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Positive Projects

Görgess le a magyar változat olvasásához! 😘

Hello Guys,

I hope you are having the time of your life. It feels like Summer started in Hungary. 30 degrees, sunshine, the birds are chirping and the sky is the most amazing blue you can imagine. 😊

Okay, before you start to hate me about the quick forecast, I’ll let you know why I am here today. So as I mentioned in my last posts I have a “huge project” on my plate so that was why I was off the radar. Now it turns out that I finished that project, and I have a couple more. 😅 Don’t worry hopefully these projects will benefit you too.

So I have done my B2 English exam and now I would like to start to teach or help kids in English. I attached the details below, so you can find them if you are interested. Now I started to do a pedagogical assistant course and hopefully, I’ll have my exam in November. I know, now you asking “But why should I care about these things?” and you are right. You shouldn’t unless you have a kid and need some help with English, BUT what it is about you guys is the fact that I would like to create a Facebook Group for all the SpirFires around the world where you can talk to each other and share your wisdom. Also, I am planning to create a new site here called “Positive Academy” where I would like to share some tools with you which hopefully can help to be more positive. My goal is to build a community for us. A safe place where you can communicate and together try to solve everyday issues. 

Another new thing is that I’ll do this not just in English but in Hungarian too. I never wanted to write Hungarian, but so many of my friends and family members asked for it and I feel now is the time that I start to do it. All my posts will be uploaded in Hungarian too. You can communicate in whichever language you wish in the Facebook Group too.

The daily positive quotes will be back tomorrow (that one will be kept in English. Sorry guys but way too much work to translate them to Hungarian). These will be posted on all my social media, so please follow me there too. And some things will be available only on those platforms.

Furthermore, I attached my Life coaching certificates because I wish to start practising as a Life coach. I have done those courses but I never felt enough brave to work in them. I thought who would listen to me, who would be curious about what I could offer. Now I put my big girl’s pants on and show up. My dream has always been to help people navigate their lives and I believe I can. I wish to make this site as interactive as it can be. Throughout our difficulties, we can help each other to grow. By sharing our stories we can learn. And sometimes we just need to know that we are not alone.

So I’ll do the technical base on these things and I would like to ask for help. I want you to send me a DM on social media or in the comments here (even you can send an email to spiritofspitfires@gmail.com, and I’ll try to answer within 24 hours to everyone.) and let me know what would you like to hear. Which subjects do you want me to dig in? How can I help you more? What things bother you?

Also, if you want to have individual sessions, please drop me a line anywhere and I’ll contact you and we can discuss the details. Or if you want to have group sessions and there will be enough people I am more than happy to do so. 

Please let me know if you have any questions! I hope these changes will benefit all of us. As soon as I have the “Positive Academy” section here and the Facebook Group I will let you know. I will also update you on how things are going on in my Hungarian life. 😎Be brave together and help each other.

Until that SpitFire up and enjoy the Summer because it is here for sure.🤗

XOXO,

Krisz😘

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Magyarul!!!!!

Helló Mindenki,

Remélem, jól vagytok és szuperül telnek a napjaitok. Megjött a nyár,  30 fok, napsütés, a madarak csiripelnek, és az ég a legcsodálatosabb kék, amit csak el tudtok képzelni. 😊

Oké, mielőtt meggyűlölnétek a rövid kis előrejelzés miatt, elmondom, miért vagyok ma itt. Tehát, ahogy az előző bejegyzéseimben említettem, egy “hatalmas projekten” dolgoztam, ezért nem posztoltam olyan sokat. Most kiderült, hogy befejeztem ezt a projektet, de jó pár újabb került a helyére. 😅 Pánikra semmi ok, nem csak mert ura vagyok a helyzetnek (legalább is ebben reménykedek), hanem mert ezek remélhetőleg nektek is hasznosak lesznek.

