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Feng shui’d

Sha Chi is bad feng shui energy, aka killing energy or attacking energy. Think sharp walls, angles, long hallways flowing from the main door to

A Blue Peter chandelier

For those of you not acquainted with Blue Peter, it’s the world’s longest running children’s TV programme. It first aired on the BBC in October

Violent milk

Just 30 km from the Balaton in the direction of Kaposvár lies the little town of Somogyvámos where Krishna Völgy (Krishna Valley) sits. Its 260

Put a stamp on it

I had a birthday this past weekend. I’ve had so many now that it should be old hat. Just another day. An excuse to get

Desperate measures

I’ve been carrying SJ’s number in my phone for more than a year now. I’d never used it although I had thought about it plenty

Hijacking harmony

A good friend of mine, someone I’ve known and grown to love in the last four years has committed herself to a relationship with someone

Give a little

Yesterday, I met Norbert. Norbert is in his mid-thirties and spends his day in the corner of a cot in a room at the Topház

When rugs were rugs

Ah – do ye remember when a rug was a rug and not a hair piece? When the back seat of every car in Ireland

On being a Murphy

Murphy, apparently, was an optimist. Murphy’s Law has been translated into every language known to man – even Hungarian. The fact that Murphy is generally

W-w-word imperfect

I stammer. I don’t stammer all the time, but I stammer. I can go sometimes for days, or even weeks without a hitch and then

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