Hi everyone,

I don’t even feel anything that I have been away for so long (yet again)!! Actually, not really. Like, as I have said earlier, I watch/read something, make half a post about it, then get lazy and end up forgetting the feelings I wanted to jot down in the review. This has been a cycle for quite some time now and I have accumulated 10-15 one liner to half written drafts, which I don’t know when I will complete. Anyway, here to give some updates for some of my readers have been telling me how they have been looking forward to my posts.

1. I think I told this already but I completed my MS in environmental engineering and graduated last December (yay!!). I started working at an environmental start-up in Feb and am enjoying my work quite a bit. But it’s a contract position, so I’ll have to start finding for a new job soon. Wish me luck please!
2. I have become a huge fan of Chinese novels. I admit, they are not as deep as classic literature in any language, some of them are downright silly or blatant copy of manga and all, but some of them are gems. Depends on the websites/ translators you’re following. So, there is this Qidian webnovel with original translation, and then there are fan translations. I haven’t read any fully translated webnovel except when a snail falls in love, so I cannot really review them. Also, the most popular ones that I actually wanna read, like the lost tomb, have not been fan translated ;-;
3. I am facing this lack of good anime to binge watch somehow. Till now, I have binge watched like 3-4 series only, that’s too low for a 5 month period for me. I have also increased the number of series I am following in a season.
4. Dramas are totally gone from my life. They are not interesting anymore. I tried doing a marathon for Queen of Mystery 2 but ended up taking 2-3 days to finish even one episode. I guess my love for dramas just burned out? I don’t know.
5. I have decided to take one trip once a month. I went to NYC last month, and this month I have my convocation ceremony. Hopefully, I’ll get to go somewhere next month. Interesting thing is, something changes within me every time I go somewhere. This time, I realized I have been depending upon people around me for most of suggestions regarding fashion, what to wear, how to wear. And I was losing myself in the process. I have recently started wearing dresses and shorts and I am still learning combinations but I shouldn’t be completely depending on others. And especially after going to NYC I realized, no one cares. Like people literally wear anything. So, I just need to be myself. And, so, I have actually started noticing people around me and reading blogs about latest trends. I hope it works and I learn enough not to embarrass myself ever again.
6. Which reminds me, yesterday, I went to this place called Ross: Dress for Less, and found it absolutely amazing in terms of prices, variety of clothes and the neat arrangement! No, I am not turning this blog into a fashion blog, that is just not my cup of tea.
7. I am trying to follow a holistic style of living. Removed a lot of stuff from my room to make space for myself. I have always been cooking for myself ever since I came to US, not only for saving money but also because of dietary restrictions. However, I am trying cooking various cuisines now, especially Asian and I am loving it so far. Then, I removed most market products (read scrubs, face packs etc.) from my beauty regime to depend only on salts and essential oils except necessary stuff like face wash, body wash and shampoo. I should be seeing the results soon. Yes, I have exercise in my regime too.
8. My local public library has this huge collection of manga, and I have been borrowing and reading quite many of them. I guess the only books I have ever borrowed from that library are manga only, lol.
9. Books again remind me, I have been gone from social media for quite some time now. Apart from watching cute the dodo videos, I am not going on Facebook or Instagram or even twitter much these days and that has cleared up so much time for me that I can literally do all the things I have always wanted to do.
10. However, language learning? Let’s not even talk about it ;-;.

So, guys, here was my update of last few months. I always end my posts by writing my hope to write more, but I won’t do it this time.

Time for the songs I am listening to. Amber from f(x) just released an amazing album called Rogue Rouge Mixtape and all six songs are fantastic. This is the first time I have ever like the whole album from an artist. Here is the playlist: