Letters To Sunrise - Present Day: Journal

It was a scary feeling, to be honest. Or at least for Kale, he actually felt that way ever since learning the truth and what really happened two years ago. Up until that moment, he still couldn't believe what he learned from his lawyer friend. And now, he also learned from the shop owner that "she" still goes back to this place from time to time. No definite day, but she would definitely stay in that place for more than an hour.

As for what she was doing there, he had no idea. It seemed that no one does.

He took a deep breath and not long after, found himself turning the door knob of that room. It was a little dark, but there was still sunlight coming through the curtains. So he was able to see around. Even with that, he decided to look for light switch just so he could see things around clearly.

His eyes started to blur as tears tried to fall down at the sight that greeted him. Opening the lights was a good idea, but he was unprepared for the onslaught of emotions upon seeing the state of that room.

Letters To Sunrise - Story Description

From one thing that Ryleigh Yanire remembered most of her life were the letters she never failed to write to someone she named "Sunrise". It had always been a part of her memory and her most intimate dream. But on the night of her cousin's wedding, her life nearly took a turn for the worst when her stalker kidnapped her from outside the mansion while waiting for a taxi. But should she really call it lucky when a former classmate of hers saved her from there, only to take her further away from where she was supposed to be?

Kale Sevilla wasn't thinking straight when he decided to become some girl's knight in shining armor all of a sudden. But the familiar beating of his heart upon seeing who the girl really was had only told him that what he did was just the right thing. He saved her because of a memory about her that he could never let go. That was his reason. And yet, what the heck was he thinking when he suddenly took her away from everything and everyone she knew after saving her?

Despite the sudden approach on how they met again, both of them knew one thing. They both held on to the only memory that unknowingly bound them together ever since their paths separated. But that same memory would soon bound to become the reason for them to make the hardest decisions they could ever think of for each other...

Cloudbreakers: White Fire - Prologue

Only darkness greeted young Elena's eyes as soon as she opened the door of her home in that small village. She came back from her book shopping with her neighbor's help and at the moment, she wanted to get to her room and read them.

Of course, she still had to help her mother with the house chores and also the ones related to their store. It was their business, after all. Not to mention, she and her mom could only rely on each other. It had been that way for as long as she could remember.

But this particular night felt different. It appeared that no one was inside the house when she entered, if she was to base it on the fact that the lights were off. Elena considered it weird since she knew her mother should have closed the store earlier than usual that day and would've been at home already.

"Mom?" she called out, thinking that her mom could be somewhere in the house, dozing off.

【episode comment】i left my a-rank party to help my former students reach the dungeon depths episode 3

Well, beating that Zarnag did them good. I mean, their ranks were raised after that. And they were getting more recognized with each dungeon they conquered. Of course, it was also a given that there would be people who'd end up feeling jealous about Clover's slow rise. Should I say who it was? I guess not.

But this only proved that Simon was either dumb, too proud, or just too stubborn and hardheaded. Or maybe even a combination of all four. Oh, and I should add being unable to accept his own mistakes and faults. He really failed to recognize what he and the other Thunder Pike members did to Yuke. He still thought that it was Yuke who owed him a favor and not the other way around. He didn't even last holding on in dealing with his own troubles that he had put himself into. Crazy, right?

Yuke was at least glad and thankful that he had the girls recognized his own true worth more and more. Not just as an adventurer, but also as a person and a leader of Clover. 😊

【silent vlog】my ambition for now

Just back to doing it the usual way. That's all I can say for now. 😁✌️

Cloudbreakers: White Fire - Story Description

●She knew it wasn't the fate meant for her, but she wanted to discover the truth that had eluded her for so long...●

Elena Grace Chon was on a journey to discover her purpose in life-and also to find her mother's killer. She didn't know why she possessed the ability to cast and manipulate white fire. But she knew another life was waiting for her somewhere connected to her powers. Her arrival in South Korea deepened her suspicion that the place held the answer she was looking for.

She became sure of it when she encountered the spirit of Chon Hae-Il who introduced himself as her great grand-uncle, began calling her by the nickname Re-Na after his younger sister, and was believed to be the last and the strongest White Fire Caster in history.

This is one of the six prequels of "Operation: Cloudbreak" telling Re-Na's story before she became Ra Ji-Tae's first recruit as a Cloudbreaker of SK-Nephelus Agency.