Tehát elvégeztem a B2 angol nyelvvizsgámat, és most szeretnék angolt tanítani illetve korrepetálni a gyerkőcöket. (Lent megtaláltok minden részletet ezzel kapcsolatben) Most kezdtem el egy pedagógiai asszisztens tanfolyamot, és remélhetőleg novemberben lesz a vizsgám. Tudom, most azt kérdezitek: “És minket ez hol kéne, hogy éredekljen?”, és igazatok is van. Nem kéne, hacsak nincs gyereketek akinek segítségre van szükségre lenne szüksége angoluból, DE ami a lényeg, az az a tény, hogy szeretnék létrehozni egy Facebook csoportot a világ összes SpirFire-je számára, ahol beszélgethettek és megoszthatjátok ügyes bajos dolgaitokat amikre megpróbálunk együtt megoldást találni. Azt is tervezem, hogy létrehozok egy új szekciót itt a blogon “Pozitív Akadémia” néven, ahol szeretnék megosztani veletek néhány technikát, amelyek remélhetőleg segíthetnek pozitívabbá válni. A célom az ezzel, hogy eg szuper segítőkész közösséget hozzak létre mindannyiunknak.  Egy biztonságos hely, ahol , és együtt mekommunikálhatunk és megpróbálhatjuk megoldani a mindennapi problémákat, közösen.

A másik újdonság, hogy ezt nem csak angolul, hanem magyarul is meg fogom csinálni. Soha nem akartam magyarul írni, de nagyon sok barátom és családtagom kérte, és úgy érzem, itt az ideje, hogy elkezdjem. Minden bejegyzésem magyar nyelven is feltöltésre kerül. (Kezdve ezzel. 😅) Plusz a Facebook csoportban is bármilyen nyelven kommunikálhattok.

A napi pozitív idézetek holnap visszatérnek (Ez marad angolul. Bocsi srácok, de túl sok munka lefordítani őket magyarra, újra szerkesztei a képeket, stb. Szóval Google továbbra is a barátotok marad ezen a téren.😘). Ezeket közzé fogom tenni az összes közösségi médiámon, ezért kérlek, kövess engem ott is. Néhány dolog csak ezeken a platformokon lesz elérhető.

Továbbá megtaláljátok a Life coaching bizonyítványaimat, mert szeretném magam kipróbálni ebben is. Elvégeztem ezeket a tanfolyamokat, de soha nem éreztem magam elég bátornak ahhoz, hogy dolgozzak benne. Gondoltam, ki hallgat rám, ki lesz kíváncsi arra, hogy mit tudok nyújtani. Most viszont úgy döntöttem, hogy nem hagyom a félelmeimnek, hogy megbénítsanak, szóval felkötöttem a gatyát és itt vagyok. Mindig is az volt az álmom, hogy segítsek az embereknek eligazodni az életükben, és hiszem, hogy képes vagyok rá. Szeretném ezt az oldalt a lehető leginteraktívabbá tenni. Nehézségeink közepette segíthetünk egymásnak a fejlődésben. Történeteink megosztásával tanulhatunk és néha csak az kell, hogy tudjuk nem vagyunk egyedül a problémánkkal a Nagy Világban.

Tehát én elkezdem megteremteni a technikai alapokat a felsoroltakhoz, de szeretnék segítséget kérni. Szeretném, ha küldenétek nekem üzenetet a közösségi médiában vagy az itteni megjegyzésekben(comment gomb lent) (akár e-mailt is küldhettek a  spiritofspitfires@gmail.com email címre, és megpróbálok 24 órán belül válaszolni mindenkinek.), és mondjátok el, hogy miről szeretnétek ha többet írnék. Milyen témákban szeretnétek, hogy beleássam magam? Hogyan segíthetek többet? Milyen dolgok zavarnak?

Továbbá, ha egyéni foglalkozásokat szeretnétek, légyszi, írjatok privátban, és megbeszéljük a részleteket. Vagy ha csoportos foglalkozásokat szeretnétek, hogy tartsak, és elég ember lesz, örömmel megteszem.

