right, so blogger erased my earlier writing episode, so i'll try and recant...

well my search for engineering classes is going less than desirably. i'm still trying to figure it out. i went to 2 classes that i thought might work, but i was completely lost. plan b starts tomorrow. (and right after this i have to figure out what plan b actually is.) oh and there wer no hungarians in my classes. only these guys from cyprus.

YESTERDAY
me and 6 other travelled to slovakia via train for about $2.75 (round trip). how awesome is that. it was just a day trip so that one fo the guys could get his passport stamped to prove that he entered hungary (a minor technicality), so we all went with him because it was a trip to slovakia for less than $3. it turns out that it's even cheaper than hungary! (oh and the train ride was 2 hrs) it also turns out that catholic countries shut down after about 3pm on sundays because this place was dead. it was a bit creepy. there were hardly any people walking around in this quaint little city (kamaron) on the border. so it was a bit difficult to find food. eventually we found this little gazebo type bar/sandwich shop. so we sat and ate sandwhiches and drank some strawberry drinks that were out of this world. then my soon-to-be roommate, yudai, suggested we try the Absinth. it you dont know what absinth is, it's a compilation of herbs and alcohol and is illegal in most countries (possibly due to its hallucinogenic characteristics). oh, and it's 50% proof. none of this i knew beforehand. so up ordering it, the lady gives me 2 small spoons, some sugar packets, and a box of matches (along with 2 shots of the green liquor). obviously i wasnt going to be able to fake knowing what to do with these items so i asked for assistance. she took the spoon full of sugar, soaked it in absinth, then lit it on fire. pretty cool i thought. once it stopped burning, she mixed it with the drink and they were ready for drinking. so yudai drinks his first with a bit of a stunned look on his face (he also knew what we were getting into). so i thought oh well, it cant be worse than the unicum. well i was right and wrong. it tasted great until it hit my throat. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, Absinth is slovakian for "LIQUID FIRE". holy crap. that stuff burned all the way down to my stomach for about 5 min. i mean, this stuff was serious. after putting my eyes back into their sockets, we headed back to the train station. i cant say i hallucinated, but had i had more than one, well theres really no telling. we eventually caught the train back to budapest and by a miracle, we came out of the subway station right next to KFC. my friend john and i have been trying to make our way to a KFC for the past week because they have a deal for 2 chicken sandwiches (good ones) and a small fry for 499 Ft (which is about $2.25). it was everything i could have hoped for. so we headed back home happy.

unfortunately, the newly arrived hungarian students were also getting happy in our dorm with a highly alcoholic and loud party. right across the hall from me. and these guys were wasted. i met these 2 hungarian guys, walked around teh corner for no more than 30 seconds, walked back and ended up introducing myself to them for the first time again. yikes. the crazy part was that the party ended at 11.5. i came back to my room at 12 (i figured it was no use trying to sleep so i left) and everyone was gone. all opf the beer and crap was still all over the hall but everyone had vanished. i guess they know the value of a tight schedule. or something.

anyway, here i am today and i dont know how classes will turn out, but i'm sure i'll be okay.

take care everyone. and dont forget, if you get a chance to try absinth, it's always best to.