Taiwan: Day 2 – Jiufen (Part 1)

This post is long overdue. I have been super lazy with updating this blog so here goes another attempt to just put out a post! The pandemic has also had me itching to travel, so for now, I’ll make do with going down memory lane. I’m sorry if I’m no longer able to recall the […]

Japan Sinks: 2020

Japan Sinks: 2020 is an animated series available on Netflix about – well, Japan sinking. Having watched the below video about the great earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan in 2011, the story becomes a bit more real and scary. The Netflix series is based off a disaster novel written by Sakyo Komatsu, published in […]

Official HIGE DANdism – Travelers – Romaji Lyrics

Inori no tsuyosa ga owari no imi wo kaeta shunkanSore wa subarashii mono datta Saikai no shinnen ga jibun wo ookiku kaetaKore wa kore wa sono kurikaeshi no jinsei no kiroku da Daiji ni mottete daiji ni mottete Travelers mata bokura no koto wo sou yoberuKyou ga mou soko made kiteruTRAVELERS zutto negattetanda yo Saa […]

Official HIGE DANdism – Last Song – Romaji Lyrics

Maku ga orireba bokura otagai ni hanarebanareHiniku na mon da na konna toki dakeAtto iu ma ni sugisaru nante sa “Mata ne” ga areba donna owakare mo mashi ni naru neItsu ienakunaru darou? Kangaecha dame da yo naaItsu da toshite mo munashiku naru kara Hito natsu no kirameki ga ICE wo tokashite ikuSore ni yoku […]

guitar playing pretender

Official HIGE DANdism – Pretender – Romaji Lyrics

This is the song that catapulted Higedan into the charts – cementing their position in Japan’s music industry in 2019. I fell in love right after the first listen with the piano, the lyrics, and the emotions conveyed by the song overall. The aesthetic music video also added to the impact. Everything about this song […]

It’s my birthday.

But, as we are in the middle of a pandemic, I can’t spend it with friends or family. I took the day off and I’ll figure out what I’ll do later – but for now (it’s currently 3:19 AM), I thought of going down memory lane since I’m also archiving my photos to Google at […]

tabi wa michizure

Official HIGE DANdism – Tabi wa Michizure – Romaji Lyrics

Chotto tooi kuni e itte burari pen wo kajitteMachi no itonami ni tokete inakunatteShimau no mo ii na shashin no SAPPHIRE Sore ja atarashiki chizu wo katteWarukunai basho e GO desuDou desu? Tabidachi no aizu wa soto no hareta soraHieta YOGURT ga kara ni nattara ikou kaKudaranai JOKE ga kikinareta NOICE gaBokura no IDEA ni […]

Official HIGE DANdism – Fire Ground – Romaji Lyrics

Hitotsu toshite ADVANTAGE nante nai“muite nai” “sense nai” daremo ga sou itte waratteru Nante koto nai bibiru hitsuyou wa naiKekka ippatsu de hyaku hachi juu do masshiro na kansei ni kawaru zo Identity no ISUtori game wa tokku ni over yeahSore demo hajikare mai to sekai wo ryouashide nigiri shimeru Makka na honnou asedaku no […]

Do not mess with Ryoko Yonekura

Ryoko Yonekura. I did not know her until recently, when I started binge-watching Doctor-X on Netflix. All six seasons of it. Ryoko Yonekura plays as Japan’s (and maybe even the world’s) best surgeon, Michiko Daimon. She’s a freelance doctor who doesn’t like groups, bowing down to authorities, and lists down surgery as her hobby. As […]

Basic Japanese 1 – Hiragana – Wa, N, Particle O

You’ve made it to the last set of unique Hiragana characters! Good job! There are remaining sets but you’ll find that they will use characters you’ve already learned in the past. Anyway, here are the last 3 characters for you to learn. ん – is a whole syllable in it self and is pronounced distinctly […]