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 ever since the summer of 2023:
| Name | Composer |
|---|---|
| Étude Op. 46 No. 3 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 6 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 7 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 11 | Stephen Heller |
| Étude Op. 46 No. 17 | Stephen Heller |
| La Foule | Ángel Cabral |
| La Bohème | Charles Aznavour |
| Waltz Op. 64 No. 2 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Waltz No. 19 Op. Posth | Frédéric Chopin |
| Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Étude Op. 25 No. 9 | Frédéric Chopin |
| Swan Lake | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Kenneth Napier) |
| Nadia's Theme | Vladimir Cosma |
| Hungarian Sonata | Richard Clayderman |
Reading
Below is a list of the most notable books I've read:
| Name | Author | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | 4.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche | 4.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Candide, ou l'Optimisme | Voltaire | 4.5 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Atomic Habits | James Clear | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| The Magic of Thinking Big | David J. Schwartz | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Meditations on First Philosophy | René Descartes | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Existentialism Is a Humanism | Jean-Paul Sartre | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | 4 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| Beyond Good and Evil | Friedrich Nietzsche | 3.75 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| The Republic | Plato | 3.75 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |
| 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 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊 |