The end of the world...

No, it is not again because I feel really depressed, or it won't be again complaining about the miserable and pathetic life in general...
(By the way, I don't think I was ever so negative...anyways...)

So, now I would like to write sth about CERN , the world's largest particle physics laboratory.
Anyways, CERN is located in Geneva, actually just a few minutes away from HP... ;)

I have some good friends working there... and that's why i know a lot about it...
hehehe...ok, not exactly...But at least I've already heard about those experiments that is happening right now among the walls... or underground...

Actually, in April we had the Open Day, when people, average people like us could visit the uilding, and see how the protons will meet, etc. :)


I think I wrote a post about it... but now I couldn't find it, anyways, to cut the long story short, the Opening Day was on a sunny Sunday. We met at 7 (!) on a Sunday morning, and went to CERN, the door supposed to open at 8... and at 7:30 there was already a huge crowd in front of the gates... CRAZY PEOPLE!


Seriously... who cares what a proton is doing???
Ok, at the end it was really, really interesting... Specially, because we had our own guide, Nikolai was explaining us all the small details about it... ;)


And, we could also win a piece of history... (I really think I've already wrote about that...)

And anyways, if after the first beam injection they could create sth similar what could have happened after the Big Bang... that would be really something...
So, but, why is tomorrow the end of the world?

Yesterday at 9, the LHC, the Large Hardon Collider will be started...


The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest and most complex scientific instrument ever built and the highest energy particle accelerator in the world. The accelerator is located 100 m underground and runs through both French and Swiss territory.

And yesterday was a very big DAY...A first beam of protons circulated in the LHC.

Even Google went for this event...

So, on Tuesday night we went out for celebrating the End of the world.
We went to Lady Godiva, which is quiet ok place, and it is an English-friendly place...

It was so funny, there was an older cool guy, with a sticker in his T-shirt:
"This is your last chance for sex!"
Last chance in general or with him? ;)

I really thought it is going to be a Cern-party, with all the cern nerdies... no offense... ;)
But it turned out that not all phisysist or computer engineer is an idiot :)

And, actually, we were afraid of LHC.. Large Hangover Coming... ;))

kisses

Sushi, Maki sushi, sashimi

I am not a sushi-virgin anymore. :)
Yes, I ate row fish, with rice and alga yesterday!! ;)

The place was called "No sushi", hahaha, and the atmosphere in the restaurant was amazing :)
There was music, TV, high bar chairs, and the food was moving on a conveyor belt like in a factor on an assembly line, the different type of food was on different color of plate, and you could take whatever you wanted, than at the end, the waiter came and counted according to the color of the plates...
It was very cool!!!

First, Swati and Julia was really patient and nice to me... they were staring at me only once... if I can handle the chopsticks... (come on, I do knit...) ;)


We made the soy sauce with wasabi... I got to know that it is rude if you waste the sauce, and the sauce is more fore the fish part, not the rice...
Of course, I was using the sauce with everything...

So, here are some more tips I got to know about sushi etiquette...

http://sushinow.com/etiquette.htm

Of course, the first rule says: Do not "whittle" your chopsticks... ;)
Hahaha... you could guess what Swati had to do to my chopsticks...

I also got to know the different types of sushi:
Maki sushi are rolls of sushi;
Temaki is a hand roll of sushi;
Sashimi is raw fish with no rice;



I tried salmon, tune, caviar and chicken as well :)
Traditional one and really spciy one.. I liked the California roll as well - which is definitly not for 1 bite... ;)


And of course, just to be traditional Japanese.. we drunk beer.... no comment :)

To sum up, I liked the sushi, but definitely can not compete with the Hungarian cuisine...
hehehe... I know I have to cook finally for my friends here!
And I do it, no more excuses... promise! :)

Things I always wanted to tell, but than kept them as drafts... :)

Aug 6 2008
Geneva as a station to everybody …

I am just thinking, thinking and thinking.
Can not sleep.
I cleaned already. Everything. I studied French. Listened to the Mozart musical again and again. (Yes, I am listening to the CD over and over...theater and musicals... I am really missing it from Geneva...

Apr 11 2008
Grown - up things :D
I can't believe it... on of my friend is going to get married... :)))

And we are planing her "bachelorette"party... :)))
That's so exciting!!!

15 girls... i don't want to tell more about the plan.. but I am sure it is gonne be gorgeous!!!!

So, of course I will attend this party.. i can not miss it :)
So, I am leaving to Hungary for 5 weeks... ok... 4... 1 week . working form Budapest, than 1 week in Geneva.. with my parents, and my brother :)
I am excited about that too...
Hope they will like my new studio :)
With my fantastic brand new sofa :)

Than I go home... exams... well that's not gonna be so much fun, but I have to finsih university...
Seriously, this is my last chance, otherwise i will end up without adegree.. so yes, now i am a bit scared... But...I will survive!!! Hope so..

About the wedding:
I am gonne be a bridemate... :)
Isn't it great??? :)
Seriuosly, I am sooo excited :)

March 3 2008
A little bit of everything
Finally I got a small studio and I moved in.
So, I promise (ok, I hope) I won't write anymore about the accommodation/real estate situation in Geneva. That is boring.

Just to give you an idea about my place: It is small, 25 m2, however I have a bathroom with a BATH!!! So, now I can go to lush :)

On Saturday I was cleaning and packing and moving and all this stuff.

December 13 2007
What's going on here?

It is kind of funny that I will get all my information about my family from the newspaper...

:(

- My brother organized a huge Football cup in my city! :)
- My father was also in the newspaper.
- Maybe my cousin's husband will go to Austria... and work there! :)
- My aunt...don't even talk about him.

Nice.... I should go home and catch up with them...seems that I have lots to do...Shame on me...but on them too... :(

I've never realized how famous my family is...I am proud of them!!! :)

3 - RIA - RIA - HUNGÁRIA

Peking is over, we are counting down for London... but stop for a while and celebrate our wiiners :)

Vajda Attila - Canoe1 -1000 m - "A killer sport"




Kovács Kati - Janics Natasa - Kayak2 - 500m



THE WATERPOLO TEAM :) (3 times in a row...alltogether the 9th gold medal in waterpolo for our team..!!!)



:)

Living in the past...

I don't know what's going on with me...
On Thursday night I had a really great night with my best friends in Hungary... we were online-drinking ;)
I really missed them, and it was good to talk a little bit finally.

Than later I was surfing on youtube, and found several interesting videos..

For example this one:




I think the techique is amazing.
Ok, for my international readers... ;)
So, the guy is Pal Szecsi, who was a very very famous singer in Hungary in the 1960-70's.
He had an amazing voice. He had a very tragical childhood, and he tried to commit suicide several times later in his life, at the age of 30, he died...(also by suicide...)The 8th attempt was basicly "successfull".
With this song ("Just one dance...") he won in 1967 in a Hungarian Songfestival. Actually, he was always a "topic" in Hugary, he had really a loads of fun, obviuosly girls, women, who always wentr to his grave and brought him flowers, chochlates, etc. Also, women tried to commit suicide next to him...

The girl is a nowadays star singer... if I am right...

And the Hungarian TV channel did this technical trick...great!

I really like this song...

Is there any deeper???

Could that be even worst?
Not just the Olympics for Hungary, but... everything...
It is just...
NOT FAIR!

AT ALL!!!

Yes, the Olympics...now it is not for Hungary, we don't have luck, we are really bad, we are not in the mood, maybe also this "we-finally-have-to-win-a-gold-medal" feeling freaks everybody out, creates a really uncomfortable atmosphere among the sportplayer, but also that like both sportmen fell off their horses??? We lose in water polo with the penalties??? And we have never won any medal at the Olympics with female water polo...even though we won on World Champions leageu, worldcup, etc. We lose in female handball? Not even lose, but we play really bad! REALLY BAD!
We can not blame everything on the judges...
Ok, it is a fact, they are always against us.
And yes, I know it is harsh, but yes, they are always against us! Commeon, you have to live with that, we always knew we can not count on the referees... ALWAYS....

