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Ao Haru Ride by Io Sakisaka.

*SPOILERS AHEAD* This is the first manga in years that I’ve read with so much interest. I have regained my love for manga and will read more soon. It all started when a friend I met while volunteering for Japan Habba had drawn this beauty: After asking who he is and all that, I learned…

Song of the post: Adios by Hoody I don’t even where to start today. It’s the 9th Anniversary of my blog. I began writing here at the tender age of 17, and here I am. This blog and all of these posts and thoughts and word vomits are a testament of my growth, and […]

Things I forget

Song of the post: Moonlight by Henry Lau (purely for vibes) I scroll through Instagram or Twitter, seeing lots of art and wishing I could do this and that and that and oh, that! I hate this feeling. I hate it when I don’t enjoy the art that I’m seeing, instead just comparing myself and […]

8 years.

It’s my 8th blog anniversary this year (actually, it was two days ago, on the 6th) and I contemplated a lot on whether or not I should really write a post and celebrate it this year. Whenever I think of my blog anniversary, I always think of wanting to celebrate it nicely, celebrate it alone […]

Aging more , understanding less

Song of the post: Intro: Persona Every time I listen to the chorus of Intro: Persona, RM’s words, ‘Persona, who the hell am I?’ cut through me and leave me wondering, ‘Yeah, who really am I?’ Sometimes I feel like I know myself. When I’m arguing with Appa about decisions—life-altering ones like whether or not […]

Year-end talks and all that

Song of the post: Nineteen by B.I. I think it’s nothing new that I’m fond of New Year as much as I am of Diwali…which is to say, not at all. But I do like to write a year-end post, even though it usually doesn’t really talk about my year. Last year’s post, 2020 in […]