March 2020

Without further ado, let's travel back to March 2020~!

Pretty much the start of State of Emergency and Lockdown in Japan? Though numbers were FARRR lower than now, like barely 100 people infected per day @@
I was still in my spring holiday but officially started baito!

Omg seeing it after almost a year later, I kinda miss my red hair XD

Spring started to come~ I think it was a day when I walked from Akiba to Ryogoku for board game gathering at friend's place~

I already gave up dying bright hair colour as maintenance is a pain 😂

I still have leftover pink shampoo though ;w;

hair length wise.. same now 😂 

I will stick for long hair for quite sometime, though there are time I feel like having bob hairstyle too but I'm sure I'll regret it 😂 

it's a regret that can't be changed in a blink 😂

had taiyaki and my bag was cat XD

for winter~early spring, it's strawberry season in Japan~

but I love orange most in winter XD

though super tempting, fake strawberry (as in not the real fruit.. cream etc) always not my favorite taste..

but since it's tempting, i do get it sometime as it looks super good and duh, just regret it later 😂

how to be a better human when i still do small mistakes 😂

NOW HAVE 6 CATS and 9 (Persona) RATS at home 😂

Can never have enough of Nyanko sensei XD <3

I don't remember how or why but I just got them 😂

Sakura decoration things are just everywhere even from early February (now)

and they'll just write 'limited edition design' though they do it every year 😂
Japanese actually like 'limited edition' and I'd sometime fall for it too 😂

I just love pink ;w;

Not being a good person; No foreigner -> chance to test out restaurants that are always crowded 😂

Found Jojo collaboration item at a store that specialises in suits!

Really tried out places that I couldn't go before ;w;

I didn't realize how quiet Tokyo is without tourist

Now I'm used to it though, and more surprised that people aren't really staying home during the second State of Emergency w

Well, I can't say much as I also can't stay home 24/7 :x

I still have work that needs me physically

and I'm so used to going out that staying indoor a lot actually craze me..

and business can't survive without visitors..

well, crazy world we're in :(

visited Capcom store in Shibuya's Parco and this is probably COVID19's cure? 😂

so tempting-----

coffee set too ;w;

more food at home.. and finished all 5 seasons of JOJO with my partner w

Though I love JOJO, tbh I can't bare watching the first 4 seasons (moreover reading the anime) so at last I watched it during the lockdown..

And after all Jotaro is my love ;w;

Next is Rohan XD <3

flowers start to bloom!

To reduce travelling by train (since I thought staying indoor isn't as good as outdoor + walking as sport), I'm actually very lucky to see a lot of sakura! probably some is ume (plum) but still, PINK is such a mood booster to me <3

Now I can't do walks anymore 😂

I guess it's global warming not as bad due to people travelling less but it's colder than last year ;-;

Then I'm just too tired from carrying a lot of stuff (laptop to work!!) plus my baito place is 2hrs by walk and since I go there almost everyday = I got the travel pass so I feel wasteful of not using it then I'm just tired from doing a lot of studying and PC related work.....

Ok  really have no one to blame but me for lower dieting result this year 😂

Chance to move around is getting lesser ;w; my posture is so gone ;w;

Saw night sakura when I visited the onsen in Toshimaen~

and it snowed in mid-March!!

That was my first time seeing snow in my baito..

I saw snow in baito the second time like 2 weeks ago!

I'm truly blessed to be able to see it, as in still there to see it and I hope everything goes well to see more from here on!

As baito is at another ward, there's no direct train.

I don't do it anymore but I used to walk 1/2hr to Yamanote line Mejiro station -> ride to NishiNippori -> walk for another 20 mins
Now I just use the closest station and ride for 40-50 mins 😂

I did a P5, P5 Royal, P5 Scramble review video!!! <3

I played P5Royal, Scramble and Pokemon Shield for 2020

Playing Pikmin now LOL

Here's my review video! <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJJx2ojJuTA

bangs getting longer-----

even now or before i still act cute 😂

park near baito~

Since my baito is a school, it's located in a very family friendly housing area~

I can also visit Ueno park by walking for 1/2hr

I had lunch once there~

there were some sakura too~

ueno park is one of the popular places for hanami (flower viewing) to both locals and travelers
my second time visiting after....2017?

anyway, I don't think I'll ever see this emptiness again

I don't know why but the most beautiful tree was at one of the entrances XD

the light side VS the dark side 😂

time for selfies!!!

hehe I still love sun ray most <3

I also visited Shibuya!

Quiet empty Tokyo was so last year 😂

More cherry blossom on my walks!

I'd also walk from my place to my partner's so yea, super active last year 😂

I'm totally bad example for staying home period but I received a kind message of my stories update regarding cherry blossom is nice for the crazy period ;-; thank you so much

I took photo of autumn leaves in December 2019 here!

Either I walked lesser or the wind just got too cold that I missed last year's autumn leaves here TwT

Golden hour is my love ;w;

Autumn and Spring really fill my phone with photos 😂

Last year's March was also my first time working with @emmards.me

It was barely cherry blossom season, but we captured some!

Omoide-yokocho @ Shinjuku was our first stop!

This is fake cherry blossom 😂

hehe he captured my smile! >w<

working with him is one of the reasons I could stay updating my pages last year ;w;

This was at Golden-gai!

I'll write more in next posts but my partner and I were once asked to not take photo here for cosplay 😂

I guess morning (barely 10AM) & casual shoot is ok!

eh? 😂

Act blur and SMILE 😂

I really enjoyed that photoshoot!

this is my fave as vending machine is SO JAPAN XD <3

next stop was Ueno Park but still not too much cherry blossom so we tried hard for nice photos 😂

Come to Japan promotional shoot? 😂

and after the shooot -> off to baito!

By mid of March? Wearing mask outside became a must

Before than, we only used mask indoor (mainly train)

Even in gym, we didn't need to wear mask (then gym closed on April-May?)

Mask is part of everyday life now that sometime when I watch drama or movie, I was like, 'ah, not wearing mask is actually how real life is,'

Or somewhat 'world without mask' just blend into 'fiction' w

That's how much I'm used to mask..

When I started teaching in April 2020, teachers used Mouth Piece as our expression is important to the kids

But from December 2020, we also use mask when teaching as our distance with students are close (mainly 1-on-1 lesson)

Even for school, we could use Face Guard or Mouth Piece from June 2020 (school delayed reopening; from April to June) but at late November 2020, we were to use mask or FaceGuard/MouthPiece PLUS Mask ;w;

Indoor = Mask, including gym

Tbh I don't hate wearing mask though..

Especially on cold days

Even for gym, I'm used to it already

Ok, summer was tough sometime but...

The tough part is more like makeup all over my mask ;w; I do use 2 make-up setting spray but nah they don't work orz

The whole mask thing actually do encourage me to think more about communicating

Now that we only have eyes, we need to think more about other verbal communication factors

There's so much that can be expressed by our eyes, gesture, posture

Thus it's time to rethink about tone, speed and volume

So when I went back to school, I started taking more communication related lessons such as 'Paper-play (reading picture book to kids)' and 'Japanese conversation class'

did another walk around the neighbourhood~

I'd walk to gym too; 1hr LOL

I practiced more takoyaki making skill 😂

This reminded me of Japan's shopping trend last year 😂

So like all other parts of the world, mask & toilet paper were scarce

Next were Pancake Flour, Baking Soda, Takoyaki plate and such

I think people stay home more including families; time to do more recreational activity with cooking?

Thus I needed to order Takoyaki plate from Amazon and may be waited for a week? That's how crazy the demand went w

On a side note, now I'm quite addicted to Takoyaki, especially if there's no Tako (octopus 😂)

I love it with cheese!!

more cooking!!

I'm still into oat meal now!! Love it with banana & non-sweetened Almond Milk; heated in 600W for 1.5min! so it's a bit porridge style!

Sometime last year I changed to Granola but after all it's too sweet with all the dried fruits so oat meal still my fave XD

I received Bumbu Pecel so yea this was delicious ;w;

I think I made fried tofu too!!

Ah, I was watching my partner playing FF7 remake and learned about 'Nomura' (and Kingdom Hearts w)

And this is what I meant with watching JOJO----

Lastly, another photo from walk to gym from home. Taken at Takadanobaba

Yosha I cleared one blog post!!!

At last I can start twitting again as like before, I'll first post in Twitter -> Wrap everything up in Blog!!

Will start next Monday and if everything goes well at this speed, I can post 3 blog entries this month 😂

Ok, let's not hope too much as today I already skipped studying FP ;0;

I slept at 2AM yesterday and with my 'forcing myself to wake up by 9AM everyday', I ended up taking a 1.5hr nap and some brain dead time before freshening up by shower..

Tomorrow (today) will be costest, FP study, baito, report writing and gotta create new YouTube content for baito!

I'll do my best!

Lots of love always <3

- After rereading for labelling & checking how many times (days) do i need to post in Twitter for April 2020, I only have 2 days worth of media so may be i can update blog again before end of next week 😂 and though it's already 1AM, gonna do some preparation for baito & few pages of fp studies!! Go go!!