Kérlek benneteket, ha bármilyen kérdesetek van szóljatok nyugodtan! Remélem, hogy ezek a változások mindannyiunk javát szolgálják majd. Amint itt van a “Pozitív Akadémia” szekció és a Facebook csoport, tudatni fogom veletek. Arról is tájékoztatni foglak benneteket, hogyan zajlanak a dolgok az életemben itthon. 😎Legyünk bátrak együtt és segítsük egymást.

Addig is élvezzétek a nyarat és várom a javaslataitokat. 😘

Ó, és kérlek, ne feledd: nem kell mindig erősnek lenned ahhoz, hogy hős legyél.🤗

XOXO,

Krisz 😘

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The Start

Hello Guys,

I hope you are well and enjoying the lovely Spring weather. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about what to write. So many things have happened since I last wrote to you. Luckily, there are many nice things, but I decided to talk more about the past. I have left my moving to London story before the actual flight. (You can read the first part The Beginning and the second part The Preparation here.) Back in Hungary, I realised that I must explain my years in the city to understand what is happening in my life right now. So here is the third and last part of this story. I hope you will enjoy it.

In January 2013, we arrived at London, Luton airport. That was the first, I had ever been on a plane. I was scared and sad. I was excited, but I felt sorrow to leave everything and everyone I knew behind. Luckily, my best friend was with me. A silver Mercedes Benz waited at the airport to take us to our new home. I remember it was snowing in Hungary and bright sunshine in London. 

We arrived at Wood Green, which is a not-too-nice part of London (zone 3, North London). Our new home was a shared house. 9 people, including us, lived in a 5 bedroom, 2 toilets, one bathroom and a small kitchen house with a tiny garden (at that moment looked like the garden was a rubbish place). There were couples, older people, young guys… we felt lost. Our room (because do not dream about that you have your own flat first you arrive in London unless you have at least a year’s savings, which we never had) was small, with a double bed and a cupboard… that’s it. Well, we had only one suitcase each, so we did not need it in a bigger place, but still, it felt so claustrophobic. The housemates were not nice. They were a bunch of people who lived next to each other. 

The next day, we had an appointment at the lettings agency’s office on Halloway Road. It was a couple of miles away from us, so we decided to walk there. As I said we were naive as Hell. We did not have mobile internet or GPS on the phone and we had no idea where we were. After a couple of minutes galavanting on the street, we asked a girl at the bus stop where is Holloway Road. She was Hungarian luckily, but she wasn’t sure. Either way, that girl was kind enough to help go to Wood Green station and buy a weekly bus-only oyster card (an oyster card is a kind of travel card, which you can top up, weekly, monthly, for zones, only for the bus or including tube and every other TFL services) and told us that 29 bus will take us to Trafalgar Square and that’s the bus route we need to get to the agency’s office. 

We managed to find the office and sorted out our letting contract, plus they gave us a list of the job agencies. We thought we were fine, we would visit all the agencies during the next couple of days and everything would be just perfect. But life isn’t and wasn’t that easy, at least not back in January 2013.

Here I wish to stop and before I continue the story, I would like to mention a teeny-tiny issue that we discovered. I thought that I spoke English because back in high school my lovely teachers taught me and I had amazing grades… well, what you learn in the school in Hungary has nothing to do with the actual language that people speak in England especially not in London. Let me explain. What you learn in the schools is the “perfect” literature English, instead in England most of the born Britts do not speak properly their mother tongue. There are many slang and figures of speech that you who study this amazing language never learn in school. Not to mention the fact that London is a huge mix of people come from different countries, cultures, races, and religions, which is beautiful and helped me a lot to accept people around me the way they are, but in the meantime, everyone uses their mother tongue melted in the English they speak. So until you just learn a language and not live it, you cannot say that you speak it.

