Oct 19th - Oct 25th

  • This week has been a bit of a weird one mental health-wise, but I managed to stick to my ukulele practice and continue building those calluses!
  • I’ve been thinking a bit more about the kind of content I consume online as well as in book format, and I’m making a conscious decision to be more mindful about that and choose more wisely.
  • I’ve been playing Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
  • This week I finished reading Yeonmi Park’s In order to live and also Holes by Louis Sachar, which I’ve been reading alongside my students (I’m teaching English to some family members!)
  • We watched Whisper of the Heart (1995) by Yoshifumi Kondō, a Japanese animated film about a teenage girl trying to figure out what she wants to do (professionally) in the future and falling in love with a teenage boy on the same journey. We also watched a documentary on silent film director Buster Keaton titled The Great Buster. Buster Keaton may be one of the few silent film directors I actually don’t find boring (that may change as I grow more used to watching classic and silent movies, but it also may not).