I'm alive!

Hi-hi! Gabor and Mira are sending emails and finally I took some time to make a valuable addition for this blog. :)

How's your new home, Gabor? All filled up? I hope you don't mix up a hairdryer and a revolver at the morning. :)
What's needed in empty flat? A freezer, a vacuum cleaner, a washing machine and a egg chair.

To be honest I would prefer this black-and-white one even though it's not so well equipped. If u would have it, Gabor, I would fly to Amsterdam tomorrow and would be this trusty guy u mentioned. :)


What's up with the helmet, Mira? I stole a photo from Facebook. Looks like you did something fun. Like sleeping in the nature. :) Petzl is good brand, btw. It should keep your lovely head in one piece if your friends forgets to hold you up and you fall. :) And of course, helmet is very good protection for a city girl who is afraid of falling leafs. :)


Now I should talk something about myself? But I don't know what. No special news. I'm not really busy, rather lazy, and time flies. Have thought a lot and found some answers "what to do" for myself. I'd like to move on but there is this money-issue. My health is fine, a visit the sauna a lot. Oh, wait, I got a nice injury meanwhile:

I chopped woods and the very last piece jumped after my axe landed on it. I had a stich on my brow almost a week. Now I have a nice scar. :)
Let me think, maybe I have something else to say. I went in Finland. I've done some work around our summerhouse. I'm watching movies and TV series (The Event, Nikita, Undercovers). Have written some articles. Last weekend we made a trip in a bog and I got to know one cool Canadian guy. It was so good to speak English although it's already rusty. Otherwise the socializing is in low point - there have been only few gatherings and for a few days now I feel I really want some new friends too. I tried my cooking skills again and I made a pasha. Well, imo it's wasn't so good but others who tried it should be still alive and said it's wasn't so bad.
It's getting pretty cold here. Sometimes snow comes down and reminds me I should be gone already...
Loves,
lew

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

In case you're wondering, this superb quote is said by Professor Dumbledore. He says it in the first book after Harry discovered the Mirror of Erised, the mirror of desire.
I finished rereading the fifth book yesterday. It is my favourite one. I still remember when I got the Hungarian copy as a Christmas present and started reading immediately and felt very bad before going to sleep for 3 or 4 days until I couldn't finish it. It is the second longest Harry Potter book. It's full of surprises and you can never know what you'll find behind the next shelf. Of course the other books are amazing too. The sixth and seventh are really great, it is almost impossible to put them down.
I've seen all the film adaptations but I'm not a big fan of them. They are spectacular, exciting and full of action but the books are just soo much better. There are a lot of arguement among Harry Potter and film fans that it cannot be expected from a film to be as elaborated as a book. And of course it is true for other film adaptation as well. Because then these films would be 5 or more hours long.
I'm perfectly aware of this fact but somehow I couldn't leave the cinema after seeing any of the Harry Potter films totally amazed. I couldn't see how the others who haven't read the books were able to understand the most important parts when there was no real explanation.
But it seems that the people who haven't read the books aren't looking for that detailed explanation. Because they don't know what should they seek. Most of them are satisfied with the happenings and solutions. At least this is what my friends tell me.
I wouldn't dare say that the films are rubbish because they are definitaly worth to watch. I'm keenly looking forward to seeing the last two. I'm hoping that this way, that they made two parts, the Harry Potter adaptation will be much more true to the book itself.


The premier of the first film is on the 19th of November in the USA, in Hungary the 25th of November (shame). But I hope we will go together because in the Netherlands it is the 17th of November. (In Egypt it is the 7th of November. But I can't go there right now...)
It was planned that both of the films will be shown in 3D but this week the studio made the decision that it will be only in 2D because they couldn't finish it properly and they don't want to let down the fans. I think it's nice of them.

Anyway, don't forget to mark you calendars because it is one of the most important days of the year:)

In case you haven't seen the trailer:



You're welcome ;)

If you guys have some time, write something about your current position. Maybe we could talk this week and decide once and for all what to do. I'm just sayin':)

Mira

32 flavors

I've been listening to the same song (you can see the title above from Ani Difranco) for days now. It's beautifully written and just amazing. I guess it's a little girly for you guys, but if you have time, I highly suggest listening to it.

I'd like to tell you a little about the weekdays of my family today.
My mom and dad are trying to find out why my brother's wall is getting soaked so the flat is a noisy mess now. My brother's room is next to the bathroom and according to my dad's brilliant idea our bathtub doesn't contain the water properly so when one of us is taking a bath or a shower, the water is flowing down next to the bathtub and it makes the wall wet. It's difficult to explain in English I don't really get my dad's idea in Hungarian either. But at this moment he's started to use his drill and he's trying to take out our bathtub and find out the cause of the trouble...at any price.
Well, I'd like to add to my strory, that he is not a plumber, he's a truck driver. He has a paper as an electrician which he used for a year, maybe, because then he got his driving license and started to work on other fields. I wouldn't have a problem with this, let him try to fix it, let him try to solve the problem because I've come to accept that men think they can solve everything. But as I've been living with him for 20 years, I've seen him trying. And at the end of the day his ideas caused more trouble than the problem itself.
I'd like to give you only one example which I particularly remember as I was the lucky one to help him. One rainy day we couldn't have got into the flat because we had some problems with the locks (it's another story related him, of course) so my dear father decided that as we live on the ground floor one of us could easily go in through the window. So he broke the window and chose me, the youngest and smallest to climb in with their help. I desperately tried to avoid the pieces of glass, I stood up on the window sill, and somehow as I was jumping to the floor, I got caught by the curtain and I managed to tear out the curtain rail from the wall. After I landed in a way I never thought anyone could survive, covered with the curtain, the curtain rail, pieces from the wall I couldn't speak. Of course by this time most of the habitants of the house were watching, giving advice how they would've come in and saw my wonderful landing. They got scared for a minute but I stood up confidently in my parents room and shout through the window that I was fine. Magically noone got hurt, I let the family in and we've kept on living happily since then.
I could tell you other stories of course. The one when we almost lost our front door or when he had to stood in shorts in front of the house for hours because he tried to get rid of the flees in the cellar after we moved here...life-changing stories :)

And now this issue. I don't know where this is going. I don't know how I will be able to take a shower today. I'm not even sure that we will have water. My dad is in full equipment and ready to rock. My mom is the chosen one to help him. My brother and I are in our rooms behind closed doors. We're waiting for the party. Let us hope that he will not destroy the bathroom.

That's it from me for today. I could write more, but the post took more time than I expected so I have to go now. I'm waiting for the news from you, too. I hope everything's going ok for you.
Hugs,
Mira

Complicated

What should I say? Everything is a mess! Somehow all of the sudden I have so many small tasks at hand that I actually progress nowhere! On a positive side my job search is in full throttle now. On negative side - tomorrow I have to go to surgery to remove one of my tooth.

Ok, enough time wasted - I have to get back to do my things.

Update for comment: don't worry Mira! We like you even if your T-shirts will look like those poor girl's:

Here you go, Mira :)

Hi guys!

So, what should I write. I already mentioned that I will visit Helsinki in Finland in Saturday and in Sunday I should go to running competition. 10 km. I have made no preparations so it's gonna be hard. And next weekend we are probably going to orienteering competition. We have to cover about 30 km at night. But we have not registered yet so we may not go.

Few days ago we had a long walk in nature - between lakes, in forrest, next to swamp and some hill. It was quite varied and we got back late, it was dark already. Luckily we brought lamps.

Regarding future I have few things to say. First of all - Amsterdam is still pretty strong candidate for me. Because of you guys, of course. :) But there have been 2 new twists. Our sports/outdoor teacher Mikkel sent me a message and asked am I still interested about jobs he mentioned in spring. Sure I am and he will try to find out are those still valid. Those positions are in Norway and in Wales. We'll see what he finds out. The another idea what I may have mentioned already that I've started to think about going to Finland. But this is just an idea.

What else is worth mentioning? Nothing I can remember. So, take care! :)

Not All Of Those Who Wanders Are Lost

I know, I know..terrific choice of title. Well, what can I say?

You guys have disappeared lately but I hope everything is going ok for both of you. I'm on skype this evening, hoping if anyone shows up.
I'm not sure if you read my comment or not but I'm telling you again anyway that I've been looking for places to live but I could only find one apartment with 2 bedrooms. All the others from the site which Gábor offered are mostly 1-bedroom studios. But I keep on looking. If you find something, feel free to contact me.

