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18:59 - Feeling really lethargic and bleh. In the mood for nothing. I've been lying in bed for hours. We did go out for about an hour today. That was something, I guess.

19:12 - The album arrived at the record store today! I love buying from my local record store. It just feels more personal. The store owner even gave us some tips on how he keeps his records dust-free. (Though mine still got dusty, but his method helped a lot). I won't buy another album until I get a freakin' jorb.

23:16 - Just did an inventory of all of my Kirby items for a photoshoot tomorrow. I thought I'd hold off on writing posts about my collections until I'm done with the main sticker page, but I'm really eager to see what an entire sticker sheet of Kirby would look like. This is fun!

16:36 - It begins. Now I want to make sticker sheets of my collections. Wouldn't that be something!

12:36 - It's been a while since I actually poured myself into a coding project for this site. I'm thinking about upgrading my collections page. I haven't decided how yet, but I have some ideas brewing. I don't have time today, but I'll probably look into it in the coming days...

13:21 - It's here. :)

11:02 - An update to the art wall. Today we're going to buy frames (again). So many things to frame in this home!

23:01 - Feeling bleh so I'm sitting in the bedroom pretending I have a record player and looking through the View-Master. Just a lil' escape.

22:34 - Cleaned out one of my desk drawers: threw stuff away, rearranged, put some items in the donate pile. Office still looks as messy as ever.

23:29 - Aside from my appointments, all I did today was write a blog post. Didn't have the energy to do much else. (I napped too.)

20:55 - In other ricardo.ch news, we bought a vintage record player table for 200 (originally 280). We're picking it up tomorrow. Did I score? We will find out.

14:42 - Expressing myself.

13:43 - Ugh, sold a shelf I bought for 60 Fr at Ikea for 20... And after fees I made 15.50 Fr. They're still selling this shelf at Ikea too. Someone got a good deal and it wasn't me.

00:53 - My recent foray into graffiti writing got me to finally clean and organize the craft station. I wanna do so much stuff!

20:02 - Pre-jam pizza night. I think we should just get three pizzas next time.

14:17 - Slowly moving wall decor from the office to here.

17:37 - Finally found the perfect frame for this portrait of lil' ol' me! Now Daniel needs to get his done so we can have a matching set. (He didn't want to get his old-timey photo taken that time.)

19:34 - Spotted some baby quackers on our walk today.

22:55 - I love my Viewmaster. Hours of fun. This is the Kindlifresserbrunnen in Bern, which translates to "child-eater fountain." But according to the slide description it's "Ogre fountain 16th century." I guess they were too afraid to use its real name.

17:04 - Amazing vintage find today: a functioning Viewmaster with all this film and it's in English! I used this wooden box in my college graduation project and it'll be the perfect container to store the reels.

20:45 - There was a deal on stroopwaffels at the airport. We already finished the original one. This one is "spiced cookie." Putting it in my Miffy stroopwaffel jar.

19:28 - Been making Taiwanese cold peanut noodles to beat the heat! I went rogue on the recipe this time.

13:26 - Result of last night's quick paint project. I was going to buy checkered fabric (from thrift store) but it's a bit far away. I got this idea after talking to my sister about a painting she just delivered.

22:58 - Abandoned my responsibilities for something more fun! I have an idea for a photo frame.

12:45 - Cutie pie Emilio cow cat.

23:55 - The sun sets around 22:00 here. View from my cousin's apartment.

11:12 - Our trip has been very busy but we're enjoying it. Meanwhile Boba's gotten comfortable enough to demand pets from the cat-sitter.

00:12 - Forgot to share that Peige and Leon had a baby in Tomodachi Life. "Vicky Poo" (as Leon affectionately calls him) is my favorite character right now. He's 5 years old and says the darndest things.

00:14 - Trying to plan my outfits for the Netherlands but the weather is so fickle. 2 days ago the forecast was warm and sunny; now it's rainy and cool. I'll make my final choices on Tuesday. In the meantime, I'm coming up with outfit themes. :)

00:36 - Planned a lot for our trip. Schedule is pretty full now. Hopefully it won't feel overwhelming but there are people to meet and so many things to eat and see.

23:39 - Painted with watercolor for the first time in eons and it frustrated me because it's easy to make mistakes. Ended up drawing on the iPad. I feel like this is an exercise I must push through. I won't give up, and it's not about being "good" but enjoying/accepting(?) the process.

