Hi, my name is Andrew and I am 23 years old this year.

Throughout my late teen years, I was always interested in starting a blog but never had the motivation to work on one. But as years passed by, I realize how important it is for each of us to take the time and reflect on the journey we take. As for me, the year 2021 was a year that brought upon many changes - I graduated with my Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, moved to Texas for a new job as a Research and Development (R&D) Engineer, and started taking control of my ongoing import/export business.

All of these drastic changes combined with living alone have pushed my personal growth into an overdrive mode. I started discovering who I really am, my likes/dislikes, my strengths/weaknesses, my passion, and even the way I think! Because of this, I started learning Japanese with the intention to move to Japan sometime in the future!

私は今日本語喋りませんだけど、どんどん勉強します。

Do you also think it is important to sit down and reflect on your journey periodically? If so, I would like to make new pen-pals to write to and send mail to in Japan!

As of right now, my goal is to grow my business to a certain size before diversifying my investment in real estate and different securities. This, of course, requires time to achieve and I am looking forward to learning from my future experiences - both good and bad. Now, to avoid as many unnecessary mistakes as possible during my journey this year, I have decided to build this bookshelf to store my study guides, storybooks, and self-improvement/business books to learn from as many stories and people as possible (I do think it is possible to learn even from anime/manga stories.)

I think I have ranted enough for today. Until the next post - take care!

A quick message: the moon and the star

New year -- New bookshelf