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I found a café where I can order halal food. Yesterday, I ordered pelmeni and samsa. Both meals were very delicious and tasted just like at home. The food was also well-packed, and the delivery man arrived on time. For this meal, I chose the movie El Camino. I think it’s a very good film.

Today the weather in Da Nang was cloudy, so I decided not to go for a walk. I stayed in my apartment and started doing my freelance work. While I’m writing this post, I’ve already finished everything — the work only took about two hours.

Everything started yesterday, when my analytics showed that I had 210 visitors the previous day. But today, that number kept increasing, reaching 400 visitors while I was writing this post. Honestly, it's a bit hard to understand, and I have only one thing on my mind: how is that even possible? I never had a goal of reaching so many visitors on my blog. I just improved some simple, basic SEO things with AI. Did that really help me reach 400 visitors?! I honestly have no idea yet. But even without knowing the answer, it's still nice to experience this and see people from every corner of the world visiting my blog.

My day was a bit crazy today because I bought flight tickets for more than 2,000 euros. I spent almost the whole day wondering whether I should really spend that much money, especially since I'm still unemployed. It wasn't an easy decision, and I kept asking myself if it was the right thing to do. But after thinking about all the possible risks and the experience I hope to get from this trip, I finally decided to go for it. Now I just hope everything goes as planned and I won't lose the money I paid.

It was a big relief after the very hot days, which had continued for about a week. So my day started with rainy and fresh weather conditions in the morning. In fact, I need to explain something about the rain, as it continued with thunder and lightning for a few hours from around 9 AM. However, later in the day the weather became comfortable enough. The temperature stayed at around 26°C under the warm and pleasant sun, without any more unpredictable weather conditions.

The last few days have been extremely hot, around 33–36 degrees, and according to my dentist's recommendations, I tried to stay at home. But today, at 8 PM, I finally went for a bike ride after such a long break. I really enjoyed being outside after the hot day, riding under the cloudy and windy evening sky. Even though the temperature was still 29 degrees at 8 PM, the fresh breeze made my calm bike ride around familiar places much more enjoyable.

Yesterday, I wanted to share another post about my experience at the horse racing event, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. I had a headache in the evening and missed everything because I fell asleep from 9 PM until 9 AM. I woke up only once, at 2:40 AM, but by then it was already too late to write my post, finish the next chapter of *Goblet of Fire*, and extend my Duolingo streak. So, at that point, I made my bed, undressed, and continued sleeping, even though I didn't have the energy to brush my teeth.

I finished some of my tasks only around 3 AM, and after that, I decided to drive to a nearby gas station. I didn't want to go to sleep yet because I still had enough energy, and my car's tank was absolutely empty after my last trip. At that point, I only had 23 kilometers of range left, so it was a great opportunity to fill up my car's tank and drive through empty city streets.

Today's day was a bit rainy, but that didn't stop me from replacing my car's left headlight bulb. The reason was that during my trip yesterday, when I was driving at night, I noticed that my headlight seemed a bit strange and wasn't bright enough. So today, after lunch, when I had finished some routine things, I removed the old bulb because it wasn't working and drove to the auto parts shop. There, I easily found the same OSRAM H4 bulb for about 300 ₽.

Today I also spent the evening at my relatives' place, from 5 PM until I finally arrived home at night. In fact, this visit had already been arranged during my previous trip, which I wrote about in this post. There was another relative there too, and she invited us to spend some time together and have fun. So, this turned into another interesting and enjoyable trip to my relatives' house, which I was visiting for the first time. I already knew about them, but I had never visited their place before. Until then, only my family members had been there.

During the last few days after my dental surgery, I didn't have enough opportunity to finish the third part of the Harry Potter book on time. Even though I had only the last two chapters left until the end, I was forced to take a few days' rest from reading. As I read out loud, I felt some uncomfortable and sensitive sensations in the operated areas of my mouth. So my reading process finished a bit later than I expected.

Today I spent the whole day at home during my routine instead of trying my outdoor activities. As it is, I had a bad experience during yesterday's walk. Because of that, after the walk, the surgery area in my mouth started bleeding. Luckily, it wasn't strong, but it continued for long enough, and I had the taste of blood in my mouth all evening. I even noticed in the morning that my blanket was stained with blood. I really have no idea how it happened; probably my mouth was full, and some bloody saliva just came out.