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!