【episode comment】from bureaucrat to villainess episode 3

This was more focused on the student council since both Grace and Anna were a part of it now. My gosh! The guys seriously have their quirks. I mean, okay. I guess that's a given. But some of those quirks were just... strange to me.

And honestly, those quirks made it even more amusing since it would become a way for them to see Grace in a different light. Wait, did I explain it correctly? Not sure if I made any sense on that one.

And of course, this episode gave focus on Kenzaburo's abacus, which was shown in the previous episode that Grace asked the craftsman to make for her. I think a lot of the calculations in that world were done mentally — which can be exhausting, in my opinion. At least, it became a way for Lambert to interact with Anna without that tension. Or was it the other way around? I just recalled that it was Grace who taught Anna how to use the abacus.

This is still a good episode for me, overall — even though the length of my comment doesn't reflect it. 😁✌️

Hope From Love's Memories - Prologue

KATATAPOS lang ng kauna-unahang combat training ni Ilsie. Pero hindi pa rin siya makapaniwala na naroon na nga siya sa Shiasena Temple at nagsasanay kasama ng mga pinsan at iba pang kasamahang napili rin para magsimula sa opisyal na combat training ng mga nilalang na katulad niya.

Ang combat training nilang mga magiging active members ng Power Casters.

Bagaman kinakitaan na si Ilsie noon ng kakaibang kakayahan, hindi pa rin niya inakala na mapapabilang siya sa pagsasanay para maging isang active Power Caster. Kadalasan kasi ay iilan lang talaga ang nakakatagal sa training, lalo na kung combat training bilang paghahanda sa pakikipaglaban sa mga Draohin ang pag-uusapan. Pero hindi pinanghinaan ng loob ang kanyang mga magulang at ang kuya niya na mapapabilang rin siya.

At narito na nga siya.

journal entry #1917

I got to go out today and was able to buy that correction tape needed. But I guess it ended up as a waste. I still decided to just rewrite the other quotes and song lyrics. Yup, it was too late for me to realize it on my part. Sorry.

Continued pasting some of the loose papers on the notebook. Not that I could think of anything else to do. :⁠-⁠\

My cough is starting to become worse and I'm not liking it at all. Seriously. Then again, the only thing I can do is to take care of myself more in this situation. At least, I'll try.

Is it me or I just get easily bored on a lot of anime these days? Or maybe I just passed the era of watching them. Maybe not. I mean, I still watch them. I probably just need to find a good anime to watch that I won't drop after just ten minutes of the first episode.

One thing I noticed — I wanted to write sentences in Japanese already. And honestly, I'm already tempted to do so. And I even created a new Twitter account for that. Which is, in my opinion, a bit desperate. But who knows? I might delete it tomorrow or in the next coming days. Depends on what I would decide to do.

【silent vlog】what's happening lately

Hi, everyone! At the moment, I think I'm going to have to keep up with posting videos once a week, just until I can get back to the usual groove of things in which I can post almost every day. I don't want to overwhelm myself with a high expectation of doing this every single day, unless I can really do it.

journal entry #1915

Not sure if I should call this a busy day or just me loafing around, doing my own stuff. Kind of feels weird, somehow. But hey, I did something just so I wouldn't fall asleep because of the cold weather.

Continued placing those loose paper leaves on the composition notebooks. I mean, I was able to finish doing that on one of them and proceeded to do the same on the third one. I still have lots of loose papers, to be honest. So I guess I'm going to have to keep up with it until I was able to use all the loose papers I have.

I have a feeling that it's going to be a slightly busy day for me tomorrow. I actually changed the purpose of the quotes and the song lyrics and limit them to just one-shots. And so I'd be removing those quotes and song lyrics from the multi-chaptered stories where I placed them. And I have to be honest. That's a lot. 😕

I went out again today. But only because my youngest sister had asked me to withdraw her salary from her ATM account. And of course, Mama had to ask me to buy some more ingredients for her. This time, for kare-kare that she decided to cook for dinner.

I really think I'd be coming down with a cold right now. My throat hurts and really itchy aside from the runny nose that I've been dealing with for several days now. I really need to do something about this.

