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EuroSummer 2026?

When it comes to the heat, this is the worst summer I have ever experienced. However, I've had the opportunity to do some travel outside of the UK and see new places. Again, it's me and my digital camera against the world, not only because I adore the pictures that come out of it but also because on a long trip, you need your phone to last and pulling it out to take pictures all the time isn't super conducive to that. Also, the last time I was in London, my phone was stolen...

Not gonna risk that again. From now, every time I travel, the phone stays inside in a crossbody bag as much as possible, and pictures are taken with an old digital camera that's rather unlikely to be stolen.

Galleries:

Zurich, Switzerland

Barcelona, Spain

to be continued

(17/11/2025)

I decided to hit my College gym as soon as it opened at 7 a.m. this morning to get a head start to the day. I wore the usual softshell jacket I've been wearing out most days for the past two months except for the days with bad weather, but I realised that it just was not enough anymore the second I set foot outside. The temperature has suddenly plummeted. Maybe I missed the transition because it's been pissing rain the past few days, but it's suddenly so cold– exactly the brand of cold I've come to associate with winter, not autumn. 

I don't know how the seasons are officially dated and which calendar date is earmarked for autumn to turn into winter, but I don't need to know. I can tell. The biting, crisp, ice-cold air that makes the tips of your ears and fingers burn is characteristic of the onset of winter, and in my opinion a more telling sign than how short the days have gotten or the clocks going back an hour. 

Catching up with JoJo's

I've been taking full undue advantage of my summer holidays to do all the things I was unable to do during my busy final semester; or rather, to do the things I was sparingly doing at the time, but without the guilt. 

That's not totally true - there still is guilt, because I have pre-coursework for my Master's to be doing instead of reading books and watching anime. 

...that's just too bad, though. I'm determined to preemptively make up for all the free time I won't have in the upcoming year.

I recently finished JoJo's Part 5 after putting it off for a long while. I will refrain from spoiling things on this post, because a mediocre personal blog you stumbled onto on the internet should not be the thing that totally ruins a show for you, but I was devastated. I need to go look at happy fanart or something. I also really want to know what happens beyond the ending- what else does Giorno go on to do? What is he up to when the events of Part 6 are taking place? I already miss him! I miss everyone. I didn't get as attached to this cast as I did the Stardust Crusaders but they were still so charming and easy to love. 

I am now nearly all the way through Part 6 and I think I like it even more. Jolyene is a fun character, she makes me root for her. Most importantly, there's so many great female characters and we rarely see that in shonen anime; especially cases where the female characters are treated as characters first, and 'female characters' second, if you know what I mean. The setting being a women's prison feels so unique and novel. The villain being an evil priest who is obsessed with going to Heaven by doing everything except for praying and being a good person is also such a fun element. Who's gonna tell him...