Now back to our first full day in London. We thought that we were done for the day, so we bought some toast and salami (we had to pay the deposit the first week in advance, so we did not have left money to buy anything else) and spoke with our family on Skype… well, Life thought otherwise. We found the 29 bus back to Wood Green destination, but when we arrived, we had no idea where we were. We had no idea how to find our street with our house in it. We tried to ask people, but they had no idea either or they just ignored us. So the only thing we came up with was to call my brother, back in his Hungarian High School. Why him? Because he was in colleague and we knew that in the dorm they have internet access, he can check the map. We told him that we were standing in front of a building called Wood Green Crown Court and our address of course. He navigated us back to our house from Hungary. 😅 

The agency said that we were lucky because we had an appointment to get our NI number (TB number in Hungary) the next day at the Camden Job Centre. We knew which bus we had to use from Wood Green and drop off at Camden Station ( we had no idea how many variations exist of the “Camden” bus stop, but let’s slow down 😅). The only thing we didn’t know that which side of the road we had to catch the bus. After a while, we realised that we were going in the wrong direction as we picked the bus on the wrong side, so we had to drop off and catch the other bus. The good thing about London is that buses and tubes come every minute or so, but we were way too far from Camden to make it on time to the appointment. Anyway, we tried. 

Once we saw the first “Camden” bus stop (which was still a 15-minute walk from the one we needed) we just left the bus and started to run like no tomorrow. But we were unable to find the Job Centre. Here is another fun fact about how different London and Hungary are. The Job Centres in Hungary usually take place in a nice, old historical building which you can never miss, but instead in London, they look just like a chicken shop in the corner. So in the end, it became cold, it started to rain and we were lost in Camden Town. We called the agency and asked them to make another appointment and begged them to try and tell us where the Job Centre is. They were laughing at us and they said that no one ever lost in Camden or was unable to find the place. But in the end, we found it. I remember we had our lunch (sandwiches made at home) in a park and we decided to see Trafalgar Square as we saw our life-saving bus, the iconic 29. That bus was our guide for so long after that. So we were freezing, wet, humiliated, lost, sad and miserable, but we saw the famous Trafalgar Square first in our life. We had no idea how many memories would be attached to that place in the future and how the square would become one of the most important places for us, a bit of a centre point not just for that large city, but for our lives too.

The next couple of weeks was quite the same. We woke up early, got ready, grabbed the bus and visited all the agencies on our list. We started to know better the city, understand more about the places, the public transportation (only buses because we had no money to pay for the tube), the people around us and how things are working in London. Our housemates told us about the cleaning agency where they worked, so we went there and my best friend finally got a job there as a night cleaner. A few nights later he called me and I was able to start there too. That was our first job. I do not wish to tell the name of the agency, but we became night cleaners in one of the Michelin-star restaurants in London, called The Delaney. Our supervisor was a young Polish guy, who grew up in the city and he helped me a lot to learn the language. He sat next to me for hours to make sure that I could tell what I wanted. The job just came on time. I will never forget the night before our first payday. It was a Thursday evening. We used our two-week deposit so we had to pay the rent on Sunday or at least one week otherwise the agency said that we would be homeless. That night was our off night ( we worked 6 nights a week and only one was off). We decided to see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Parlament and the London Eye (from outside of course). The weather was nice and we crossed the river Thames on the Hungerford and Golden Jubilee Bridge. We were in the middle of the bridge, the view was breathtaking and we heard a song played by a guy with his guitar. I do not remember the song, but I do remember that we only had 75 pence left in our wallet. No more, no less. We expected our salary the next day morning. At that point, we bought food from the money we found in the restaurant during our shifts. If we did not find anything, we had to portion our bread and butter to make sure we had something to eat every day. But we gave all of our money to this guy on the bridge and just enjoyed the view. The next day we got our first salaries and they were more than we had wished. Not that much, we only be able to pay one week’s rent and we were still a week behind, but we finally could breathe a bit. That’s when things started to be better a bit. It was millions of ups and downs, on the career path, personal relationships and accommodations, but after that, I have not cried every day (maybe every other day 😋) and did not question my decision that much. It will be parts of my past in London that I will share with you guys, but I thought I could not write down every major thing that happened in London because in the end every little thing formed me and needed to help me become who I am and I am unable to write down all of them. So that’s why I decided to write “my diary” under the story of my life” section because I think I can help you more to get through life and all its difficulties during my daily/weekly stories. (Please feel free to let me know if I am wrong. 😅)

Sometimes you have to give everything, leave everything behind, lose almost everything to be able to receive what the Universe wants to give you and those things will be much better than the things you can imagine. We just have to let Life guide us. So SpitFire up and let go of what bothers you. 😘

Oh, and please don’t forget: Don’t have to be always strong to be a Hero.😘

XOXO,

Krisz😘

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The Preparation

Hello Everyone!

