Things That Make Me Happy Part 1

I Heart  Balloons.:)

All images were found on We Heart It.

Oh, those wonderful days of Spring!

We are having another beautiful, clear, and sunshiny spring afternoon, you know the kind we the loathes of winter were dying for back in the dark and cold days of February, when the warm rays of the sun are tickling your cheeks, and when the chirping of birds is just as loud as the bouncing of the basketball on the court right under my window. Another sunny weekend has gone by, again, incredibly fast, as I spent it in good company and with lots of fun. On Saturday afternoon the weather was so fine that we could not resist the calling of nature, so with a few friends of mine I took a little trip to one of the biggest parks of Budapest,  as we went to Városliget. We brought the good old boardgame, Cluedo with us, had great fun for a good few hours while playing with it and sitting in the grass . 

Then on Sunday I tuned into a more creative and productive mood: after doing some shopping at tesco's I baked banana bread again, and this time it turned out quite perfect if I may say so. I found the recipe on the Internet (thank God for google!) a little over a week ago as I was in the mood for baking something new... something I hadn't done before, however, something that wasn't too complicated either. I decided on banana bread, as it seemed fairly easy, and didn't require too much preparation and ingredients. I made it last weekend for the first time, and all went well until I realized that I didn't pay attention close enough, and was careless to set the oven on the right temperature, it was was way too hot, and although the recipe said 60 minutes of baking, the outside of the dough was burnt after only 30 minutes in the oven, while the middle of it was still raw... I guess I shouldn't have been so self-assured when sticking it in the oven ever so casually... Still, after tasting the middle of it I realized that the recipe was good, indeed, a keeper. This weekend I gave it another shot, and payed very close attention when setting the temperature of the oven. It turned out wonderfully, the outside of the bread was golden brown and slightly crispy while the middle was short and yummie with all that banana and oozing  chocolate chip in it. Success, indeed, and lots of people demaning the recipe. 

As I was done with the baking,  I decided to stay on the creative track as I got out my sewing kit, a palmful of buttons, and my colorful textiles, and spent a good couple of hours making cute little brooches. I have started making them recently, and so many people complimented on them and asked me to make one for them that I'm thinking about selling them on the Internet, probably on Meska. The idea is still under construction, we will see how it will turn out.

...then the rest of the evening I spent organizing all my school-notes, and started copying and rearranging some of them. You don't wanna know how many trees have been cut down and killed because of me... because I'm such a scriboholic and use way too much paper... Still, if you have to write, then you have to write, right?

The Time Of Our Lives

Wanna know what? For quite some time now it is my firm belief that I am having the time of my life. I'm afraid, or rather, I know that I shall never be as happy and as content as I am these days and in this period of my life. This is as good great as it can get, as I am trying to make the most of my days by walking as many miles as my feet allow me, seeing as much of the world as my eyes can take in, then carrying it all on with me for the rest of the road, and drawing in as much culture as I can afford, hoping that later on it will inspire me. I know it sounds endlessly cheesy, but I just love life: being surrounded by true friends, good films, great books, brights lights, round shapes, pretty shades, and breathtaking sights in the amazing city of Budapest. These are the days when I can afford to cut classes if I felt like it, because I want to go to the cinema for the third time this week instead, see an exhibition or two, or simply wander around on the worn out but so romantinc streets of the city and keep on pushing the buttons on my camera. I can also buy books by the pair, if I felt like it, even if it's already the 16th volume I'm purchasing this year and it's not even the end of April yet. I can also go to the public library of Budapest and find one of my photos exhibited there, among some other real fine ones. Not that I won anything with it, I just heard about this competition they were having, so I gave it a shot, sent one of my pictures in, and now everyone can see it. I love these little surprises of life, these bits of positive feedback and success. These are the things that really make me happy.

  

And today I'm particularly glad, as I've just found out that one of my poems got published. Although it's only a tiny weekly university paper, and probably hardly anybody reads it, still it feels good, and it puts a smile on my face, because such a big dream of mine came true: I got to see my name in print. This is some kind of a positive feedback, too,  because someone, somewhere in an editorial room liked what I wrote and thought it was worth publishing. And, if all goes well, on the pages of another paper some other poems of mine will also be published in a week or two. (Fingers still crossed.) I guess I shouldn't have been that lazy and wait such a long time 'till sending my poems out... Anyway, these little pieces of good news and success have made me happy today and  they give me a good reason to go on this path I've been trying and paving for myself.

Last Week in Pictures

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...and my Moleskine addiction just keeps on growing...:)