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Days: 99.2
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- Total Entries295
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- Episodes5,916
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Days: 19.6
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Good day to you. Happy new month!!!! I'm glad to hear you're doing pretty well lately. For some reason, just hearing you still going with the flow of your studies sounds fun. I'm just smiling over here. As far as I know, trust me, there is never any efficient true sense of balance in those aspects (work/study/life), that is if you're looking for one. You just gotta prioritize and delegate because you're only one person. I think it'll feel more natural as you continue with your studies. For now, embrace the chaos for all its worth bro!!!!
Thanks for the birthday wishes bro. It was a cool time to stop and reflect on things. We ain't getting younger. Regardless of the woes of life, we never stop the grind. We never stumble and stay down. We rise and keep moving forward. Nah, concerning my circumstances, people around me were never the cause. They were actually my help, hope, and saving grace. I'm extremely grateful to God that I come from the family that I do. There is no me without them. They were able to help me do efficient damage control this year. I mean, sure, I'm skipping a lot of in-betweens and only recapping a few major events to you, but in full, I know with the way humanity is set up, even as a family, I'm bloody lucky to have the kind of family that ride as hard for me as my family does. Any human would be lucky to be surrounded by so much love.
Man, concerning the phone matter, it's down to you bro. Just have a target of what you want, research the phones that you consider your benchmarks and options, look at your budget, look at the specs you want in a phone, and look at what you have in the market over there. Once you've picked your target for the current you, then start gathering resources. For me, my family was able to give me 75% of the financial amount of my new phone because it is hella expensive for the Nigerian economy for sure. The cost of my new international passport was handled solely by my father anyway. So, ion know about you but once you have your heart set on what you want, speak to the elements and factors around you, and everything will proceed to make it come to pass. It's all about your will and tenacity really. What do you want to see happen?
For the job hunting, it's all good. Nothing hoped for came to fruition, however, the experience of going through this process was more significant to me. You know, I was the type to only apply or take a series of job opportunities that I tick all the boxes and requirements to the perfect T. Let's say in the job advert, they mention 15 requirements and I meet 14. I'd never apply because of the missing one I don't meet. The habit change in simply having the confidence to just apply regardless of how far off from all the requirements I meet is significant to me. Just the understanding that I am the best avenue to put myself out there. No one would do it for me. If it's a position I fancy, apply and highlight my strengths and why I fit the role. Why should I be seen as a significant catch to potential employers? This experience gave me this push. At least, moving forward, I don't cower when it comes to applying to whatever I want. Just apply and express why I'm a fit if given the opportunity. If I get the job, I get it; if I don't, I don't. No biggie.
To be honest, due to this shift in mentality with job applications and myself, I started seeing job searching and applications as more than just boring or annoying. There was more to them. Why? Each opportunity I applied to gave me the chance to further evaluate myself. When I compose my cover letter to send with my resume and other documents, I am more aware of my strengths and where I stand professionally. You know, I'm a firm believer in the process of learning. No knowledge is a waste to me. So, in everything I do or experience, there is always a significant lesson to be learned. The question is whether my sight and other senses are sharpened enough to be able to sense the lesson or read between the lines for understanding. Truthfully, I've started applying for another Master's opportunity in another school, the same course though. However, it is for the January 2024 intake. My family is totally not cool with me staying at home for another year. They want me out of the house and I'm starting to get tired too. So let's see, whichever comes first will determine what direction I'll take, will a job opportunity come before my full admission offer comes? I don't mind postponing my Master's opportunity for an extra year if a job opportunity comes that I deem worth staying an extra year. It's not even about the pay. Will I be able to develop myself and advance professionally? If so, no problem. If not, Master's it is. Aside from this big direction to go, I've just been focusing on myself and continuously digesting more about life, meeting new friends and colleagues, and further investing myself in my spiritual growth and servitude to God as a Christian. It's even more interesting because the sense of peace I have in life right now regardless is not of my effort. This I know. Things may not be going my way, but man, I'm happy and at peace truly speaking. Personality-wise, I'm more of a pessimist, but me of right now has more optimistic views towards things. Such changes in me are remarkable even for me, knowing all I've experienced this year.
