Hobbies
In my free time, aside from programming, I like playing the piano, working out, and reading. On this page you can find most of the pieces that I've played on the piano, aswell as most of the books I've read. I decided to do this so I can just keep track of those things.
Piano
Below is a list of most of the pieces I've learned on the piano since the summer of 2023:
| Name | Composer |
|---|---|
| La Foule | Ángel Cabral |
| La Bohème | Charles Aznavour |
| Étude Op. 25 No. 9 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Mazurka Op. 30 No. 4 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Mazurka Op. 41 No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Mazurka Op. 6 No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Mazurka Op. 63 No. 3 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Nocturne Op. 32 No. 2 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Waltz in A minor (rediscovered 2024) | Frédéric Chopin |
| Waltz No. 19 Op. Posth | Frédéric Chopin |
| Waltz Op. 64 No. 2 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Swan Lake | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Kenneth Napier) |
| Hungarian Sonata | Richard Clayderman |
| Carnaval Op. 9 No. 11 "Chiarina" | Robert Schumann |
| Carnaval Op. 9 No. 12 "Chopin" | Robert Schumann |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 11 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 17 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 23 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 26 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 3 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 6 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 7 | Stephen Heller |
| Nadia's Theme | Vladimir Cosma |
Reading
Below is a list of the most notable books I've read:
| Name | Author | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | George Orwell | 4.75 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | 4.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Notes from Underground | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 4.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | 4.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche | 4.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Candide, ou l'Optimisme | Voltaire | 4.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| The Myth of Sisyphus | Albert Camus | 4.25 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Man's Search for Meaning | Viktor Frankl | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Atomic Habits | James Clear | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Meditations on First Philosophy | René Descartes | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Existentialism Is a Humanism | Jean-Paul Sartre | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Fear and Trembling | Søren Kierkegaard | 3.75 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| The Magic of Thinking Big | David J. Schwartz | 3.75 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Beyond Good and Evil | Friedrich Nietzsche | 3.75 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| The Republic | Plato | 3.75 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Civilization and Its Discontents | Sigmund Freud | 3.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Ethics | Baruch Spinoza | 3.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| A Doll's House | Henrik Ibsen | 3.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Cahiers de Douai | Arthur Rimbaud | 2.75 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| It's Only the End of the World | Jean-Luc Lagarce | 2.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |