[f_r_E_a_K]

What's your simple pleasure(s)?
For me, it is writing letters. The art of writing letters has been long gone, and I love having international penpals!
Texting and email are quite overrated and are sadly killing letter writing.

Another pleasure is sitting still and listening to the falling rain outside my window. I also enjoy standing at a high point (hill, top of a building, etc.) and feeling the cool spring breeze tousle my hair. During the summer, watching the beautiful sky experience the warm colors of a sunset is good too - I like how the surrounding buildings and vicinity absorb the colors of summer. Cooking your own food and enjoying it without any distractions (TV, reading, etc.) is nice too...

If any of you have seen the movie Le Fabuleux Destin D'am�lie Poulain, you'll notice that the main character Am�lie has some seemingly insignificant simple pleasures (like running her hands through a barrel of beans and skipping stones down by the creek), but I believe that the French have not yet lost their taste for the simple delights.

Finding time for these simple pleasures really defines the happiness of a person, in my opinion. How much depth can you extract from a text message or a hastily posted Facebook comment? This applies for all nations across the earth, since modernization is occurring everywhere.

Give me your thoughts and I'll compile a grand list of what Soompiers do to keep the zest, color and joie de vivre in life. ^ ^ The most important thing is that they're important to you.

[lhaine13]

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wow..same here i like hearing the rain..i dont know maybe it has somethingto do with my nickname? "raine" lol haha
but i dunno everytime i hear the rain..i feel...relief in my heart..i sleep better if its raining..and i barely get scared if i hear it..its like i forget my problems when i hear it..serioulsy..weird..

i like hearing the breathing of someone too..i dunno but i find it fun listening to it..maybe probably because i know the fact that they're breathing (and of course alive) im happy

[daehanminguk1345]

I like to just sit outside by the columns on campus on a nice breezy day and just think. It overlooks a grassy field and a small lake, so it's really tranquil. And I love taking walks around campus. It's so nice.

Hmm... I know this one involves technology, but I love listening to soothing music sometimes and just contemplating life and little things.

I love listening to the rain, too, although I hate to be in it.

But the thing that I love most is just to sit outside on a nice day and just think about things and take in the wind.

[aznxbabiii]

Drawing or playing piano...does that count?

Drawing or playing piano...does that count?

[joxxy]

I enjoy drawing, reading, and sleeping lol.

[hellomelia]

Another pleasure is sitting still and listening to the falling rain outside my window.

ahhh---that's my favorite way of relaxing!!!
kinda nice since it rains a lot where i live.

[flycrazily]

i love sitting outside and looking at the sky. i like to try to make shapes out of the clouds =]

i like listening to the raindrop fall from the window too! i find the sound of thunders soothing, sometimes O.O

i always smile whenever i have time to ride my bike and the wind is hitting my face or when i try to hold onto my hat so it doesn't fly away with the wind xD

[hell0jenn]

I love to write. Letters, poems, fics, stories~
Drawing, and doing homework relaxes me as well.

I also enjoy the sound of the rain falling.
But being outside, with an umbrella or not, and hearing the raindrops make me feel... peaceful.

Being on a hilltop and enjoying the view is something I do alot too.
Or simply looking at the sky, and the clouds make me happy~

Hearing or playing an instrument is just lovely as well!

[daisyink]

I like the smell, not the sound, of rain, but yeah, it soothes me very much. ^^ I also like to lie in bed sometimes and do nothing, or else listen to soothing music. Other stuff includes drinking warm tea, taking an afternoon nap, and taking a bath. :]

[DAJUNG.]

I love the sound and feel of rain. Like when it rains, I'll just go out on the veranda and watch it fall, occasionally leaning out a bit and feeling the raindrops on my face.

I also like that feeling you get when you're sitting at a table all alone in a cafe, with a warm cup of coffee or some other refreshing beverage, and you just stare out the window and watch people pass.

Oh! And you know that crisp, sort of snapping sound you get when you're turning the pages of a new book? That's awesome as well.

And hopefully this doesn't come off as sounding nerdy, but I also love the sound of a pencil or pen, scratching over paper. It's just so ... purposeful? Like there's no doubt that there's something being created just then, whether it's art, or poetry, or just words. Your thoughts or emotions are being transferred to that paper, and it's just ... comforting.... aha I don't know. Don't mind me. (:

[MarineGreen]

I take pleasure in throwing dudes into the are and watching them crash into the mats, then i take even more enjoyment in choking them muahahaha.

[hungrycollegeboy]

Playing the piano MOST DEFINITELY.

Playing games and whatnot comes next, although i haven't done so in a while.

[CorruptedSilence__nomore]

I like watching videos and movies by myself in my room which is why I do it every day HAHA.

I like the smell of coffee. Its relaxing and I can always be at peace. *O*

Imagination. If I'm upset, I just pretend I'm in a fantasy world where everything is beautiful and perfect and I feel at peace.

[meilove]

sleeping to rain
playing the piano [when i want to]
reading a reallly good book

[Lavender.Sky]

- listening to peaceful sounds =)
- eating (chompchompfatT_T)
- blogging? =D
- sleeping gahh
- yummy smells (coffee )

[binjoo]

- Sitting outside and just listening. I could sit outside for hours.
- Writing (stories, poems, letters meant for nobody, etc.)
- Lying in bed with my eyes closed, creating dreams (I'm not trying to sleep)
- Playing piano

Simple things like that.

[Antz]

Reading, and photography.
I reckon cleaning and redesigning is one of mine, too. I love redesigning my room and adding new things, new storages.

[BattleRoyale]

though it sounds a bit weird and wrong.. i look at kids and babies and how they behave. they make me smile because they are so small and so clueless of how the real world is actually like. They have an innocence in them that just makes me think of life in a different perspective; away from thoughts of money, careers and jobs, all of life's worries etc.

singing as well. it makes me forget the difficult life situations. it makes me feel so alive inside (:

[bee_mused]

bike riding! I used to do it a lot when I was younger, but haven't had the time/motivation to do so for the past couple of years.
During exams last month I was extremely stressed, and so I decided to take a short break and go bike riding. It calmed me down so much...
nothing beats cruising down a breezy lake front while listening to your favorite music.

[ohemffgee]

just talk to my friends minus the msn, phone and so forth
just talkign to someone face to face like when it regards a fight. not to solve it over the net but face to face. over the net or something feels insincere at times

reading a book

playing piano

lying down in bed and just thinking