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I made my mind on a lazy Saturday afternoon

Trychydts — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:49:51 +0000

“Although I am certainly pleased with my upper-level exam” — I said to Mum on this sleepy Saturday afternoon — “I still feel that my English can be improved.”

“Well, I think English is simply too complex and sophisticated for anyone to learn it perfectly.”

“I suppose you are right” — I said, flipping lazily an Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. I just checked the meaning of the word “gouge”; now I wanted to make sure that I also know correctly what’s an otter is. Maybe I should write on my English-language blog.

However, I also decided that I will not waste too much words on my daily routine. First, it’s not inspiring enough; and second, I am already doing it in Hungarian. So, if you are not already fluent in Hungarian, you’s better soon be, or else you will never know what my colleague is like at the National Office for Research and Technology. I will write about the Hungarian lifestyle and the Hungarian mind. Every once in a while I have the pleasant opportunity to entertain America guests and I always feel that our way of living is far beyond their comprehension.However, when we start explaining things with Mum, I always find it really funny. We may not be one of the greatest nations, but at least we are thoroughly ridiculous.

So this is blog is going to be a small guide about the real, present-day Hungary. If anyone reads this, please contact me for your free pizza.

New possibilites

Trychydts — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:10:12 +0000

After an unexpectedly hard job interview, I got new possibilites again. I am once again an emplyee of a Government office; they want my communication and writing skills, and my previous professional experience. The interviewer, a somehow crisp but still kind woman, the vice president had bombarded me with questions for more the 45 minutes. Fortunately I had answers readied for every one of them. I felt I could also prove my commitment to the public sphere fairly convincingly; I suspect it also meant a lot. It must have, because four they later my phone rang: I got the job.

I immediately stopped testing Thief III. I must have taken care of finally getting my diploma for the university. Fortunately I had done the necessary paperwork more than a month before, so they had it all ready, I really just had to pick it up. I also had to get a fresh statement from my pension account — fortunately, it went really smoothly and professionally. Originally they said that they would only need me on Monday; however, an emergency situation arrived, so I checked in yesterday. The colleagues seems nice, my room is bright and comfy (I have to share it with two classic gentlemen), and the neighborhood is reassuringly familiar. I had lunch at the very same canteen as I worked at the university. I solved my very first tasks fairly easy, so I have to say I am quite satisfied with myself.

The real turning point

Trychydts — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:52:39 +0000

When I was about 16, I always thought that adulthood starts when someone turns 22 or 23. When I did turn 23, I did not really feel any different. I worked with university students, I was at the beginning of my philosophy studies. I felt myself somewhere between child- and adulthood. I started to think that maybe my 30th birthday will be the big turning point.

Well, it was. I already had my first “serious” job, now I am currently looking for an other one, I have a fiancée, who also has a job. My sister has a baby, and I am an uncle. One of my friends just got married. And, at my birthday party at one of my favorite bars in town, I did feel that I evolved into somebody else.

The bar itself is really a great place. If you want to play pool in the city, it’s one of the best places. It has real quality tables, very good service, a non-smoking room, and pretty delicious sandwiches to eat. I held several parties here in the past, and it really excelled today, too. We had a lot of fun, and, after the main event, some of us stayed to play a few rounds of foosball. This was the first time in my life I could test my mettle in this game — well, at least our team with V. didn’t lose as spectacularly as it could.

The opportune moment

Trychydts — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:13:08 +0000

Planning huge suprises is fun. If you do not have a fixed date — e.g. a birthday — then you can even skip the stress with it. You have plenty of time to wait for the right time, if something gets in the way, you can let it go. You can, because the “target” doesn’t have a clue — after all, that is the essence of surprise. So I waited after my last salary arrived from the ministry, waited for a nice morning when I was in my shopping mood. I visited my favorite jewelry shop, and I bought a nice, silver ring with turquoise opals (since turquoise is V.’s favorite color). I bought chicken wings, fried them with chilli and tabasco, made a nice salad, cleaned the flat — I even had time to have a shower. And when she arrived home, she still thought I was just being nice.

I was really lucky, because I really had an opportune moment for the actual engagement. She looked at me and asked: what are you thinking about? This time I could come up with a really unique answer. We had chamagne and fun after dinner. And now I have a fiancée.

I love being so old.