Mike Rock
@rockavitch
Irish expat in Hungary
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12
Contacts
1
About me
Irish
Lives in 脡rd
Speaks English
Registration: 05 December 2009
My expat journey
Erd, Hungary
Currently living with my girlfriend and her family while looking for work.
I like the look and the oldness as it has character.
Most of the bars seem to turn their fridges off for an hour every two hours so you might end up with only a moderately chilled beer.
Belfast, Ireland
Activity
Bumming :( by mr_scarecrow
Got a job in a call centre, don't know if I can post the place but I'll tell the story and I'll share if asked because they shouldn't be worked for. Got offered the job, 120000 a month plus commission, only taxed 1% as it's a UK company and the ...
Oxeva is the name from what we established above, I originally remember seeing a negative topic about them on xpatloop once myself, also remember the cold calling fun and lack of payment myself lol, left it a little long myself so hopefully works ... Read More
Bumming :( by mr_scarecrow
Got a job in a call centre, don't know if I can post the place but I'll tell the story and I'll share if asked because they shouldn't be worked for. Got offered the job, 120000 a month plus commission, only taxed 1% as it's a UK company and the ...
lol sounds familar... start with an O and end in an A by any chance? If so I lasted 3 days also, had me finish cold calling for them and then let me go lol, can't be just a coincidence. Read More
House/Flat Rentals by rockavitch
Been looking about online but pretty much not finding anything, anyone have any websites or other sources to find house/flat/apartment rentals in Budapest, T枚r枚kb谩lint, Buda枚rs, basically any estate agent sites to look at. Thanking you :)
Thanks a lot for the sites and oddly the thought just to look around for signs didn't occur to me, too busy getting ready to move this weekend I guess, but thanks a lot people :D Read More
House/Flat Rentals
Been looking about online but pretty much not finding anything, anyone have any websites or other sources to find house/flat/apartment rentals in Budapest, T枚r枚kb谩lint, Buda枚rs, basically any estate agent sites to look at. Thanking you :) Read More
Leaning Hungarian
Just curious if anyone has any good suggestions for someone or a place who could teach me Hungarian in the Budapest area. I'm a complete beginner but would only need to get the basics down as once I get that I can rely on my girlfriend and her mum ... Read More
Expat hobbies by Julien
Hi everybody, What's your favourite hobby (appart from blogging ;))? Is there any kind of "local hobby" where you are? Well my favourite hobby (computers) is not very original, but I can say I like the petanque, you know that game we practise in ...
Hobbies include gaming (as I've always been a bit of a nerd since my first Atari), reading, vegging out in front of the telly with a friend or two to watch a movie, visiting forest for a walk and some conversation, put on some music and play along ... Read More
Loneliness when you're abroad by Julien
Do you often feel lonely when you're abroad? I personaly suffered on week ends while I was in the UK. Even if I had several friends, I often missed my family and friends (from home). So I walked, visited museum, went to concerts, worked more... ...
Msn, text messaging, computer games, usually how I avoid/overcome loneliness. I tend to get out to local gigs and events too as I try not to sit in and play games all the time as its really not the best solution, but, being able to text a friend ... Read More
Find a job in Hungary by expat.com
Hi, You are an expat living in Hungary? Please share your experience! What is the best way to find a job in Hungary? The Internet? Please tell us which are the most useful / effective websites for job seekers in Hungary. Recruitment agencies? ...
Hello all. I shall be relocating to Hungary (脡rd) at the start of March so curious as to the difficulty to finding a job when English is your only language. I'm not aiming at any job in particular, just generally how difficult is it to find ... Read More