image source It happened almost 24 years ago in London and it’s strange that I still remember it so well. Across the street, a couple were leaving the hospital with their baby. Although it was July, the morning was not very warm. As the father stepped out into the street with the baby in his [...]
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Bliss
I had a truly touching experience this afternoon. At the corner shop the shop assistant told the woman in front of me: “Show him your certificate, he should appreciate it, he’s a teacher” (I’m a regular there so they know me.) The woman (around 30-35) presented a sheet of paper – she seemed very proud [...]
No flow – Csíkszentmihályi in Budapest
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, world famous psychologist, author of Flow gave a lecture in Budapest on November 7. To begin with, the change of venue didn’t help; most probably this is why it started almost half an hour late, to give people enough time to walk from Kossuth Klub to Uránia mozi. But it didn’t start even [...]
Leonard Cohen in Budapest
All the reviews agreed that this was the concert of the year (with four months to go!) – I just can’t add enough superlatives, so let me look at this once-in-a-lifetime experience from a different point of view and post a simple list: the point when it became clear this was it: when Leonard Cohen [...]
First post
We’ll see what this site will grow into. I’m not really planning to post too many things here; as I explained on the About page, my main goal with this site is to have one place for all the links to my other (otherwise unrelated and thus unlinked) sites and online profiles. I don’t suppose [...]
