Sorry for disappearing for a long time, just so many things happened with me recently. First of all, I graduated yesterday, so I officially finished my college, a new life starts for me. Which has already started on Monday, when I started my new job, I am working as an market research analyst. Or I would say I am becoming an expert, because everybody has to take part in a 8-weeks-training, during which we all learn everything about market research. It is interesting because the whole course is in German, so I can practice or just keep and improve my German. But it is really-really tiring...8 hours and after the day I am so incapable to do anything. But that's work life, so I guess I have to get used to it.
Those were the facts, but my feelings about the changes in my life are not simple. I still can't believe that I have a degree. Just now I feel that I am seeking for my place in this new situation. New people I met, the whole environment and situation is new, and...I really don't know how to think about these things.
24.6.09
23.5.09
Blogs
The other day I discovered some interesting blogs I would like to follow. Usually I just follow friends' blogs, because I am interested in their life. Due to my thesis topic I bumped into many different kinds of blogs, and I think there are some that worthy to mention. (By the way in my profile everybody can check the list of blogs I follow.)
When I was in Schwenningen a nice friend of mine show me an interesting blog which is about love mostly in pictures and videos(short movies). The Le Love blog was 'love at first sight', so I started to check the new posts every day. And of course, as a real fan I had a look at all the previous posts on this blog.
Another blog which makes me smile and my days happier is the 1000 awesome things. This blog names one reason daily that can be good in people's life.
To mention some of these reasons that really caught my attention:
#762 The moment at a restaurant after you see your food coming from the kitchen and before it lands on your table
#766 Finding the last item in your size in the store.
#771 Waking up your alarm clock and realizing you've got lots of sleep time left.
#782 Mixing cookie butter with your bare hands.
#785 Falling asleep in the backseat of a car late at night on the drive home.
#804 Gym pain.
#805 The smell of crayons. (Okay, I would say the smell of the pens' ink or the pencils :)) Or as well we shouldn't forget about the smell of many kinds of books, like old ones :) )
#867 Snow falling on Christmas eve (For a real Xmas fan :) ) and related to this #868 Snow stepping
So I think this blog is really AWESOME, and makes me think about new reasons for being happy and smile just on an ordinary day...
Good luck for finding these reasons!And of course I am interested in my readers' reasons for happiness!!
Another blog which makes me smile and my days happier is the 1000 awesome things. This blog names one reason daily that can be good in people's life.
To mention some of these reasons that really caught my attention:
#762 The moment at a restaurant after you see your food coming from the kitchen and before it lands on your table
#766 Finding the last item in your size in the store.
#771 Waking up your alarm clock and realizing you've got lots of sleep time left.
#782 Mixing cookie butter with your bare hands.
#785 Falling asleep in the backseat of a car late at night on the drive home.
#804 Gym pain.
#805 The smell of crayons. (Okay, I would say the smell of the pens' ink or the pencils :)) Or as well we shouldn't forget about the smell of many kinds of books, like old ones :) )
#867 Snow falling on Christmas eve (For a real Xmas fan :) ) and related to this #868 Snow stepping
So I think this blog is really AWESOME, and makes me think about new reasons for being happy and smile just on an ordinary day...
Good luck for finding these reasons!And of course I am interested in my readers' reasons for happiness!!
18.5.09
Time to think
It's been a long time, not writing a new post here. Lot of things happened, mostly really good ones and things that made me think about my recent situation, the close future and past which is also part of my life. First of all, I spent 3 wonderful days with my Hungarian friends in Pécs, I would say in the second nicest city after Budapest in Hungary. We planned this weekend for a long time, and we had a similar one I think more than a year ago. But finally we did it, and we also took part in the annual university student festival there, which was also great, and a new experience at least for me. I am not a big party monster, especially for many days, but we had fun, and I looked for the moments I could enjoy. But I think we did all the things we planned or me planned, like going to hiking to the near hill or cooking together, or just walking around the city. That time I hadn't had the feeling of 'hanging out with friends who know me for many years, and they like me how I am' for a while, so it was nice to have it there again.
Oh I forgot to mention, but it is important obviously, finally I handed in my thesis. My opponents' feedbacks were positive, so it made me happy. Now I am waiting for their final assessment, and having my final exams by the end of June.
After I finished my thesis, I started to enjoy my freedom here, so that was the reason for my travelling first with Hungarian friends to Pécs. But then we went to the countryside for another weekend with family and Levi. We spent 2 peaceful days in a nice weekend house in a really small village with 300 inhabitants. We looked around the surroundings, we visited even smaller villages and places as well. This weekend helped me to recognize the importance of my relationship...we really needed it to spend a little bit more time together, focusing on each other. This happened for the first time after I got home from Germany.
After this countryside weekend I decided to visit some 'new friends' in Germany, which meant that I travelled back to Schwenningen. First, my mom was worrying about me being incapable to say goodbye my life there or my friends there. Partly I guess, she's right, it is really difficult for me to say goodbye to someone who was and is really important in my life, because we spent quite much time together. But now I see things different. This 5 days helped me to 'calm down' or to accept what happened and to move on a little bit. This doesn't necessarily mean that now I can forget the last 6 months, just simply I feel so much better, I am a little bit more convinced about my decisions I made there and after. 5 days there was amazing, and wonderful, with so many surprises and moments I will never forget, but I also realised that my future life is in Budapest. :)
And now I am here with so many little and bigger plans about my life, I would like to fulfil...I am almost done with my college and studies for a while, looking for a job for months, and when I will get one, it will totally change my life and will give new perspectives to it. When I started to study in college I had so many ideas about my life and future, and with recalling them I realise again that things don't happen always in that way the people plan. And I find this so amazing!The life is full of surprises and secrets, but I also think people cannot live without plans, I need to have dreams and ideas what to do with my life, and actually we will see what is waiting for me in 'the real life'.
Oh I forgot to mention, but it is important obviously, finally I handed in my thesis. My opponents' feedbacks were positive, so it made me happy. Now I am waiting for their final assessment, and having my final exams by the end of June.
After I finished my thesis, I started to enjoy my freedom here, so that was the reason for my travelling first with Hungarian friends to Pécs. But then we went to the countryside for another weekend with family and Levi. We spent 2 peaceful days in a nice weekend house in a really small village with 300 inhabitants. We looked around the surroundings, we visited even smaller villages and places as well. This weekend helped me to recognize the importance of my relationship...we really needed it to spend a little bit more time together, focusing on each other. This happened for the first time after I got home from Germany.
After this countryside weekend I decided to visit some 'new friends' in Germany, which meant that I travelled back to Schwenningen. First, my mom was worrying about me being incapable to say goodbye my life there or my friends there. Partly I guess, she's right, it is really difficult for me to say goodbye to someone who was and is really important in my life, because we spent quite much time together. But now I see things different. This 5 days helped me to 'calm down' or to accept what happened and to move on a little bit. This doesn't necessarily mean that now I can forget the last 6 months, just simply I feel so much better, I am a little bit more convinced about my decisions I made there and after. 5 days there was amazing, and wonderful, with so many surprises and moments I will never forget, but I also realised that my future life is in Budapest. :)
And now I am here with so many little and bigger plans about my life, I would like to fulfil...I am almost done with my college and studies for a while, looking for a job for months, and when I will get one, it will totally change my life and will give new perspectives to it. When I started to study in college I had so many ideas about my life and future, and with recalling them I realise again that things don't happen always in that way the people plan. And I find this so amazing!The life is full of surprises and secrets, but I also think people cannot live without plans, I need to have dreams and ideas what to do with my life, and actually we will see what is waiting for me in 'the real life'.
11.4.09
6.4.09
A great weekend
My weekend was simply perfect. It started on Friday, when I went to the gym with my brother, to do some exercises, escpecially running. I was planning to go somewhere in this weekend, because I started to miss my "Saturday excursions", so I asked my Mom to go to place near to Budapest. I haven't been there for a while, the weather was perfect to go to hiking a little bit, so on Saturday we went to Visegrád, where the River Danube makes a curve, official name is Danubebend. So and there is a castle on top of the hill, so we also went there to have a look at the beautiful view!!
After this little trip we went to an exhibition in which I was interested since I left to Germany. It closed this Sunday, so we decided to visit it on Saturday :) Just in time!! We were lucky, coz we could take part in a guided tour, so in this was the exhibition was much more interesting. By the way the exhibition is called "The other" (http://www.amasik.hu/en), and it was about the cultural differences and the perception of other cultures in a European point of view. There were some really interesting parts, and interactive solutions, and completed with the guide's stories, the whole exhibition was amazing. Just a little bit long, because we finished one hour after when the museum usually closes.
So we had to hurry, because I was invited to a kinda party to my friends place. I was late a little bit, but it was no problem. Finally I met some other friends I haven't seen since September or something, and we were playing some stand-up-comedy also.