I'm also looking for jobs, and in my opinion it will be easy to find work in Amsterdam. I already sent some e-mailt to families who were looking for live-out au-pairs. I think it would be a great start to have something even if it's only for 2-4 hours a day until I find some proper job. I found a tour guide job, sent them my CV (you know what that means).
There's a site http://www.expatriates.com/classifieds/netherlands/jobs/ . I can only recommend it to you Leho, if you're coming. There are new offered jobs every day. For instance today they were looking for housekeepers, but they need the holland papers which I haven't had yet. But once I have them...
I've been visiting pages (will I ever know what's the difference between site and page??) which show what documents are needed in the Netherlands to work. I've been making draughts so I'll know what to do from Day 1. I'm planing to collect the names of the hotels, bars, restaurants with addresses in Haarlem and Amsterdam to hand them my CV.
So as you may see, I'm not planning to live on Gábor and his nice offer (that might've sounded bootlicking a little bit:) but I'm really taking this seriously for the sake of my cloudy but hopefully amazing future.

Ok that might be a little bit too much, but you get it now :)

Other news about my life...let me think....Oh I got one. I've finished Harry Potter. I know I wrote bout it like a month ago, but I only read the first chapter then and I did the others only last week and finished it yesterday. I'm interested in other books now. I have aprx 6 books waiting for me on my desk. Unfortunatly only one of them is in English, I hope I'll like it as I had to borrow it from the library of my little town. Its title is 80 days around the world, I'm sure you know it.
I'm reading a book called the Diary of Nürnberg (I've just found out that the title according to amazon is Nurenberg Diary. I don't really get the "Nurenberg" thing). So it's about the trial in Nurnberg in 1945-46 and the thoughts of the nazi leaders. It's shocking but very interesting to see what they thought about all the cruel things they did.
I have a new book about Law of Attrection, it helps me a lot to stay optimistic, and become happier every day.
I'm a little sentimental today...

Ok fellows, I think that's it for me.
Hope to hear from you very soon and see you in a little while!

Mira

Exported to The Netherlands

Hello Guys,

Greetings from the Netherlands! :) I arrived here last Thursday, spent the last few days getting to know the neighbourhood and I have to admit Haarlem is a beautiful town that I like very much. The flat, located in 2 minute-walk from the railway station at the corner of a street, is lovely as it has windows on three sides, also in the roof, so it’s ever light no matter where the sun shines from. At the other side of the railway station there’s a small canal surrounded by a nice park where people go running, relaxing, feeding the birds, etc. We have run there twice already and I have heard of other parts of Haarlem suitable for running – but those are a bit far from us and I will need a bike to check out myself. If you have clicked on the link above you might have noticed that this small part of the city with the central station is surrounded by canals on all sides, so literally I’m living on an island… :) These little canals are not just pretty, but offer us a great range of activities such as canoeing, kayaking, drowning etc. So I am looking forward to exploring them! :)

Like I said the city is beautiful and big enough to have all kinds of restaurants, shopping centres, sport facilities and candy shops one possibly needs. And of course Amsterdam is still on the doorstep if you need something special.

Also, there seem to be much more Hungarians in the region than I thought, so I will be able to find company much easier than expected. We already have a football team that will be playing every Saturday morning against other foreigners – and I hope we will make friends with some of the non-Hungarian foreigners too! As the team seems to be piss-poor, without the smallest chance of victory, we will be a team obviously loved to play against… :)

But what about you guys? I hope everything goes fine and you are preparing your move to the Netherlands too! We could skype some day, maybe on the weekend – Sunday? If I can help you with anything just let me know – I ‘d be happy to listen, although my prices are not negotiable… :)

See you,
G.

Ps: my address is not the same what you may find on the page of the map - although 'A' points to the very flat where I'm staying at - I'm just telling you this to avoid unconvenient situations: e.g. if you came Haarlem and knocked on my door you would be surprised nobody answers it and eventually you'd find out that's my neighbour's door. It's good for noone. So please do your best and knock on my door - then it won't be surprising at all if you don't get answered :)

back on the horse

Surprise, surprise... enjoying my happy mood I decided to write a new post.
Today is the 20 of August in case you didn't know that. While I'm sure Gábor and hopefully most of the Hungarians know what it means but let me tell you Leho, that it's an important day for as, it's a National Day. And what does it mean? We celebrate the foundation of the Hungarian state by our first king, Saint Stephen.This is a statue in Veszprém (25 km from my town) about St Stephen and Queen Gisella. Stephen is mostly seen with parts of the coronation insignia: the Holy Crown, the orb (Globus cruciger), the sword. The coronation insignia consits of the sceptre and the mantle too.
Ok, history lesson is over..:) but I learned some new words as well.

There are more reasons of my happiness. I'm sure you cannot wait to hear them.
I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. A Dutch family wrote me an e-mail and they are very nice. I hope I can come to an arrangement with them. They live near to Utrecht and they need somebody from the end of September. They have got 3 kids, 2 girls and 1 little boy but I think what they expect from the au pair is quite fair. So I wrote them back and waiting for the answer now. And I think once I'm there in the Netherlands I might be allowed to spend some time with my old friend/s in Amsterdam.
Because if I were more brave, I'd go with Gábor. But because it's not sure whether I could find a job in Amsterdam or not, it would be too irresponsible and thoughtless to go into the big world.
So I choose the safer way.

And the university? Well, they didn't let me postpone a year so I have to apply again. Of course I'm sad about it but I'm trying to stay optimistic. And I still have lots of choices. And my CV will be so good by the next year that I'm pretty sure any university will be happy to have me. Maybe I will try to apply for the university in Amsterdam. And I can improve my English. I'm learning words every day, reading Harry Potter in English at the moment. There are lots of other books I would like to read but unfortunatly it's impossible to borrow them from the city library. They have got a very poor collection of English books. They don't even have the Harry Potter series, I had to ask my aunt to borrow it from the library in Veszprém.

How do you guys feel about series? Friends, Grey's Anatomy, Skins etc.. Well as you may know, I'm really into them. I've been watching a very funny series lately. It's called Weeds and as you can predict there are some illegal things sold in it. But it's hilarious. I can only recommend it.

Oh, and I watched Inception with my friends. I guess it was good. But I have to watch it again, then I can tell you my opinion. I wouldn't say that I didn't understand the movie because I did but there was sooo many things going on at the same moment. But there were some good action scenes, specially at the end. So watch it and let's talk about it.

Mira

P.S.: Leho my skype name is myra_m, can't wait to talk to you.

Return of the King :)

Hello! Time goes fast. What have I've done? Well, I have swam in different places in Estonia and traveled around quite a bit. Once I've was even in south Estonia where I met Margus. U know, this better and cooler Estonian in NH. We went swimming in Latvia, he showed me Valga (small border town), we BBQ and went in sauna.

Also what is worth mentioning is that we gathered a small team of friends and went to one of the hardest hiking competition in Estonia, Erna hike. I'm sad to say that we canceled after 18,5h. But it was hard. We had to orienteer with a base map where 1cm is equal to 500m. It a lot bigger ratio and less detailed than usual orieteering map. The terrain was mostly hard forrest (most of the roads were forbiden or there were patrols who had to catch teams). In checkpoints we did fairly well (diving, climbing, first aid etc) but at the end our painful wet feet and too heavy bags (I don't know how heavy was it at the beginning but at the end it was 13kg) broke us.

Now I have to say sorry to out dear Mira! She have answered to my sms' and asked about me but I've been too busy/tired/lazy to answer at that point. Well, I'm quite fine. I got one new fantastic friend, I've had fun with older friends, I've visited nice places etc. Sure, I've also wasted time and been lazy. :( There is hot too and sometimes rainy. Big thunderstorms are also visited us leaving houses (even one church) without roofs and breaking down a lot of trees (after one storm we saw hundreds of meters long road strips under trees). Only problem is that I'm quite bankrupt. I miss U too very much and I repay your hugs with twice as many. :) Btw, we STILL wait pictures of your butterflies!

Funny thing is that sometimes while speaking estonian english word comes in or in the middle of sentence I start speaking in english or I know the english word and have to think few seconds to remind estonian meaning. :D

Now... I lost track. What I wanted to write at first place. Well, I'm postponing my future every day. I'm to lazy or afraid to start looking what to do where. But I still think that Amsterdam with Gabor is the best bet. Guys, U should push me harder to look for a job etc. :)

Emm... I got writers block now. If I had something else to say I will write a new post. 'Till then - bye and I love u!

the prodigal girl

Hopefully you can understand the title I chose. But I have got very good reasons why I haven't written for a long time although I promised Gábor to do it a week ago.

So let's start with last Monday. I got the answer from the university and they admitted me. I was very happy but sad as well. The perfect word would be bittersweet because I knew my parents' answer to the school. And unfortunatly I was right. So I wrote to the university if I can wait a year with the studying. They haven't written back yet. I really don't know what to do...surprising, isn't it? :) I was talking to Zsanett about it because I wasn't sure about going myself but she asked if I would be more certain if I had the money and I said I'd go. But it doesn't matter anymore.
I'm only 20 and I don't know what to do with my life. Of course there are things I cerainly wanna try but I should decide because what I'm doing right now is very pathetic. Well actually I'm doing NOTHING. Maybe I should've applied for a university in Hungary. But that wouldn't be better just easier.
My family is telling me that time is running so I have to decide soon.
I'm still looking for a family to be a nanny or something like that. I got answers every week. I could go to Italy or to the Netherlands now.
And there's Gábor who's moving to Amsterdam and I'd be the happiest if I could go with him (if he still lets me). Zsani sent me the Hungarian guys' phone number from the bar maybe it would be a good start to talk to them. Or I could just go from bar to bar and sell my CV. or myself :)
Any suggestions guys? Are you thinking also about moving to Amsterdam, Leho?

