Money above quality

This topic was inspired from the happenings with the Petőfi radio, which was an organic part of the last 5 years of my life and was... well how should I say... innovated... upgraded... was given a new face..

Petőfi was the only Hungarian radio I was listening to (the 2. radio I use to hear is FM4 which is an Austrian... how to define... a multi language (English and German) non-pop radio).
It represented a unique program by taking apart various topics from every aspect of life. From literature to science, from religion to philosophy and also music and health care. Of course it is easy to talk about these topics, the difference that this radio made to all the non-existing such radio stations was the preparation of the reporters. Basically every topic was moderated by people who do the job for a few decades knowing the ppl, which can talk about the topics in an interesting way.
For me it was the only program in the mass media, which had still a value.

I remember, I started to hear Petőfi when I was around 17-18 and at that time I was up till 1-2 a.m. Because of the great topics I began t be up till even 3 a.m. Those where beautiful days.

The alternative which is now offered is a non-stop music radio. As it is said for the age from 18 to 39. I have to admit, that the music selection is not a common one from the offer which Hungary's radio stations give, but I believe it will change in 2-3 months as the commercial radios will take some steps towards these music styles.

Of course they want to make a commercial like radio, as they want to sell it.

So I let one tear for the past, for a radio, that was worth listening. (anyway the new laws will destroy the internet radio in the USA). So the radio will be slowly history. I hate to think of it.

Take care!

Bazant Na Mlynoch 2007 (Pheasant At The Mills)

- For those who may find this blog entry searching for info on the Bazant 2008 -> 30. May, Friday, Mlynska Dolina; main acts:
Puding Pani Elvisovej, Polemic, Hex, Horkýže Slíže, Aneta Langerová, Tina, Komajota
So come and enjoy -

Don't be suprised by the name... Pheasant comes from a Slovak beer brand called Zlaty Bazant (Golden Pheasant) and Mills is an abbreviation of a place in Bratislava called Mlynska Dolina. Mlynska Dolina is basically a small student city in Bratislava, with a few thousand students living there.
Bazant Na Mlynoch is happening every year, at the end of may. It is a one day event, with a lot of live performances from Czech and mostly Slovak bands. For me it is one of the best events in the year!!! As I enjoy hearing instrumental music I don't go to discos, cause I got annoyed by the music instead of enjoying it, and I have no real community with which I would go to concerts.

Anyway how does My bazant look like:

- I meet at least 30 friends I haven't seen for a few months. So I am with them, till it is fun, till we have something to tell, and then go on to find new ppl :)
- Enjoying the concerts. Not important if it is "calm" music or for jumping :)
- Drink a lot of beer :)

This year:
The worst part of it was, that one of my favourite live bands didn't came - Ciste Tvary :( The bass player was my schoolmate when I started studiing informatics in the University.
The bad part was the showman Sajfa - I never liked that guy.
The missing part - No Vidiek this year, so neighter they show, which brings a very good mood nor their hits: When it's 7 a.m I turn on my radio (Ked je 7 rano zapnem radio)... :P
The best parts of this years Bazant were, the two last concert where I was fighting myself into the first rows... I don't think I will do it again, but according to the circumstance, that my ankle still hurts a bit it was the best place for enjoying the concert (so I was seeing Polemic and Buty from the first line) :)

Anyway Buty as the finishing band wasn't a good joice. They are playing good music, I liked it a lot, but for drunken ppl who want to party there should have been a better music for dancing, after Polemic (who are real showman). Last year it was raining like hell, and Buty wouldn't be able to hold those ppl around like Kristof last year. Most propably this year 40-50% of the ppl would have left after Polemic.

I think this festival makes me feel younger than I'm. And most propably that's why I plan to visit it in the next years also.

Goodbye Klepo and Deny

Goodbye!