As I promised, I am back to tell you why a 23 years old girl decided to leave all her life, family, friends and everything she has known and went to London. I do apologize that it took way too long to write this, but I was in Hungary and Italy and I will let you know about that time too.

In my last post I told you, I had a nice life and I was really happy, but I felt that I needed more. I cannot really explain the feeling, but I felt that I must go. It was one of the strongest instincts I have ever got in my life. I was always a “dreamer” and I still am. Always wanted to see the World, discover all the miracles and meet new people. (Later on I will bring you some stories about other people’s lives too.)But now, let me tell you how for the first time in my life (at least this is the first I remember) I was attracted to things and joined the “law of attraction”…and how it all actually started.

It was in the middle of November and I will remember until I die, that the sun was shining and my boss asked me into his office. I have never imagined that this meeting will change my whole life. 😊 (Just a bit of explanation to understand better, but in 2013, in Hungary the whole government system was changed and they started the preparation in 2012 last quarter.) He told me that I will have to start in January a training course, the office will pay for it, but it means I cannot leave the office for XY years (do apologize guys, but I have no idea how much was it😅) or if I want to leave earlier, I have to pay back the training’s cost… and that was the moment what hit me so hard. I told him that okay, and I will do it, but I felt I would collapse.

I went outside to the fresh air and started to think. I was 23 years old and I never had money to travel, see the World…not even to move together with my (ex)boyfriend. My parents always gave us everything they could (and even more), but they weren’t allowed to give those things and I never wanted them to support my “hobbies” or my life, because they have done it for so long. They raised me and my brother wonderfully. 

The salary was nothing actually… So I had to do something else (and that’s what I really felt). I will die in the same village where I was born, I will live with my parents until I will get a mortgage which I will never be able to pay back and the farest place I have ever been will be Budapest.

So I called my (ex) boyfriend and told him that I will move to London in January.😅 I explained to him everything and he said okay. (Why London? Because God bless my German teachers during the 12 years they tried to teach me Dutch, but I still cannot say a word.😅 I have never liked that language and I don’t really know why. So I thought I speak English- well very quickly I had to realize that I don’t- and another reason was that jobs are in London, so that’s why.) I went back to the office and told my Boss that I will give my notice on the last day of November and I will move to London. He was so understandable and supportive about this.

But still we had no savings, no money and both of us had debts. And here comes the law of attraction… I had no idea how I would manage financially to come to London, but I knew I would do it, no matter what. I had only one high school classmate here and he helped us to do the CVs, but we had no idea where we would sleep or what we would do there. We wanted to get a job from Hungary to London, but the World doesn’t work like this. You physically have to go to interviews and no one gives you a job just because you look cute (even if I do). So we had no idea about anything, but we were sure we were coming on the 9th January 2013. (Why that day? Well, we closed our eyes and pointed to a date on the calendar, checked the tickets, the prices were okay, so we kept the date) 

Miracles just started to happen about the money. We got bonuses, unpaid projects had been paid, family helped as much as they could…so in the end we just had a bit of money which was okay until we found our first job. (That’s another story!) Everyone was so supportive, helpful and of course worried about us. (We were worried too, but of course I can only admit this now. 🤣) 

2 weeks before our flight we went to Budapest to an agency, which promised some job in England (no, not in London, somewhere up North in a  village), so we went there, but we had to realize that he wants so much money and no one would wait us in the airport, we supposed to buy new tickets to another airport, etc. So we left the office, stand in the middle of Budapest (it was my 3rd time in the capital) and we had no idea where we would sleep or what we would do after we arrived in London. Now it is so funny how God (Universe, Life, etc) helped us. My friend just checked his phone, because we heard an interview a couple of days before with the most popular Hungarian Lettings Agencies owner, and their HUngarian office was only a couple of minutes walk from us in Budapest, so we went there.They were very nice and we were about to rent a room and in the contract they have guaranteed a driver who will pick up us in the airport. 

That’s how and why in London. Never give up and just have faith. So many years later I have realized that we actually just attracted everything for us. Only with our faith and positive attitude. We do not always need to know everything or control the things around us. Sometimes it is enough if you just truly know what is the end, what you really want and let the life flows… and of course need a bit of sparkle from your (Spit)fire.😘

With lots of Love:

Krisz (Spitfire)

P.S.: In the last 2 weeks I was lucky enough to collect lots of so many stories of interesting people’s life and some experiences (including a lovely Italian wedding), which I will share with you. (I try to write more often, I promise, I will try!🤣) Very soon the daily quotes will be back too, so follow @spiritofspitfire on Instagram, Facebook or Like the blog, so you will not miss anything.

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The Beginning

Hello Guys,

I am Kris (Krisztina and most of you know me) and I am from Hungary. Before I start to tell you about London, I think it is important to tell you about where I come from.
Once upon a time… yes, a princess was born in South Hungary, in a really small town. (I know, absolutely typical and nothing really interesting 🤷‍♀️)On the day when I was born my parents bought a plot in a small village, where they started to build our family home. When I was 2,5 finally the house was ready to move in and my very first memory is that my parents let me choose my room.
I had an amazing childhood and I am so grateful for everything I have got from my family. My parents were never rich people, but they gave me and my brother everything they could and even sometimes more. Yes, I have a “little” brother who is 4.5 yeras younger than me and I am so happy that I have a sibling (at least , now I am happy about him.😉). Of course, we have had difficulties when we were kids, but this is absolutely normal. Who doesn’t have fights with her/his siblings, seriously?
I was lucky enough to know all my grandparents and we had really strong connections with all of them. Funny to see how my pride (and many other qualities) came from my dad’s mother and my way too big mouth (and many others) came from my mom’s mother.I am a really good mix of them.
My village is small, around 1000 people live in it, but it was a wonderful place to grow up. I used to go to the Kindergarten and Primary school too in this village. I had great teachers and so many friends. I am lucky to have a lot of good memories from my childhood. My parents and my family loved me, I have got lots of love from friends, teachers, people and still I have when I am going home, from time to time.
Obviously ,later on I went to High School, which was in a small town, not so far from my village and those were the best years of my life. The college and all the people there shaped me and helped me to become a young adult. Lovely atmosphere in a beautiful place, next to one of the biggest rivers in Hungary, so many parties, friends, first loves, first break ups (well, a Princess need a real Prince and cannot kiss all the frogs), smiles, and lovely teachers who always tried to guide us, but also leave us to find our own ways. I will always be grateful for those years and those people.
Since I remember, I was always hyperactive and I had that feeling that I have to do something, not just be and live the life like others. I always wanted to create, help, be there for others.
So after High School I have got one of the biggest opportunities in my life, because my village’s notary gave me the chance to become a part of that amazing team. I was only 19 years old when I started there and I was almost 23 when I left. He and the team teach me a lot and I have got a second family. I also can thank him for being one of my best friends too. Lots of nice times, laughs, happiness, also like in every “family” were hard days too, but we took care of each other and I loved to work there. I will always be grateful for those years. From him came one of my favorite quote too (he gave me on the day I left them to go to London):

“The longest journey begins with a single step.”

So why did I leave? Why have I decided to move to London and leave all my life behind? Why does someone just pack and leave?
Well, I think this will be another day’s story, but I promise I will continue. I hope you will be with me. 😉

Love you all. 😘

Kris
P.S.: To my readers from other countries, Budapest is a lovely place and a must to see, but if you have a chance, come a bit south and you can see so many nice places too. (Lake Balaton, Pécs, Szigetvár, Barcs, Kaposvár etc.- these are “my area”, but you can find other lovely places in Hungary, trust me. 😉)