Somehow, this is my tenth year of doing this blog. At least one post a month, on the first day of the month, like clockwork. I’ve covered all sorts of topics, but this is one I didn’t really see coming. For the past year or so I’ve really struggled to come up with ideas, and … Continue reading It’s not goodbye, it’s au revoir
On the 27th of February 1996, a pair of games were released for the Nintendo GameBoy: ポケットモンスター 赤 (Poketto Monsutā: Aka, or ‘Pocket Monsters: Red’) and ポケットモンスター 緑 (Poketto Monsutā: Midori, or ‘Pocket Monsters: Green’). Between these two games and their English counterparts (Pokémon: Red Version and Pokémon: Blue Version, released two years later), over … Continue reading A global phenomenon: Pokémon in translation
Hello friends! Happy new year, and of course, blwyddyn newydd dda! I feel like I say it every year, but I can’t believe how quickly this year has gone. It feels like I was just drafting my post in January 2024, and now here we are. But before we jump into what I’d like to … Continue reading Blwyddyn newydd dda!
It seems almost unbelievable to think that this time last year, I was sitting here in stunned disbelief that I’d managed to complete the writing challenge I’ve been taking part every November for at least a decade. It was the first time I ever managed to get over the finish line, and I swore it … Continue reading Multilingual Writing Challenge, off the rails
I seem to start all of my blog posts the same way nowadays: with an exclamation at how quickly time seems to be moving. But it’s demonstrably true, we’re hurtling towards the end of the year at breakneck speed. I feel like it was just yesterday I was sitting down to outline my posts for … Continue reading The Multilingual Writing Challenge 2024
It’s really hard to believe that we’re now officially half way through the year. It seems like only yesterday I was fighting valiantly against a mild hangover from the festivities the night before and setting my goals on the first day of January, and now all of a sudden it’s July! I was thinking about … Continue reading A sign of things to come
I'm a little early this year, but as I've got plans for upcoming blog posts that are a little time-sensitive, I decided I might as well dive into this now. At the beginning of the year, I set myself some very loose 'goals', based on the ones I've had for the past few years. Nothing … Continue reading Tracking progress
I’d like to talk about something today that I’ve not really gone into for a while. Now, maybe it’s just me, but I still have a lot of guilt attached to watching television - maybe it’s because I sometimes struggle to focus on just one thing, or maybe because it’s always been perceived as a … Continue reading Down the anime rabbit hole: Neon Genesis Evangelion
I honestly can't remember if this is the third or fourth time I've done this here, but if you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll know that April is book review month; a chance for me to pick the five favourite books I've read (or re-read) since last April. As always, the pool to … Continue reading Book Reviews 2024: Highlight Reel
Hello all! I’m afraid that due to some difficult personal circumstances over the past week or so I’ve not managed to prepare a blog post for this month, so I’m going to have to take the month off. I’ll be back in April with the regularly scheduled post. Thank you in advance for your understanding!
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