Some other news and reasons of my disappearing.
My cousin gave birth to her little daughter last Tuesday. She is the prettiest baby I've ever seen. Her name is Csenge, and only 50 cm long and 3 kilos. So she is very tiny. They came home on Saturday and both of them are healthy. I'm very happy about them. I can't wait to play with the little girl, see her learning everything. I'm not the youngest in that part of the family anymore. Yes! :)

And I was coward to show my tattoo to my mum but accidently she saw it. She was okey, I'm still alive as you can see but she didn't like it very much. One more thing off my shoulders.

Ohhh, and the most important thing of the week :) I have got a new point to write into my CV. I was selling ice cream during the weekend. One of my friends asked me if I could work instead of her because she had other things to do and I said yes. The weather could've been better because on Saturday it was very boring to sell only 10-20 balls of ice cream but on Sunday there were more people. And I met some Americans as well. It was wonderful to speak in English to somebody again. I miss it very much. And at least I have some money so I don't have to ask from my parents if I want to go to the cinema to see Inception and Salt. Hopefully I'm going to see these movies. Have you seen these? I read/heard they are very good. Okey maybe Salt isn't but still..:)

And I've got a suggestion for you guys to watch. It is a Swedish movie. I didn't hear the Swedish language before so I thought it's like Danish. Well...no offense but it was something between Danish and Russian. But the movie, called The girl with the dragon tattoo is a must-see. It's a little long but I think worth to watch. There's going to be an American adaptation but you have to see the original.
And I watched Kingdom of Heaven today. I liked it very much.

And an other suggestion if you have time we could talk on/in/through (?) Skype. The 3 of us just like in Bjerringbro :) Most of the time I don't have anything to do so if you find some time we could arrange it. Because I haven't heard your voice for a long time. And because I miss you a lot. And we could talk about amsterdam or you could tell me what to do in the rest of my life :)
Thanks in advence.

XOXO ( sorry I'm watching Paris Hilton's BFF show..I know I'm hopeless)

Mira

There and back again

Hey-hey,

Although everyone is eagerly waiting for news whether Miss Butterfly will or will not fill in a position at the household of those busy businessmen, whose industry is so close to the heart of many of us, I think I will just grab the opportunity and fill you in with the recent happenings of my small little world.
You guys often accused me of being mean – despite I am the kindest person you could ever meet. But talking about meanness, let me just introduce my Amsterdam friend by telling you a short story. I went to Amsterdam last week as I got an interview there at noon last Friday. I arrived at the place 15 minutes early, took a seat near to the reception and spent some time just looking around. The name of the building of the firm’s offices is Atrium, and – not too surprisingly – it is an atrium: there is a square inside the building where all the windows of the offices look. The reception is located in this square as well, so I could see the office of the firm (Optiver) and also spotted my friend pretending to work. He saw me too, waved, stood up and walked away – the naïve part of me thought he might come and greet me. None of that happened, but within 2 minutes he returned with some sheets of paper and started to glue them up to the window and in a minute there were 5 pages, bearing one letter each, so that the five of them read: “NO JOB”. Naturally this did not go unnoticed, and soon 5-8 people gathered behind the window laughing… Thanks to my friend, I got laughed at in an interview even before getting 30meters close to my interviewers! This must be a record, innit? :)
Fortunately my friend was not involved in the interviewing process from that point on, so I did not have to fear of meeting mean people; once I realised this I came to the strange conclusion that eventually it pays off having mean friends… :)
So the rest of the interview was quite OK, although it took more than 4 hours. We covered every minute of my life, I had to answer all the question which are only asked in such occasions (“why did you think at the age of 12 it would be good for you to change school? I fucking didn’t, my parents did.”), and after recalling all the childhood drama and finding the reasons why I did something in 1998 when I did not know what I was doing everybody seemed satisfied. Most of the interviews were quite laid-back though and enjoyable as well. I mean the interviewers were really nice and open and made me feel I had as much right to ask questions as they had, so we had conversations rather than that one-way communication you often find on interviews.
And it seems I could somehow delude them all as in two hours they called me and offered the position, which I gladly accepted. This is a really nice firm that cares more of its employees than I have ever seen elsewhere, so I expect it will be fun joining them. I’m starting only in September, which is good news too, and will have a month long probation period…
So I am really glad about the firm, but at the same time I am sad we are not going to Dublin together… but how about Amsterdam? After the probation period I will rent a flat where you are ever welcome, so if you think that Amsterdam fit into your plans in any way pls just let me know, I’d be quite glad to see you around.
And what’s up with you? Where do you stand with looking for jobs/finding the meaning of life/showing your tattoo to your family?

whattodo...whattodo

Let me just start with the information that I have more Guru today than I can ever confess to anybody.
This heat is really terrible. I thought I would happily move to a hot country, like Spain, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico (daydreaming for some minutes)...but i'm not sure anymore because I cannot do anything in this weather. I went to the library with my cousin today 9(!) in the morning and in that early hour it was already unbearably hot, and it is still although it's 10 pm. I'm thinking about going out wearing only my bikinis :)
But if everything goes well I'm going to our beautiful sea, Balaton on Thursday or on Friday. I can't wait for it...lying on the beach all day, swimming, sunbathing, coming home with the skincolour of a latin chica :) I've been watching a fabolous mexican series lately so my spanish is improving rapidly.
But tomorrow the street festival in Veszprém (25 kms from my home town) is starting and we are going to two concerts. Quimby and Parov Stelar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRtHYiWmsoA ....do you still remember?). So it's going to be really cool.

On Saturday Zsanett and Gergő came to pick up their things which we had brought home by car. They were here only for 3 hours but still it was a great feeling to see them again. I miss you guys a lot..I'll be honest with you, sometimes I feel really sad and helpless without you.
But I got very happy on Sunday evening because both of you sent me smssss (what's the plural of sms?). I don't know if you knew about each others' but it made my day as Sunday was the worst day I've had for a long time. I don't know what happened. After Zsani and Gergő left I really felt as if nothing changed and I'm still that person who so desperately wanted to leave her old life behind...it's a hard feeling to describe but I feel much better today. Maybe the number of chocolate I've had helped a bit:)

And I cut off my hair (not all of it) as well as a symbol of change:). It's shorter now and I think it looks great. I'll try to take photos with my cousin tomorrow during the concert so you could see my new hair and my new butterfly.
Yesterday my mom saw the other half of it on my cousin and she said she would be really angry if I had one. I didn't tell her anything but I'm really sick of this hiding. So she has to face with the fact soon that I'm not her twelve-year-old, little, innocent daughter anymore.

And as you could have predicted I need your help and advice again. I've talked with a girl who wanted to go to the Netherlands as an au-pair. I saw a link on a forum the other day, I registered but than she told me that she registered on an other page as the first one is an agency and I would "only" get 300-340 euros but they would pay for languages courses, my insurance, food etc. My parents also think that it's really not much money. So I registered on the other one as well, no agency people can contact directly. And then a canadian couple sent me an e-mail. They've got no kids, they need a housekeeper, someone to do what they can't because of their busy lifestyle. They seem really fair, they told me about their business, which is some kind of escort company..you know what they do. They said it's totally legal and follows the law and I won't be part of it. I sent you their e-mails because I really don't know what to do (again).
The better would be to go to somewhere in Europe that's what my parents also say, and the best in the netherlands as my brother will be there in case something's not right and maybe I could look for other jobs in Amsterdam as a waitress or something to earn more money. Two dutch families already tried to contact me but they have 3 and 4 children. And you know me...I love kids, could play with one or maybe two, but I'm not sure if I could handle 3 children under the age of 10. Now my heart tells me that I could because I want to go so much and earn some money for the university. Because now it's 80% that I have to intermit (?) in university...you know another gap year.

But now if this canadian job is what they say is than it would be a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I've already looking for people in Vancouver so I can contact with them if anything goes wrong. But I really don't know.
After reading the e-mail..what do you guy think? Should I do it? Of course I need to know much more about them before I go but if you have some comments, please tell me your opinions.

XOXO :)
Mira

Viva Espana!

Hi lads,

As the world championship is over we have to turn to other matters but before doing so let me just express how delighted i was with last night’s result; it’s not just that the Spanish deserved to win because of their superior style and quality but recently I recognised in myself an ever-growing feeling towards some of the Dutch players – a feeling I have only seen on a MP video expressed by John Cleese regarding Communists. So, although I would not believe a 170cms tall, thin, pale guy will ever make me happy after 116minutes of struggling, it was exactly what happened. Cheers Andres, Viva Espana!