Then on Sunday, I hardly could wake up, but then I started to cook the Sunday lunch. And the memories came into my mind, because I prepared the same meal what we ate in Schwenningen for the first time on Sunday. Okay, it was easier to prepare due to the kitchen tools and the ingredients (sour cream:)) ), but anyway I am missing my regular Sunday lunches with Schwenningen friends. :((
In the afternoon as a nice closing of this perfect weekend I went to the cinema with Levi, and the movie wasn't bad as the Argentinien one. On the contrary, it was a funny US movie, but not the Hollywood type, so I enjoyed a lot. Check the trailer, if you want to relax a bit, I suggest to watch this movie! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F--nHysJkw)
That's mainly all about my weekend...finally I did many things, so I had fun :))
After this little trip we went to an exhibition in which I was interested since I left to Germany. It closed this Sunday, so we decided to visit it on Saturday :) Just in time!! We were lucky, coz we could take part in a guided tour, so in this was the exhibition was much more interesting. By the way the exhibition is called "The other" (http://www.amasik.hu/en), and it was about the cultural differences and the perception of other cultures in a European point of view. There were some really interesting parts, and interactive solutions, and completed with the guide's stories, the whole exhibition was amazing. Just a little bit long, because we finished one hour after when the museum usually closes.
So we had to hurry, because I was invited to a kinda party to my friends place. I was late a little bit, but it was no problem. Finally I met some other friends I haven't seen since September or something, and we were playing some stand-up-comedy also.
Then on Sunday, I hardly could wake up, but then I started to cook the Sunday lunch. And the memories came into my mind, because I prepared the same meal what we ate in Schwenningen for the first time on Sunday. Okay, it was easier to prepare due to the kitchen tools and the ingredients (sour cream:)) ), but anyway I am missing my regular Sunday lunches with Schwenningen friends. :((
In the afternoon as a nice closing of this perfect weekend I went to the cinema with Levi, and the movie wasn't bad as the Argentinien one. On the contrary, it was a funny US movie, but not the Hollywood type, so I enjoyed a lot. Check the trailer, if you want to relax a bit, I suggest to watch this movie! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F--nHysJkw)
That's mainly all about my weekend...finally I did many things, so I had fun :))
2.4.09
Happiness
It's springtime in Budapest finally, the weather is warm and sunny, so I feel happy, and I just can't stop smiling :) I think that everything in my life will be good soon, the problems will be solved, and the questions will be answered.
Yesterday I met my friend, we went to cinema (Titanic International Filmfestival) to watch the first Argentinien movie in my life. Unfortunately the movie was horrible, I expected so much better. So I don't suggest anyone to watch it, the title is A week alone or Una semana solos or in Hungarian Egy hét egyedül. But on the day before yesterday we watched Madeinusa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECMTqYw_6IY&feature=related), the first Peruvian movie in my life. It was so much better than the Argentinien one, and not because of the fact I have a Peruvian friend. This movie took place in a "closed" village in t
he Peruvian highlands. We got a short and maybe subjective picture how the life can be in a village like this. Anyway, it was interesting :)
So we watched that other movie with my friend, and after we went to a coffeeshop about 9. Recently I realised that my favourite tee is the chai latte. When I first heard about this drink was in Berlin in a Starbucks...it is soo delicious :))) So we had a chai latte there, we were talking...so it was such a nice moment!! I missed these kind of things from my life!
And today is a nice day :) I just discovered a great homepage full with amazing photos of Budapest and many other countries. And I realised the beautiful places and things in my city :)))
I share some photos I really liked, but this link you can watch many other photos...it is in Hungarian, but don't worry!
http://hu.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary
he Peruvian highlands. We got a short and maybe subjective picture how the life can be in a village like this. Anyway, it was interesting :)So we watched that other movie with my friend, and after we went to a coffeeshop about 9. Recently I realised that my favourite tee is the chai latte. When I first heard about this drink was in Berlin in a Starbucks...it is soo delicious :))) So we had a chai latte there, we were talking...so it was such a nice moment!! I missed these kind of things from my life!
And today is a nice day :) I just discovered a great homepage full with amazing photos of Budapest and many other countries. And I realised the beautiful places and things in my city :)))
I share some photos I really liked, but this link you can watch many other photos...it is in Hungarian, but don't worry!
http://hu.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary
30.3.09
Little change
Yes, from this moment my blog is pink or purple, or perhaps between the two colours! But I think it suits me better than the previous one...
I just don't know how to change the big pink parts of it on the left and right hand side...if someone knows, I would be thankful! :)) I am not planning to change the colour every week, just I try to express my identity also with the outlook of my blog!I hope you don't mind!
And here is a Jason Mraz video I discovered the other day, enjoy it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hNTa-B4JI&feature=related
I just don't know how to change the big pink parts of it on the left and right hand side...if someone knows, I would be thankful! :)) I am not planning to change the colour every week, just I try to express my identity also with the outlook of my blog!I hope you don't mind!
And here is a Jason Mraz video I discovered the other day, enjoy it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hNTa-B4JI&feature=related
29.3.09
Feeling better
So many things happened with me since my last post., so I decided to write more often, coz it is difficult to tell everything later.
My life in Budapest became a little bit normal nowadays. I feel better at home, but of course, I miss many things from Germany.
For example I baked chocolate cookies yesterday, and it was such a great feeling (trying a new recipe,creating some delicious thing) my brother and Levi appreciated it so much :))) Such a nice compliment for me!!!
Another old thing happened this week that we (my mom and my brother) went to theater to watch a show there. My family is a real theater fan, kinda me also, so it is common to there often. But for a long time it was the first time that I went there also. I am not saying that these things are so special, just my life consisted these "traditions", so they helped me to feel back home again.
And I had some other experiences with new and old friends which made me happy :)
I met Daniel, we went to have a beer, and we had a great and long conversation. It is good that he is living in Budapest, and it was nice to talk with him. I missed our funny, but sometimes serious conversations :)
But the big thing in this week was that I could normally talk with Kenzo, and a little bit with Sarah also. I realised that the stupid msn is not the best thing to keep contact and friendships lively, that is why we decided with Kenzo to talk without typing. I was so happy, that I could hear her nice voice :))))) And finally I could talk a little bit with Ximena also, which is also always a pleasure...
So I try to keep something from Schwenningen in my life here...sometimes it is not easy, but I try to do my best.
Oh, and the other good news for this week: Joshua comes to visit me in Budapest by the end of May...I think I don't have to comment this, everybody can imagine how I feel about that. :)
My life in Budapest became a little bit normal nowadays. I feel better at home, but of course, I miss many things from Germany.
For example I baked chocolate cookies yesterday, and it was such a great feeling (trying a new recipe,creating some delicious thing) my brother and Levi appreciated it so much :))) Such a nice compliment for me!!!
Another old thing happened this week that we (my mom and my brother) went to theater to watch a show there. My family is a real theater fan, kinda me also, so it is common to there often. But for a long time it was the first time that I went there also. I am not saying that these things are so special, just my life consisted these "traditions", so they helped me to feel back home again.
And I had some other experiences with new and old friends which made me happy :)
I met Daniel, we went to have a beer, and we had a great and long conversation. It is good that he is living in Budapest, and it was nice to talk with him. I missed our funny, but sometimes serious conversations :)
But the big thing in this week was that I could normally talk with Kenzo, and a little bit with Sarah also. I realised that the stupid msn is not the best thing to keep contact and friendships lively, that is why we decided with Kenzo to talk without typing. I was so happy, that I could hear her nice voice :))))) And finally I could talk a little bit with Ximena also, which is also always a pleasure...
So I try to keep something from Schwenningen in my life here...sometimes it is not easy, but I try to do my best.
Oh, and the other good news for this week: Joshua comes to visit me in Budapest by the end of May...I think I don't have to comment this, everybody can imagine how I feel about that. :)
24.3.09
Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some things.
Finally I made my new blog :))) After a long planning and thinking, maybe I will change the title later, but I am not too sure.
Since I came back from Schwenningen, I am procrastinating everything, especially to make important and not so important decisions. I often change my mind; learn Spanish and then learn French, and then start to do my driving licence. That's me!
Before I went to Germany, I had a vision of my future, I had a vision what I would like to do in my life, but now I am here, writing my thesis, looking for a job, but the past semester opened many new ways in my life.
Sometimes I think I would like to work just for a year, or two, and then I go abroad to do my master degree somewhere else. First I thought working for a PR agency is the thing I really want to do, but now I can imagine to work in a café or teahouse, no problem!
During this time I realised in Germany I had freedom, real one, nobody told me what to do and how to do the things. Here I am a daughter, a girlfriend, a job-seeker and a half-student...so many roles I have to comply with.
So as you can see there are many things in my mind, not so clear thoughts, but time will probably help me.
Since I came back from Schwenningen, I am procrastinating everything, especially to make important and not so important decisions. I often change my mind; learn Spanish and then learn French, and then start to do my driving licence. That's me!
Before I went to Germany, I had a vision of my future, I had a vision what I would like to do in my life, but now I am here, writing my thesis, looking for a job, but the past semester opened many new ways in my life.
Sometimes I think I would like to work just for a year, or two, and then I go abroad to do my master degree somewhere else. First I thought working for a PR agency is the thing I really want to do, but now I can imagine to work in a café or teahouse, no problem!
During this time I realised in Germany I had freedom, real one, nobody told me what to do and how to do the things. Here I am a daughter, a girlfriend, a job-seeker and a half-student...so many roles I have to comply with.
So as you can see there are many things in my mind, not so clear thoughts, but time will probably help me.
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