【episode comment】i left my a-rank party to help my former students reach the dungeon depths episode 2

The formation of the team went well. And of course, not everyone would be happy with that. Little by little, people notices Clover because of what Yuke did. Then again, it was obvious that some people would still not see it as a good thing.

Two examples: Thunder Pike and Besio Valas.

Two examples of idiots who thought they were all too good when in reality, they suck to the core. Idiots who seem to be too full of themselves to even accept that even when it hits them in the face. Yup, these people do need a hard core reality check. But if I were to base it on what I read on the web novel version, they never did. So... I'll leave it at that.

Now one challenge showed up in the form of the Zarnag. Really scary, if you ask me. But they did their best to fight it. The one thing I was anticipating to see was the effect of Prismatic Missile that Yuke cast in the end on that monster. I know that it couldn't kill, but I'd still like to see how it looks like in the anime version.

journal entry #1913

In the middle of trying to figure out what to write in my journal. I mean, it really happen that way a lot of times, you know. And before I know it, I managed to write a page. Was that supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing? Not really sure, to be honest.

I was able to continue reading the web novel version of "From Villainess To Healer". I'm doing this while also waiting for the release of the second volume of the light novel version. I'm just glad I got to read amazing stories like this. But honestly, I want to be able to write and post to that site one day.

I went out today to head to the market. I had to buy ingredients for making kimchi (or at least the remaining ones). I still ended up carrying a heavy load once again. Not that I can help it.

My first sister and my nephew went home today. I mean, even though it was a holiday from where they work, she said that there were things that's needed to be done. Mostly chores, for sure.

Helped Mama on the laundry — at least on the latter part. TP was the one who hung the clothes — thank goodness! At least I was spared from doing that for once.

Just an opinion — Facebook is seriously more and more boring these days. Then again, maybe that's just me. 😕

Why can't I just do that 1 selfie a day challenge that I set to myself? I don't know what was stopping me, though.

【episode comment】from bureaucrat to villainess episode 2

A glimpse of Kenzaburo's life before reincarnating was refreshing, to say the least. Most of the time, isekai stories don't usually do that. Or if they do, it's like a one and done. You know what I mean?

And now, both Grace and Anna became a part of the student council — headed by the Crown Prince, of course. Then again, meeting the other members only added potential "trouble" for Grace, in my opinion, since a lot of what she was doing and what she was saying would add affection points on the other characters towards HER — the supposed villainess. In his opinion, that wasn't supposed to happen. Of course, he wasn't aware of the fact that it was aimed towards her and not Anna the supposed protagonist. Crazy, huh?

One funny thing to me that reminds me of myself at times — Kenzaburo can't remember names. I also can't remember names unless they're names from one of the stories I was writing/planning to write. At times, I can remember names but I can't recall their faces or the other way around. Well, if they have names that are hard to pronounce and spell, even that would confuse me.

The one thing that fascinated me about this episode was the introduction of the magic system and the way they cast spells. I mean, the moment that Kenzaburo figured out that he can use Kanji as a way to cast spells with the help of the magic circle, it definitely reminded me of Shinkenger.

Yes, I did watch that Sentai series, just so you know. In fact, this was the series that made me watch the other ones in the franchise after only remembering that I watched the Tagslog dubbed version of Bioman and Maskman when I was a kid. But that was a long, long time ago.

All I can say, Grace (Kenzaburo) managed to work it out. And then there was also a glimpse of who Grace actually was before her personality changed to that of a villainess. I think it made me connect to her in some way because time and sometimes, the things that we learn to survive the world change the inner child in us and hide it completely. I just want to see Grace return to that curious, caring child that she once was when this whole ordeal is over.

journal entry #1911

Went out today only to pay the internet bill that I didn't get to do yesterday. Though I ended up waiting in a line to do that since there were a lot of people paying, as well. Then again, it's nearing the deadline, I guess. That could be one reason for that.

Downloaded the anime "From Bureaucrat to Villainess", even though it's only two episodes so far. I did the same to Zenshu, so I guess there's no problem about that. I did find the anime amusing, anyway. And I do want to watch it over and over.

Also ended up downloading another set of light novels called "From Old Country Bumpkin To Master Swordsman"... only because I saw a trailer of the anime adaptation of it today. I mean, it was interesting, based on the trailer. So let's see what the light novel was in store.

For some reason, I'm really itching to write that isekai-ish story based on the world of TLSOTE. Only this time, the protagonist was a nameless servant who survived the Dark Rose attack and who saved the surviving lady of the house. I mean, I'm still debating if I'm going to use the English names or the Japanese names. And also, if I should make it a fantasy version or not. I'll still see what I can do about this plot.

【silent vlog】about what i'm writing # 1

It's been a week (or more) since I posted anything here. Maybe I should make it a habit to post a video at least once a week, huh? That way, I can still be consistent. In any case, I decided to start doing this since I am a writer. I noticed that I rarely talked about the stories I've been writing and still writing. This is the start of it as I plan to talk about one story at a time, even if I have to do it in a short video. I know majority of those upcoming videos would be more or less under a minute. Then again, that's how I'd like to do it. 😁✌️

Hope From Love's Memories - Story Description

Mula nang makakitaan si Ilsie ng kakaibang kakayahan noong bata pa siya, alam na niyang hindi na magiging normal ang takbo ng buhay na kanyang nakagisnan. Nasiguro niya iyon nang mag-umpisa ang pagsulpot ng kung iba't-ibang imahe sa kanyang isipan nang marating niya ang Shiasena Temple para sa unang combat training niya bilang isang Power Caster. Isang babae at isang lalaking parehong may kakaibang kakayahan ang lagi niyang nakikita sa kanyang isipan at maging sa mga panaginip. 'Di nagtagal ay nalaman din niya ang totoo tungkol sa kuwento ng dalawang iyon, maging ang dahilan kung bakit naputol ang kuwentong nagbibigay pa rin sa kanya ng 'di maipaliwanag na sakit ng kalooban para sa Guardian na si Francis.

Buong akala ni Francis Kieran Reyrieth ay nabuhay siya ng mahabang panahon na hindi itinutuon ang sarili sa ibang bagay maliban sa trabaho niya bilang isang Guardian mula sa Osmerth. Pero hindi iyon ang nararamdaman niya. For 400 years, his heart kept on finding the one reason why it felt so empty. Hanggang sa makilala niya sa isang 'di inaasahang laban ang Wind Power Caster na si Ilsie.

Kahit sabihin pang tadhana na ang naglapit sa kanilang dalawa, sigurado si Ilsie na wala na siyang dahilan para hilinging may patutunguhan pa ang kalauna'y pagtinging meron siya para kay Francis. Lalo pa't hawak niya ang dalawang sikretong nagsilbing dahilan kung bakit binura ni Elysriel noon ang alaala ng leader ng mga Guardians. Hinding-hindi siya mapapatawad ni Francis kapag nalaman nito ang totoo.

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I Won't Ever Leave You - Extra 🔞

The word there was "almost". They almost had sex... again. But it seemed that the foreplay was intense this time. Napatunayan iyon ni Alexis when Angela suddenly kissed his lips deep after he caressed her cheek. It must have acted as a trigger of a sort to bring out the heat that remained contained in them after that last foreplay. Hindi niya maintindihan pero wala na siyang pakialam.

This time around, it seemed that she was determined to make it last for some time. Even more, it didn't seem like a one night stand, but rather the culmination of all their pent up lust that only the two of them knew about, and which was probably something they'd never share with anyone else ever again. That was why Alexis kept kissing Angela back.

"Angela..." he whispered after releasing her. And yet their lips were still close to each other, like half an inch closer.

"Na-miss kita, kung alam mo lang. I'm sorry if I didn't get to talk to you again after that. Nalito lang ako," Angela said, and her eyes looked so sad.

【episode comment】i left my a-rank party to help my former students reach the dungeon depths episode 1

Obviously, it's the start. And good thing, too, for Yuke when he finally decided to part ways with the rest of his partymates who don't really see his worth. They were just a bunch of arrogant fools and overbearing idiots, anyway. Not worth spending your life dealing with them.

So I wasn't surprised that they also didn't know that Yuke once teached upcoming adventurers. And now they started forming a team, with him as a new member. I think the difference I noticed between the anime and the web novel version was the spell. There was more spell incantation recited in the anime (and there was an actual incantation) compared to the web novel version. Then again, I could only assume that the spells in the web novel version was using a different (probably ancient) language that it might let the author end up creating a new language just for the spells. That's going to be hard. But I liked both versions, don't worry.

So far, it's going well for me. And I would definitely add this to my ongoing anime to continue watching.

journal entry #1906

I was bored almost the whole day. I didn't do much. I haven't achieved much. Yikes!

Finished adding loose papers to the second notebook. I stopped there since I should be focusing on writing instead of creating another reason not to write.

Managed to read a few pages today. Still reading "I'll Use This Do-over". I'd rather keep the title short here. 😝

Watched an episode of Long Lost Family after a long while. And yes, as per usual, I cried. I mean, who wouldn't?

I decided to finish writing the chapter of whatever I wanted to update first before proceeding to a different one, regardless of the date. That way, it wouldn't be weird seeing it in parts.

It's still cold out here. They said that it reached 13° C here this morning and 16° C this evening. Regardless, it was cold and I had a feeling that it would become colder in the next coming days. Nothing new. But I don't think I'd ever come to like it. Especially when it feels like you're going through the ice bucket challenge whenever I'd use the water.

I couldn't help wondering what my 2013 looked like. What were my thoughts at the time? I do remember it being my stressful days in college, if I'm correct. Blaming my Thesis I for that. 😝 I saw a post on FB about Gabbi Garcia and Maine Mendoza's tweets back then pertaining to their now partner and husband, respectively. I mean, isn't that crazy? Then again, I don't think I was ever thinking of any guys back then. My thoughts were to pass the subject. And I think that's when my relationship with my father got even worse. Can't really remember. So maybe that's why I wasn't paying attention to any guys at all.

【episode comment】from bureaucrat to villainess episode 1

This is just short since I don't intend to make a long comment on this. My brain doesn't work that way at the moment.

So here we are. The start of the series, of course.

I did find this anime weird, at first, when I saw the trailer on Youtube (but not watched it). But I changed my mind when I continued on watching. It was funny. Not to mention, I've never seen anything like this before. A middle-aged man in a body of a woman. I mean, I did read something similar — but it was the other way around. A working woman died in a car accident and reincarnated as the extremely 7th Prince in another world. But I won't delve too much into that right now.

Kenzaburo was truly an amazing dad that supports his daughter's otaku moments. Kind of makes me envious on that department for a personal reason, though. The one I found amusing was his Elegant Cheat whenever his actions become something he would categorized as plebian. He does analyze things a lot, so majority of his monologues were interesting to see. And yes, he still can't stop being a parent even when he was inhabiting the body of a 15-year-old woman.

Overall, it was a good start for me.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 6.7

The next day, the other Vessels couldn't help frowning at the sight of just Erika preparing breakfast alone. To be honest, it was supposed to be the Hoshiyama siblings' turn to prepare breakfast that day. But something must have happened for the older Vessels not to see Itsuki there.

"Eri-chan, is Itsu-chan still resting?" Eichirou started as he approached the pianist.

Erika shook her head as she placed the first of the cooked omelets on the plate. "He went out earlier since he said he still has to do something else. I didn't stop him since he'd rested enough and Hideoki-san already gave him his permission."

"What? What does he have to do this time?" Misae asked this time in exasperation.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 6.6

Of course, that question surprised Itsuki. But he waited for his sister to continue talking, as he felt like there was something more that she wanted to say to him.

"I'm not sure if you remember. But before you passed out after dealing with Otoguri, you said to Helen-chan while holding her wrist that... she finally came to life." Erika took a deep breath before facing him. "What exactly do you mean by that?"

He gawked at his sister's words. He never expected any of them. Did he really say those words to Helen? With the others around them after he collapsed?

Itsuki looked down, unable to decide whether or not he could tell the truth to his sister. But at the same time, it was exactly for that reason that he had to mention it to Erika. They were siblings, and they stuck together since the tragedy that took their parents' lives ten years ago. He shouldn't be excluding her about anything.

journal entry #1902

It's really, really cold out here! I don't even want to leave my bed because of that.

Done some novella and short story reading. And yes, some of them were meant for adults.

Mama wasn't feeling good the whole day. Even so, she was still able to cut my youngest sister's hair. Now she's short-haired, like me.

The cold weather seemed to make me unable to proceed to do a lot today.

Kept debating if I should continue updating both T7M and LBTE. I want to write them, and yet I can't seem to proceed. That's making me crazy, you know. Then again, I should I just have to proceed. Nothing else. I just have to force myself or else I'd be stuck here somehow. 

【silent vlog】in saying the words

I guess I won't be able to do daily posting as much as I want to. But I still want to do this on a weekly basis. Maybe 2-3 videos in a week. That's doable, right? The words I placed in the video was the question that came up to me while doing this particular walk heading to town. I said to myself that I want to include that in my silent vlog at some point, so I did my best to remember it. To be honest, I still don't know how to properly answer that. Maybe it's a lifetime learning process that I should try emulating or knowing over and over.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 6.5

Shuichi took a deep breath and stood up from where he was sitting. This wasn't the first time that Shuichi had seen Helen like this. In fact, there were a lot of times that the novelist would stare at the wall while tapping her fingers on her laptop. Normally, he would associate it with the fact that she needed to meet deadlines for her novels as Hanasaki Kikue.

But that wasn't the case all the time.

In this case, however, he knew fully well that the reason was something else. The one that even the other Vessels had wanted to ask to Itsuki since they heard his last words before fainting.

He crouched down on one knee before flicking the girl's forehead. With that, of course, she yelped and raised her head to face the one who did it. Helen's eyes widened upon seeing Shuichi face to face in front of her. On her level.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 6.4

The pain searing in Itsuki's body was steadily becoming too much for him to endure. But he wasn't an idiot to let Otoguri have its way of defeating him. Or worse, killing him. He couldn't afford to die at the moment. Not when he was only starting to fight as a Seitenger.

Then again, he couldn't believe that such an illusion would be shown to him and completely distract him. He tried to push himself back up but the injuries he sustained were deep. He had to get out of there or it would be over for him.

"Damn it... Now I can't seem to stay awake because of this pain..." Itsuki mumbled as his eyes drooped.

"Don't close your eyes!"

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 6.3

Series of explosions soon resonated in the area, and Itsuki rashly faced its presumed direction. His eyes widened when he realized where it was.

"Cell towers... There were several phone towers and cell towers around that area."

Around that time, his Celestial Shifter started beeping. And he then came to a conclusion as to what had caused the explosions.

"Could it be that the Tareans are attacking again?"

journal entry #1897

I read — the whole day. And I finished 2 books because of that. Thank goodness! Of course, I was reading light novels. So I guess that's one reason why I was able to read faster. Of course, another factor is that the books piqued my interest — somehow. Or I just want to get it over with.

It's still cold and it was also raining. And that was surprising. I mean, we are having LPA in the area or a typhoon? But I haven't seen anything related to storm, so I guess that's scrapped. It's just that the rain was something I consider surprising.

I managed to continue writing Chapter 13 of OMOTD. Still not done, by the way. I mean, I haven't even written 50 words. I just wrote. But I couldn't force to write more. Sorry.

Went out to head to the market again. But I didn't get to buy the personal ones as my loads were a little heavy. I ended up forgetting to do something for myself again. I'd really like it if I would always have the time and the money to actually do any self-care/self-indulgence for once. And I mean, the kind that wouldn't let me think about chores or anyone else for a week or two. Just me. Then again, was that something hard to even achieve at this point? Or maybe I could meet someone that would make me feel really cared for and indulge me. Not just by material things, but also of their time and affection that's exclusively meant for me. 😊❤️

【silent vlog】first 2025 journal entry

I was only able to record one video yesterday since most of what I did was to sleep to make up for the lack of it past midnight after the commotion of the New Year died down. Wait, should I really call it a commotion instead of a celebration? Anyway, this was just a timelapsed version of me writing my first entry for 2025 in my journal last night. I mean, I still want to post here as consistently as I can. Not to mention, this is what my night usually looks like.

【silent vlog】should i or should i not?

Happy New Year! I hope all of you watching (and even those that aren't watching) were able to welcome the brand new year with hope, confidence, and determination.

This is a crazy attempt on this silent vlog, that's for sure. But you know, this could possibly help me with my language learning goals. So yes, I'm open to corrections and any pointers on the (obviously) Google-translated transcripts below the usual English ones I'd put. I want to be able to learn more about the language this way. I want to take it slow, and without putting too much pressure on myself while learning Japanese.