The boys visited the palace, while I read from my book. That#8217;s because I had visited the palace before. Afterwards we had a delicious melange coffee at Gloriette Terace on the hill, in a stylish way, surrounded by artistic landscape and architecture. Time flew by, literally, as we spent about 2 hours and a half on the terrace, telling stories and chatting about everything. It was a great way to catch up.

Below some photos, my first time using the hdr technique :)

P.S. Little things in life count. These days I really try to become more patient and more relaxed. Not to mention, must take advantage of good weather and exercise as much as possible .. to help find balance btw office work and a healthy life style. And there are other things as well :-)

Kept and saved might turn into #8220;created#8221; soon :) I wish I could express it all by #8220;making#8221;. Hand-made.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn#8230;

- Jack Kerouac

The author of On the Road was born on this day in 1922.

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Now that spring is here in full swing, let us celebrate life, love, passion for new and old, passion for anything, but nothing. It is important to keep yourself active, strong and young. Go crazy and do what you#8217;ve always wanted to do, today is your day!

Note to self: to upload soon some amazing photos with delicious ribs, cool funky pub, the castle,

Patterns to study and projects to plan. Lovely!  :)

Oh, again, I am doing way too many things, but I feel so good nevertheless. Full of life, impressed by beauty, amazed by simple things and expecting more learning opportunities, more challenges maybe.

I am so grateful, feeling so complete and devoted these days. What a miracle in itself, huh?

It is this time of the year when sunflowerluv makes wishes and writes new year resolutions, more like plans and lists. Oh wow, how thrilling!

So, ready for some lists from me? I must confess, it is the easiest way to start writing again.

via Vogue Knitting

So true sometimes :)

Now I really feel like going away, on a train, reading peacefully and writing miracles, thoughts.

Started today.

Planting ideas in peoplersquo;s minds ndash; influencing the subconscious is a very challenging and dangerous process. It is not like NLP, placing positivity in your own mind, but deeper,  creating mind struggles beyond resolutions in other peoplersquo;s lives.

Parallel universe creation ndash; constructing dream worlds, a dream in a dream. It is what the mankind has been doing in the past 10-20 years. Technological advances allow us to create multiple worlds within our world: computer games, second life, traveling, changing, adapting continuously to novel paces of advancement.

Other peoplersquo;s stories ndash; memories keep our present connected to the customs and traditions of our own selves. Being stuck in the past though does not bring us forward, nor allows us to live. Often times I wonder how it would be to be part of everyonersquo;s story ndash; rather impossible for operational reasons. But, relationships connect stories. This I have discovered by myself and it was a revelation. I have known it all along, though not conscientiously. Peoplersquo;s stories get connected through relationships and memories get updated and refreshed. Multiple worlds of connectivity, constructing ideals through willingness to achieve and acquire specific goals ndash; it has all been done before in real life.

Inception (2010) is a metaphor with a message: it is ok to create worlds, but make sure you live in the present at the same time. Be the change, be you! (very AIESEC-ish).

I watched the movie last night and it left me speechless with my thoughts about worlds, travels, creativity and most of all presence of mind.

Faire le point means to report progress.

I love Wednesday. I also love Fridays, but Wednesday are very special in terms of week-progress. When the after-noon of a Wednesday begins, the week is already in its second half, the working week that is. Wednesdays also have a special ring: like chimes or glowing sunshine in lakes ndash; itrsquo;s Weeednesdaaay! Wednesday itrsquo;s not coffee-boosts and phonecalls rush like Monday. Wednesdays are flavored with almonds and ice cream in cones, unlike any other day of the week. Now wouldnrsquo;t you agree this day is special?

Faire le point means to report progress.

I love Wednesday. I also love Fridays, but Wednesday are very special in terms of week-progress. When the after-noon of a Wednesday begins, the week is already in its second half, the working week that is. Wednesdays also have a special ring: like chimes or glowing sunshine in lakes #8211; it#8217;s Weeednesdaaay! Wednesday it#8217;s not coffee-boosts and phonecalls rush like Monday. Wednesdays are flavored with almonds and ice cream in cones, unlike any other day of the week. Now wouldn#8217;t you agree this day is special?

Arenrsquo;t we all looking for this? aah

3 is a magic number. Yes it is.

And to quote Balázs: Happy New Year to us! :)

I have promised to #8220;expand#8221; on this topic in my blog, after a special request from @themadderhat. For everyone to understand my train of thoughts and other people#8217;s ideas, I will post here fragments of the discussion I had on facebook. You are welcome to bring your own ideas and comment. I think I would need a larger discussion to be able to build a great blog post later on. The approach is philosophical.

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predictablekid gt;gt;gt; why? one has to do with religion or at least spirituality and the other with ideas and/or idealizing things and situations.

