July 2018

Today is supposed to be the promotion day. Why is there totally no talk about it at all?

The game is going to be out next week. Quite unbelievable seeing how there's still a ton of fixes left.

I have been watching persona 5 animation this week. Will catch up with the latest by today.

June 2018

It's the middle of June.

I invited You Liang back to our chatroom and it got sort of lively again.

Two nights ago, I spent a few hours writing my short term financial plan. It was out of an impulse but it got serious in the end.

I started exercising again. Jogging around the residence grounds. My stamina is lamentably bad now. Hope it gets better with time.

I watched the akb48 general election last night. I randomly saw it on YouTube front page and ended up watching it to the end. I spent the rest of the night watching various related videos. The ones with Sudo Ririka announcing she wants to get married was quite a shocker to me. Why did she pick that timing to do that...? It was interesting, to say the least. Idols are real people, but fans have expectations of them. Currently I'm really into a couple of girls from Keyakizaka

E3 was this week. There were some amazing trailers. The last of us 2 most impressive, followed by Spiderman. Other than those, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna -Golden Country and Tales of Vesperia definitive edition were relevant to me. That's... about it.

25 June

Wilson is back in Singapore for a short while. He asked on Facebook to meet up with people, and Matt replied. I joined in too, and by some miracle, Weijian and Angela are also going. This will be the biggest gathering I have in 2018 so far. On Tuesday I will be meeting the brotherhood for the first time in the year. It's good to be able meet up with friends. The duration between gatherings are always getting longer.

27 June

In the end the gathering with brotherhood didn't happen. The pillar is gone, and the whole structure collapses.

The CEO had good news to share in yesterday's briefing. The company achieved most of its targets, and there was a pretty good increment throughout the whole of KT Japan. I will find out  next month how much I'm getting. Can't wait.

29 June

It was good to meet Wilson for the second time this year.

He treated us to a meal and the karaoke. I forgot how much I enjoy karaoke.

Angela didn't sing with a mic, , as usual. She did

mutter some songs though. 

She ended up dozing off for a while as usual.

After the karaoke the guy folks went to have ice cream. Was a good catch up. Wilson is working in Shanghai now but he dislikes the culture and is desperately trying to find a job in Japan. Hope all goes well for him.  

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8 June

I think this marks the day I become an idol wota again. There was a semi-awakening last year, but it seems to have fully awakened in me. Although I don't intend to listen to their music. The variety shows are what interest me.

So far my favourite members are...

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Sakurai Reika

Nishino Nanase

Etou Misa

Takayama Kazumi

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Nagahama Neru

Watanabe Rika

Sugai Yuka

Saito Kyoko

Music

I used to love listening to music so much. That passion has died long ago. It was actually for really silly reason. I lost a lot of my music when the desktop died, and my external HDDs died.

If I try hard enough I might be able to get back all that I lost, but it's going to be a lot of effort.

I decided I will give it a try at least. I started by putting all of Ayane's songs in my phone. Should have done that long ago.

Next I gotta do Chiyomaru and Tatsh. And then there's all the bemani albums. Just thinking about it makes me depressed. It's not an exaggeration to say I have lost a chunk of my youth. It felt like a part of me died when I lost those music. Listening to music often and

They are all still alive, and doing well. Thank God for social media. They have really done so much for me, and I will love them forever.

The amazing thing is, I have seen all three of them up close. I even received a signed ball thrown by Ayane.

I hope I can rekindle my love for music someday. It might very well be impossible, being a working adult with limited free time... but I will try. If I have the three of them, I will have all I need for the rest of my life.

This will be mission : find my youth. This shall also be one of my retirement goals. To obtain all the pieces of my youth and relive them. 

After all, I probably can never like anything as much again, in this lifetime.