Welcome, and Happy New Year 2026!
Hola! It’s the end of January, but as usual, better late than never: Welcome and Happy New Year 2026! 2025 wasn’t always as I expected it to be, but I survived it so I’m grateful to make it here. I don’t really have a resolution, but I always hope and pray that I can be…
2025 Highlights and Reflections
Yow! What’s up? You might be wondering why I’m posting my highlights and reflections now when I usually posted it in January? Well, I usually posted it in January because I thought I needed the year to end completely before reflecting on or highlighting something ’cause something might happen at the very end of year…
(Re)building “Good” Habits: Biking, Reading, Gardening
Hola! November is ending so now I’m back here with some updates about my life, which nobody might care about, but I do, so I’m writing it here. But, dang, I shouldn’t be that negative about people in my first paragraph, right? My apologies 🙏🙇🏻♀️ But actually I have been meaning to write this earlier…
Taking JLPT N3 – An Experience
Hi, it’s the last day of October, and here I am as usual… I’m not sure what to write but I guessed I haven’t told you the story about my JLPT experience, so let’s talk about it. This year I decided to take a JLPT test, N3 level. I was just wondering and really wanted…
Going to Monteria, Colombia: My 30th Country
Hola, Mon Ami! I hope you’re well. I’m back with my perfunctory monthly post. I wanted to share something I’m happy about: I managed to go to another country, Colombia, the 30th country to visit! Who would’ve thought, right? Well, you know I have been teaching at a university there. Earlier this year, I was…
Random Post in August
Hi There! How is life? It’s the last day of August and I feel obliged to post something just because, and also because I posted nothing last month. Well, I’ve been busy doing nothing…and I am sort of discouraged because my lost post still can’t be retrieved. It’s an excuse, I know, maybe I’m just…
Random Post in June
Hola, it’s the last day of June, and I had no idea what to post but I just have to post something. LoL So allow me, write a little something, perhaps the shortest I’ve ever written here. Actually, I planned to write something about June being my birthday month, but then I don’t know what…
Traveling to China: A Review [To-Know List Before You Go]
Hola! It’s the end of the month, and as I’ve made it imperative to try to post something at least once a month, here I am. I’ve been sharing some Chinese dramas/movies I watched, my experience applying for a Chinese visa, and now let me continue with sharing my experience traveling to China. First of…
Applying for a Chinese Visa from Surabaya, Indonesia
Nihao! If you’re reading this, it means I’m already back from China because, actually, I was waiting until I came back from my trip to China before posting this one since I was scared that my Visa would be revoked if I complained here before I left 🤣🙈✌️ And, although I said I would complain…
Action – Romantic Comedy: A Recommendation of Chinese Movies & Dramas
Hola hola! It’s the start of the holy fasting month, so perhaps I should be reading the Quran instead of spouting nonsense here. But it’s also the end of February! So I need to at least try post something, right? [I’ll talk a lot so you can skip the next paragraphs and just read the…