I really really hope that as of today, our bad luck is over.
I really hope that tomorrow for the flatwater canoe and kayak we gonna do our best, and simply just manage to do the "compulsory task".

And what really makes me sad is that people are now taking it to political level.
Obviously the government didn't support enough the sport.
And the ratio behind that is some fluffy bureaucratic changes what was mad by the current government. As earlier Sport had a Ministry, now it is only a portfolio...
????
COMMEON!!!!

Andras (the Cheese, a.k.a the Csiz), my college and a friend of mine made a report:
Which country won the most gold medal since 1896 in the Summer Olympics Game, if we take into consideration the number of Games each ctry was participated and its population.
:)
It has of course it is own constraints, but it is a really cool report. Maybe I can share some inputs...
1. Estonia
2. Finland
3. Bahamas
4. HUNGARY
;)

From one of my favorite quote:
"Snowflakes - tiny, flying petal miracles"
(A hópelyhek - apró repkedő sziromcsodák!)*
*(If somebody knows a better translation, pls let me know, as I am not sure if this makes any sense as it is a literal translation...)

Of course, if we take into consideration the results of the Winter Olypmics as well, the result would be SLIGHTLY different...

Anyways, so... let's just all hope for tomorrow and Saturday!

"Hajrá magyarok!"

Olympics 2008 Beijing

I simply just can not believe it!

It is sooo typical.. Hungary is living in the past... and try to live from its gloriuos past...
Ok, it is not necessarily only about sport, because I could mention the politics as well...but still... now what annoys me... is the sport...
The Olympics 2008!

What the hell is going on???

We used to be the swimming nation.... or rather the water-nation...
Ok, the canoe and kayak has not started yet (flatwater) I have all my hope there...

Cseh Laci is amazing... even if Phelps is here...and he won everything...still, he is the "Silver- guy".

And nobody can win against Phelps...
(Ok, dopping is an other question...but... let him be true...let him be the historic icon for americas sport and for swimming as well)

But where are the our other swimmers???
Or where is the fencing team? (you know, Aida or our team???" We loose always...
And than all the news and the media keeps telling about the glorious past...and that the politicians ruined everything.. no money...
"Little money, little football"
Well, yes..no money, no Olympics..
The Hungarian Olympic Committee is nowadays only a travel agency...

Yes, ok, I agree, you need support (financial, and political as well...) but to get support you need results, you can deliver results, if you have appropriate cricumstances to prepare, professional teams, etc that helps you duting the preparatino,, and for that you need money...
But still... where are those outstanding individuals???
Some of them are stars already, or working in a fancy club in abroad, and don't care about the Olympics anymore???
They play very egoistic... if at all they play...

What's wrong with the Hungarian handall team??
GIRLS!! WAKE UP!!!
We have to win against Romania!!!
Ok, I remember, usually that's the same with the waterpolo as well...
During the group matches we sucks, than when it is about death or live, we win..

And, do not dare to blame it on the judges or politicians or past or whatever!!!
Leave them alone!!
Why is it so hard to say: "Yes, we didn't play 100%, I was not there mental, I sucked... our defense was a catastrophe, we didn't concentrate!"

Why should we say that the judges were against us, they didn't give us any fore, the yalways send out with fault all our members, etc???

Come on.. the judges can help a team, true, but not 11 goals... for the second time as well...
conspiracy..
all the judges are against us...
Oh I am so pissed of, and disappointed...

At the end, though, I really hope we are going to win...
1-1 gold medals in water polo and handball, and way more medals in canoe and kayak...
As in Athen...

I live in the past too...