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... ;)

2009

Great Pre new years eve and new year s eve!!! :)

kisses

Finnally...

So, finally I am back... I was not updating this blog due to several reasons...
first, nothing interesting really happened to me
second, i was than very very busy with my studies (ok, maybe I was rather in a deep selfpityness...)
third, lots of things happened, everything changed, and I didn't know where to start.

So, maybe.. at the beginning??? :)

Yes, I graduated!
I am an economist. - Whatever it is...
You guys can not imagine, how big relief it was for me... ugh...

And... actually, beside the relief I felt somehow disappointment too... (ok, here of course I am not talking about the aftergraduation party in Pest with Süti :)

I was disappointed maybe because I have been working for 1,5 years already, so I can see the real value of my degree... :(
It is really just a paper!

Because of my graduation, and all the exams, etc I stayed at home for more than 5 weeks!
It was amazing!!! I really missed my family ( btw, FAMILY stands for: Father And Mother I Love You) :))), my little brother, who is actually not that little anymore.
He is a real entrepreneur!!! :) and my grandfather of course!!! :)

Than I came back with Eszter, who is going to take over my position at HP.
She reminds me the way how I started everything.
I also had problems with the IT technology at HP, or looking for a flat in Geneva...

I had strange feelings, the transition started, she is going to take over my role, my job, I am going to leave HP.
I am going to miss the core team, specially one of my colleagues! When my boss announced, that I am leaving, she jabbered me, saying that she is going to miss me... :)
That really meant a lot!
She is really a great role model at working!

This weekend we went to Bern and Basel. I can't believe I visited Bern again... it is a really nice, charming little city... but still... and it was rainig again, so I still couldn't check the bears!!! Next time!!! sigh...

Than we went to Basel!!! It was OK, however the interesting thing was the blind restaurant.

The restaurant is called: Blindekuh - as in the restaurant there is as dark as a cow :)

The restaurant is managed by a foundation, that helps the blind people.

We can experience , how it could be living (ok, this case, eating) in totally dark, you are using your other senses.
It was definitely really interesting, however, expensive.
They could have offered more food, anyways.

The whole restaurant was in an old store house, there was completely, completely dark. Ok, when we first entered into the building, there was light at the reception. (and of course the chef is not blind, and in the kitchen and in the toilette there are lights...) So, we had to check the "carte" at the reception, we had to choose there what to order. Than the receptionist called our waiter, she was blind. We had to grab each others shoulder, and she led us to our table.
Everything was completely DARK!!! :)

I don't know, if you have seen one of the episodes from the CSI TV shows... well, there was a crime committed in a restaurant like this... FUNNY :)))

Ok, tomorrow, we are going to have Hungarian plate at the cafeteria!!!
That's why it is important to be friendly with the CHEF, and other kitchen crew members!!! :)))
At HP, we usually have food from all over the world... but we never had a hungarian one, so I always asked from him, when he can prepare sth.
He was asking for recipes... so I gave him a book :)))

I am really curious about the food tomorrow!!! :)

Good night,
bisous

Exam period

It is so typical... I have 2 papers to submit, 4 exams to take, several articals to translate, and still..what am I doing?
- chatting with almost everybody (the neighbors I do not even know, the postman... - i told him really embarrassing secrets too... just to gain some time...)
- comparing my friends on facebook
- watching TV shows--- really silly ones too
- going to swimming
- visiting my city as if I were a tourist --- ok, not in exam period, but I think it is a great activity: you are a tourist in your hometown! Take the photocamera with you, walk next to the river,besides the castle, visiting the cathedral and churches, maybe even a museum!
- and yes, updating my blog :)

I am actually doing everything but studying...

It feels like: I came back, everybody has changed, moved forward, but me, I am still standing in the same point from where I started.
It hurts.

3 weeks silence

Nowadays i am quite busy, that's why no news from my side.

But here i am, again, after 3 weeks.

That's so strange, when i finally start feeling that yes, i am on the right path of my life (in connection with all 3 "legs" : family/friends, work/carreer/university, love) than sth happens and everything collapse.

But so far, so good:
With work, everything is fine, finally i can travel: Barcelona, Grenoble, and again to Grenoble. :)
I got my contract and also my WORKPERMIT, which is a great news, i can stay in geneva for longer.
However, i feel sometimes a little bit left out form some important meetings or happenings within my organization, and that's not the best.
That is also strange, that it seems that my bosses are counting on me only till August. Well, it could be however a good news too.... I have more time to look for a job! ;)
And here you go, I said it..moreover, I wrote it down... look for a job, updating CV, uploading CV everywhere, going to interviews, etc. I found actually a CV-buddy already ;)
But, first step: find a great CV photo.... well... we all know, the first step is always the hardest :D

University:
That was/is the tricky one. I got a call from my university, saying: "Where are you? Are you finishing your studies or what? Cause it seems that you are not registered in our system..."
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

So, yes, that's so meee..... I let everything on the very lst minute...than have to freak out, than calm down, get together myself, and start thinking, organizing, and usually win.
Well... i think i am somewhere getting together myself... long way to go though... but not unmanageble!!!! hope so :)
- 2 paper/thesis to write
- 5 exams (3 difficult one, 2 so-so)
- several translations, presentations
- till May 14 :)

Family/friends:
I am having lots of fun with the RDL guys, for example we went skiing - but it deserves its own post -, we went to dinners - i ate mexican food, indian food, etc. , and we went to CERN too.... but again - other post. And of course lots of lots of great parties - SIP ;), MAD, RDL, or our own private Shakers party :) Oh, and I was in Zurich too... :)

My family will visit me, and I am sooo much looking forward to that!!!! :D

During Eastern, a good old friend visited me with her flatmates. She is DITTKE (yes, yes, from Szeged, we were LCPs in the same term...) from Bonn, and her flatmates.
They managed to prove that my "studio", which is 25 m2, is big enough for 5-6 ppl :)
And be aware, i am going to Bonn soon... :D But just because we couldn't gossip enough!!! ;)

1 month

Sorry, sorry, sorry... :)

I have this Google Analytics, and with this I can track who is checking, from where, which city, country my blog.
I can even check whether he/she gets from a refering site or directly to my blog. :)
It is so interesting.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I know that there were people in Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, France (ok, that could be Geneva...) Spain, US, and Egypt(?)... who checked my blog recently, and realized that there is no entry for more than 1 month.
Sorry for that. :)

But here I am..back... with all my energy, optimisitc (or miserable) view...

Actually, lots of thigns happened during this 1 month.
- I was back in Hungary
- Then I spent 1 wonderful week in Austria with my friends skiing...
- Then I moved again...but this time into my own studio!!! YEAh!!!
- I got my contract signed till Ocotber.
- I started studying German.
- Peter left HP, I got Csizi, (what a coincidence, he is also from the same university...)
- Anthony went back to Ireland - I missed THE party, however I had "The Last Supper" with him. Anthony cooked!!! :)
Amazing! :)
- I was partying, drinking, chatting, going out in restaurants, pubs, (yeah, we had a vodka -night too)
Ok maybe I should have just written: usual things... :D
- At work: I realized lots of lots of things, I learned a lot, and I think I got back some of my motivation that I thought I already losted.

Anyways, february was fast, we are already in the middle of March... and yes, as it is said in my LinkedIn profile, I am here already since 11 months!!!

Now, I have to run to catch my bus with my new collegue...
So, I promise, I will write a more personal entry next time :P

bisous

Just a short one

Hello,

I am so sorry, I was not here... however, life is good, life is fun.
Actually, my life is quite the same every day, every week.
We are going to ski every Saturday: with the university for 60 CHF (for externals), 50 CHF for students you can go to France skiing. The price contains: 1 day ski pass, course and of course the transportation. So, really cool price.

I think I am getting better and better, but of course still on blue slopes. :) It's good for me.
Specially when I don't know how to turn (and stop), everybody else is waiting for me on the left side... I am just flying next to the others, straight ahead, down till the town. It was awsome... (ok, crazy) Anyways, I survived and - what more important is - the others survived too... :)
I am wondering how I will survive Austria :)

Besides that I am taking German courses (online...), and still or again looking for an apartment, nothing special.

Now everything depends on the bureaucracy, if the office cantonale de population recognizes that Hungary is part of the EU, than I can stay, if not, than, I have to leave in May.
ááááááááááá

Last week I was 3 times in the gym, and today I go again.

This weekend was great, we went out on Friday... (hilarious story... not for the world wide...however, fantastic... we planned a girls night, than Daniel joined...) He is the new swedish intern, so now at least we have a story with him, so he is more involved in our "community" :)
hehehe

Than yesterday again. :)
However, it was a short one, maybe I am getting older? :)

Or, rather what Anthony said: we are about to grow up... that's why most of the time we have dinners together, or eating together (having brunch) instead of going out, clubbing, dancing, drinking.

We had a great "house warming" party, eating rice (esides lot of other things) with special somalian sauce.. ohh.. that was HOT... :)

Watched Pick up artist...


Now, after 2 parties, I am going to let the poison out of my body and out of my soul. :)
I will go to yoga, than to the sauna and jakuzzi. :)

The Dinner: