Posts made by Fana

The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien will always and forever be the first book I recommend to anybody :D. Everything about that book is unearthly and yet so absurdly relatable. I love the way Tolkien amalgamates all the mythology he consumed into this book. But you must remember to read it with the other parts (Ainulindale, Valaquenta, Children of Hurin, etc) of this fantasy world. I am telling you, if you enjoy fantasy, you will NOT be disappointed.

If you're just looking for a light but thrilling read, "Gone Girl" is a decent page turner. Then there are always the dystopian classics, 1984, Brave New World, etc. Ooh, also any of Murakami's work really.

Recently, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's works have become my guilty pleasure (hehehe). If you're into yaoi and donghua, you will love this work. The characters are intense and the stories are pretty engaging.

Finally, if all this is too much of a light read for you and if you like reading about sociology, like I do, I recommend "The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism" by Max Weber. I got a change to check it out recently and man, it has some fascinating perspectives. Ooh! and you should definitely go to https://www.goodreads.com/, I love that they have some epic recommendations tailored to one's preference.

@hmuif_urkorean Hey! I'm learning Japanese right now, though I really am at the basic levels, just got done with Hiragana and moving to Katakana. I do have an interest in Korean culture (fooooooood, specially! gosh I love all the Korean recipes that Marion Grasby shares).

Would love to discuss different cultures with you if you're interested :)

@Lily17 ahaha, yikes. Gosh, I remember once my parents dressed me up for this fancy dress gig thing. I was supposed to be a tiny petite Japanese doll but since I was the tallest in my kindergarten class, (I was only tall as a child), I ended up looking like a giant monster, looming over everyone. :D

@ElizaMe That sounds like such a pretty picture in my head, you know. Tiny, pudgy fingers clutching at pastel sheen curtains with the sun trickling in softly. What a serene memory :).

I only have sensory memories, like distinct fragrances, from when I was a baby, no visual ones at all. How old do you think you would've been then? It's pretty cool you can remember something from that part of your childhood.

Oh ok, will do

My response on other days: "oohh, can't decide! So many places to see, so many things to do! Maybe I'll watch the vikings battle Romans, maybe I'll go see Mars colonised."

My answer everyday for the past year: "Honestly, any time and place without the pandemic."

@Reda-10 Please let me know how I can help.

@Ash I would love to create a group of skilled linguistics, cryptographers, and historians who transcribe random information from the world (news, a recipe of spaghetti and meatballs, maybe memes) into ancient languages and insert them into important historical evidence (monuments, scripts, etc).
Oh lord, I can't wait to read all the insane conspiracy theories and discussions. It would be chaos!

@Meong haha, I agree. They do look excessive. something like

@Meong ahaha, did the other emojis creep you out? XD

@Meong Oh thanks! cool :)

@Meong When I say content, I mostly mean K-drama series on netflix and Korean webtoons. I haven't seen much of K-pop (except for blackpink and BTS, of course) yet.

@Meong I definitely want to check this out. Do you have any song suggestions?

@Meong Ohhh nice! I recently started browsing through Korean content. Super interesting!

@sleepysaint alternative music is something I recently realised I had been listening to all this while. Basically anything non-mainstream. Foo Fighters, radiohead, etc full under this. Check out this playlist on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVqJMsgEN0F4?si=4815ca23ead04736

You might enjoy it.

@nihan32109 Ohno, hope you get to climb out of this hole soon.

@sleepysaint haha, whether your free time was "destroyed" is debatable. It is your free time, after all. When I get any time to myself, I end up cooking or baking for someone. If not that, I like learning new languages, specially those with a script completely different from the ones I know. I recently started with Japanese, but man it's tough to find enough time to be consistent. It's still super fun though.

@sleepysaint I love the end credits of Jujutsu Kaisen! It is definitely a good anime. Storywise, I suppose I'd consider fullmetal alchemist or Attack on Titan the best. Artwise, Tian Guan Ci Fu and Mo dao Zu shi are stunning!
But, and I know that this may be controversial because some people still don't consider it an anime, my all time favourite anime is Avatar-The Last Airbender. Man, that show sticks with you for a lifetime.