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Nami’s 30-day journaling challenge experience

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Journaling, a daily recording of an individual’s life, thoughts and emotion. Everyone has done it at least once be it out of curiosity or out of obligation by say, an educator. It is, to some, a hobby while others find it a bore. What satisfaction stems from the ritual of writing events that occurred from early dawn to late dusk? What benefit can the monotonous activity have in the fast-paced living of the 21 st  century? When the Movement Control Order started in Malaysia, I couldn’t go anywhere, so I spent my time playing games and, to no surprise, writing. As a means to keep me from losing track of time, writing became a sort of motivation. I woke up every day to write and write some more before I sleep. My writing frequency increased (compared to the past year), from twice a month to every day, in two weeks. Seeing this pattern, on a whim, I challenged myself to fill up two pages every day for 30 days. 30-day journaling challenge 30-day challenges are common. Why 30 days? It so...
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Replaying Fire Emblem Three Houses (again)

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 This may be a year too late but I’m still writing it.  If you have any interest in games, specifically console games, you may have heard of Fire Emblem. If there is the off-chance that you don’t know it, Fire Emblem is a tactical role-playing game franchise. What’s a tactical role-playing game? It’s basically games that feature a grid map where the placement of units brings you to either triumph or ruin. But that’s putting it really simply. Something like this: Image from Nintendo.com I was not a big fan of strategy games as a child and that aversion has followed me into adulthood. I sincerely believed that I would never touch a game of the tactical genre in my life. Then, Fire Emblem: Three Houses (FE3H) came out last year as the latest installment of its franchise. Box Art cover of Fire Emblem: Three Houses from Nintendo.com A short description : Fire Emblem: Three Houses takes place in Fodlan, a fictional country that is governed by three separate powers which are the...
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I miss you...

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 It has been quite some time since I last posted on this sad dusty blog. Well, I say sad and dusty but really, everything seems brand new to me. I used to write here when I was 13 years old where I played with HTML codes to make my blog fit some of my aesthetics - or at least my intended aesthetics - and now it's just given to you. Linking, picking out background images, all the nitty-gritty that used to take about ten extra steps now at the click of a button. What a world we have come to, my younger self would say while trying to sound mature. That is one thing I do not miss. What I do miss is blogging. In the past, blogging was a hobby of mine. I found out about it through friends and it was a sort of means to communicate. Like most young bloggers of the 2000s, I treated the blog akin to a diary. I write my thoughts, my daily life and about the things I'm into. The fun was doubled when my friends interact with me over the silly posts I wrote or on their posts. That feeling wa...
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#3: Busy

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So, my plans went down the drain. At least the one regarding writing and the habit of writing. It's not that I haven't been writing at all. I still own a journal and I still have to write my assignments but the plan to write for leisure is just gone which makes me sad. Even now, I'm actually writing this with the pressure of two reading assignments throbbing at the back of my head. But the disappointment and (dare I say?) determination nagged me way too much that I couldn't focus. These rant posts are basically word-vomit since there is no structure or draft that existed before it was spat out. The anime that I am in love with at this very moment is HizaUe（ひざうえ）or 同居人は膝、時々頭の上 which translates to My Roommate is a cat. Reasons being: 1) The anime is so very pure and it makes me smile even when I'm having a bad day 2) It's about a CAT! Self-certified cat-lover, I CANNOT NOT love this anime. 3) I can't afford to be stuck with a 25 episode anime at ...
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Comic Fiesta 2018 Day 1: A good day

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22 December 2018, Day one of Comic Fiesta. So, from my previous post, I have established that I am an anime fan and like most anime fans, anime conventions are a must-go. I mean, not everyone goes to conventions and I'm lucky because I live where anime conventions happen quite often. Though, I only go to two conventions annually. Anyway, I'm lucky enough and this year, I went to three (There was only one con that I regretted going and it's not AMG) . Two were planned and one was more of a 'Hey, wanna go to AMG?' and me going 'I'm free so yes'. Needless to say, I spent quite some money on anime stuff this year. I didn't take as much pictures though which was a bummer. I had to conserve my phone battery. So on 22 December, I went to Comic Fiesta that is held at KLCC this year. I've been going to CF since 2011 although, there were two years that I didn't go because of life stuff. But I fully expected it to be packed. And I was righ...
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Anime series I never expected to like #1

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I have been watching anime before I knew what anime was. As a child, I remember waking up early to watch Cardcaptor Sakura or sleeping late to watch Hell Girl. Only later in life was I introduced to this term 'anime' that basically gave a name to my favourite thing to watch. The one thing that hasn't changed as I transitioned through life is watching anime. True I have some periods where I haven't been keeping up with the anime community but I was still watching really old anime. Anime is a constant in my life to this day. I can't say much about the future but for now, yes I am an anime fan. However, I am not extremely up-to-date with the anime community. I miss a lot of newly-released anime and would only watch them two months, three months or even a year after it was released. Some I only know from other people's recommendations while others I've been planning to watch but haven't had the chance to. Either way, I have lots to catch up with up to t...
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#2: New year resolutions

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New year resolutions are interesting. We plan to make a difference in our life at the end of a year or the start of the next. A lot of thinking and planning go into these new year resolutions, for some of us. Others, write random and vague ones but still with the idea of wanting to change or improve. And there is also a large portion who have them just for the sake of it. My 2018's resolutions was a long list. It was extensive and consisted of way too many things that I plan to change and/or do. However, not all of them were un-achievable. The ones that are actually logical were the ones I failed to do. One of those resolutions is posting on my blog at least twice a month which, to be honest, is something I was actually able to do. But I didn't. Thinking back at it, my reasons for not doing it are irrational and I'd prefer to keep the larger portion of my reasoning to myself. All in all, I failed in realizing that part of my resolution but I'm not gonna beat mys...
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