Je suis de retour! (I'm back)

I took a little vacation and ... did nothing.  I did not go anywhere, but, I just felt like I needed a break and watched some old favourite movies and read mushy romance novels till I became some couch potato.  It sounds like I've been at it for a month, that's how one week felt like anyway.  Being the pessimistic kind, I worried about my semester tests and assignments and rolled back.  Yeah, sometimes you just have to do it.  Anyway, now, I feel like I'm going to be the Queen of Procrastinators.  

I forgot to mention that I've sowed the seeds of my first chilli plant!  I'm a big fan of chillies.  Grandma said that it might take around 2-3 months before the first chilli appears.  Well, I hope that I'll get more than one.

Okay, got to get back to work now!

See you soon, diary!

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Oh nom nom nom... Who can say no to CHOCOLATE? I can't (for the record, my Mom can. Dunno how she does it). I feel that this weekend will be very chocolate-y! I have made choco muffins and cookies before. They tasted good, but, there's still "a hotel of rooms" for improvement. I might try some simple fudge this time.

WARNING: GET A TISSUE! MAJOR DROOLING AHEAD!

P.S. : You can tell it's not something from me. I copied it from mylot.com, solely for viewing pleasure.

Nothing feels like music... Nothing!

I have a Slicethepie account.  I'm still a newbie and haven't done much scouting.  But, I did pick up some new favourites.

There is Luigi Marchitelli, whose music sounded like heaven!  The link directs you to his Facebook page.  I haven't listened to much classical music.  I only recently heard Beethoven's 7th Symphony (2nd Movement, Allegretto) because it's part of The Fall's soundtracks.  It was really captivating.  I just wish that I knew how to play a musical instrument.  I don't know much about music, apart from which ones are among my favourites.  I usually find it hard to try new music as there's this fear of not liking it and having to try some other tracks to find a nice one.  Yeah, non-resilient me...  

While Youtube-ing today I came across some of my old time favourites.  I think it's true that the first time you listen to a good song, you'll always remember where and when you heard it, and how you felt at that time, whenever you hear it again.  I listened to To the Moon and Back by Savage Garden and recalled that I was on holidays the first time I had heard it.  I did not know that I had it on my music player, I was just randomly playing some songs because my cousin and my sister had fallen asleep, and I couldn't sleep at all (we weren't at home).  I liked it so much that I put it on Repeat.

Another "oldie" (according to me), La Tribu de Dana by Manau, which is really catchy.  I listened it so long ago (I'm only nineteen, but, still) that I can't remember anything about my first time.  But, I know that my Dad would sing it all the time.

Yesterday, while returning home from the university, I was listening to the soundtracks of Tron: Legacy and it just occurred to me that nothing ever feels like music, maybe not even true happiness.  I think it's just one of those miracles that we always witness and it never ceases.