Wonderful

Let's dedicate this Annie Lennox song to my beloved boyfriend for making my day.
You know it's gonna be a perfect day when you wake up next to him, and both of you beam like teenagers in love (we are, except for the teenager part). After breakfast I washed my hair and decided to put on a woollen dress with boots as it was a beautiful sunny morning (around 11 o'clock, hehe). Then we went to the planetarium and watched a 3D movie about our solar system and the Universe. It was quite enthralling. I think I haven't mentioned that I've become pretty keen on astronomy lately. A few weeks ago I asked my boyfriend a lot of questions about the cycle of the moon and similar stuff as he was walking me home. We reached the place where we usually part but stayed there for about an hour because I had so many questions. We actually started to model the relationship between the Earth and the Moon, spinning and all that stuff. It was definitely one of the best evenings I've had. You know, when I'm with him we feel like kids again. And he knows all kinds of things. Partly because of being a primary school teacher, but I think it requires a great deal of personal interest, too. So when I have a question about anything, I just ask him. And I love those rare moments when I know something better.
So today we went to the planetarium. Last night we stayed up for about 2.30 am because we were discussing the Universe. I can't recall how it came up. I'm not the Star Trek and Star Gate and whatever type, you know. But it's all so amazing. Today, for example, I was told that the Sun's gonna burst and die. I'd heard something like that before, and something similar is described in Az ember tragédiája (Tragedy of Man, but I'm not sure of the English title). It's just so sad to know. Of course it will occur billions of years from now, so not a chance I'll live up to that, but still, it's just so shocking. The other thing that struck me is how extremely small and insignificant we are. There was an illustration about our solar system being embedded in the Milky Way, then the Milky Way in something bigger called Local something, and this finally was put in the Universe itself. They showed all kinds of interesting fogs, such as the Andromeda, some of which were discovered as early as in the 16th century. And one of them was discovered by an amateur astronomist a few years ago, and I think there's still a lot to discover. It's all so amazing. But the biggest thing that made me stay up yesterday was the Big Boom itself. You know, the incomprehensible idea of getting something from nothing. These are the big things, really.
Having watched this amazing programme at the planetarium I arrived at the conclusion that our part in the Universe is very small, and the length of our life is teeny tiny compared to that of a planet, so what we can and must do is to make the best out of it. I mean, it's one of the cruelest things to have to know that you are mortal, and even your race is to disperse.
So, to make the best out of the day, we had lunch at Papírtigris, the Asian restaurant in Veres Pálné, which I simply love. We'd been there once before with a bone, and I think we will go there for years to come. I like the atmosphere of the place. It's not snobbish, but the food is excellent. I think it's supposed to be a place for people in their twenties and thirties. It's not big, just seven tables, but I assume they make most of the money from deliveries. The prices are good, too. I mean, you pay the same amount for a triple whopper or what for which here you get high quality food which is exciting and healthy. This time I had "Lunch Box 4," which includes bamboo shoots in black bean sauce with chicken, homemade Chinese bread (not a big thing), bean sprouts salad, and fried banana in coco coat. The main course, the chicken in black bean sauce was quite exciting. A mixture of sweet and salty. In addition, we had sushi maki with shitake mushroom for starters, and I drank a huge glass of lemonade. I also stole half of my boyfriend's crispy squid, I just love that. I hadn't liked these seafood things for a long time because I didn't want to think about them in the first place, but two years ago I had a fantastic paella in Bulgaria with squid and prawn.
In the afternoon we watched The Magnificent Seven, a classic western from 1960, starring Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, and Yul Brynner, among others. We are learning the theme of this movie with the orchestra, and it seemed a good reason for watching it. Plus my boyfriend loves these grand old movies. It was he who made me watch Once Upon a Time in the West and those old army movies with Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, and so on, you know.
For dinner we had pastries from Lipóti. I had a croissant with bacon and cheese filling, and a cottage cheese pie (túrós pite).
So that's what I call a splendid day with the love of my life. I know we spent a lot (mostly he), but that's not the reason I felt so good (though you really must try Papírtigris). It's just so good to discover all these things out there and to have somebody to discover it with. Next Friday we head off for our mini-break in Szeged, and we just can't wait to start.
In the meantime, I'm eagerly writing cover letters and formatting CVs with all kinds of color and design, and basically eye wash. And I keep doing the "change your life in 21 days" thing with Bagdi Bella's book, and I've been using a brain train site called Lumosity for 5 days now.