Japan Trip Day 2: Akihabara (秋葉原)
On my second day in Japan, we went to Akihabara. I came on a great weekend, as Azur Lane, one of the mobile games I’ve been playing recently, had their second year anniversary event. It was everywhere as soon as…
Japan Trip Day 0 and 1: Tokyo Skytree @ Oshiage Station (押上駅)
So I’ve been in Japan for the past week, and I do want to share some of my experiences here so far. I went with my brother, and began exploring Japan for the first time. When we got into Japan,…
A New Grad, and What’s Next
A few days ago, I finally received the email confirmation for being awarded my degree for a Bachelor of Applied Sciences (First Class with Distinction). I’m really happy for this academic achievement that I worked so hard for. I have…
Post-University Reflection
I started writing this post in June, but I’ve finally managed to finish it now. I don’t want to change the wording on some of it, so I’ve left most of it in tact. So now that I’m almost done…
The SFU Summer Festival 2019: Timelapse
So this past Saturday, we had the SFU Summer Festival back at Simon Fraser University, which was held this year in the West Gym due to construction in the usual venue, the Convocation Mall. While the staff and volunteers worked…
Figure Spotlight: Nishikino Maki
A couple years back, I used to play a mobile rhythm game called Love Live! School Idol Festival. It’s an idol franchise from Sunrise, and even today, is still going pretty strong in Japan. This game features high school girls…
Figure Spotlight: Eldridge
For my birthday a few months back, I decided to get myself the 1/7 scale version of Eldridge from the popular mobile game Azur Lane, which features anthropomorphized warships based off of those from World War II. As you can…
Summer 2019 Anime: First Impressions – Part 2
Time for a study break! So continuing from where I left off last time, here’s a few more that I’ve watched: Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san (世話やきキツネの仙狐さん) I’m a big fan of kemono/nekomimi, so when I saw this series, I jumped…
Summer 2019 Anime: First Impressions – Part 1
The summer anime season has started, and I finally got a chance to check some of the new series. Here are my first impressions of some of the ones I’ve watched so far. I’m going to split this into a…
Figure Spotlight: Plachta
This past April, I went to Sakura-con 2019, an anime convention in Seattle, where I found an in-box and sealed figure that I regretted missing out on when she was out for pre-order last year: a 1/7 scale figure of…