13:31 - Didn't sleep well. Walked across town to have Oakberry for breakfast, then ran errands. Now home and too tired to write. The downsides of going out on a hot day.

15:34 - Choir concert in Zürich today. Thankfully we could wear whatever we want because I love this outfit! The last time I wore this dress was for a wedding in Bosnia ~4 years ago.

12:01 - We only have 1 fan which is being used in the living room. So blackout curtain for the office to keep things cool, cool, real cool.

12:33 - Lately my guestbook and contact form messages keep going into spam, so I don't get notified. (And I keep forgetting to check). Thank you for the messages. I also need to reply to emails. I have been very bad at that these days!

16:19 - It is so freaking hot. I don't do well in the heat. Currently seeking refuge in a café before class. Finished all my homework so I played my iPad games. Would love a nap rn.

16:45 - Persian walnut cookies (nan-e gurdui)! I guess I could've made some a little smaller to make 12, oops!

17:24 - We ran errands in the afternoon and stumbled upon a new Afghan/West Asian market. They were selling bolani, which we shared. I wish we got our own. I want another one right now.

15:17 - Done! I love it!!

23:32 - Finished a show (The Mighty Nein) and a game (The Alters) today. :0

22:00 - Framed a tote bag (love) and wanted something organically shaped next to it. I'm unsure about the tiger. It's a cool piece individually (a corkboard from Flying Tiger!) but not sure if they fit together. Will sleep on it.

21:16 - Whaaat I was flipping through this zine I bought a year ago at Fumetto and saw this picture!! It was meant to be! The zine is called "Secondhand Cats" haha. It's a great zine and I plan on framing a spread. I think I will write about it this week and send the artist this photo because how fucking cool is that. I rarely see good secondhand cats in the wild.

18:18 - Welcome to the meow meow parade.

12:15 - Taking a break from making trash boxes (I think I've made at least 100) to folding paper cranes!

23:08 - There are some amazing writers on the indie web. To think that I would've missed it all if I never wandered onto this part of the www.

10:47 - Inspired by yesterday's cleaning spree, I removed more Spring Festival decor in the living room and redecorated the mantelpiece for spring/summer. Those are all the books I want to read next! (Plus the Bridgerton one I just finished.)

15:25 - New Bakery Bakery in town. It's vegan, so my go-to drink is an iced Americano as I can't drink plant-based milks. Their (fake) bacon leek pastry is also my fav.

16:59 - Just me and Daniel again. Perks of being unemployed I guess.

22:39 - Tomorrow's going to be a busy day so I played a lot of Tomodachi Life today. But I also got a lot done today, pretty much everything from my to-do list. Didn't apply for any jobs but I found several.

11:15 - Trying something new. Breakfast smoothie at Joe & the Juice and doubled my SNRI dosage (with permission from doc). Let's fucking go, I guess.

17:35 - Feeling very demotivated today.

13:43 - Had a lovely chat with my hairdresser earlier and wanted to extend the mood by treating myself to this delicious vanilla bean flan.

11:46 - Happy May Day. Lucerne is one of the cantons that doesn't celebrate this day because it already has too many (Catholic) holidays.

10:59 - Productive morning! Been wanting these Mary Jane type sneakers for over a year and bought them at the consignment shop. I saw them in the window last night and knew if I didn't act fast they would be gone. They're comfy and about 1/2 size bigger but if it were my actual size I don't think I could close the straps. Only 39 Fr.!

01:56 - I can't believe I started to really learn how to code 4 months ago and I'm already able to create the website of my wildest dreams. (I mean, it's not that wild because I still lack a lot of knowledge and skill.) Nevertheless, I'm proud of myself. :)

01:46 - I've been busy working on my new project. I don't want to write about it until I've finalized the url/title a bit and kind of get most of the pages up. But I'm loving it so far! It's been challenging af learning how to use flex boxes!!! I also plan on starting a new blog to document this project because it should be separate from my personal one.

21:52 - Soon.

15:25 - Treating this as a sickness. I don't know what else. Can barely eat anything, I'm freezing cold so now I'm in bed. I don't think I can/should go to class today. My Bridgerton book came so I will read now.

14:20 - Been coding/blogging since I woke up this morning. Due to lack of planning, I only found frozen custard buns in the fridge. I ate all 10 of them and now feel unwell. I've been making poor eating decisions these days.

00:23 - During tonight's D&D session, Vince reminded me that I've been running this campaign for 5 years! Time really flies! And now we're spread out on 3 different continents. Glad we could find a time zone that worked for everyone (helps that Vince is a night 🦉)

13:53 - Finally finished migrating all of my books from Goodreads to my library catalog. I can finally close my Goodreads and bookshelf.town tabs.

02:41 - Stayed up migrating all of my projects from my last template to the new one in Cargo. I like it! It's less personal and fun but I'm learning that my portfolio should just showcase my work, and I can make a fun site elsewhere. Will add two more projects before transferring the domain name officially. I can definitely sleep in today.

12:23 - Lady Helen truly delivered today! I love my new manicure. Also, blasting Bridgerton season 4 soundtrack while walking around old town is a vibe!

23:12 - Currently in a Bridgerton phase and spontaneously bought the deluxe edition of "The Duke and I," then looked up reviews to discover that it apparently sucks. At least the book is pretty? I was hoping to eventually display the set somewhere. (I only bought one book for now.)

23:54 - Looking at modded iPods! Might save up for my birthday or ask my friends for birthday donations 🥺👉🏻👈🏻

23:19 - I learned how to cast off! Finally made some progress after 2 months. In other news, I think I'm getting a sinus infection. 🤧

18:34 - I'm at the gym now but I've been binging Bridgerton season 4 all day and intend to finish it tonight!

20:44 - Salted caramel cupcake!

10:23 - Got a rejection from the part-time job I really wanted. I'm gonna go for a walk after breakfast.

16:28 - Applied for a job, translated my CV into German, got jealous of Daniel because he had a call from a recruiter so I said mean things. Then I cried and screamed into a pillow several times. I've apologized to him of course. I hate that this job hunt is slowly turning me into a green-eyed monster. I really want to stay in Switzerland but I'm worried about my future.

18:40 - A Bärlauch enjoyer.

23:29 - Accountability! Cleaned the coffee table. Lit a crackling candle to celebrate. Tomorrow's cleaning goal is my desk because it's gotten messy.

13:12 - Perfect.

16:37 - Trying the new Spicy Caesar sandwich at Joe and the Juice. It's fine, but not for me. I like their new matcha drink (with cherry blossom syrup) though!

12:52 - In Aarau because we both didn't pay attention and missed our stop. 🫪 (This is my new fav emoji.)

18:04 - Enjoying the longer days.

15:17 - I think I'm back in action. Plan on writing a few blog posts today, then it's gym later and I'm excited about doing cardio. (It's the rowing machine, which is the least "painful" cardio exercise for me). Had a good convo with my language partner and she's motivated me to improve my bedtime routine. How quickly my mood can change, but it helps talking to people.

22:26 - I made it.

10:26 - I am feeling really depressed. My body dysmorphia has been really bad, ever since I saw pics of myself from my choir performances. Also, unemployment. Lots of things. I'm just gonna curl up in bed again. I'd rather sleep than eat.

23:34 - Our D&D sesh ended early so we spent 30 min chatting. Told my friends I'm selling my guitar and amp, and my sister offered to trade her Moog theremin for both! So I'm throwing my ukulele into the deal, because I am ready to let go of those instruments and just stick to piano and singing. And I'm sure I can figure out the theremin. Hell fucking yeah.

12:41 - Rediscovering R&B hits from my youth for karaoke. They are so hard to sing towards the end when they start oohing and aahing off script. Listening to "Let Me Love You" by Mario on the way to Zürich.

15:36 - Was feeling increasingly anxious about a social interaction and remembered I forgot to take my meds yesterday and almost today. Hopefully this feeling will go away.

11:54 - I'm not very chatty in On-Together but if there are shenanigans I most definitely will partake in them. (I'm on the left, sitting at a desk. My outfit is inspired by the Pokemon, Screamtail.)

9:31 - Up early today for my psychiatrist appt. Anddd just found out it's tomorrow (my mistake). But apparently the current patient also forgot it was their appt. So it will work out. Haha!

13:04 - Woke up at 8:30 and fell back asleep until nearly 12! Well, I have nothing pressing to do so that's ok. Still, I will sign onto On-Together to help me get through my daily tasks, otherwise I'll just end up spending the entire day puttering around the blog.

12:56 - Cleaned this corner of the office (previously had my guitar, amp, and a lot of dust/cobwebs) and added my new cactus coat rack from Ikea! My office is California themed. 🌵 It's perfect for my bags and random junk.

