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nomikai

Posted on July 3, 2024

storytelling should be an act of recollection. too close to the event and it’s sequential, event-based. too far and it’s cloudy and mostly indecipherable. i wish i had written more; there’s a lot of stories i might no longer have. one year later seems to be the sweetspot. i remember the realization, the sudden change of plans. i wouldn’t be making it home that night. i remember also falling towards a spinning room, downing the complimentary water. absolutely shloshed. iRead More

things coming into focus

Posted on March 15, 2023

as of march (~7 months in), i’m having the feeling of things coming into focus. i am able to watch pokemon without subtitles and understand (what feels like) an appreciable amount. whereas when i first arrived i had to watch at a reduced speed and was still struggling to keep up with the pace. i would describe my experience of language learning to this point as starting off with a blurry image that slowly comes into focus over time. atRead More

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