allons-y!

For several different reasons, I’ve decided to start fresh on another website, which you can click here. Not sure if anyone is still on this blog since I’ve told everyone that mattered/read my blog already but in case I have loyal followers here (according to Tumblr, I do have quite a few so hello!), I thought I’d just make a post here.

And I was right. Nothing particularly outstanding happened that day but I just felt this undercurrent of goodness (for lack of a better word) throughout the whole day.

I’ve watched this three times already today (not consecutively) but I’m still all hearts-eye emoji over it. I should blame Syu over my growing love for BTS now hahaha who knew I’d like, let alone love, a K-pop group. Am I turning basic? Nah and I don’t care even if I am. Love whatever you love, I say :D

But seriously though, how tight is this dance practice? Sort of made me wish I could dance but that’s a miracle waiting to happen. Also, Jin (he’s the slight green-haired dude)! Love his solo in this one :)

I swear my obsession with this show is slowly but surely growing. It might even take over from Free! as my favourite sports anime *insert closed eyes monkey emoji here*

Who knew that a show about high school volleyball would get me so hyped up? But the show is just so damn good. Recurrent themes of teamwork, friendship and passion. Who’d pass that up? :D

So, the premise of the show is this. Hinata (orange-haired smol child) and Kageyama (nicknamed King of the Court) were rivals in junior high but now find themselves on the same high school team. Although they got off on a rocky start, they soon realised that their abilities together are pretty much lethal weapons in a tournament. Cue the rest of the team. They go through so many challenges before getting into the Inter-High tournament but it’s all done in a light way so I usually look forward to watching an episode every night after I’m done with schoolwork. Aishah can testify to the number of times I cackled, laughed out loud or awww-ed whilst watching this show.

Each one of them are so different from one another, I love it. Usually in large cast shows like these, you tend to have difficulties differentiating one from another since there’s just way too many people. But nope. Didn’t happen for me in this show. Like even though Kageyama and Hinata are so-called the main characters, I feel like there’s an even mix of dialogue for each character, especially in the later episodes.

The AMV features the climax of the show - their match against Aoba Johsai (also known as Seijoh), one of the powerhouse schools in their prefecture. I think the creators spent 7 episodes just on this match alone, which might seem like a lot but so many things happened during those 7 episodes, I didn’t feel like it was a drag at all. The dynamics between Oikawa Tooru (Seijoh’s setter) and Kageyama is just so fascinating to watch. Can’t wait to binge watch Season 2 once it’s complete (it’s currently airing but going from Tumblr’s reaction, I need to brace myself for the feels)!

Also, I looooove the guy who voices Sugawara (silver-haired fox second setter). His voice is just so smooth and soothing hehe. 

9 Editors Share Their Day in the Life.

I’ve always unconciously known that I’m not a writer. Don’t get me wrong, I love books and the written word. But I’m more a purveyor of books (right use?) rather than creating them myself. I JUST LOVE WORDS. They fascinate me; how scratches on a piece of paper (or stone, if you want to go that far back) holds meaning and how putting them in different positions in a sentence changes everything. I do see myself as a book editor but seriously I won’t mind any job in the book industry. Heck, I think I could be a great member of a marketing team at a publishing house. The life of a book editor sounds really interesting and I’m sure there’s tough challenges, as every job does, but knowing that every day won’t be the same is just amazing.

 I think that’s why I want to try out journalism first when I graduate in May. I just can’t imagine myself in a 9 to 5 job that is day in and day out the same routine. I mean yeah routine has its benefits but some variety would enrich you, you know?

A very good friend of mine shared this with me a couple of days ago when I was feeling a little bit down and overwhelmed by all the things that are expected of me in the next few weeks. So, I thought I’d share it here. Who knows if it could help anyone else?

I love this guy. He’s such an unconventional choice for a university speaker but the things he says I believe are so true and #relatable hahaha. But seriously though. I did feel a lot motivated after watching this :) Also got me wondering, who does NUS usually pick for commencement speakers? Hopefully they aren’t boring.