I woke up at 6:00 AM. On my way downstairs, I met our neighbor, Gergő. He is an English teacher and very talkative. Although we do not meet often, whenever we do, we have great conversations. He told me that he knew one of my teachers, Mr. Körmendy. They were very good friends, but since Mr. Körmendy moved away, they have not kept in touch. I was really tired, so unfortunately, I do not remember much else from the conversation. Gergő walked with me to the church. When we arrived, I saw my class gathering in front of the church. I said goodbye to Gergő and went to greet my class teacher, Mr. Pácz. Not long after, we went inside the church to rehearse. After changing, Mr. Körmendy gave me the January 6th prayer to hold. After rehearsal, we moved chairs (as usual :D), then sat down on the heated benches. The mass started shortly after. I sat in the front row. To my left was Sz. B., and to my right were B. R. O. and N. V. M. The mass started with a speech by the headmistress. Communion came quickly, and we went to the sacristy to change. Even though I was already wearing my costume, I joined the others in the back. The performance started soon after. Even though it was full of mistakes, I think it went well. I was shaking, laughing, and jumping from the adrenaline whenever I was not on stage. Thankfully, I managed to hide my excitement in front of the audience. After the performance, we got a big round of applause. The class teacher ended the day with a speech. I got home quickly: from Batthyany Square to Moszkva Square, then by bus to my home. Once home, I started playing games and listening to loud music (I was worried the neighbor might complain). Even though I was happy about the holiday break, the afternoon was very boring. My mom brought home Chinese food (bamboo shoot noodles), which tasted good but made me full quickly. I could only eat about half of it.
This day started off quite boring. After lunch, I suggested to my parents that we go to the storage, as there is a pile of board games there that we prepared last year for the Mikulasgyar, but we ran out of time back then. When we got in the car, a warning light appeared on the dashboard. It turned out that the alternator was broken. We managed to get to the storage, where we switched to my father's company car, a 2006 Iveco Daily. It was the only three-seater car at the storage. Unfortunately, around Christmas time no car repair shop is open, so we will have to use the 3.5-ton Iveco for several days. At the Mikulasgyar, we delivered the board games and received a CD as a gift. I felt a bit sad because we gave away a game that used to be one of my childhood favorites, but it comforts me to know it went to a good place. A place where it will not just gather dust.
I woke up late and spent the whole day playing with one of my old classmates (nicknamed Busi) from my first school. We used to be best friends, and although we still get along well, I feel like we have both changed a lot, and our interests are no longer the same. Despite this, it was really nice to play with him again. I told him to visit us during the winter break, but he said he has many plans in winter, so he thinks there is a better chance we can meet in spring. And the snow started falling lightly. But as if it did not matter, it stopped. So even though I wanted to go for a walk in the snow, by the time I started getting ready, the snow stopped, so I did not go. In the evening, I watched a video about two Hungarian politicians, Peter Magyar and Attila Fulop, having a catfight. It was not a debate, just a catfight. It made me quite sad to see the state of Hungarian politics. For my own good, I do not want to share my thoughts about this in more detail.
I stopped watching the video at dawn. It was boring, so I fell asleep while watching it. I woke up at 3:00 AM and turned it off then. Because of this, I woke up quite late again. My parents went to the market in the morning, and later my father took the car to the mechanic. The repair will only happen in January. In the morning, I played the guitar while my mother was working in the kitchen. I spent most of the day playing on my computer. Unfortunately, I might have caught a cold because my throat is a bit sore, and my nose is running, but it is not too bad yet. I hope I do not get sick before Christmas Eve. Also, I upset my stomach.
After I woke up, I started playing games. Not long after, we set up the Christmas tree and then had lunch. After an afternoon rest, we had dinner in our living room. We rarely eat there, only when there is a holiday. After this, we exchanged gifts with my parents. I received a bass guitar with a stand and an amplifier. Sadly, I found out a dark secret that hurt me a lot. I was very disappointed in one of my family members. This completely ruined my mood and destroyed the Christmas spirit. Because of this, I went to bed early, so I could not attend the midnight mass. (even though I wanted to go).
After I woke up, I ate French toast, and we immediately went to my grandparents to celebrate Christmas. For us, this is the real family Christmas. My godparents and cousins were also there. We had lunch, and although the food was very delicious, I was not really hungry because of the French toast. Then we exchanged gifts. (Actually, I received my bass guitar on this day. Everyone in my family contributed a bit to its cost. The amplifier was from my parents, so I got it yesterday. I will only get the stand on the 27th from my mother's friend.)
I did not do much. I just lay on the bed and played with Busi. My day was pretty neutral.
the morning, I noticed that I upset my stomach (again). I took charcoal tablets. After that, we went to Sződliget to visit my mothers former colleague and friend and her family. She has a son around my age, and I had to spend time with him. We used to get along well, but I do not keep in touch with him much anymore. The reason is that he has changed a lot. He started judging people based on the shoes they wear, glorifying Nazis and Hitler, and often saying anti-Roma and racist things. Thankfully, his father is a very smart man, and I had a good conversation with him. Unfortunately, I had diarrhea while I was there. I received the guitar stand, and in the evening, we headed home.
This day also started boring. I played with Busi, then had lunch, and then played with him again. In the afternoon, I wanted to go to a store that specifically sells band merchandise, but my parents had a better idea. We packed up and went ice skating. We went to the Vasas Ice Center. We have been going there for years; it is our favorite ice rink. The ice is always good, the surface is large, the ticket price is below average, it has a practical changing room, and there are many staff members on the ice who help immediately if something happens. We were on the ice for 30-45 minutes. I got pretty tired. This was my first skating of the season. After we got home, I played a little, took a shower, and then sat down to edit this website.
