오랜만이에요. ひっさしぶりです。 It's been a while ㅇㅅㅇ) ⁄
the year was full of promise, but the universe clearly had different plans for us. "life" as we know it, has come to a screeching halt and the uncertain future looks even bleaker than it already does...
the good news is, i'm actually coping fairly well even though i've just been cooped up in my room (again) without anything much to do and any means of income. surprising as i used to go a bit cuckoo when i have too much downtime...
it's been more than a month since my city declared a semi-lockdown. prior to work being indefinitely suspended, i chanced upon Inuyasha on netflix — one of the classic animes i used to watch as a kid — and decided to watch a few episodes just for nostalgia's sake. i didn't really think i'd end up rewatching the whole thing since i haven't been watching anime for years now....
after finishing the whole series including the movies, i decided to rewatch my all-time favourite anime series, Rurouni Kenshin, to prepare myself for the new live action films that are slated for release later this year. from the anime, to the manga, the ovas, and live action films — from childhood to adulthood, Ruroken has been with me. and i love it just as much as my younger self does... if not more.
the past few weeks, i've just been thriving in nostalgia, which also inadvertently rekindled my hunger for learning languages after years of not consuming korean/japanese media.
so after weeks of convincing myself to pick up the books again, i'm finally back. at the moment, i decided to focus fully on japanese, and this time i don't want to cut corners. so... korean will have to take a back seat. for now.
ペラペラランドへ行きましょう！
It's been such a long time since my last post! A quick follow-up regarding the TOPIK exam that I took last year, I passed and got 2급 (Level 2) which was my goal for that exam.
On the 27th of April last year, after 4 years of not being able to visit, I went back to the Philippines to study Filmmaking. I had a great year. It was fun being in shoots, meeting new friends, and getting out of my comfort zone. I'm happy to say that I sort of achieved what I wanted for myself.
However, it also lessened the time I had for studying languages. I'm really happy to have found something I truly love, but I also don't want to forget about languages. This year, I'll try harder to balance languages and filmmaking. It's been hard trying to get back on track with language learning after not being exposed to the languages as much as I used to and not using them on a daily basis anymore but I've been making progress refreshing my vocabulary.