Doubts
For the past two years, I realised that I am slowly drifting away from being an Arashi fan. I had my own expectation of what it means to be a fan of Arashi - to be aware of their new single/album releases, new dramas/movies, etc. I may not necessarily have the means to buy and continuously expand my collection of their released singles and albums but I thought that at the minimal level, I should at least be aware of their recent updates. However, during my 2 years of studying at another college, I am surely drifting away. Were academic stress and increased workload the main reasons for my drift? Or were they just simply excuses as I found myself getting more and more into K-Pop? During my time at this college, I met a friend (I believe our meeting was fate, considering how random and unexpected it was) who was also a huge fan of Arashi. We sat next to each other during Economics lectures and we would talk about Arashi updates, though I was the one who was unaware of the updates most of the times and was just listening to her as she spoke.
After I finally graduated from the college and have a lot more free time on my hands, I simply did not go back to fangirling Arashi full mode on like how I used to. I felt guilty about this, that I neglected Arashi even though I was free (not that I'm that important, anyway). Due to my neglect, I became even lazier at updating this journal as well. Livejournal is a social media platform that allows me to get to know and befriend more Arashi fans from around the world as I joined these Arashi fan communities.
Therefore, I would like to apologise for not updating this journal.
After writing an apology, I start to wonder myself - what actions am I to take after aplogising for my inactivity on such a wonderful platform? I actually had the inspiration to continue cutting and translating Chinese articles of Arashi, something that I had not do for years and start contributing back to the fandom. I am perfectly aware that I do not have many viewers viewing my journal here but I am grateful for knowing that at least my journal is up and running again for anyone who needs help with reading Arashi articles. I'm gonna start a open request thingy here, on my journal, and I am offering to translate Chinese articles of Arashi to English for fans who are unable to understand Chinese. Since I have already mentioned that I do not have much viewers on this journal, nevertheless, I am opening this up to any of you fans who happen to need my help. Cheers!
After I finally graduated from the college and have a lot more free time on my hands, I simply did not go back to fangirling Arashi full mode on like how I used to. I felt guilty about this, that I neglected Arashi even though I was free (not that I'm that important, anyway). Due to my neglect, I became even lazier at updating this journal as well. Livejournal is a social media platform that allows me to get to know and befriend more Arashi fans from around the world as I joined these Arashi fan communities.
Therefore, I would like to apologise for not updating this journal.
After writing an apology, I start to wonder myself - what actions am I to take after aplogising for my inactivity on such a wonderful platform? I actually had the inspiration to continue cutting and translating Chinese articles of Arashi, something that I had not do for years and start contributing back to the fandom. I am perfectly aware that I do not have many viewers viewing my journal here but I am grateful for knowing that at least my journal is up and running again for anyone who needs help with reading Arashi articles. I'm gonna start a open request thingy here, on my journal, and I am offering to translate Chinese articles of Arashi to English for fans who are unable to understand Chinese. Since I have already mentioned that I do not have much viewers on this journal, nevertheless, I am opening this up to any of you fans who happen to need my help. Cheers!