As I said we have to turn our attention to other matters and some of you may have guessed right that I am talking about my hometown’s team playing tomorrow evening in the qualifiers of the Champions League in a town so-called Talinn – it’s somewhere in Latvia or Lithuania (or was it Russia?). Anyway, those of you who did not like the world cup should watch the game – you will instantly understand why we waited for the WC for years.

Not much else is going on around these parts – I am just trying to survive in this unbelievable heat, preparing for the interview by reading seriously looking books and watching movies to get used to listening to English (ahh, after 15 years I am still waiting for the breakthrough in the next 2-3 days… now that’s what I call optimism), and playing tennis occasionally with some friends.

I hope all of you are doing well and enjoying the summer as much as you can!

By the way, I heard something about Mira yesterday – a sms coming from her number claimed she had some new ideas she would like to share with us. I can't wait to hear them! However, the same text message said that she “was so excited about the final she could hardly eat”. Knowing Mira, it’s something rather hard to believe, so there may have been an impostor using her phone. Hope we will find out soon.

All the best,
Gabor

Ps: and why haven’t we seen a picture of the butterfly yet?

4 days away

At the beginning of week I emptied cocoa drink's powder can (which best before date was April 2002 :D ) and I had no reason to stay at parents house any more. I lifted my briefcase (of course I haven't unpack it to be ready to fly a way in any moment if some opportunity calls) to car and went to traveling.

I went to Tallinn at first where I spent few days doing... different stuff like socializing etc. Friday evening I went to Estonian western part to visit a friend. We went swimming, sauna and in adventure park. :) Nice vacation. Even the tumor in my neck has got smaller. Also weather is great here - hot and dry and water, even in sea, is warm.

But every time I drive to gas station I want to cry! Like everything else the gas is so expensive and I need money! Let's wait and what comes out. :)

Human

I'm listening to the Killers and as I didn't have any idea which title i should give to my post i decided to choose the title of the song I'm listening at the moment. Although I'm not the biggest fan of the band I like some of their songs. Human is one of them.

Gábor,...I read your sceptical and cynical comment about Law of Attrection. And I did not like it :P It's a very famous technique used successfully by millions (including me). Once we meet again I'll tell you more about it and I'm sure sooner or later you will try this posotive-thinking method consciously. Just wait for the moment.
I'm using it right now as well, trying to get out of this city. I applied for jobs as animators. I know the description of it is "someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people" and I'm not the most energetic person you can meet but if i got the job in Spain, Ciprus or Greece I would do my best.
My mom told me to apply for stewardess jobs but I haven't decided what to do about it. Speaking English is enough but I should sign the contract for 3 years. However I would not like to begin to study something in 3 years.

So as you can see I really don't know what to do. Now I'm looking for jobs in the neighbourhood but it's really difficult although my professional CV.
Let's stay positive. I want to be an animator in Spain.

Other things...my tattoo is finished and looks great. It hurt a little bit and in this unbearable heat it's really difficult to hide it from my parents but I believe it's worth everything. Maybe I'll tell my parents in the next days so don't be surprised if you don't hear from me :)
I was lying on the beach of the Hungarian sea, namely Balaton with my cousin all day. We took a swim only two times because I had to be careful about my butterfly.

I watched Cars the day before yesterday and I think it's crap (sorry) but I feet like watching it was a waste of time. It's the worst Pixar movie although I haven't seen Toy story 3 yet.
One of my friends suggested me a page where I can watch movies but I don't have to buy them. There hasn't been many movies uploaded yet but if you're intrested I'll let you know the link.

Ohh and the most important thing! I met Zsuzsi on Wednesday, she came to get back her things. It was a great although a little bit strange feeling to see her again in my environment. We talked a bit but unfortunatly her dad was in a hurry so we didn't have much time to talk. We found out that the both of us have been looking at pictures from Norgaards and listening to songs reminding us to the hojskole since we got home.
I cannot wait to see you and the other guys as well!

I'll go on looking for jobs. Can I go with you Gábor? :) I love Amsterdam!! :)
I'm eagerly waiting for my answer from Roskilde (29 of July) but in case they think I'm too qualified for them or my parents tell me to earn money for it I'd be happy to join you. And how sure are you that it's the job of your dreams? Because in Norgaards I could've never decided whether you wanted that job or not. But I think it's very great that they invited you to an interview.
And tell us about the wedding!! Did they like the newspaper?