In the early morning, I was watching one of my online friends play a fantasy RPG game. It made me so excited about these kinds of games that in the morning I asked him where I could download that game. It turned out that my computer is too weak for that game, but there is a similar one with lower system requirements. Its name is Grim Dawn. I was not happy about having to pay tens of euros for a game because I had already spent a lot of money due to Christmas, but then I saw it was on sale for 2.5 euros. (That is a 90% discount.) The sale lasts until January 2, but I did not want to wait, so I bought it immediately. This friend of mine helped me get started with the game, and I am already at level 23! After this, I had lunch. We had fried meat for lunch—fried turkey breast in sesame seed coating. It was so delicious that I ate it six times in total! Then I played the game again, but this time I was not alone; this friend joined me. It is a very good game (especially for this price :D), and I recommend it to everyone! After midnight, I got bored and started listening to music. I listened to a Hungarian punk band. Their new album came out this month, and its title is "Haljunk bele együtt"(Let us die together). I am listening to a song from this album called "Lemondtam az emberekről"(I gave up on people). The melody is catchy, and I can relate to the lyrics. It is a very good song. I am listening to it even now while writing this. I cannot get tired of it!
This day was quite boring too. In the morning, we went to the store and did some shopping for New Year's Eve. For the rest of the day, I played Grim Dawn.
I woke up at noon. I watched a live stream by a YouTuber called SytheX, then started getting ready for the theater. Yes, the theater. Our New Year's Eve program was going to the theater. We watched One Thousand and One Nights. I (and my family too) really enjoyed it. After that, we took a taxi home, and I sat down to play with FL Studio. Midnight came quickly. At midnight, we toasted with champagne and then went to the kitchen to eat lentils and pork.
The first day of the year, oh how wonderful. There are all kinds of superstitions, one of them says that we should not argue. Well, in this family, that is not exactly possible, not even on the first day of the year, just like it was not on Christmas Day either. Oh well, I am already used to it! At least in the evening I soldered a 10MHz radio transmitter for myself. Although I cannot test it because I do not have an SW radio at home.
In the morning, I met my (maternal) grandfather at Deák. From there, we were supposed to go by metro to a music store. Yes, we were supposed to. Because we got on the metro in the wrong direction. Never mind, we quickly corrected our mistake and arrived just before closing. There, my grandfather bought me the book "Nem az a punk aki 2," which was published this year... I mean last year, just before Christmas. I have wanted this book for a long time; I have the first part, and I liked it very much. After that, we walked in Corvin Quarter, my grandfather showed me his former workplace, and then we took tram 4-6 to Moszkva, from where we went home. In the evening, while I was in bed, I had a "nostalgia attack." This is a phenomenon I noticed in myself. When I think back to some old nice (or not so nice) memory, I experience something similar to a panic attack. I feel short of breath, my strength leaves my hands, I have chest and abdominal pain, I sweat, I feel nauseous, my heart beats very strongly, and my pulse goes sky high. I do not know why this happens; it usually lasts 5-15 minutes. Anyway, it is not that important, I just mentioned it.
I fell asleep at dawn, as we have already gotten used to. I woke up at noon, drank, ate, and took a shower, and this day passed quickly too. In the evening, I played the bass, knock-knock, here is my mom, she just got home, great! The courier is coming, my mom ordered all the groceries from him.
I woke up relatively early. In the morning, I went to a music store with my father, where they told me that my old guitar cable could not be repaired, so my father bought me a new cable. It is not just any cable: it has 24-carat gold connectors. After this, we went to my grandfather's place. We picked up my guitar, my bass, my guitar amp, my bass amp, a lot of cables, an audio interface, a laptop, a microphone, and a harmonica—everything needed for making music. In the morning, my grandfather and I played music together. He played the guitar, and I accompanied him on bass. After that, we went to the kitchen to eat, then went back and recorded a few songs together, where he played guitar and sang, so that even when he is in a better place, I can still listen to the recordings. My grandfather lent me a Muszty-Dobay Guitar School book and a PC-606 analog camera. I felt really good; it was nice to meet my grandfather again, as we had not seen each other since summer. We got home around 5 PM. At home, my mother was waiting with spaghetti Milanese. It felt really good because I had only eaten a cocoa roll all day. (I could have eaten more, but I was not really hungry.) I went to bed relatively early, and by around 3 AM, I was already asleep.
This was the last day of the holiday. Oh, how quickly it flew by! Around noon, I took a bath, played, and studied a little to prepare for tomorrow. Although it is not surprising, honestly, I do not really feel like going back. Even the thought of waking up early every day makes me uncomfortable. Anyway, I will get used to it in a week. My head hurts quite a lot, and this was a rather boring day, so I do not know what else to write. In the evening, I listened to some society criticism wrapped in vulgar rap. Over the past few days, I have listened to a lot of music by the artist who wrote this one. For my own good, I do not want to name this artist.
I barely slept an hour all night. In the morning, we started with a mass, and I read a prayer. The classes passed quite quickly. In PE, we were outside, which is not ideal in the cold. Now my throat hurts a bit. In English, we had a test. It went very badly. The day ended quickly. After school, I went to sleep at home and woke up at 7 PM. Now it is past midnight, and I cannot sleep.