The mathematical formula of happiness

I know it has been a long time :)
No excuse, just life was running with me :)
I dont even know the last time, i wrote here sth...

I am reading a lot - actually, i was even thinking of opening an other blog - and there only writing about the books i read and the impacts, the thoughts.

Well... where to start?
If you have'nt seen the movie from Nick Cassavetes - My sister's keeper - than you should defintily watch it!

OMG!

I read one of the review where they were mentioning Nick Cassavetes - as the living advertisement of Kleenex...

Well... for sure, I was crying like an idiot while I was watching that movie.
From the 3rd minutes of the movie... during the whole time...
There were several parts, I had to watch again, as i missed it while i was crying like a baby.

Than, I learnt, that this movie is based on the book from Jodi Picoult.
No need for more, I went to one of the nglish bookstores here, and wanted to buy it...
Then, i learnt, she has already written some other best sellers.

Her novels are real page-turners, and also her style is to pick a moral question, which should be from the beginning very black and white... than she manages to twist the characters, the story lines, the relationships in a way, that it shadows everything grey...

Amazing!
Now, I am reading her novel, titled Nineteen minutes.
It is about a teenage boy, who shooted 10 people in one of his schoolday.
No need to say, this book is full of surprises, and i am always trying to swallow back my tears...

In this novel, i read an interesting thing: about the mathematical formula of happiness.
At that point, i had to stop to comb through this theory. I surfed a little bit on the net, and - as unbeliveable as it is - i found several different formulas.
Apperantly, scientists wants to put everything in equatation.
(I found also an article about a mathmatical formula of LOVE - this formula tried to modelize different scenarios of love - depending on how much emotion/romance is involved, also, running the logic in case of 1 mistress or even in case of more... Twisted minds...)

Anyway,s back to the mathematical formula of happiness.

The main ones:
H = R/E
That is:
Happiness = Reality / Expectations

So, to increase one being happy, you need to either improve your present, or lower your expectations. :)

Bulit by a similar logic:
H = R/N
Happiness = Resources / Needs

Or:
H = S + C + V
Happiness = Biological set + Conditions + Voluntary activities

Last:
Happiness = P + 5XE + 3XH

For this, we need a simple paper and pen - you need to answer 4 simple question by scoring each according to how true is it for you: 1 - being not at all - 10 totally true for me

1. Are you outgoing, energetic, flexible and open to change?
2. Do you have a positive outlook, bounce back quickly from setbacks and feel that you are in control of your life?
3. Are your basic life needs met, in relation to personal health, finance, safety, freedom of choice and sense of community?
4. Can you call on the support of people close to you, immerse yourself in what you are doing, meet your expectations and engage in activities that give you a sense of purpose?

Than:
- add the score of the first 2 questions - the result will be "P"
- the 3rd question stands for "E"
- 4th one for "H"

So, now, put the numbers there:
Happiness = P + 5XE + 3XH
Max is 100.

What is your score? :) How happy are you?

Btw... I dont know, if it is only me... but 5XE - i could read it as SEX ;)

So here is my - very scientific formula -

H = F + S + S + M

Happines = Friends + Snow + Sun + Mountains ;)
Based on my last weekend - in France.
Oh boy! What a weekend! :)
More picture to come - once i also get them from the main organizer :)

Stay tuned.. I feel more active for further notes :)

bisous

Snowattack - skiing week

As a great tradition, with my favorite ex-flatmates (everybody from UNIV211) and some other friends we go skiing for a week.

Last year we went to Gerlitzen, Austria...
This year: Puy Saint Vincent, France.
This is a small skiresort in the south of France...It takes like 8 hours from Geneva to get there... including of course 2 hours just waiting in Grenoble.
Anyways, despite all the problems I had with the train - pfff... we could not leave Grenoble because of some techincal difficulties...
And as we were stucked there more than an hour, it was more likely that I lost my correspondance to an other train...

So... guess what?
The train company decided to extend the way of my original train, and take me to my final destination...

Pff.... I was exciting some kind of a compensation, let's say, a free accomodation in Gap, or that they make my second train wait...
But this.... was shoxking.

This would never happen in Hungary.

So, finally, I got to Puy Saint Vincent (after the train I should get a bus as well... the traveling took me like 20 minutes.. in serpentie obviously... So i was very close to ... well..whatever...

When I got to the place... it was amazing: everywhere snow, and white, and huge huge mountains... oh.. loved it.. and of course Kristof and David was already waiting. ;)

The guys who I was supposed to take care of... ;)
Well... actually, it happened on the other way around.. they took care of me... cooked for me (best dishes...), helped me with the luggages, took care of me in the slopes, in the parties, even let me play UNO all day... ;)
Not to mention all the other great things, I learnt form the guys...

Guys, thanks a lot!! hahahaha...
And, yes, I know, you did all, what I should have done... but you guys were just simply...the best :)

Betti reserved a room for us, I was very glad for that too... as I defintily didn't want to sleep on the corridor... as Balazs and Farky did... ;)

Actually, I have to say my friends didn't really like the food that I brought with me... (the original, perfect cheese that is consumable till 11 February or the original, swiss Hütten Lunch with its weired smell... anyways...)

We figured out to have every night a dinner-competition, each night on e of us should cook something, and we are going to be the judges.
At the end of the night we decide, how many scores the cooker deserves....
Well, I have to say.. Kristof should have won the competition....as he cooked for us and took care of all of us..., yet, K, you should have cooked the soup on the first night...not the spaghetti... ;)

Yet, I am talking...

The one, who is such a great "leader" that managed to delegate the cooking, and let the others (Vandi&Jege, Maresz&Zoli) make us a traditional hungarian dish.
Ok, ok, to tell you the truth, I was responsible for baking the met - that means: check the meat in every 15 minutes with a folk... ;)

And actually, I did it for a greater good...

Nobody wants to taste what I cook anyways...and they shouldn't. ;)

So, we went out almost every night... ;)

Farky, Maresz, K - dancing

Ok, one thing I didn't tell you yet... Snowattack was basicly THE Hungarian party ski camp.
That means that a hungarian TV channel came with us, we were like 3000 people including some great artists (like Megastar whichever-winner Gaspar Laci..pff..and other never-heard famous "stars")
This week there are plenty of reports broadcast specificly on this camp.

So, yes, as a party ski camp... the parties were good.

K&Bandi...crazy-crazy Boogie night ;)

And... it had been snowing for like 3 days, we were worried by the end, how we gonna get back home, but, yes, it was fun!

I missed those guys, and it was good to see them again, talk to them, and experience lot of new things... I have broaden my horizont with some very funny, sometimes disgusting, sometimes tiring, but defintily awsome stories... ;)

K, Bali, Farky

I love ya all! ;)
(and gonna cry soon... ;)