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The week turned out to be quite a disaster, leaving me really drained. I didn't want to write a post today because I can't find the words to describe my feelings. Had a small breakdown on Sunday night, but it was cut short because I needed to move on. But I didn't want to let the photos and screenshots go to waste, so I'll let them do the talking. Stopped at the finale because I ran out of time. Would need to wait for the friends who want watch the ending because they've gone

Wanted to start the new year with a new blog title! Not that anything needed to be changed, but 2026 has a high potential to be a challenging year for me, so I wanted to start on the right foot! 🥹 I decided to go with "Contrails" because that is what these weekly reflections feel like -- the memories dissipate quickly unless I put in effort to take pictures along the way, and stop every Monday to relive them in my mind. The faster I move forward, the more often my memory get

It's the last stretch of 2025! Looking back, it's been such an eventful year with lots of changes. Although it's still 2025 today, I'll consider 2025 over so that I can give 2026 an early start! 💖 But first, a recap of my last week of December 2025! ✨ Projects -- Finally released my cover of blindfolded by Against The Current! I love this song and illustration of Mimi so much! I'm happy that it's finally out for the world to see! This cover took so long to cook! But I'm glad

I just got back from Malaysia a few hours ago! The things I did earlier in the week feel so long ago, but I'll try my best to recap because it was a good week! ✨ Projects -- Ari published our cover of Kunio Matsuzaki's rendition of Jingle Bells When Ari first shared this song with Yuraia and me, I jokingly said that I'll assign lyrics to the piece for Ari to make a vocal and piano cover of. But it slipped my mind, and we didn't discuss it any further. After a period of silenc

I'm strangely physically and emotionally drained today, so I'm listening to Close in the Distance from FFXIV on loop to get through this blog post. ✨ Gaming -- Continued Lost Judgment, tried House Flipper and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds! Some time mid-week I realized that the next FFXIV Raid Tier starts on 16 Dec, so I won't have as many evenings to binge on Lost Judgment or Baldur's Gate 3 for a while. So I picked my battles and played Lost Judgement for several evenings. But

So many things happened this week, and I got to do so many different things! ✨ Gaming -- Played lots of BG3, some MonHunWilds, rushed a D4DJ event, checked on cats, and ended the week with Lost Judgment! Spent most of the week playing Baldur's Gate 3 because my partner was enjoying Star Ocean 2 whilst hoping that I would wait for him before starting on Lost Judgment. 🙃 But who's complaining? I learned that I can use Photo Mode in cut scenes. I want to try taking more pretty

I was down with sore throat/ sinusitis almost the whole week. 🥺 Likely caught it from my partner cause he was unwell last weekend. Maybe I should've practiced safe distancing instead of stuffing my face into his shirt for snuggles. 🤣🤣🤣 Oh well! He took about 3-4 days to recover, but it's day 6 for me and my nasopharynx is still burning. 🙃 Now that I think about it, would it have been worse if I liked kisses?!?!?!?!? 😱😱😱 Or maybe I would have just fallen ill faster, I

What a week! It feels so strange being reminded every Monday that just a week ago, I was in a totally different head space. 🤔 Let's talk about it! 💜 ✨ Projects -- Finally finished the karaoke medley I've been working on! And I have a full body rig now! 🥹 It's done and dusted! 🥹 This project was finalized only recently, but the plan had been sitting in my project list since the start of the year. 💀 There were so many iterations of it. Maybe I'll list them here, just in ca

I was determined to make good progress with my next music project, so I tried to stay focused on the goals of the week! ✨ Projects -- Recorded vocals, edited, timed, mixed, and... I'm happy that I managed to chip away at the tasks across the week, working late into several nights and even on the weekends. Feels good knowing that the music file is now sent off for mastering, and I can work on the next list of tasks! Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm happier about completing tasks

November means it is time to work really hard so that I can wind down by mid-December! 🤔 So I started the week with a plan! But several curve balls came my way and I didn't complete what I had set out to do. 🙃 Even so, the week turned out to be much better than expected! 🥹 ✨ Touching grass -- Went for an eye check up I'll cut to the chase: The doctor figured that the symptom I was feeling (a darkened area in my right eye's vision) should go away by itself after about 6 to

Oh no, I don't have many pictures to share! 🥺 But it's okay! I had a rather pleasant week regardless! 🎵 ✨ Gaming -- Played various games... and then there was RV There Yet? Sadly I don't have many screenshots this week, so I'll be brief! Went back to normal Don't Starve Together as Walter and still died a bunch. 🤔 I feel like I'm getting better but at the same time, it still feels like a struggle. The moment I'm stuck having to deal with a boss fight by myself, I'm left wi

Lately I've been wondering which of my covers is my favorite. Based on channel statistics, I guess most people like my cover of Datte the most. But my favorite is actually TORINOKO CITY. Published 11 Dec 2022. I first heard this song while playing Project Diva Mega Mix. Even though the game did not put much emphasis on the lyrics, I realized that something about the composition and choice of words sparked some emotional response in me. So I checked out the lyrics and was imme

This week felt really long as several things cropped up that threw me off my plans for the week. 🤔 But I think I still got to do many things this week, and for that I'm grateful. 🥺💖 ✨ Gaming -- It's been a tiring week of various strenuous games. 🥺 EXCEPT... The deep dungeon content is great, but I'm no grinder. 🙃 Haven't cleared Quantum-40 though. Man, I need to fix my Reshade so that I can have nice game screenshots. 🙃 But yes, I spent most of the week repeating the FF

Last night I was at an aunt's housewarming, and she asked where I was working at. It feels surreal that I've not been employed for almost 2 years now. But to my surprise, my dad shared that when he was in his 30s, he decided to stop employment because he realized that it was not what he wanted to do with his life. Maybe it runs in the family. Maybe it's because my mom (the queen 💜) is gracious enough to let us be ourselves. Maybe I'm just that privileged -- I joke about it,

I got work to rush out, so I'll get straight to it! ✨ Gaming -- Got rekt by Arkveld in Final Fantasy XIV (but cleared Extreme!), tried...

Slacked off on chores this week to focus on doing anything but, so the skin on my hand is getting better! 🙌 Was feeling heavy headed...

Whoa. Remember that I was sleepy last Monday? I ended up being sleepy for most of the week! I wonder why? 🤔 Also, I didn't gain weight...

Pretty sure I got sufficient sleep last night, but somehow I'm still SO sleepy today. Almost completely forgot to blog and have coffee....

All things considered, it was a pleasant week! Though, after I was done writing last week's blog post, I was hit with really severe...

Mood. 🙃 Where did the week go? 🤔 I think I accomplished quite a bit this past week, but nothing much that's worth sharing/ can be...