Yogurt Yeast I have been making my yogurt at my home for about 4 years. At the first time, my aunt living in a small village gave me a cup of yogurt from her homemade yogurt to make mine. I used it, and I kept doing the followings successfully. However, I had to leave from my home for the vacation for a week. Then, I came back, and I tried to make yogurt. But it was failed because the yeast of the yogurt was bad. It made me so sad because I hadn't had an idea about how to make a yeast naturally. After that, I googled it and found one article. Eureka! It was so simple; I needed three things: One cup of chickpeas, one-liter milk, and 24-hours. First, I had to boil the milk, and wait for it to be cool until it was about 40 Celsius. Later, I put the chickpeas into a glass pot, and added the milk. I was waiting for 24-hours for yeast fermentation. The next day, I filtered the mixture, and collected my new yogurt yeast. I used it to make yogurt again. Actually, in the beginning, I didn't believe that it worked. After my yogurt was made successfully, I was so happy.

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Letter to Manager - IELTS GT WRITING TASK 1 ***Essay topics: You work for an international company. You have seen an advertisement for a training course which will be useful for your job. Write a letter to your manager, in your letter: Describe the training course you want to do Explain what the company could do to help you Say how the course will be useful for your job Dear Sir or Madam, I am Nagihan Cay, working as the analyst at IT department. I saw a poster about the analyst course yesterday. I think it will beneficial for me so I want to register for it. However, before applying, I want to learn some issues clearly. First, the lessons will be between 5 pm and 8 pm in the weekdays. As you know we get off work at 6 pm and have to leave from the job early during the course. Thus, I am wondering about the company give permission for it. The second point that I want to get information is that the company can support me financially because one of my friends at the work get aid from the firm for the course that she attended. The analyst course is also so expensive, and any monetary support will be good for me. Even though I do not get any aid, I want to attend this course eagerly because I believe that it will be useful for my career and the company. The information that I will learn in the course will increase my productivity in my duties. The course takes for six weeks. At the end of the course, I will take a test, and if I am successful in it, I will get an international certificate that is acceptable from all international analyst institutions. However, I have limited time because the course will start after two weeks so I look forward to hearing your response. Best wishes, Nagihan Cay

Letter To Local Council - IELTS GT WRITING TASK 1 ***Your local council is considering closing a sports and leisure center that it runs, in order to save money. Write a letter to the local council. In your letter give details of how you and your friends or family use the center explain why the center is important for the local community describe the possible effects on local people if the center closes Dear Sir or Madam, I am Nagihan Cay, living in the town for ten years. I heard that the center will be closed next month yesterday. This news makes me and my friends sad because we go to the center for fitness and yoga. Also, there are many cafes and restaurants so most of the time we choose one of them to celebrate our special days such as birthdays. Thus, this center seems like the second home for us. In addition to this, it has a big contribution to the employment of the town. Many young people work in the gym or the restaurants. If this center is closed, they will lose their jobs, and the economy of the town will be affected in the bad aspect. Also, people have no chance to go to the gym because the other sports centers are far away from the town center. Unhealthy lifestyle causes increasing health problems among people. I tried to explain why we do not want the center to be closed. Maybe a meeting for talking about the future of the center will be arranged to make a decision about it. I know that you will consider our worries. Thank you for your considerations. Sincerely, Nagihan Cay

Watching Documentary to Learn New Language I always look for new methods to improve my English skills. My new method is watching documentary on YouTube. My favorite channel is DW Documentary. Their documentaries about not classic subjects such as only historical events or animals but also contemporary world problems. Beside contributing to my language, I learned lots of things about different topics.

Neden Sürekli Yazmalıyız? Bugün kendi ana dilimde yani Türkçe olarak yazmak istedim. Belki Türkçe öğrenmek isteyenler için değişik bir yolla yardımım dokunur diye. Aslında burada bulunmamın temel nedeni İngilizcemi geliştirmek fakat diğer bir yandan Türkçe yazan arkadaşlara da destek vermenin beni mutlu ettiğini farkettim. Aslında ana dilim bile olsa yazarken birçok kez ben de hatalarda bulunabiliyorum. Özellikle anlam kaymaları ve özne yüklem uyumsuzluğu sıklıkla yaptığım hatalar arasında yer alıyor. Bunun da en temel sebebi uzun cümleler kurmayı sevmem. Daha karışık cümleler kurmaya çalışmak çoğumuzun yeni dil öğrenirken de yaptığı hatalar arasında yer alıyor. Burada bu örneği vermemin sebebi ise her ne kadar ana dilim bile olsa ben dahil hiçbirimiz bu dili kusursuz kullanmıyoruz. Bazen bir kitap ya da gazete okurken imla hataları o kadar bariz oluyor ki bunun editörü kim diye kendi kendime hayıflanıp duruyorum. Bir dili öğrenmenin en güzel yolu onu sürekli kullanmaktan geçiyor. Bu yüzden Türkçe öğrenmek istediği için burada olan herkes durmadan yazmalı ve bizlerde sizlere elimizden geldiğince yardımcı olalım. Hayat belki böyle daha güzel olur. Ş=

Bad Moments Sometimes everything goes bad, and all ways that you think as solution seems closed. What are you doing for that kind of moments to feel better?

Which Yoga

Actually, I don't like yoga and I don't believe its effects on the body. Many people that I know recommend me to start the yoga because of my back pain. I am always interested in the sports. Also, I have been going to the gym for many years. One night, I couldn't sleep because my pains reached a level I never ignored. Thus, I went to the doctor, and I started to the physical therapy. After finished it, one day I went to the gym, and the teacher of the yoga class said "You should join my class because your spine's position seems bad." Thus, I attended the yoga class one week later. After 1 months, everybody said to me how to change my posture. Now, I am going to a yoga center beside the gym. I try different kind of yoga. For example, I tried ashtanga yoga. The other kinds that I tried are kundalini, yin yoga, viyansa and yoga therapy. Actually, yin yoga is my favorite but viyansa is good because you consume more energy. Kundalini is differ from the others, it is more related with the meditation part of yoga.

Are you interested in yoga? If you are, which type do you like more?