Day 363-365 St. Stephen’s Day and The New Bread

I could easily call this post ‘The Power of TV’ for the simple reason that I got a bit hooked on watching it since I got to Hungary. It played very little part in life for years, but now I feel like I am feeding a kind of ‘modern-day’ starvation with all sorts of Hollywood movies otherwise I would never watch. And if I hadn’t got a TV I wouldn’t really care. That is why I left a few days gap on the blog and doing all sorts of other important things with Vondores. This was a short season. And because this is the day when we celebrate St. Stephen our first Christian king and the New Bread there are so many amazing historic films on TV. At the moment I am watching ‘Feherlofia’ ‘(The Son of a White Horse)’ which is a famous animated film by Marcell Jankovics in the memory of of Hun, Avar and other people of the plains. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dN_vwI8Vqg This is a real piece of art. Symbolic, beautiful and truly engaging. Apart from watching TV too much. I went to Szeged with Lili and Angela on Saturday and to the village Gastronomic Day yesterday. It was good to meet friends and got invited to the After Church Coffee and Cake Club. I had no idea it existed. I have to fix a couple of dresses now while watching TV, I really feel the need to start doing things again after a couple of days resting  Yesterday someone asked me in a very concerned voice what was the matter that I came back. I told her there was no problem, but a decision after 12 very hard years to take some time out and think through what’s next. Most of the people I talk to want to know if I have found a job yet if I am looking for one or what I am going to live off. Because this is Hungary and not England it is normal to ask such private questions I just have to deal with it, because to say it is a private matter is considered rather rude. So, I just say I am taking time out to see what’s next. That is true but gives the false expression based on Hungarian standards, that I must be very well-off if I can afford to do so. Of course, I am not well-off. I did Inner City Mission during the last 9 months of my stay in London and it wasn’t easy. I just learnt to live off very little. And I know I need this time for Vondores…