These two ppl were leaving last week, and I won't see them for a few months at least. Deny to Lithuania and Klepo to Pakistan.
I was a bit disappointed that Deny didn't make a private zeroth farewell party, with some old friends... or maybe she did, I just didn't knew about it. I was telling here this 1 1/2 month ago. Of course as in AIESEC always, you have too much to do.
And I was also disappointed, that I couldn't go with Klepo touring (they made a trip weekend into the Tatras), as I had a sprankled angle.

Anyway they hade a farewell party last thursday before Bazant. Around 20-30 ppl came. It was quite fun. I met an old friend, who I haven't seen for 2 years, and now she is with Klepo (poor them, as Klepo has to leave now :( ).
And I was talking alot with Medved about how and what to eat. We both read books in the last days about this topics, but from different authors. But the result of the conversation was that the books where talking about the same. Today the food we can buy does not contain half the vitamins and minerals the body needs, so it is important to start a diet.
In my book it was said, that today there is a quality starvation: you get a lot of fat and proteins, but the amount of the vitamins and minerals which enable your body to use the fat and the proteins is simply not enough. According to both or books a human should normally live 120-130 years long... So in the last days I try to get as many information about the food I eat as possible before I buy it.

But getting back to the main topic. I know Klepo now for more then 3 1/2 years and Deny for 2 years I think. I have a lot of memories with them, Klepo being the craziest guy I ever met developed during the years in my eyes to a person who thinks sustainable and creates respect very easily with his thoughts.
Deny on the other hand fascinated me at the beginning with her balance between work and fun. Which represents for me in a way the @ KE culture :) Being extremely responsible and on the other hand a friend.

I thank the world that I can count these people between my friends, and hope they changed me also to a better person.

I will miss you both! Take care!

Non-Stop Internet Access

I hate it! Now that I started to discipline myself this happens and makes my whole word break into pieces. I need to get the right motivation to start learning! I CAN DO IT! And integrate the internet as a source for work more then for playing! I just need to think at the right arguments and do the right thinks at the right time...

Movie review - The Fountain

In the last year, mostly because of the influence of Dino I started to watch movies which are not always easy to understand (if possible), or have a something special in them. Anyway a friend told me to watch the movie The Fountain,

After the first half an hour I was moved by the surroundings. Every small detail, every imagined place was so real, as in a dream - you know it's not true, but you believe it could be :) . Time to time I lost a few sentences while I was starring at the sight. But of course a good take is not enough, if you don't have the right sound. The story tells about a man and a woman. The man trying everything to save the woman who is dying, even if it would cost his life. A classic story, so it seems, but the jumps in space and time amaze me and make it interesting... The epic fight should continue. And while the woman assures the man, about the right choices, which is to wait and accept. This comes into conflict with the nature of people and so he fights, till he finally understands what his mission is.

As always in such films I was deeply touched at the end. If I could cry, I would split one or two pearls of water. I would like to be so sure also, when it comes to the decisions, that I can't influence. And hopefully I will walk in the first snow. :)

Blogging to say I'm alive

I realized today that I haven't written anything in a while, and thats a bad sign for me. I am quite lazy sometimes... where laziness means not doing anything that has a meaning or an effect. So I decided to let my thoughts fly, and we will see what will come out.

The last few times I was on the net I was killing time on youtube. Mainly looking for funny videos. So I found between others a lot of Jim Carrey and Chris Rock videos. The biggest problems were that I had to hear 2-3 parts of CRs show more then once, as I couldn't understand him. Well it is never enough to know understand language. You also have to get used to the person talking :) That is something that reminds me on myself. I also speak a (bit) blurry. To fast, to quiet and on top of that I often don't use my teethes when I form the words... Most probably the effect of to much sitting before the TV in my childhood, and so talking less to people.

I was reading and seeing a lot about different "conspiration theories", like:
- Health industry is working to sell as much drugs as possible (Chris Rock has a very good scene about this topic also) - where the solution to most of the problems could be, that we eat the right things - vitamins and minerals... Sounds fine I will try to out with special meals I will be searching for. As almost any food you can by is "plastic"...
- The second was a 30 year story which was all about manipulations in the arabic worlds and USA... getting in the end to the point, that Al Kaida was just a brainchild of individuals which spread over the politic scene and caused a fear in the world which hopefully ends shortly...
- And a small statement about global warming...
And the biggest problem is, what I should believe off all of this.

