Chocolate

60. Go a month without chocolate. (in progress)

October means no chocolate!

Ok, this goal will be quite difficult for me. I LOVE chocolate!

And not eating chocolate means not eating chocolate cereals, chocolate cookies, chocolate salami, chocolate cake or drinking chocolate milk and chocolate milkshakes.

It will be a sad, sad month. :(

Oh today I finished goal nr 74 – Eat an apple a day for one month. I’m really happy I managed to do it. Forgetting to eat an apple wouldn’t be that improbable to me.

Cell

85. Read 26 books I've never read starting with each letter of the alphabet (in progress - 4/26)

Today I finished reading “Cell”. My grandfather borrowed the book to my brother and then he borrowed it to me.

I had never read a book by Stephen King but I was impressed. Yes, I know he’s the author of “The Shining”. I’ve never read the novel or watched the movie.

The premise is very interesting:

“Mobile phones deliver the apocalypse to millions of unsuspecting humans by wiping their brains of any humanity, leaving only aggressive and destructive impulses behind.”

The idea is so scary. If, suddenly, you’d start seeing people biting dogs’ ears and trying to eat one another, what would you? I’d definitely call my parents. But what would happen to me afterwards? I’d become a zombie.

And all the characters feel so human.

I really liked the book. Not as much as I liked “Brave New World”. But it is a nice book!

Tom and Jerry coloring book

11. Complete a coloring book.

Today I finished a coloring book!

First of all, I’d like to explain why I chose this challenge. I spend a lot of time being a grown-up, having to study and behaving a certain way, and because of that I like to have some escapism from that reality and bring out my childish side. Don’t get me wrong, I can be very silly in my day-to-day life but sometimes I forget how much joy I still get from what I used to play as a kid.

And second… I got a Tom and Jerry coloring book for only 90 cents at a Chinese store. I was so glad with my purchase! The day that I got it, I spoke on the phone with one of my closest friends and when I told her what I did, she started laughing really loud. Why? She loves to paint coloring pictures too! However, she usually gets them from the internet.

50 Places to Visit

59. Make a list of 50 places I would like to visit in my lifetime


Top 50 (in no particular order)

1.       Porto

2.       Aveiro

3.       New York

4.       Chicago

5.       Washington D. C.

6.       Sydney

7.       New Zealand

8.       Toronto

9.       Vancouver

10.   Quebec

11.   Madrid

12.   Dublin

13.   Rio de Janeiro

14.   Roma

15.   Venice

16.   Milan

17.   Berlin

18.   Frankfurt

19.   Greece

20.   Disney World

21.   Egypt

22.   Tokyo

23.   Thailand

24.   South Korea

25.   Beijing

26.   Amsterdam

27.   Cannes

28.   Marseille

29.   Moscow

30.   Budapest

31.   Norway

32.   Finland

33.   Sweden

34.   Denmark

35.   Slovenia

36.   Turkey

37.   Morocco

38.   Mozambique

39.   Indonesia

40.   Philippines

41.   Cape Verde

42.   Argentina

43.   Peru

44.   India

45.   Mexico

46.   Chile

47.   Palma de Mallorca

48.   Hawaii

49.   Alaska

50.   Monte Carlo

Oh by the way, I’ve already got company for the helicopter ride. My granddad always wanted to take one!

That’s something I’m really excited about!

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The Screwtape Letters

55. Finish a book in a day.
85. Read 26 books I've never read starting with each letter of the alphabet (in progress - 3/26)

Wow, I’m on fire!

I haven’t felt like reading basically the all summer and finally I am back to myself. I blame university for that, I studied so hard and read so much the past year! I definitely needed a break from my brain.

Luckily, the books that I read recently were absolutely fantastic and gave me a renewed passion for literature.

The Screwtape Letters is such an awkward and strange book. I’ve meant to read it since I was 15, four years later I finally did it! All that I’ll say is that it is a series of letters from a demon to his nephew, also a demon. Very unusual, for sure!

Oh and if it helps, the author of the book is the author of Chronicles of Narnia.

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Brave New World

85. Read 26 books I've never read starting with each letter of the alphabet. (in progress)

Today I finished reading Brave New World. What a fantastic book! I definitely recommend it to anyone who loves reading.

It’s a haunting and disturbing story! Imagining the society described in the book is almost impossible. It’s terrifying thinking of that.

I don’t want to reveal the story because when I started reading I didn’t know a thing of the story or what it was about and I think that added some of the magic. I’ll only say that it did remind me of 1984 in a very good way.

Oh and today I made a birthday cake for my brother but I didn’t do it all by myself and because of that I won’t consider the item nr 10 done.

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Apples

74. Eat an apple a day for one month.

This is the month.

I’ve eaten my first Apple of the month at breakfast. It was a great way to start the day. Maybe I’ll stick to it for as long as possible.

On the 29^th, I went to an annual beach party. It consists of spending the night at the beach and at midnight going for a swim. It usually includes food, music, fire, fireworks, drunk people… It’s a really fun party.

And I thought that maybe I would end up achieving my 57^th goal “Stay up all night talking”. But I just can’t consider it done, although I only went to sleep at 7 a.m. on the 30^th.  It was so windy and cold that I just wasn’t able to enjoy it.  All I’d say was “I’m so cold. I shouldn’t have come”.

Hopefully next year, the weather is better!