How things are around my way? Well, I don't work so there's not much to do but be at home with family and go to church. Aside from that, I actually got into a committed relationship. I know I never told you. This month marks our 1-year anniversary. We're serious about each other - very serious. Interesting because this is my first relationship ever where it's not based on vibes, there's a direction we're heading toward. It comes with a totally different level of everything. I've been able to mature emotionally in this one year of dating my current girlfriend. Real love is really hard bro. It's even more annoying for me because it's a long-distance relationship. Sigh. What a struggle. However, we believe we're both worth it so we're on the path together. It's really difficult though. Ah well.
For entertainment, it is music all the way, the whole Nas x Hitboy run keeps me going, bro!!! My current obsession is Magic 2, funny enough. And to think people consider that one of the weakest in their run. For me, it has the highest replay value. I'm still as outdated as I can be, but I still have my Nas essentials to keep me grounded. I'm still digesting the Wale - Folarin 2 album frequently. I don't have many albums on this new phone. I've been listening to Omarion lately since I put all his projects that I have on my new phone. I've also been listening to TGT - Three Kings album (Tank, Ginuwine, Tyrese). My movie-watching, anime-watching, and comics reading are as dead as they can be. The only thing keeping me going is web novels. I am currently rereading Legendary Moonlight Sculptor (if you know it).
For movies, I've had Interstellar on my external hard drive ever since it came out, but I don't know when I'll find the time to watch it. There are so many I haven't seen and a lot more out recently. I don't even bother with movies. I just watch the old ones I have on my external hard drive since I enjoy older movies more than watching new movies I've never seen before. I took the time to read through all our conversations so far to have a sense of being updated with all we've discussed. Have you tried watching Edge of Tomorrow yet? Also, have you seen Blood Diamond (Leonardo DiCaprio)? I recently rewatched The Day After Tomorrow, A Brilliant Young Mind (2014), Assault on Precinct 13 and Black Hat (Chris Hemsworth) to name a few.
What's up with me? Well, I'm doing alright. I guess you can say that things are slowly falling into place for me. I finally bought my new phone earlier this month for my birthday, so that's settled. I'll go through my previous response and recap all the changes. So March 30 was my last reply, that was about two weeks after my robbery. I've been able to renew my passport again. Nothing suspicious with my bank accounts, we were able to block them on time before the thieves tried anything. I still need to sort out two accounts of mine that I haven't gone to recover, but for the most part, I have finally recovered from the robbery. The only thing is with me buying this new phone of mine, for the first time in a really long time, I am utterly and royally BROKE!!! However, I have started actively job hunting though. I just applied for a job earlier this morning and I really feel positive about it. I've been jobless for a year plus now, and since my plans for my Master's didn't work towards me leaving this September, I need to find something to be productive with. I'm tired of learning and developing myself at home with courses and training. I wanna practice what I've learned!
How's your studies going? How's your progress with adjusting to Biomedical Engineering so far? I'm sure 6 months is enough time to change your stance on things.
Ayyy, thanks for the good wishes about the robbery. It was legit crappy. I'm still feeling the damage done. They stole my phone, bank cards and international passport. So, that's a lot of information lost and processes to undergo to make up for such losses. What a time for it to happen. Oh well, I can't let myself lose my bearing, there are more important things to focus on, so I have to keep going. Your virtual wishes are received over here clearly bro. I appreciate it.
