After a week of work, I already miss my new year's holiday... After sorting out some schedules, it looks like the first half of this year is going to be just as busy as last year...  Last year all the projects were concentrated in the first half of the year, but then I was kinda bumming around for the rest of the year without any deadlines set in ( Read more... )

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On the way back from my jog last weekend I came across this sign advertising Marigolds for sale, for only 50 yen! Because of (redacted) I've been wanting to get some Marigolds for my balcony, so it seemed like the perfect chance to get some ^o^


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Last Sunday I went to the pre-screening of the upcoming "ATRI -My Dear Moments- anime! I'd applied for a ticket on a whim because I saw a lottery was starting and it was only 2000 yen, so why not? I had no idea how big the demand would be, so I was surprised that I actually won!


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On Thursday after work I got to go to the Grisaia: Phantom Trigger stage play! My company had arranged kankeisha seats for anyone who wanted to go, and I would've loved to go more than once if not for the run being so short >< The only weekday was Thursday the 2nd, and it's only running from the 2nd until the 6th, which is the end of the Golden ( Read more... )

Last Saturday I went to an anime/game industry networking party~ I went with the main goal of getting to know some more non-Japanese people in the industry, because most of my non-Japanese friends left the country during the pandemic, and when my company was recruiting new international staff, I became painfully aware that I didn't have any ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to the office for the first time this year... And I was reminded just how much of a workout it is to make the journey ^^; I usually log my commute as a "cardio" exercise with my Garmin watch, because otherwise it logs it as nearly 4 hours of "high stress" in a day... And to be fair, walking 15 minutes to the station over hilly ( Read more... )

I thought I was going to avoid having to do a hotel stay before my flight to the Netherlands, since the flight only leaves at around noon, so there's anough time to go to the airport from home in the morning... Until my company announced that the bounenkai (end of year party) will be on Friday the 15th, the day before I leave for the Netherlands. ( Read more... )

Last Sunday I left Beppu and headed for Himeshima, still in Oita prefecture. I decided to go there because it seems to be the main inspiration for the setting of the visual novel GINKA by Frontwing which I absolutely loved, both as a translator and as a fan ^o^ It hasn't been officially stated that it takes place on Himeshima in Oita prefecture ( ( Read more... )

 It's been a while since these came out, but I finally got around to reading them recently!


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