody in the table stack their phones in the center of the table, face down. Even as the phones vibrate and ring throughout the meal, no one is allowed to grab his or her phone. If someone is unable to resist the phone's ring, he or she is responsible for picking up the check. If no one goes wrong, everyone is a winner and pays their own bill.
 

I found it really useful because we have been constantly disturbed by cell phones. For example, while you are about to tell an exciting news to a friend, your friend’s phone starts vibrating. She or he tells you to wait a minute and starts talking on phone. At this time you feel ignored. When she puts down the phone asking you “What were you saying?”, you are no more want to tell your news.
 

The cell phone has made our life much easier but we have become addicted to it and it has divided us from each other. Texting with friends, checking out mails, Facebook or Twitter from the phone are usual things now. On the other hand, trying to chat with a friend who doesn’t look at you but his or her phone is annoying. That’s why, I sometimes miss the old days with friends without interrupting by the phones. Thanks to this game, it will be a solution to being anti social and strengthen our relationships with people.

EXAM STRESS

Here is a funny video for all university students. No wonder, all of us must have experienced this kind of exam stress. Stress is a huge part of our experiences, and it’s something we all have to deal with in life.

          
 Student life is exciting. But it can also be very pressured and stressful. A lot of things have to be achieved in a limited time available. For example, if we have homework or an exam soon, we of course try to be ready for it and that’s why we study too much in a hurry especially the night before the exam day. We feel a pressure of expectation from our family, school or university to succeed. We may be afraid whether we are not good enough, or haven't worked hard enough. Therefore, we get out of control for fear of failing, having a bad mark on the exam. If our stress levels rise too high, it can be harmful both to us and to our chances. 


What are the signs of too much stress?
 
Feeling stressed is a natural response to any pressure. The body releases chemicals into the bloodstream like adrenalin that make us feel nervous and stressful. The heart beats are faster to carry blood to the muscles and the brain.

These are some of the signs of too much stress:

•    Headache or stomachache
•    Difficulty in getting to sleep or difficulty in waking up in the morning
•    Loss of appetite
•    Being unusually bad tempered
•    Breathing faster, sweat more and mouth becomes dry.
•    Feeling tired all the time
•    Feeling sick.

We may also feel restless, finding it difficult either to relax or to concentrate. Drinking too much coffee to keep our consciousness is a hopeless way. We get angry with ourselves saying ‘’ Why I didn’t study before until the last day in an organized way? ‘’We particularly think that other students in the class must have studied much more than us.  All of these cause panic attacks and depression.

 How should I deal with exam stress?
 
1. Talk to someone about this stress especially with your friends who knows about it and get appropriate help .
2. Eat healthily and do exercise.
3. Avoid stressful people.
4.Take a 10 or 15 minute break in every hour. Let yourself do whatever you want (check Facebook, eat something, call a friend or your family.) This gives your brain a little rest and helps you to keep your focus.
5.Think positively. No matter how many midterms or finals you have, when you have studied all in a well organized way, it’s time to feel confident. You have prepared as much as you could, and now it’s time to take the exam.

Are you looking for some romance, friendship, and humor? Here is:

                  

 

‘’Yedi Numara ‘’is a Turkish series featured on TV between 12 March 2000 and 7 December 2003. The story is about the funny relationship between the modern girls, peasant boys and half crazy householders.

In the story, Zeliha and Vahit is a couple who loves each other like crazy but have no child. They flee to Istanbul to get married. After, they buy an old three storey house and hire it for students to get by.

One day four girls, Armağan, Ayten, Cansu and Rüya , who have come to Istanbul for university rent the upper floor of the house. Meanwhile, Vahit’s relatives from the village, Recep and Haydar , win the university and come to Istanbul and settle in the bottom  floor. They are from a small village and have no idea about Istanbul and city life.

In the first few episodes of the drama, girls and boys fight constantly because of their different life styles. For instance, boys feed chicken in the garden, eat onion, play saz, put out their shoes outside the door. But girls try to send them to their village by putting strict rules and listening to loud music to disturb them. In the end, they become good friends and live together happily. Zeliha and Vahit fullfills their longing for a child by being a mother and father to them.

            CHARACTERS IN 7 NUMARA

Zeliha(Şebnem Sönmez ): She has no child but see the boys and girls in the house as her own children .

Vahit(Engin Alkan) :He is the father of the Yedi Numara family. He gets angry easily but has a warm heart. When the boys or girls have a trouble, he guides them to find the right way.

Armağan(Tuba Erdem): The most sensible girl among them is Armağan. She hasn’t got a family. That’s why, she loves the girls and protects them as a mother.

Ayten(Ayça Mutlugil) :She is so selfish and also gives great importance to her appearance .

Cansu (Gülden Güney):Cansu likes playing jokes and set traps to her friends.

Rüya(Nuray Uslu): A very emotional character. She likes crying and watching romantic films. She scares easily from Cansu’s jokes and screams.

Recep(Volkan Girgin): He is so mean that he hates extravagantness. He always quarrels with Ayten and makes fun of her.

Haydar (Okan Selvi): He is a math genius .He loves Armağan secretly but can’t tell her.

 

             Why I chose this?

 
I chose this series because it is the TV show of my childhood and I have been watching it for a long time. Especially in the exam period last year, I was watching it and it definitely reduced my stress. And even I am a university student like them now; I’m still watching it with great pleasure. I’m sure that nearly most of us must have watched it. In my opinion, it has been one of the best and warmest drama series in Turkey. I wish it was being reshooted again.