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December 15
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100 -132
I didnโt have as much time as I wanted. No work tomorrow though
December 15
ไบบ้ๆค ๅญ -
ใธใงใธใงใฎๅฅๅฆใชๅ้บ56
100 -132
I didnโt have as much time as I wanted. No work tomorrow though
December 16th
Card Captor Sakura volume 2 or Aria: the masterpiece volume 2 โ progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 341, finished chapter 19.
Today: Read up to page 376, finished chapter 20 and Aria: the masterpiece volume 2.
I still have a lingering anxious feeling today but at least itโs better than yesterday. Finished chapter 20 which was cute albeit predictable, and with that the second volume. I have officially reached my goal of reading the first 2 volumes of Aria before the end of this year with several days to spare.
While the 3rd volume is already at my disposal, I have just gotten the message that my next order may take a while longer (around a month). Therefore, Iโll switch to mostly reading Card Captor Sakura during the week again and Aria on the weekends which will prevent me from finishing Aria volume 3 too soon.
Word or expression of the day:
ใใฉ่ฉฑ - (ใปใใฏใชใ) - tall story, tall tale, cock-and-bull storyโ
Honourable mention(s):
ไบบๆททใฟ - (ใฒใจใใฟ) - crowd of people
ใใใๅฝใใ - (ใฐใกใใใใ) - to incur divine punishment, to pay for oneโs sinsโ
็ฒพ้ฒ (+ใใ) - (ใใใใใ) - adherence to a vegetarian dietโ
Can always recommend taking some calm, deep breaths.
Indeed, taking deep breaths is very sound advice for anyone experiencing anxiety or stress and I want to thank you for mentioning it.
I wonโt elaborate much on the kind of anxious vicious cycle I went through. Iโll just say that it also involved my blood pressure being too high that made me even more anxious in return โ but taking deep breaths is exactly one of the strategies I employed: did a few short breathing sessions yesterday and today in the form of slow, deep abdominal breaths while lying down in a relaxing position and it helped a bit.
20221216 - ๅพ่ผฉใฏ็ธใงใใ progress: 97.12%
These guys seem unaware that there arenโt many pages left as thereโs no end to their conversation in sight.
Japanese found under the leaves
็ ดๅคฉ่ใใฏใฆใใใใใผ Unprecedented; unheard of
้็ฟใใใใใ
ใใใผ Bad habit; harmful practice
Dec 16, Fri of Week 12 of Fall 2022
ๅนปๆป ใใใใ
Bookmarks can be saved (a little inconveniently), with percentage, by scroll screenshot on Android. On web browser version, percentage doesnโt show. Sync can be done by pasting in Notion, where long vertical images arenโt shrunkened.
Perhaps around the start of ๆผข Dynasty. I would be nice if I can associate names with my Chinese dialectโฆ (where I donโt need Hanzi), not really the Mandarin one, and I donโt always find an answer. (I donโt give up the hope of learning Mandarin in the future, though. Perhaps next two years.)
Bind play
I also touched a little of BU$TAFELLOWS. So, I reinstalled on my Android tablet as @MissDagger started the club, and has a good idea on how to make the VN linear, and not hurried; so now easily manageable.
Prologue + Chapter 1 is free on Android, but more than twice as expensive than Steam version. (Around 3.5 times.) However, Steam has no free version. (Steam is translated-to-EN sub version, though.)
SFX
Iโve only posted briefly last week or so.
The first week of my overseas trip has been fairly busy but Iโve still read a tiny bit every day. Today was a little better.
16/12 7 pages ๅคใซใใง, 3 pages ใใฟใใพใใพใกใใใ (finished weekโs reading)
So going into next week Iโm quite behind, but I think Iโve got scope to catch up. Except for ใใฐใกใใใใกโฆ where Iโm falling back quite a bit.
December 16
Home Post
BU$TAFELLOWS
I had so many hopes for today. Holiday reading in Swedish and English. Finish the prologue of Bustafellows, but no.
At least I got started on Bustafellows, figuring out the unmentioned (why?!) keybindings.
I also got my little cat a new toy. A long tunnel with balls at either end. First impressions suggests he liked it a lot.
Edit: Apparently I was like 2-3 screens away from finishing the prologue so on the way to starting another game on my Switch, I did end up finishing the prologue.
December 16th!
Today I read chapter 35 of Happiness, finishing Volume 7.
It ended on a cliffhanger, which seems to be happening to me a lot this week!
I need to get faster at reading so I can stop having to wait to see what happens next in so many books
December 16
ไบบ้ๆค ๅญ -
ใธใงใธใงใฎๅฅๅฆใชๅ้บ56
133 - end (200)
I love Abbacchio. Such a shitty, trashy guy. I sent a pic of the scene where he joins others beating up a guy because in the anime, they cut to him finishing a glass of wine before joining them and a friend asked me what some text in the corner was. I had only skimmed it in my reading last night! Turns out that he was using the now unconscious guy to test the gangโs food for poison. Heโs so awful. I love him. I have awful taste in anime men.
I read ch 4 of JJK0, finishing the volume! 0 was good, I liked it. Also, Yuuta punched Getou in the face this chapter, which was great. It wasnโt as difficult as Iโd thought it would be to stop myself from immediately picking up the novelization, and I spent the rest of the evening just reading in English.
I also took a peek at vol 1, and itโs got normal-length chapters. Iโm not used to reading manga with such long chapters, so it was kinda throwing me off with this (ๅใซๅฑใ, too, for that matter), which may be why I only managed one chapter a day, even though I definitely went into it yesterday feeling like I could read both 3 and 4.
ใใใใ [ไปไธ] to put blade to blade; to fight. I can definitely see how this is related to โto match,โ especially with the English phrase, โto match blades.โ
ๅ้ก (ใใใใ) [noun, ใช-adj.] impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery. And here I learn that ๅ also means โbrazen,โ not just โthickโ and the like.
Iโm about 80% done with ้ป้ไปฎ้ข now, still chugging along right on track to finish out my books for the year
Wooo congrats!
Day 37 Progress:
ใ้ฃใฎๅคฉไฝฟๆง ๅๅ - 50.92% โ 57.47%
Horrid day for reading. Stumbled over a lot of basic things I thought I knew, and also the book was just awful. Closest Iโve ever gotten to wanting to drop it, or at least take a break.
Hopefully better and less painful reading session tomorrow.
Word of the Day:
December 16 Home Post
Iโve made it through the semester, but I was still pretty busy with social things so just finished up the chapter of ใใซใผใญใใฏ I was on. But now Iโm free! and just in time for BU$TAFELLOWS to start, Iโll have to look into that
December 16th (Home Post Link)
Read:
NHK
้ใใใใใใผ quantity, amount
็ฅไบใใกใใใผ governor
ใใค ใผ apiece
ใใชใใค
็ฒใใใใคใใใใใผ worn-out (as opposed to sleepy)
่ทกๅใใใใจใจใใใผ heir, successor
ใฐใฌใ ใผ to go off the rails, to stray from the right path
ใใกใใ ใผ fig
ใถใฏใญ ใผ pomegranate
็ท็ตใใ ใใใใใใผ baron (was this the same word they used in ่ณใใใพใใฐ? i seem to remember them just using ใใญใณ or something)
December 17th!
Today I finished Volume 9 of Teasing Master Takagi-san. As there are currently 18 volumes, that marks the half way point Though Iโm sure another volume or two will come out before I reach the end!
Dec 17, Sat of Week 12 of Fall 2022
Great Wall of China, and ้ใใ่ .
Yesterday was trickery, and now mask? Noble-acting, and masked guy speak difficult-to-understand all of sudden.
Not counting that the title of first of trilogy says there is a fake mask?
Rather than listing various possible readings, meanings, or representative vocabularies, start to matter more.
20221217 - ๅพ่ผฉใฏ็ธใงใใ progress: 97.52%
Itโs amusing reading these guys predictions of the future from 100 years ago, they somewhat feel exactly the same as peopleโs predictions these days aka: โoh no we be doomed I tell you, society ainโt what it used to beโ
Japanese found under the leaves
ๅ็็ฒพ้ฒใใใใฟใใใใใใใใใผ Someone who practices asceticism and has a dauntless spirit; brave and diligent hero
็ฟ็ถใใใ
ใใใใใผ Coming together as one; unanimously
December 17th
Card Captor Sakura volume 2 โ progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 376, finished chapter 20 and Aria: the masterpiece volume 2.
Today: Started reading Card Captor Sakura volume 2, read up to page 37, finished chapter 6.
My anxiety has passed (for now) and I could read without the intent of distracting myself from it again. Iโll stick to Card Captor Sakura during this and the next week, perhaps even until the end of the month. No idea, how far Iโll get until the 31st but it would be nice if I could finish at least volume 3 by then.
Word or expression of the day:
่ค้ - (ใตใใใค) - complicated, intricate, mixed feelings
Honourable mention(s):
้ๅ็ฅ็ต - (ใใใฉใใใใใ) - reflexes
็บๆ - (ใฏใฃใใค) - (archaeological) excavation, discovery (e.g. a new talent)
December 17
Home Post
Swedish holiday traditions (in Swedish)
Holiday short story (in English)
Yeah, I know neither of those said Japanese. But that is just how it is sometimes.
I did spend a lot of time on Japanese-ish related things. Just not reading. ^^