17:05 - Made it outside. Gonna try to finish my book.

13:04 - Today's rehearsal space, and maybe concert space? We will find out later.

21:21 - Home from the gym. Just drafted a blog post. Need to shower and then pack for tomorrow, as it's our final concert for this program! I'm not staying overnight, but I'm tired of wearing half of my concert outfit every time. So now I gotta pack some schtuff.

18:52 - I met up with K at the new Bakery Bakery in town. Treated myself to some yummy snacks and drinks (this was the first round) because I received a rejection from a job I really wanted. K gave me a tip on a part-time job that I will apply to. Will write more about it if I get it.

12:11 - I've been blogging non-stop! Already have another post drafted and ready for proofreading and pictures. I need to get ready to leave the house now.

19:38 - I napped for 4 hours with Boba on me. I love being her bed, hehe.

13:51 - Performing in Bern tonight! Very excited! Physically I am wrecked but mentally I'm good.

23:13 - First choir performance in the bag! Will def blog about this. But now I sleep. I took this photo when we were waiting for the train earlier to show the snow on my stuff. It snowed all evening. What happened to spring?!

16:34 - Test over. I finished 30 minutes earlier. It's a digital test so you can't go back and review. I feel confident about everything except the speaking part. Got myself a raspberry cheesecake brownie to boost my mood. Might write about this later, might not.

12:27 - T-1 day until the exam. Thus, a different approach to calm my nerves: Devoting time to study but not for 6 hrs straight. Hence the late start today, as I chose to watch an ep of OP this morning.

10:22 - Stumbled upon a cool website through another cool website. I don't know much about Neocities but it is wild and probably something I would've pursued if I kept up with learning how to code as a teen. Might write a post about this as I saw someone on BB Discovery write about Diaryland!

14:20 - I wanna play Pokopia so baddd! But I don't want to buy a Switch 2 because my Switch 1 still works fine. I also want to play Wind/Waves... Goddamit. I won't be buying a Switch 2 this year though and will wait patiently. For what? I don't know. Anyway, I still have 1 hour of studying left and then it's time to do other stuff.

21:19 - Went grocery shopping, made dinner, and watched 2 episodes of Markiplier's Resident Evil: Requiem playthrough. I'm too tired to do anything else. I studied too long today. I need to pull back because choir is also important too. I kinda hate that everything is happening at the same time.

20:18 - Haven't had sushi in so long. Very excited for this.

13:46 - We're celebrating Daniel's birthday today (it's next week), and I'm taking it easy, sandwiching a bit of blogging between tasks. Had breakfast, coffee, and now it's time to wash up and shower. I know it's late, but it's also Saturday. Writing this note because I find myself wanting to write rather than do other things.

21:26 - Just posted about a trip from 2 years ago. Now that I've organized my travel page to my liking, I want to populate it with posts from my trips! Limited to what I've documented from photos because without them, I can't remember shit. I'm excited that I finally have a place to put all of these thoughts and experiences.

11:29 - [Screaming intensifies] Anyway, time to lock in.

16:06 - Went to physio to get my left knee checked. My physiotherapist commented how my thigh muscles have improved so much since we first started working together 4 years ago. He said there were "new tissues" and everything. I'm pretty proud of that. If only my upper body can follow suit.

00:19 - Been reorganizing my travel page and realized I've been to 18/26 cantons in Switzerland. So now I have a new objective: Visit all of them! Maybe for my birthday...

12:28 - Fit check! Got bored of wearing my same red CNY outfit and since it's towards the end of the celebrations I'm wearing auspicious colors for my birth year, the fire rabbit! Gold and earth tones for financial stability! Also this is half of my traditional Balinese wedding guest outfit because when else will I wear it again!

18:36 - On the train home. My deodorant wore off hours ago. I feel disgusting. Regret wearing my concert outfit for the entire day. I am exhausted.

Celebrating Friday, getting paid, having a productive week, doing better than I thought in the DE listening practice test, blue skies, etc.

17:17 - Weather is so nice today, but I'm staying put. I don't want to disrupt the routine. Did a lot: Studied, laundry, applied for my 10th job. Here's a view from my comfy break chair.

13:24 - I got all the answers correct on the last listening comprehension practice test! As a reward, I ended my pom early and did a little maintenance on this wall. Hung up this print and patched some holes. Time for a quick lunch.

