communication breakdown

i just came back from the hair salon...my stylist (the chick that cuts my hair) only speaks hungarian and i'm still learning (you can see where this is going). i ask for my usual haircut, longer hair on top and a fade. she understood it as, "i'd like a mullet!" so she begins to cut my hair and i can see her do the fade on the sides and then start on the back, but i don't see her fade it as high as the sides. i'm thinking to myself...she's giving me a mullet. i give her the benefit of the doubt, afterall, she's cut my hair before. so it looks good in the mirror and then she asks if i'd like to wash the hair, i say "yeah, sure!" as she finishes blow drying she asks if it's good, and i ask for the mirror so i can see the back. sure enough, she gave a frickin' euro mullet!!!! bundesliga is what i was told it was called here in hungary (after the german soccer league). i'm like..."hell no!!!!" i tell her (very politely) that isn't what i asked for. she muttered something about a punk hair style...i bite my lip and repeat that i just want her to fade the sides and back. she apologizes and fixes it and says she'll remember the next time i come back. THE NEXT TIME?!?!?! we'll see....

my new faves

here's some hungarian pop music i like: Zséda, És megindul a föld



she's my new hungarian celebrity crush... ;)

here's another: 30Y, Felhő



don't ask me to translate...i like the melody as is :)

party time...

spent the last 2 nights hanging out w/ some frenchies. my buddy yo had some friends from france over and we partied w/ them fri and sat night. the latest ending w/ me going to bed at 8am. we (yo, geoffrey, alex and i) left the club around 5:30 or so then ate some gyros (w/ some beer) before parting ways. i went back via the 4/6 tram then the 53 bus....except when i boarded the 53 bus, i fell asleep. my street is only 3 stops away, so i should've been prepared, but i was so tired. i woke up in some part of the 11th district (my district) that i've never been to...i was 7 stops past mine. i got out and walked down the hill. luckily for me the 53 bus going the opposite direction arrived right as i started walking. long night and i couldn't wait to get home.

Bring the Rain...and random thoughts

Dude! the rain came last week and it was insane. (not really) It did cause some damage here in Bp. The Danube flooded the "rakpart" (the Buda and Pest side highway that follows the river). Take a look at the pics:







The rains also tore off the roof of my boss' house. CRAZY!! Now the city is in a mess. I spent 1 hr in traffic going to work and coming back from work. It's only 10km away!!!! (or something like that...) Anyways, I'm going into the city today to buy a wedding gift for Kata, Gabi's sister. She's getting married this saturday, July 4. I'm taking the public transport b/c it'll take forever to get to the Pest side.

Speaking of weddings, my new friend Billy (he's from Dallas Ft Worth and went to TX A&M) is getting married in August 1 this year to a Hungarian girl. He asked me to be one of his groomsmen. I was surprised and honored. I told him I'd be happy to do it. We both moved here for a Hungarian chick....idk what it is about them :) They're awesome!

Oh yeah, random....i was at a pub called Szimpla Kert last friday and I met 2 Filipino dudes. They were studying abroad in Spain and were here in Bp for holiday w/ some of their classmates. I forget their names (b/c i was drunk) but I was speaking to them in Tagalog.