Jack gt;gt;gt; You made me think about that for a minute. I wiki#8217;ed on #8220;idealism#8221;; it looks to me those two terms can be combined though it depends on which school of idealism one belongs to. And how are you? :-)

Combined in the sense they are orthogonal, not clashing.

I don#8217;t think they#8217;re mutually exclusive though. It#8217;s not the same as calling somebody an atheist and religious fanatic at the same time.

andreibobocea gt;gt;gt; I don#8217;t think they#8217;re mutually exclusive though. It#8217;s not the same as calling somebody an atheist and religious fanatic at the same time.

Yavor gt;gt;gt; i call myself both. i do not derive my ideals from a belief in a mystical beeing. it#8217;s in fact quite easy: i decide about my ideals by reasoning.

ME gt;gt;gt; Gee, thanks all for the interest in this topic :)

@predictablekid gt; I find spirituality and idealizing very close to one another, more like heteronymous, hence the puzzle

@Jackgt; I#8217;m fine.. So in which school of idealism can they be combined?

@Andreigt;it#8217;s just that they#8217;re so close, that one might rather be labelled as confused when admitting being both. My opinion.

@Yavorgt; Reasoning makes sense, but aren#8217;t ideals more based on feelings than reasons? The road to accomplishing an ideal can be reasoned and planned though, that#8217;s true.

predictablekid gt;gt;gt; ideals can very well be based on reason, as well as on feelings.

even in the case when both would be based on feelings, they can be two completely independent notions. you can idealize concepts or things that have nothing to do with divinity.

Yavor gt;gt;gt; please explain why both should be mutually exclusive as i really don#8217;t understand. it#8217;s irrelevant what i base my ideals on. even if i base them on feelings i can#8217;t see any deity.

Lars gt;gt;gt; the opposite of an idealist is a nihilist, a person who believe in no values or ideals at all, be it religious, ethical or political#8230; whereas the idealist idealize ideas, values or concepts.

So idealism as a concept can contain both religious ideas or values as well as atheist ones #8211; for example political or ethical ideas or values. Nice little braingame by the way ;-)

ME gt;gt;gt; @ALL gt;gt; Reasoned ideals have the purpose of justifying one#8217;s values, according to Tiberius#8217; Deliberation about the good (googlebooks). In most cases, spirituality is not based on material reasoning, but rather on the perception of Mind, a subjective idealism.

So I do still wonder how can atheists be idealists in the Mind-perception sense, while they constantly would need reasoning, empirical evidence. Hence my idea of atheists and idealists being #8216;opposites#8217;, not necessarily antonyms.

@Yavorgt; I am not saying they should be mutually exclusive, but just that they appear to be so, if I look further into philosophical meanings, reasons and perceptions. And by the way, you could not really #8220;see#8221; deity, unless you mean to look for empirical evidence, hence reasons; whereas if you believe in immaterial realities, you would not need reason, but just belief, in the philosophical idealist sense.

Añoramos andar cortos de equipaje, pero nos esforzamos en cargarlo cada día más. / We long for travelling with small luggage, but we make an effort in loading it more every day.

Some philosophy of life that is! Itrsquo;s like me trying to simplify my life :) But whatrsquo;s the point in simplifying it, when everything that I do makes me happy? I always plan to carry a small bag as carry-on in the plane, though always always, my bag or backpack seems to carry my world with me.

It dawned on me that I should probably start a blog about this topic. I was browsing Exotic India website with fabrics, saris, garments ndash; so amazing! I found a really wonderful sari that Irsquo;d like! Itrsquo;s not too expensive either. I could wear it at fancy parties, because itrsquo;s so stylish, I think.

My head on my shoulders. Impressions of floating and aloofness. I am myself and the uncontrollable me is finally more appealing to the cumbersome duty that lies on my shoulders making me feel like Atlas. Thesis. Insane, though probably good timing. I feel it breaks childhood pieces in me.. But I know that, when itrsquo;s all done and with the shiny grade for the amazing contribution to the scientific literature, I will want to dive back.. into the world of craziness. Crazy? Ah the things Irsquo;d do these days if I had anything else to do :) or nothing else. These for laterhellip; Now I need a nap. Then back to reaching informal deadlines earlier than expected.

Extreme temperatures are good for childish endeavours.

This song was meant for me: to increase my motivation mdash; to bring rythm in my thinking and planning, to get my dream realized :) And yes, it happens that the video was chosen as the best one in Hungary last year. Pretty cool! I must say I have been listening to it a lot today :)

This song was meant for me: to increase my motivation mdash; to bring rythm in my thinking and planning, to get my dream realized :) And yes, it happens that the video was chosen as the best one in Hungary last year. Pretty cool! I must say I have been listening to it a lot today :)

The splashes of optimism I referred to in the previous article are a work in progress. The optimism I should be feeling is mostly just visualized and not yet entirely felt. This optimism is still a monkey in a jar. Trying to put together all the puzzle pieces of my heart. Ever felt like this? Oh, do let me know!