The new bemani game, Nostalgia, will be coming to Nex TKA next month! I really look forward to it~
I always wanted to learn how to play a piano. This is far from an actual piano, but at least I can pretend that it is one. 
Today I had my second and last probation interview. I passed it, so I'm officially an employee now.
During the interview my supervisor said that my Japanese proficiency and Japanese history knowledge is impressive. The manager then tells me that it is rare for someone to be praised so much during a probation interview. 
I think I will be fine no matter what comes my way.
I just finished teaching Japanese tuition. I'm on the way home now, via downtown line and circle line.
Today's lesson is quite productive. He said he was struggling, so I decided to go back and do a revision from the first chapter. Surprisingly he had no problems at all with the first 20 chapters. It feels great as a teacher to have a student demonstrate real knowledge. 
And that is all for today. I am doing very wel, as alwaysl!
I just had a jam session with a few colleagues.
I sang a few songs, and played a fair bit of drums. My drumming skills were obviously lacking, but the good thing about drums is that it's easy to play impromptu.
It was pretty fun all in all, but jamming with a group of strangers feel very awkward. I am only close with one guy, my one batch senior who sits behind me in the office.
This feeling of awkwardness... is pretty awful. It's that feeling you get when you are with someone who grew up in a totally different environment and shares nothing in common with you.
Later on, I found out that one of them actually lives in the same building as me, and only one storey above. What a small world. What's amazing is that I have never seen him until this year. I saw him at the same bus stop that I go to two months ago, and I knew he probably lived nearby. Not THAT near though.
Still, the feeling of awkwardness with strong with him, so staying nearby doesn't matter at all. It's unlikely we will ever become friends.
Being able to make friends in a company is something of a luxury, and I'm pretty happy that I managed to make a few. It's very difficult for people of different seniority to get close, which means the people I can befriend are going to be really limited from here on.
And that is all the more reason for me to treasure my existing friends. Friendship is truly precious.
I sang a few songs, and played a fair bit of drums. My drumming skills were obviously lacking, but the good thing about drums is that it's easy to play impromptu.
It was pretty fun all in all, but jamming with a group of strangers feel very awkward. I am only close with one guy, my one batch senior who sits behind me in the office.
This feeling of awkwardness... is pretty awful. It's that feeling you get when you are with someone who grew up in a totally different environment and shares nothing in common with you.
Later on, I found out that one of them actually lives in the same building as me, and only one storey above. What a small world. What's amazing is that I have never seen him until this year. I saw him at the same bus stop that I go to two months ago, and I knew he probably lived nearby. Not THAT near though.
Still, the feeling of awkwardness with strong with him, so staying nearby doesn't matter at all. It's unlikely we will ever become friends.
Being able to make friends in a company is something of a luxury, and I'm pretty happy that I managed to make a few. It's very difficult for people of different seniority to get close, which means the people I can befriend are going to be really limited from here on.
And that is all the more reason for me to treasure my existing friends. Friendship is truly precious.
Starting yesterday, I am someone's senpai. Two new hires joined the company, one of them joined the team I'm in.
I talked to him a bit, and taught him some things. He still has a month of training to go, but part of his training is to do what is currently my main job, character design.
I finally got some feedback for my designs. One of them was no good, and I had to redo it. This was quite a blow to me, but I better get used to it. I really can't wait to see my work finally appearing in the game.
I was given another pretty big task to deal with. It's always so overwhelming at the start. As usual, I have a lot of studying to do first. It's quite fun though, so I'm happy about it.
In another few more months, the next batch of new NTU/NUS hires will be in. I will be senpai to even more people then. Well, no biggie, I'm confident I can guide my juniors well if I have to.
On the other hand, two of my batch mates who I am close with left my team. It seems like this is the reality of a game company. People get shifted around easily. I shouldn't get too close to anyone, if I don't want to get hurt. I had enough of that already.
This is off-topic, but today I had a bad dream about the Princess again. In the dream she was doing something that the her that I knew would never do. I haven't dreamt of her in a while, so this was very sudden and made me feel terrible. I woke up before the usual time, and couldn't get back to sleep again.
The lovely Princess of China... I hope everything is going well for her, all the way on the other side of the planet. I know for sure that she's definitely trying her best the way she always does. That part of her, was what made her such a wonderful girl in my eyes.
I talked to him a bit, and taught him some things. He still has a month of training to go, but part of his training is to do what is currently my main job, character design.
I finally got some feedback for my designs. One of them was no good, and I had to redo it. This was quite a blow to me, but I better get used to it. I really can't wait to see my work finally appearing in the game.
I was given another pretty big task to deal with. It's always so overwhelming at the start. As usual, I have a lot of studying to do first. It's quite fun though, so I'm happy about it.
In another few more months, the next batch of new NTU/NUS hires will be in. I will be senpai to even more people then. Well, no biggie, I'm confident I can guide my juniors well if I have to.
On the other hand, two of my batch mates who I am close with left my team. It seems like this is the reality of a game company. People get shifted around easily. I shouldn't get too close to anyone, if I don't want to get hurt. I had enough of that already.
This is off-topic, but today I had a bad dream about the Princess again. In the dream she was doing something that the her that I knew would never do. I haven't dreamt of her in a while, so this was very sudden and made me feel terrible. I woke up before the usual time, and couldn't get back to sleep again.
The lovely Princess of China... I hope everything is going well for her, all the way on the other side of the planet. I know for sure that she's definitely trying her best the way she always does. That part of her, was what made her such a wonderful girl in my eyes.
Today, a cloudy noon in Singapore.
I managed to catch the April bell yesterday. It's been a while, especially now that I'm working, I will likely be inside the office when they play the monthly bell.
Yesterday I was buying food to eat at Weijian's place when I heard the bell. I consider it a sign of good luck to hear the bell, so my April will be a great month!
However... the month didn't start out great. I caught a light flu and am feeling bad now.
Playing drummania at Weijian's place has become a monthly activity for me. It was one of my dreams to own a set of electronic drums but that will have to wait until I buy my house.
Leo was here too. His last day in Singapore. He has safely gotten back to Tokyo, and school for will start for him tomorrow. Wish him all the best.
I am having chicken rice now.
It is delicious, as always. Thank you for granting me and my loved ones another peaceful day.
I managed to catch the April bell yesterday. It's been a while, especially now that I'm working, I will likely be inside the office when they play the monthly bell.
Yesterday I was buying food to eat at Weijian's place when I heard the bell. I consider it a sign of good luck to hear the bell, so my April will be a great month!
However... the month didn't start out great. I caught a light flu and am feeling bad now.
Playing drummania at Weijian's place has become a monthly activity for me. It was one of my dreams to own a set of electronic drums but that will have to wait until I buy my house.
Leo was here too. His last day in Singapore. He has safely gotten back to Tokyo, and school for will start for him tomorrow. Wish him all the best.
I am having chicken rice now.
It is delicious, as always. Thank you for granting me and my loved ones another peaceful day.