Kat's Corner

Heyyy:) I am here to write about my very first Yoga class in Budapest. It is not my first ever, so that's why I added Budapest as well. It took me a long time to find the place which is in Óbuda(on the other side of the city for me and approximately 1 hour journey with public transportation) and even more strength and will power to actually go. But yesterday for some reason I had this crazy idea why not go before a stressful afternoon shift at the Hotel. By the way my day was shit at the hotel I kept making horrible mistakes, as if it was my first day. Nevermind, this post is about the yoga class. I never really liked male p.e. teachers or coaches or trainers but I still went for a male yogi which wasn't my brightest idea. As one of the ladies there later told me, this guy holds the hardest most tiring yoga classes at this studio.(While I am sitting here and writing this, every part of my body hurts, it hurts really bad.) Even though he made me work really hard and...

I can't believe it is still only day two of the series of afternoon shifts. Well Now at least I changed one of them to a from 10 till 18:30 shift just for tomorrow with the other trainee girl. Hope it works out we will have a hell of a day with 223 arrival guests. Let's start praying. Today we had some issues as well. As days pass by I think I am handling the chit- chatty trainee girl better. Or I just stopped getting angry at her. Seriously she tries so hard we should give her a little bit of time to learn. But her voice is indeed annoying sometimes. :)) Today we had some luggage issues, because the guest had a different name tag on the lost bag as he had on his reservation but during the night they will get their bags . Also I can't live without the hotel apparently I started my day with a nice call to the Concierge desk about the minibus I ordered the day before(already in the changing rooms). Julcsi the sweetest she is just smiled at my idiotism, to spend presc...

Heyy:)) I know a little bit overdramatized title but hey five days in a row with afternoon shifts...that's something.  School just e-mailed me about the letter I gave them last week(what a fast sercice...) so I am going to have to go in for a meeting on Monday just to make my life busier. Anyways at least they took their time to reply me. Also as time goes by and I am supposed to know more and make less mistakes I make just more.Damn I want to be so good at this job, and I get th feeling sometimes that I am actually more organized than the other two trainees buts still there are some great things that they are better at, such as upselling (the pricier rooms) or just in certain walk-in guest questions. Still not giving up, just saying that this will get harder and harder.But I am cheerful since colleagues are still adorable , and I realized how I am opening up to everyone more and more. AND I added some of the girls on facebook *clapclapclap* I felt really great about...

Hey I had an eventful day-off. First I went to have a haircut in the morning(well around lunch time to be exact) because the length of my hair was bothering me as hell. After that I had a nice fruit salad at this awesome place where you can choose the ingredients yourself from the counter. A-MA-ZING In the afternoon also I had some shopping to do, but as usual I spent more money on useless stuff, than I spent on the things I actually needed.... Then I travelled through the city with bus, tram and metro to get to the Korean Culture Center for my first ever Korean traditional dance lesson.. I was so baaad at it, and the kind Korean volunteers were so nice and tried to help, but I was horrible. I felt so bad for them for the faces I made while I was trying hard. But they were doing it so beautifully *_* I am going to work hard to reach this level VIDEOTIME I hope I will be able to go to the lessons since my work schedule is kind of messed up, but this one I re...

That's what we are with the other trainee form the hotel, we were at the desk only the two of us today in the afternoon and we did it. WE DID IT. WE ARE SIMPLY HEROES. just sayin' I double checked and the mistake I thought I made was not a mistake although I got scolded for another mistake, I accidentally deleted a credit card number so the reservation department had to look for it again with many many phone call to the travel agency with whom this booking and payment was arranged... After that I took off with a sour face and a fucked up mindset for the afternoon, saying sorry at least a dozen of times..... Anyways I got over it after dinner and I gathered myself to continue my awesome job. As usual there were some idiots, but fortunately for me , most of the complicated people went to the manager we had on duty today so I am glad that he was distracted from my mistakes. Other funny news I met the cute waiter from the bar again, he was nice as usual and made my...

Hey:)) I know it is Tuesday but I just realized I forgot(again) to blog on Monday and I have some things to tell. Maybe I am really getting more and more tired by work and maybe I should just try and find a workplace with less working time or responsibilities(for of course less money) or just marry a rich guy . I am getting mad at people I love and it hurts so much after, also today I woke up thinking about how I might have made a mistake with a guest yesterday...gosh when I go in today I am ready for getting scolded(although I really hope I am just overreacting and at the and I was right).So it ain't good. I don't want to yell at those I love. Also I am very grateful to my cousin who made the past few days more exciting and I am looking forward to next week when she is back in the city again. As some of you might know I am doing a body cleansing diet, with a lot of tea(I started a few days ago so I am not that committed yet) but it is so hard , since at the hotel or ...

Hey, so contrary to my promise to blog everyday I missed yesterday and I felt so bad since I finally had something to write about, but yeah I am making up for it now. My lovely cousin from Canada just arrived the day before yesterday, so I basically spent the day with her and her friends(who are awesome people) after work. I kinda missed the morning shift, and today's happenings just made me realize how much more suitable I am for the am shifts rather than the afternoon/evening. Nevertheless I still have a long way to go, I had some ridiculous mistakes today but all in all it was fine. Other news that I found so many nice places, I will just link the home pages http://www.europakavehaz.hu/ first the Európa Kávéház , is a beautiful traditional confectionery and coffee place with alcoholic beverages and some sandwiches (called canapes) . It is exactly how I like to drink my coffee not Starbucks or Costa, or California style. It is pricy, but classy. Also my dinner ...

Heyy So today I had the second afternoon shift of my life, and well it was kind of cool, not so crazy, but filled with work. And the reason for the title: At around 9 o'clock there was a thief at the hotel, but he caused such a big disturbance at the lobby, when he was trying to escape... I kind of got shocked, from the whole thing, since when he was leaving on one of the glass doors he crashed it and the noise was terrible. Cleaning stuff had a lot of work :((( And the whole scene was so terrifying, our supervisor tried to stop him, but at the end(thank god he realized how much danger he was in)he stood out of the thief's way. I am glad , I have brave people around me, but not without common sense. Also there were some upselling opportunities to make some money, so yeah I got to like the pm shift.... But I am sooo fucking tired and my sole is hurting like hell(yesterday I teared up the skin accidentally and now everytime I touch the ground it feels like millions ...

Heey, so yesterday was a day filled with cool new songs, that i wish I could share with everyone :)) This woman is amazing.... and yes Lana del Rey just reached me as well :DD exactly sweetheart exactly And then , I also just finished the Korean drama King 2 Hearts with Lee Seung-gi and Ha Ji-won and as expected it was A-MA-ZING. One thing that almost made me hate the writers though : HOW COULD YOU HAVE KILLED this guy ?? WHY....He was such a great character. But yeah, uhm other then this I pretty much liked the cliche storyline and the cheesy kiss-scenes. Seung-gi and Ha-Ji-won made it bearable. Also bonding with co-workers (my next big project) is going well, and if I don't fuck it up big time I might have a great chance of being accepted. The only annoying issue is school(as it was always). I need to go and ask for some changes or I'll have to finish a lot later than expected and my mom will be ...my mom. I am so excited about tomor...

Hey :)) I am back with an other extremely exciting post about my trainee life. It is actually not that interesting but I feel like, I always have time to blog when I have nothing to share and when I have something that I wish I could just share(not only for others to read but for myself as well to keep in my mind as a memory better) there are suddenly millions of obstacles I'd need to overcome to get to a computer log in to my account and blog. That's why I always end up with emotional overthought crap on this blog instead of fun stories, and nice experiences about, work, friends, family and love. BUT New(academic)year resolution: BLOG everyday Hahahaha, hope you guys are looking forward to the many many boring posts to come in the coming months. I recently travelled to a beautiful place for 10 days and right now I am having a hard time remembering what I saw on which days exactly. It makes me kind of said, since it was considered as a huge thing for me since it ...

Lovely Lovely people who read my blog!! I am back with the first post ever about my new internship. Even though it is hard as hell, I love it. Suddenly the phrase 'morning shift' sounds awesome, and the fact that I have to start at 6:30 is not so bad since I finish at 14:30 so I have a great afternoon to spend it with other useful things. Despite the pink cloud that surrounds me right now I have to admit I make too many mistakes for a person who has worked at a hotel before, but I hope I am charming enough to compensate for them. I try my best everyday, so that I am able to say at the end of the day that I did what i could in order to achieve better results. Suddenly I have this huge inspiration to work hard for a higher position and to actually FINISH school. I know it might not last long as I know myself but an other desire has caught up on me again. I WANT TO STUDY MANDARIN. I need to know this language, it is so challenging and I LOVE challenges. Next big...

HEY:) I guess  happy Rina is back, or so it seems. I read back a few times on this blog and damn, some posts are way too depressing. It is not like the world ends tomorrow, GIRL pull yourself together. I wanted to write a huge ass post about finishing my internship at Mercure but in the end I was too lazy. Basically it was a lazy Sunday when I had to go for the last time anyway, so I guess it is okay. It has been almost a week since then and July seems to be a busy month. 3 days ago I took up a promoting hostess job at Széchenyi Bath and hell I only had to stand 4 hours(compared to the previous 10-12 hours it seems nothing) but it was tiring. My job is to promote(and get guests to come with me) fish pedicure. Sounds easy, doesn't it? Sweethearts, nothing is ever easy. Thing is you pay 15 euros or 4000 HUF for 15 minutes of a strange ticklish feeling, where these harmless cuties take the dead skin from your feet. First of all, I have to tell you the treatment itself(on...

Why? One simple reason, if i take myself as an example why would i ever try to trust anyone? Anyone can lie, and I can't detect it, and anyone can tell everything I ever told him/her to someone else. As simple as that. Will I never trust ? Good, question, very very good question, namely the only question popping into my mind recently which gets me thinking for long hours. If my theory is correct, that the reason behind me not trusting anyone FULLY on this earth is me and myself only, it is very very unlikely that it will ever change into 'Rina trusting everything that moves' And let's face it that's honestly heartbreaking and pathetic at the same time. Or just smart? Can we call something smart, when it might be an intelligent choice but at the same time it is degrading our emotional intelligence. And how do we define trust? Because I am pretty sure there are levels to it. Like I can still trust someone even if I don't tell every one of my se...

Just like a movie, or a musical. Yeah rather a musical, since I am a hopless romantic always singing type of girl. I wish life was a musical. With music everything would be so much better. Even my stupid mistakes at work would feel less pressuring if a pleasant soprano would sing a chitchatty song about how everyone makes mistakes once in a while. But I guess life can't grant every one of my wishes. But I sure can make them come true. Though not with what I 'achieved' today. I went to the zoo with a lovely friend <3 which was just amazing but I realized that going out once to prove it to myself that I am not always at home is NOT enough. I already wasted most of my time on doing nothing, it is time to start living outside of my comfort zone, my little world at home. From tomorrow on I don't care how tired I am after work at least 3 hours a day I need to spend outside of my house, far away from my computer. I am starting with going for some nice Sunday program...

Hey I love dreaming, but at the age of 21(soon) I started to notice how none, or very few of my previous plans, and dreams came true. By this time I wanted to hold my degree in my hands, have a short internship at the best, with a huge network, not to talk about my personal life. And what do I have? And it is not like I am unhappy with my life right now, but you have to admit there is always something more that you wish for at times. And the problem lies in me, I complain a lot, tried to blame it all on others, but at the end it all comes down to me, and only me.As usual. What I also noticed, that most of my plans do not have results for a very simple reason, because I tend to change them, forget them or I get scared and I choose the easier way, which also results in other yet to be fulfilled dreams. This way or the other, I thought about my five year plan recently, as I was asked by many interviewer. And I honestly think if i write it down here for the record, I might be...

Heeey :) So I guess finally my life is on the right track. Or something like that ^_^ Good news, apparently I got the internship at Budapest Marriott Hotel, which is an amazing opportunity and I am so excited. So from August I am going to be working as a Front Office trainee. If everything goes well this Saturday, I will be earning some extra money in my freetime till August comes. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED uhm please? Other than this, I still have to figure out how to pass Business Maths 2, but the most likely decision is that I will be a passive student next semester, to concentrate on work, and find a hell good teacher to prepare me for the last math exam of my life. But I do have hope, because I just realized how I started loving this faculty. I had a hard time moving away from my  childish dream of becoming a Korean/ Japanese translator for idol singers, but I guess high school is over now. Hotels fascinate me, the clean, fresh people at the front desk, sm...