Ouuhhhhhhhhh, that's nice, Biomedical Engineering? Interesting combo. Sounds like a fascinating course indeed. You know I'm a very studious bastard. With you telling me about this course of yours, I'm already Google searching about it to get a grasp of what it's about. I mean I have a lot of friends in the medical field, I also have friends who studied Biochemistry at uni. However, I ain't ever heard of Biomedical Engineering. I'll read on as much as I can so that I'll keep you on your toes from time to time. Maybe that'll further improve the quality of how you keep up with your studies over there. I'm happy for you though. Also, I'm glad you're personally hyped about the course regardless of how little your knowledge about it currently is. You'll clear that up in 4 yrs of your uni and you'll be fine. Keep it up.
To answer your question about my Master's Degree course, then that's Data Analytics. I studied Computer Science (Systems Engineering) as my first-degree bruv! Concerning your vocabulary, well, if I never told you, I am/was an English teacher, so depending on how expansive you want your vocabulary to be, I guess engaging me more frequently could help (as well as your overall reading and daily interaction in English).
Concerning John Wick 4, I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it that much. Also, it encourages me to wanna binge it. However, I actually haven't watched any of the John Wick movies yet. I only saw the trailer of John Wick 4 a few weeks back. You know, Keanu Reeves is one of my best actors of all time, right from my childhood. Plus, I'm the type to watch movies at my own pace. I never wanted to rush John Wick, so I decided I'll watch it on my own time. Hearing from you about John Wick 4, I guess it's time for me to finally watch them all.
How's your music listening lately? I haven't been keeping up much with the latest songs, but I've been going back more, which I always do anyway. I've been paying more attention to some songs out nowadays in a way. Trying to move beyond how outdated I've been for ages. Been listening to the studio album Twenty88, by Big Sean and Jhene Aiko (as the group - Twenty88). I was heavy on that album before the robbery. I still am to date. I can't believe I missed out on that album since 2016. Maybe because I didn't really care for Big Sean or Jhene Aiko until recently.
Good evening bro. It's actually 11:26 pm over here right now as I start to compose this response. This guy says it'll probably take 3 yrs for you to respond hahaha. That's very wild, homie. 2022 didn't particularly go fast for me since I was at home for the most part with family, but time does fly all the same. Time is relative after all. It's fast when you perceive it to be slow (and vice-versa). Yeah, it's April in a few days now. Would you look at that? The first quarter of the year is basically over.
For me with MAL, I've been here a bit though. I've been binge-reading comics I already downloaded offline on my laptop. You can see them in my updates. Finally got to read Noblesse and Jisatsutou at a go and complete them. My anime and movie watching sucks very very bad right now.
Yeah, concerning my Master's application, I've recently got an admission to the course and school I feel strongly about. Unfortunately, I won't be able to join my elder sister in the city she lives (Dublin) in Ireland. Thanks for the kind words bro, I just gotta prepare as much as I possibly can and do the needful. I'm happy to hear you just started university. What course are you studying bro? Also, how's everything getting busier for you?
Well, at least, web novels are always here to be read. Whenever you feel ready, you can always pick a novel up and read it.
Oh yeah, I used to want to be a rapper back then with my friends in high school and my favourite aspect of rap was lyricism (and still is). We wanted to be a rap group like Black Hippy. Heh, how adulthood changed everything. I can't even properly freestyle as well as I could back then.
Yo, so give me updates on Edge of Tomorrow, have you finally seen it, dawg? Also, big ups to Nas and Hitboy for putting out immaculate music. In fact, from this point onwards, I'm gonna go stream King's Disease 3 while I continue typing this response to you. How are you coping with things? Me personally, I just recently got robbed of my valuables, so I'm just trying to recover from that loss.
Look at you ending your comment on such a sweet and appropriate note, you love to see it haha. Take care of yourself bro, beware of them uni pussies. Don't get lost in the sauce too much. With that said, I look forward to your next response. Hopefully, not in 2026, right? So I'm now in a dilemma - to wait or not to wait until 2026. Sigh.
P.S. It's 11:48 pm. Written this in 22 minutes? Not bad!!! I usually take more time to respond like this on MAL haha. Cheers!!