Anyway I'm having exams now, so will be off for quite a while. At least a lot of actions will come the next weeks. Bazant na Mlynoch, Junifest :) Yipee!

Off :)

After Eurovision 2007

So the Eurovision is over. I congratulate Serbia for winning the contest. They had a very good song, although not one of my favourite.

Hungary got in the end 9th. I think it's a very nice result, so that means Hunagry will be represented hopefully also next year in the finals. I would here thank for Serbia for the ten points (we have given you back the favour :)) and also for Finnland for the 10 points. At the beginning of the show our reporter at the Eurovision was telling, that a technician came into his place and said, that his favourite is the Hungarian song... although not because the music, but because the nation.

This is for me a very interesting statement. Depending on what the nationality means for you of course. For my nationality is very important, as I'm a minority in Slovakia, it shows were I came from, and were I belong to. That's why the technicians sentence made me feel happiness and respect. I interpreted in these words a feeling of brotherhood between nations or I think we are only cousins in this case, cause our culture differs a lot. But it is anyway a very good feeling and motivates me to prefer Finns a bit more. (Though maybe they told every reporter who was in Finnland the same to get more votes :P, but I don't believe this theory...) Anyway I have a good opinion about Finnish people till now, so maybe I will go there and look around one day, to see if they are the kind of people I have heard they are (I met around 7 Finnish ppl in my life till now and all just for a short time). We'll see. Anyway I'm deeply sorry that you didn't get any points from Hungary :( Though I have no problems with the music Hungary voted for in general (except Turkey and Belarus, Greece is also doubtful...). I really liked the idea of Romania singing about love in 5 different languages, Georgia got me also but I don't know why, though the original clip has some beautiful shots... and I would have given Germany for sure more points! Cause Women rule the world :)

Anyway the clip from Georgia really caught on me, so I now search for some Hungarian folk art, which I really enjoy watching :)

Take care, whoever you are, I do!

By The Way - all clips can be found on Youtube or under www.eurovision.tv choose mediacenter, in the upper 1/3 of the page on the right side. In the new site click on the interpretes country and then on the play icon at the movie.

Eurovision 2007 Semi-finals

After last year, when my friend came back from Croatia and talked in a high note about the Eurovision in Croatia, it stuck in my mind. And now it is here again :)
Of course I'm not really into pop as I already described my music taste, but accidently I have heard, that the Hungarian winner of the last years "Mega Star" (TV competition for the best voice of the country) is going to participate.
Hungarys "Mega Star" this year was an extraordinary competition. The last 4 competitors were incredible and extremly diverse. And the winner was Magdolna Ruzsa from Serbia (living there in the local Hungarian minority) Here are some of my favourite songs (thanks YouTube :), enjoy:
Ruzsa Magdolna
Ederlezi - Goran Bregovic
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time warp
Szabo Eszter
Don't Cry For Louie - Vaya Con Dios
Good Luck - Basement Jaxx
AC/DC - shook me all night long
Poka Angela
Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
Szomoru Vasarnap (almost with the "original text", was played by various interprets under the title: Gloomy Sunday)
Miss Celie's Blues
As my ankle sparkled (I hope I wrote the name of the injury correctly) on thuesday and on my mothers wish I came home on thursday. I just saw the last 3 competitors of the semifinals. To say the truth I wasn't really interested in watching all the interprets. But in the review I have seen some quality music also. I'm a bit disappointed that the Czech group, Kabat, didn't got into the finals, according to the review there where playing some typical Czech rock music, which the Czechs and Slovaks like to sing on concerts. I like that atmosphere :)
What I really enjoyed at the end of the show was the finish performance (it is now organized by Finland), where I would say the author of the scene nicely combined, according to my knowledge, the best Finland can offer in music.

1. Finnish folk
2. A weak guitar play (most propably because it is a commercial show, but at least they remembered the finish guitar heroes)
3. Of course with a beautiful opera singers voice

Basically this is for me the old Nightwish concept :) ... I haven't heard yet what they are playing now.
Back to the most important information: Hungary Got Into The Finals!!! :)

PS: hopefully I will find a lot of youtube videos from this eurovision :)

Symposium about CSR

Here is a link on the basic knowledge: What is CSR?
I will quote the first sentence of it, as I find it contains the main idea:

"Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept that organizations, especially (but not only) corporations, have an obligation to consider the interests of customers, employees, shareholders, communities, and ecological considerations in all aspects of their operations. This obligation is seen to extend beyond their statutory obligation to comply with legislation.

CSR is closely linked with the principles of Sustainable Development..."

Last weekend I was on a symposium about CSR (corporate social responsibility) and enterpreneurship in learning. I was focusing my point of view onto CSR as this topic follows me from my first year in AIESEC. And I believe that this is a topic worth to work with.
Well after my arrival I had several disappointing experiences, starting from the accomodation trough the organisation not even finishing with the chair or the first days agenda. I was looking forward for a conference which is organized on a very high level. Instead I was experiencing a regular conference which we have in AIESEC. Well in my eyes nothing special.

The first positive experince were the delegates from some foreign countries. I love to be in an international community. Or maybe just between new ppl who don't know each other.
The second day was fine, as the company presentations started. I was the whole day on the CSR track. Pontis Foundation, EBBF, ZSE, ABN-Ambro where the presentators who gave a basic idea of what CSR is and how the companies implement it, what projects do they make. I believe that most of the bigger companies already implement CSR in their programs. Some more infor on these organisations/companies:
Pontis Foundation
EBBF
ZSE
ABN - Ambro

And after these presentation we had a manager from the City group, who was having a workshop with us about CSR. He has a lot of practical experience and as CSR is his hobby he does as much as possible to spear the idea of CSR. We had a great workshop from an enthusiastic presentator. I don't want to go into detail. I will try to write some posts later on about my viewpoint on CSR.

At the end of the conference most of us agreed that the biggest problem in Slovakia, and Eastern Europe is the lack of klnowledge about CSR in the society, and that its necesity is not seen.

Tagged

Today I've got 3 messages from very good friends, that I've got Tagged! For those who don't know - one of those online communities where you should get "connected" with your friends and have an easier platform to share the things you can share anywhere else. Though they give you the opportunity to have all your stuff at one place... Well I don't see the added value compared to a blog or a website.
Usually I ignore these but not now, as this had to be a warning for something (I believe that there are no coincidences, and I usually try to find a meaning...) I think now, that I got these tags cause

1. I have friends who think about me
2. I get annoyed by these portals

I first met one of these communities I think 2 years ago, of course subscribed. Why not, a friend is invitating me. The annoying stuff started around 3 or four weeks later when I should have joined at least 5-10 new communities, half of them containing the same ppl I saw in the first one. As every one of these communities offers the opportunity to send an invitation to all the ppl you have in your contact list...
Even more annoying is, that most of these portals need the same information from you to enter, and really I don't want to even copy paste all this info from one place to another... although I didn't have to fill them at all.

Well then comes the idea of unification, as in every period of computarilazation (humankind?) when somebody will say stop. Why can't everybody has an own style community which he updates, and just connects him/herself to everybody else he would like to. Or at least a place which contains these repeatedly appearing information, and when you change it in one system, you will change it in all of them. I do not see this option as real, as who would like to give his/her information into a "central" database, where with just maybe a loggin name and a password anyone can enter... So the long line of this communities will continue. I have to cope with it I think.

Anyway looking to read/write some more blogs :)

...
Maybe I will change my opinion... I had a bad mood while writing this blog.