And what about you Leho? What is your next step? Studying? Working?

Are you guys watching the Football World Cup? I felt so sorry for Ghana yesterday. It would've been nice to see an African team in the finals. So now I'm cheering for Spain. I liked them today. Who do you think will win?

Hope to hear from you soon!

Mira

Going better and worse

Last Friday I went in Tallinn. Saturday I went to beach (sea, hungarians, SEA!) with friends although I felt bad (later it came out I had fever 38.5C) and I wasn't able to participate much. Last 2 days, while weather is great, I've been inside and relaxing as my neck's lymphs are tumid (at least i think those are lymphs). Hopefully those goes away soon and there are no big problem. Anyway, it's been time to observe, think and making conclusions.

And I'm decided - I want to go abroad now and work a little (thanks for Bruce Willis who answered my questions, check it out!). I can come back to Estonia to study after I have earned some money.

Currently I'm working on some articles to earn some pennys. And that's basically it.
I'm thinking about you every day and hopefully see ya soon! :)

Finally, my first post

Hello!

At last, but not least I join the world of bloggers. Who knows, maybe I'll be famous about it one day.

Anyway things are getting better for me, my family's started to get used to the idea that I'm at home, and that I've changed a little bit. I visited my whole family during the week, met some friends and from tomorrow I'm looking for jobs everywhere around the world. I'm even thinking about going to work in/on (?) a ship and get some money but it is said to be a very hard work. So I'm focusing on the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. Denmark would be the best but since I'm not there I guess finding a job is even harder. And I didn't apply for this cleaning job. I hope I won't regret it, but to be honest I didn't feel as if that would be the best choice for me and as the Law of Attraction says: if your senses don't tell you to do it, don't do it...or something like that. But I would work somewhere with you guys happily. I've applied for some bar jobs in the UK and I'm waiting for the answers.

What about you? Any great job opportunities?

A little information about my life here...my father is building a woodhouse(?) in our garden so I don't know when we can meet the Hungarian fellows (and of course I'd be happy if people from other countries could come but i know it's a little difficult:() They don't want to set up(?) the pool(?) because of the weather but I hope we can find out something. I miss you guys(even Gábor sometimes:) very much:)
Some other things..I'm going to finish my tattoo-making(?) tomorrow, so I'm a little bit nervous about it. My parents haven't found out about it but after their reaction to my smoking behaviour, I'm pretty sure they will kill me because of it. So they will get to know it after I can live on my own. I don't need the yourruiningyourownbodyandlife talk
And I watched Sex and the City 2...ok it's not the deepest drama I've ever seen but it's quiet good..beautiful dresses,locations,people, sometimes too much luxury but I liked it.
Ohh and Gábor (sorry guys but its a special hungarian chocolate) I can recommand pöttyös Guru..if you haven't tried it yet, please do it for me! You will be addicted! :)

That's from me, maybe I'll write something tomorrow about my tattoo if i feel like it..i kinda like this blog writing thing.

Mira

P.S.: if you find some grammatical mistakes, please let me know :D I'd like to use this blog for learning as well

Leho: Hello!

Life after NH... is hard. My first act out of depression was drinking a bottle with champagne in Copenhagen airport with Gabor. And from the first day after arrival to my parents hometown I'm depressed. Aura of this place is sucking out all the energy and fun. My point is - I want away!

But at the same time I feel I should start study something. It's so hard to decide. Help!

Speaking about Mira's CV, she can add a lines like "expert in entertainment industry with experience in movie, TV and gaming fields" and "years of practice with computers and internet technologies". :)

Ending with a positive note - I got great Estonian sauna yesterday! And today I made almost 30 km bike trip. :)

About us

Hullo guys,

I have created this blog to help us keep in touch, discuss our common plans (Dublin?), recall NH memories and share our new, individual adventures, stories with each other, whether or not those are related to the original NH community. So the framework of this blog supposed to be extremely flexible - anyone could add his or her thoughts/feelings/memories whenever he or she feels up to it.
Although I created this blog I do not want to be the sole editor - please let me know if you want editing rights as well and I will send you an invitation to the Board of Editors (BoE). /Mira, "BoE" would make an excellent line in your CV after "game-master" and "Kitchen-duty"! :)/

I have already some adventures behind my back since we left the school, and I am sure you have some too. I'm adding some of them to the blog tomorrow/day after tomorrow, but in the meantime pls feel free to comment: Where are you? How do you feel? Do you like the idea of the blog? etc.

Missing you guys, see you here soon
Gabor