january

the good bad mother binge-watch with mom • visited my great-grandma • chinese snacks • made gyoza with mom • pms, felt sick • back to work • hot pot at home • done with my first read of the year • unbearably hot summer days • saturday outing in são paulo by myself • woodz enlisted ;( • rainy days • love wins all • family trip • days of rest

february

my boss gifted me her copy of the vegetarian • finally visited this new bookshop • karaoke with the girls • ♡ twice concert! ♡ • laufey grammy winner • carnaval but i'm resting • chinese new year • açaí bowl • bought cute overalls • lunch at the korean restaurant • anxious sleepless nights • met my friend again after six months • the winning is out • watched a ghibli movie at the cinema for the first time

march

my final semester in college has started •...

january

• animal instinct – the cranberries
• 24 – niki
• cassette - demian
• gasoline - haim, taylor swift
• pretty isn't pretty - olivia rodrigo
• love wins all - iu

february

• wherever u r - umi, v
• i got u - twice
• shh.. - iu, hyein, joe won sun, patti kim
• easy - le sserafim

march

• silly silly love - kwon jin ah
• shopper - iu

• ✔ conhecer a livraria aigo
• ☐ andar de bike no campus
• ✔ conhecer uma cafeteria nova
• ☐ fazer piquenique no parque
• ✔ assistir a um filme em cinema de rua
• ✔ alugar uma sala de karaokê com meus amigos
• ✔ ir no museu do ipiranga

january

• 26 | family trip

february

• 04 | karaoke with my friends
• 06 | twice concert
• 09 | lara comes back to brazil
• 24 | leticia's birthday party

may

• 30 | going to rio!

june

• 12 | end of jin's enlistment
• 22 | marisa monte + osusp

july

currently reading:

• arrangements in blue • amy key

read:

• bem-vindos à livraria hyunam-dong • hwang bo-reum | ★★★★☆
• the metamorphosis • franz kakfa | ★★★☆☆
• my broken mariko • waka hirako | ★★½☆☆
• the night tiger • yangsze choo | ★★★½☆
• the vegetarian • han kang | ★★★½☆
• jun • keum suk gendry-kim | ★★★★☆
• the god and the gumiho • sophie kim | ★★☆☆☆
• yellowface • r.f. kuang | ★★★★☆
• convenience store woman • sayaka murata | ★★★☆☆
• babel • r.f. kuang | ★★★★½
• uma história de amor no ano novo lunar • gene luen yang |★★★★★
• mika in real life • emiko jean | ★½☆☆☆

— a list of books i've seen others reading around the city to look at the diversity of people's reading preferences.

• 1984 - george orwell
• the wolf of wall street - jordan belfort
• o mestre inesquecível - augusto cury
• the gay science - friedrich nietzsche
• harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban - j.k. rowling
• the subtle art of not giving a f*ck - mark manson
• romeo and juliet - william shakespeare
• the tower of the swallow - andrzej sapkowski
• harry potter and the chamber of secrets - j.k. rowling
• superando o cárcere da emoção - augusto cury
• are prisons obsolete? - angela davis
• joan of arc and her marching orders - phil robins
• in the middle of the mess: strength for this beautiful, broken life - sheila walsh
• du côté de chez swann - marcel proust
• the making of the english working class - e. p. thompson
• um homem - oriana fallaci
• confissões do crematório - caitlin doughty

• dealing with social anxiety (& learning to love myself) ⟡
  • surround yourself with people who make you feel good, who make you feel seen.
• kim goeun interview ⟡
  • of course, it’d be great to be physically beautiful to many people's eyes, but if i try to change myself to satisfy a set standard of beauty, i feel like i'll exhaust myself. i believe everyone is beautiful in their own way.
• storytelling through your diary ⟡
  • you can write about your life and it can be a very compelling story.
• am i too old ?? ⟡
  • fun isn't age restricted. you have time. you'll collect more experience as you con...

currently watching shows:

• modern family

currently watching dramas:

• hidden love

watched:

• the good bad mother | ★★★½☆
• twenty-five twenty-one | ★★★★½ | ⟳
• love next door | ★★★☆☆
• mr. and mrs. smith | ★★½☆☆

index — ⟳ rewatched | ☆ favorites | 📽️ at the theaters

january

• ‘おもひでぽろぽろ’ only yesterday (1991) ⟳☆
• titanic (1997) ⟳☆
• ‘kuolleet lehdet’ fallen leaves (2023) 📽️
• la sociedad de la nieve (2023)

february

• past lives (2023) ⟳📽️
• ‘耳をすませば’ whisper of the heart (1995) ⟳☆
• poor things (2023) 📽️
• ‘君たちはどう生きるか’ the boy and the heron (2023) 📽️

march

• ✔ castle in the sky (1986)
• ✔ grave of the fireflies (1988)
• ✔ my neighbor totoro (1988)
• ✔ kiki's delivery service (1989)
• ✔ only yesterday (1991)
• ☐ porco rosso (1992)
• ☐ ocean waves (1993)
• ☐ pom poko (1994)
• ✔ whisper of the heart (1995)
• ✔ princess mononoke (1997)
• ☐ my neighbors the yamadas (1999)
• ✔ spirited away (2001)
• ☐ the cat returns (2002)
• ✔ howl's moving castle (2004)
• ☐ tales from earthsea (2006)
• ✔ ponyo (2008)
• ✔ the secret world of arrietty (2010)
• ✔ from up on poppy hill (2011)
• ✔ the tale of the princess kaguya (2013)
• ✔ the wind rises (2013)
• ☐ when marnie was there (2014)