Maira Martins

self-taught in everything

Watched: Person of Interest ๐Ÿ“บ

What a show! We started watching this in January, right after Astro died, to cope with the sadness. We are usually not into "monster of the week" types of series, but there is a very definite plot tyi...

tv

"There is only one side of the market and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side."

โ€” Jesse Livermore

Bougainvillea

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Seen during our morning walk today. And my first time posting to the blog from my phone! ๐Ÿ“ก๐Ÿ“ฒ

"I have two basic rules about winning in trading as well as in life: 1) if you donโ€™t bet, you canโ€™t win; 2) if you lose all your chips, you canโ€™t bet."

โ€” Larry Hite

Luneta

Luneta

Luna woke me up extra early today. We went out before the first rays of sunshine showed up. We saw five or six wild rabbits, a squirrel, a cat, millions of colorful wildflowers everywhere we looked. Love spring!

Week 25: The flood

๐Ÿ“š Finished reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ๐Ÿ“š Finished reading Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie ๐Ÿฟ Watched Anaconda (2025)! Preposterous, ridiculous, highly entertaining. :D ๐Ÿฟ Watched Mike...

weeknotes, Astro

Finished reading: Brave New World ๐Ÿ“š

It took me forever, but I'm finally done reading my first fiction of the year! Last weekend I finished Brave New World, a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley, and I needed some time to digest the turn th...

books

Week 24: The perfect crime

๐ŸŽน Played 5 days out of 7, for at least 30min a day! Currently working on an รฉtude by Elena Gnyesina. The score suggests "moving" as a tempo and I can play it comfortably at 100bpm. But my teacher seem...

weeknotes, Luna, piano

Restarting my piano practice

The pandemic changed many things, for a lot of people. Personally, I bought a treadmill. And I decided I would learn the piano on my own, no teachers, just me, a book, and my musical geniality (ahem!)...

piano

Week 23: The Air Fryer

I don't know why I didn't get one before? I love this thing. I have used it every single day since it entered my life, 14 days ago. ๐Ÿ”ฅ So far, the air fryer was used for: ikea plant balls, ikea vegetab...

weeknotes

Review: YTC Price Action Trader ๐Ÿ“š

A review of YTC Price Action Trader by Lance Beggs, and what I learned from the book.

books, trading

Week 22: Easter

Once again, a week note longer than a week. ๐Ÿณ Bought an Air Fryer! This is my first one and I went with the Cosori Turbo Blaze. โŒจ๏ธ Bought a Logitech MX Keys Mini. My 4th keyboard, in search of relief...

weeknotes

Watched: Project Hail Mary ๐Ÿฟ

Just stop everything you are doing and go see it. Husband and I went to the cinema last Wednesday to watch it and, honestly, I'm seriously considering going again this week. I think Project Hail Mary...

movies

Recipe: Pepparsรฅs

One of those days I was desperate for a quick recipe that felt "meaty" without actually including any meat, and that I could make in 5 minutes to pour over homemade fresh pasta. I wanted Swedish peppa...

recipes

Still stuck on the same book since the beginning of the year. I'm spending too much time on reddit. Huge flashbacks to the year 2019...

Found my DAM! Excire Foto 2025

I was a loyal customer of Adobe until they raised prices by 100% and slapped me with a 80 euros fine for ending my 13 years old Lightroom subscription. I've been a lightroom refugee for a year now and...

photography

Week 21: Fallas Edition

Better one week later than never. This "week" covers March 9 to 22 and the entire period was basically all one big birthday celebration. My mother-in-law turned 74 a week ago and she wasn't super happ...

weeknotes, fallas