BLOG -- Recap of December

December was a busy month. I ended up having an outing almost every weekend, which just doesn't happen to me. I am currently coughing with a light fever and hoping I didn't catch COVID at some point *fingers crossed*

Happy New Year's Eve! \:D/~~~~

Outings / Events in December:

- Attended a holiday dinner my boyfriend's work place was hosting. We ran out of food at some point.

- Met up with some of my former co-workers for a holiday lunch. I hadn't seen some of them for almost over 2 years. It was a really nice time. 

- Had a movie outing with my sister, her husband, and my boyfriend. We had dinner at Konjiki Ramen afterwards.

- Went to St. Catherine's to visit my boyfriend's relatives for the holidays. The food was really good.

- Had a lunch and dinner date with my boyfriend for the holidays. We went to The Cheesecake Factory and then to Five Guys. I'd like to eat some Five Guys again.

- Attended a holiday party for my boyfriend's friends. It was wild and fun, aside from one unfortunate incident.

- Had a lunch with relatives to celebrate my Grandmother's birthday (who recently passed). I suspect this is some cultural tradition or ritual but I'm not 100% sure.

- Subscribed to a free trial of Amazon Prime so for this month, so I prioritized watching some movies and shows on Amazon Prime. I ended up watching 7 movies, 1 special, and 3 series.

- A few days before Christmas, my boyfriend drove us to a bakery to buy a dozen Jewish jelly donuts (sufganiyot). It was a fun splurge for ourselves.

- I think it is official that I've quit Genshin now. I've uninstalled the game and have no plans to re-install. I may blog about this in the future.

Exposures:

- Nothing this month.

Finished...

Watching:

- (Movie): Wicked -- The singing was great. I'm looking forward to the second part.

- (Movie): Taxi Driver -- It was okay.

- (Movie): Triangle of Sadness -- The were some moments I couldn't predict. I really enjoyed the first 10-15 minutes.

- (Movie): The Zone of Interest -- This was interesting in an unexpected way.

- (Movie): The Whale -- I enjoyed this a lot.

- (Movie): Anatomy of a Fall -- It was a bit too long but overall, this was really good.

- (Movie): Little Women -- I have issues with the ending.

- (Movie): Hand Rolled Cigarette -- This was the movie that didn't have a title when I first looked through Netflix's catalog. It was not that interesting for me.

- (Movie): Pacific Rim Uprising -- This movie doesn't exist.

- (Movie): Fried Green Tomatoes -- It was quirky.

- (Movie): Longlegs -- There were some moments but... not that scary.

- (Movie): Oppenheimer -- This was great. It was interesting to observe all the conversations and the ideas being bounced off each other.

- (Movie): Mandy -- It was okay.

- (Movie): Pride and Prejudice and Zombies -- This was funny at times. I do prefer one pairing in this movie over the original.

- (Special): Atom Eve Special -- It was interesting.

- (Series): Like a Dragon: Yakuza -- This was the first thing I watched with my Amazon Prime subscription. As a standalone, it may be interesting to viewers who have never played the series... but for a fan like me, I was left unsatiated.

Playing:

- Nothing this month.

Reading:

- (Book): I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi -- Some of the stuff I was already familiar with but it was nice to go through the content with my boyfriend.

Currently... 

Playing (not all at once):

- (PS4): Dark Cloud 2

- (PS4): Skyrim
- (PS4): Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered
- (PS4): Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
- (PS4): Yakuza 6: Song of Life

- (PS4): Baldur's Gate I: Enhanced Edition

- (PS4): Tunic

- (PS3): Borderlands 2

- (PSP): Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

- (3DS): Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies
- (GBA): The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition   
- (Wii): Fortune Street 
- (PC): UnEpic  
- (PC): Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When They Cry)

- (PC): Crusader Kings III

- (Mobile): Bloons TD 6

Watching:

- (Series): Criminal Minds: Evolution (Season 2)

- (Series): The Goldbergs (Season 5)
- (Series): Huff (Season 1 - Episode 10)
- (Series): Stranger Things (Season 5)

- (Series): The Boys (Season 5)

- (Series): Love Death + Robots (Season 1 - Episode 14)

- (Series): Bob's Burgers (Season 5 - Episode 6)

- (Series): Arcane: League of Legends (Season 2)

- (Series): Invincible (Season 3)

- (Anime): Log Horizon (Season 4)

- (Anime): Attack on Titan (Season 4)
- (Anime): Pyscho-Pass (Season 4?)
- (Anime): Kakegurui (Season 3?)
- (Anime): Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls (Episode 2)

- (Anime): Gintama (Episode 13)

- (Anime): Tokyo Revengers (Season 2 - Episode 25)

- (Anime): Gurren Lagann (Episode 6)

- (Anime): Chihayafuru (Season 4?)

- (Anime): One Punch Man (Season 3?)

- (Anime): Fate/Apocrypha (Season 2)

- (Anime): Junji Ito's Japanese Tales of the Macabre (Episode 5)

- (Anime): Demon Slayers (Season 4)

- (Anime): Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 3)

- (YouTube): StephenVlogs (Day 1061)

Reading:

- (Manga): One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (Volume ?? -- Chapter 1135)
- (Manga): Berserk by Kentaro Miura (Volume 2)

- (Manga): Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi (Volume 10)

- (Novel): 86 by Asato Asato (Volume 2)

That's it for December. Here are some pics I took this month plus a YouTube video.

What I had at Konjiki Ramen. It was pretty good for its price (about $20).

What I had at The Cheesecake Factory. It tasted okay.

The Jewish jelly donuts (sufganiyot) at the bakery.

Some of what we bought. My boyfriend enjoyed the Birthday Cake and Oreo flavours. I really enjoyed the raspberry flavour.

"i recreated the 'i'll kill you' scene from gundam wing" by ProZD.

Even though I haven't watched the full Gundam Wing series, I find this really hilarious.

Thanks for reading! May the new year bring you wealth, health, and lots of love :) Next week should be my long year-end review.

Also, for anybody waiting on the blog about FFBE, I am still working on it! It has been difficult to find the time with everything happening. My apologies *bows*

As usual, if you have any questions / comments about anything, feel free.

Take care and until next time! :)