coffee and cigarettes

Going to work, I always read the newspapers on the metro. This week I found some interesting articles. One was about the best cities to live in. It is a list of cities which was ordered taking into consideration safety, public transportation, easiness to find a bar open during night etc… In the top 20 there was no Italian city. In the top 20 I did not find Budapest, Rotterdam, Lisbon.. But there was Madrid! You can imagine how I felt (I just cannot find peace in myself about not having stayed in spain…)

Other article was about working. Apparently, in Italy everyone is working their ass off (which is compared to the salaries, is really bad). The least stressed employees are the Dutch ones (wow) and in the world, the first most hardest working nation is the Korean one (obviously talking about South Korea) but the fourth hard working nation is the Hungarian (working 200 hours more annually than Italians!)

I have decided to go come up with an efficiency plan! I should not spend more than 8 hours at work, and I should also be efficient outside work! Having a routine from supermarket shopping to going out nights! I have to create such a routine, because at this moment, I just don’t find enough time for nothing. It is a big deal, I had no such problems so far, but now, it is becoming a major obstacle for my projects. I just have to work out and implement my efficiency plan!

In these days I am feeling sooooooooo nostalgic! We had lunch in a strange place last day, called Arci, it made me feel so nostalgic about Hungary. It is a simple place, simple food but huge portion, huge garden with plastic tables and chairs, with over worn sun umbrellas (see photo below). Just like Hungary! And now, being really summer time, I imagined that if I was in Hungary, I would probably have lunch in a very similar place.. :( I miss Hungary. I miss my summer breaks there..
But I am also nostalgic for Holland, which is really weird. Probably it is for 2 things: for plenty of free time I had there, and for the above mentioned routine I had there. I had no problems with managing my time there.
Honestly, the main problem is, I still cannot accept this long term vision for Italy. And I am really going to work everyday now, saying that I will not stay here longer than one year. I have that moment so clear in front of me, when I received that phone call from IBM in last july, and they said ‘Gabor, you are taken’, and after 2 seconds of hesitation, I said ‘well, thanks, but I am not gonna take it’..

But I really like Milan! It is so easy in Milan for me. For the language, for the habits, for the people and still believe to have the best colleagues ever! And honestly, at work I have so much to learn! It is incredible, I would have never though that one could learn that much at work but here we go, and now it is up to me to get the most out of it. Certainly, it helps a lot that I can be a bit easygoing about it –I would not mind to be fired at all- so I can be creative and initiative at work.

In the last two weeks I have been going out sooooooooooooooooooooooooo and soooooooooooo much! I cant believe it. It is (almost) all thanks to Anisia who is always up for partying. I have been having such fun here, but I am so broken now (well, partying in Milan is not the cheapest hobby, to put it like this). Anyways, I will post some pics, as I have not done it for a long time now I think.

You know what is weird? That the exchange students are going way in these weeks. I did not even realize that I kinda got attached to them. I really did. I don’t even want to imagine summer time without them. I will really suck :(


Now I am watching this movie called coffee and cigarettes.. How much truth it says! Haha, Cool! :)

Milleuristi

I have found a very interesting website.
Milleuristi is a website talking about and dedicated to young people who are working and earning around 1000 a month (for the one who do not speak italian: milleuristi = mille (thousand) euro )

A term, originated in Spain, which is present all over South Europe, and I the concept would be the same in Hungary too (well, not with the same salary though).

When you are young and you are not earning decently, apart from that you are encountering problems in the everyday life, you also realize how much you are exploited at work, and dependent.

The website talk about this kind of life, and how 'milleuristi' actually react on this condition. It is quite interesting, so if you speak Italian, have a look at the website!