17:49 - Got distracted. Had to make an album cover for one of my workout playlists. (I've been slowly importing my playlists from Spotify to Tidal.) Leaving my desk now!

11:35 - Showered ✔️ Washed dishes ✔️ Made coffee ✔️ Tidied up desk ✔️ Ready to study German for 2 hours. Role-playing as a person who just loooves studying languages!

12:30 – Still sick. Nose feels like it's "drying up" but now my throat itches. I haven't been outside since Thursday. Being sick means an excuse to self-quarantine, aka not leave the house. I've been updating my blog endlessly. I've replaced doomscrolling with coding on my phone (in bed). Not sure if this is better/worse. But... I'm sick and I'm having fun, and I'm learning new things!

10:36 – I am officially sick. Nose is a bit stuffy and runny. Luckily no cough. Still, I need to do things today. But will start the day by tinkering around the blog! Sylvia made a little bear of me. That makes me so happy. I've added Peige-Bear to the footer.

13:41 - I have been fighting a cold all week but I fear I may be losing the battle. Taking it super easy today.

Forgot to share a pic of our breakfast this morning: Panda-shaped custard buns.

14:03 - Chinese New Year Eve. Last day of the year of the snake! Feeling under the weather. But lfg anyway.

19:33 - Back home. Folded a lil' origami horse. It's a bit wonky so hopefully I'll improve on next year's animal. (This was part of a kit.)

17:58 - On the train. Excited but also nervous because I invited myself to a karaoke party and only know one person. But if you follow what you love, it will work out in the end. And I love karaoke!! 🎤💖

It's giving wedding banquet. Finished 90% of my tasks for today. Didn't clean the kitchen fully since I'll still be baking tomorrow.

Progress check: Applied to 2 jobs ✔️ Cleaned bathtub ✔️ Taking a break now.

Went HAM in CSS this morning targeting this page. Not sure if anyone saw. But the rollercoaster is over now!

Finally baking cookies!

Had a panic attack in German class today. (Blog post to follow, obvs.)

I removed the upvote button. Nobody can like my posts even if they wanted to. No more trending posts for me. I am free.

Went to the secondhand shop to look for something for my Swiss costume. Came back with this (and also a mirror).

Accidentally sent one of my guestbook messages into spam and it was a good thing, because I found out I had unread messages in the spam folder! I have no idea why. But friendly reminder to check your spam folder if you use these types of services.

So if you didn't see your message before, it's there now!

Good morning ☕ Watching/listening to a jungle jazz set by Takuya Nakamura, djing in a rice field. 🌾 🎺 This channel is called Login.jpg_ for anyone interested!

Forgot to share this. Milk-flavored baumkuchen. I'm trying all the flavors now.

I'm crashing in Zürich and my host lives in a refurbished church with 20 other people. This is my room for the night. I will see their chickens in the morning. This is so rad.

How do people with dyscalculia cope with numbers in German 🫠

Currently. I'm so tired.

I asked for Hello Kitty nails and my nail tech delivered. 🎀 I watched her sculpt HK and the bows with her fingers, using gel. 😯 This is such an underrated profession.

I love noodles. 🍜

Daytime reveal, as promised. I still love it.

Glad I didn't film as I sliced 2 fingers in the process. Anyway, I love it! This area looks good. Daylight reveal tomorrow. 🌅

Getting there.

The Lucerne Light Festival is happening soon! This is the first time they've lit up this part of town.

So class actually started today. I found out because our homework was posted in the WhatsApp group. Whoopsie daisy.

My first time walking down this cool street.

Woke up feeling sick so I've been sleeping on and off. I agree with today's fortune.

Very excited about my dinner tonight. Had excess ingredients from Xmas.

Clear blue skies featuring Château Gütsch. According to the weather forecast, it will be cloudy again, starting tomorrow. 😒

Just edited CSS using the iPad for the first time ever. Typed it all in using my two index fingers. Not ideal but I’ve banned myself from the office after 22:00.

A really fun detail I discovered while putting together the cover image for my latest YouTube video. Completely unplanned. I love when that happens!

Shakshuka Sundays 🤙🏻

Rendering! Currently at 3%. My old laptop is huffing and puffing away. 😮‍💨

Post-gym dinner. My digestion has been so bad due to the holidays. I have IBS so I knowingly did this to myself. This is about all I can stomach right now.

Made it outside for a quick walk before the sun sets. Look at the moon! 🌖