Hello everyone! This week I will put up two posts, one about what happened to me last week- including my trip to Copenhagen, some running and diet things, however this one will be a bit more personal.
As some of you already know, my little baby brother (Zsombor - have fun pronouncing his name) will be visiting me (only 11 days to go!). This weekend I was at a house warming party with some polish girls, whom I am truly happy to call friends. At that party we had a conversation about how differently we feel about people visiting us, may it be from our home countries or not. I think it is so incredibly interesting to show these visitors our secret little lives, to show them the streets where we walk every day, the clubs where we go, and the shops we buy groceries and whatnot. People visiting us from our home countries, kinda feels like letting them into our little lives, something that they so far only could have a small glance from all the snapchat, Facebook and Instagram pictures. And honestly this is such a unique opportunity for anyone who lives abroad, to let others into your secret little life in another country. Needless to say, that I am incredibly happy to see my little brother face to face again, after 5 months. To top my enthusiasm, I have prepared a 1 week plan, of what we have to see together, as well as where we will be going to eat and party. Gosh that will be an awesomely busy week. But at the party we have also discussed, that while we are building our own professional and personal careers, we also tend to encounter some hardships along the way. Probably the hardest of all is the fact, that we are constantly away from family and friends living in Hungary (or wherever). And while it is also a blessing and truly a wonderful opportunity to live alone abroad, it also rips be from opportunities, such as being present and celebrating birthdays or any other occasions with my closer family (haven't done that in ~3 years). Funnily this has become so part of the whole celebration, that I am always in an awkward Skype way, greeting smiling people whom I have known for years and love them dearly, trying to put up a smile and greet everyone, it's so nice to have at least this opportunity of being part of the celebration. So times like this is really hard. Especially when passing milestones like my brother's graduation; turning 20, my father turning 50, the arrival of my cousin's second beautiful son. These are the times, when I truly feel miserable, since these events and celebrations are the ones, that really makes life worth living. But then again, the reality is, that it was my choice to move to Denmark, to create a better future for myself. You always get one and lose one right?
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Last week was a very interesting week for me in terms of my running progress. I have been feeling more and more tired during my runs, which has resulted in slower and slower progression than before. I was really not understanding the situation, that was causing my sluggish performance. Then I have realized, that the week before I was eating rugbrød (rye bread), which is a brown bread, meaning that the energy consumption and usage is longer than for white bread (what I was eating last week), therefore when I have a dinner at 9P.M. and go running at 11P.M. I was not as energized as before. I will have to change either the time of my runs, or just stick to rugbrød, either way one of them has to change. During the next week I will be adding two new workouts to my plan, in the mornings I will be doing some push-ups and some abs workout, I think it would have a better result on my running as well, since now I am focusing on more parts of my body, not just my legs. The masochist guinea-pigDuring last week I have also started having cold showers. Needless to say, it feels like sitting on a cactus for 3 minutes every morning and every afternoon. However after the shower I feel much more energized and I don't feel as cold as I usually feel (currently sitting on my bed without socks on and in a short, which is basically unheard of, if you know me). The only downside that I was having against the cold showers, is that it pulls my muscles together, leaving them small room to relax. I might just take a cold shower in the morning and go running around 9ish, after a breakfast and a cold shower, and in the afternoon take a warm shower after my push-ups and abs workout. Still have to decide, how I will be able to incorporate these new things in my life. My own timetableAs I was setting all these goals and plans, I have stared to feel, that I may not have enough time on my hands per week to execute all my set out goals, therefore I have made a weekly plan for myself to see what tasks when should be executed, as well as its an easier overview for myself as well. Under the text you can see my whole plan. If you have trouble sleeping (like I do sometimes) I recommend trying to turn off everything electronic around you and read for just 10-30 minutes before going to sleep. This will help you turn off your problem solving part of your brain, and put it into more of a standby mode (tip: don't read about business or sg complicated like that, personally I liked books about cooking or working-out, but probably fiction is also a good idea to read. The path to one's heart is through their stomach.As much I truly enjoy cooking with someone (preferably with a female companion, this whole thing can become a quite nice foreplay), I've found cooking more and more alone, which is a good thing to further perfect my cooking. (If you cook with someone please don't try making "something new" these attempts usually leave people with over or under-cooked meals that have also fucked-up seasoning) This week in Netto there was a quite good deal on salmons, therefore I have decided to try making a dish with salmon. I can tell you, that this was one of the best meals I have made in a long time. It was just perfect, the best part about it? The whole process was really easy to do, cheap and most importantly fast.
Ingredients: 500 grams of salmon 1 whole lemon about 4-5 tbs olive oil fresh dill (I've bought a whole plant and ended up using the whole thing, so its safe to say, that the planted things you can buy in the supermarkets will enough) salt & pepper 2 pieces of aluminium foil 2-3 cloves of garlic 2-3 freshly chopped spring onions. Before you start making this meal a fair warning: Please don't try this if you want to have any khmm action that night. Although this meal will taste amazingly, the aftertaste of the garlic and onions will stay there even after 2-3 times washing your teeth and eating chewing gum. What you will need to do it, set the oven for 230 degrees Celsius with air circulation. Lay down 1 aluminium foil, and place the salmon on top. (It's a good idea to put some oil beneath the salmons or some none sticking spray, so it will be easier to remove them after cooking. For the mixture take out one relatively big bowl and put in the following things: the olive oil, the freshly chopped dill, and 1 very finely chopped spring onion, 2-3 cloves of pressed garlic cut the lemon in half (before cutting it, its a good idea to roll it once or twice, it will make the lemon give you more juice for some reason), and juice the lemon out of one half , while keeping the other one for later use. while juicing the lemon try not to leave any seeds in the bowl. add salt and pepper according to your taste Use a whisk or a spoon and mix the mixture. Then add it to your salmon, coating all pieces. Then cut the remaining half of the lemon into circles, and place them on top of the salmon. Take your other aluminium foil and place it on top of the salmon, and try creating a little "bag" while closing all the ends really tightly. Put it into the oven between 20-25 minutes. Before serving spinkle some freshly chopped spring onions on top. As for the sides I have made some rice the first time I've made the meal, but the day after I had an idea how to make the rice even better, so here you go a new random recipe for rice was born: 1 bag of instant rice that was already made. (Just read the instructions on the box, you can't really do anything bad.) Heat up 1 big pan, and add about 3-4 tbs of oil. Add the rice (without water or you might get burnt), and while continoulsy stirring it, add 1 tbs pepper, salt, paprika and other spices if you want. I went with some additional chili powder, so it will have some kick. When you notice, that the rice starts to get more stickier and really change colour (around 3-5 minutes) add about 1-3 tbs of soy sauce and let it sit for an additional 2 more minutes. (Not more than 2 otherwise you will burn it and it will taste like burnt rice, which is awful.) Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of this, but I assure you, it tasted amazingly. Before serving chop some spring onions very finely and mix it with the rice. |
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