Thu. 27

I'm sorry for not having documented anything. Now lemme tell you my week, my ecstasy, as well as hesitation.

Monday, I started as usual, but in the evening, I felt a bit bored, idk why the anime series "bungo stray dogs" came across my mind, so I decided to watch it. I was trying to finish it asap because I had lots of stuff to do! I spent the whole night, the whole Tuesday and Wednesday's morning to finish 4 seasons, spent 90 minutes to watch a small movie of it... I was similar to deadline, genuinely =)) a deadline with myself. However, I'm happy now, and I don't think that I'm gonna be bored anymore because I've watched enough. If I happen to find my days monotonous, I'll watch videos on YouTube about this anime series =)) after all, each summer I consume 1 series... One fun fact justifying why I chose watching anime is that after the journey for Movie 26, I fell for Gin x Sherry so bad that I needed medicine for that =)) The medicine is bungo stray dogs (well)

I interviewed a person yesterday (my very first time). It went pretty well, and hope that I can cooperate with him in the future. I had lots of experience after this. Speaking of interviews, I just turned down an opportunity. Last year, it was my dream, you know. I dreamed of joining the group, working with great people. But I declined. Of course I wanna try, but I lost my interest in the project. It's undeniably great, however, I am not confident that I can afford time. I've entered specialized school, that means I should spend time studying. I don't want to spread myself too thin then lose both. And I cannot leave the projects that I'm currently working for behind. So I gave up...

This sentence has etched in my head: "I don't regret what I've done, I just regret not having done it." Hopefully, I won't regret anything.

That's enough for half of my week. Hope that things will be better! As I've turned down the invitation, I'll try my best do perform well academically.

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Sun. 30

Yesterday morning, I went to the police station to obtain my number board for my motorbike. It ran like clockwork, so we ended soon enough for me to dropped in on my grandparents' shop at a busy street in the city. I went to a bookshop nearby and rooted there for an hour and a half. I read comic books, novels, flicked through some Japanese ones. In general, it was a great experience. I must have been some years since the last time I had been there. And now I love Japanese books about travel and lifestyles, things like "stay calm, clean up your room to clean up your mind, eat in moderation,..."

I desperately want to go to Japan.

Then the afternoon was time for preparation. Late afternoon, I as well as my bro set off to HP, in a car with my uncle's family. It was raining cats and dogs, but it was fun! We arrived at our host's house early enough to have dinner with them. great! Then we watched BP's concert online (people broadcast illicitly on TikTok, you know), the first time ever in Vietnam! There were loads of foreigners, too, everyone was amazingly excited. After that, we sang songs, went to a cafe nearby, ate and drank boba tea, then went home to sleep. It was midnight.

Next morning, the whole 13 people got up at 4:30 am, prepared things hurriedly and set off for HLB, one of the greatest destinations in the world. We visited there, took photos on the shore, then it poured down. We waited for our breakfast no less than 30 minutes =)), it was crazily expensive but it was not beyond the pale. Then we registered for tickets and embarked on a boat. It was ordinary tickets so our boat was absolutely normal. We witnessed huge cruises in awe =)) and we got to know that a night on a luxurious boat would cost around 10 million... Whatever, I took some good photos and saw plenty of great landscapes. It was a decade since the last time I had embarked on a boat to this place. So I would give this opportunity a 9 (I was on the same boat with a Korean family, too, their accent and language was truly brilliant).

Then we went to a hotel and had lunch very late. The hotel was excellently gorgeous and enormous with 27 floors. We all stayed on the 10th floor. All meals there were finely cooked and served, the service was great, and I loved their scales in the bathrooms, loved the bathrooms in the whole, loved the mirrors, the TV, the corridors, the lighting system,... I loved that 4-star hotel!

I am still under the impression of the breakfast (Monday's breakfast) (actually im typing these lines on Monday 31st of July so yeh). It was a buffet, and lemme tell you: I ate kimbap, roasted meat, croissant, noodles, salad, a piece of cake, Japanese soup (weed and tofu?), sausages, a cup of coffee, bacon, a fried egg. I wanted to eat more, if you gave me more time (2 days), I would definitely try all of them. After breakfast, I had a slight stomachache =))

I loved the swimming pool, too. I loved both the exterior and the interior of the building, I and my sis took lots of photos around places. We dressed up, put cosmetics on, I even looked like a Douyin's star with energetic vibe. So memorable!

On Sunday evening, we ate at a luxurious restaurant. I was impressed at its service, hospitality, friendliness of staff, and its design. Then we ate yogurt, drank boba tea =)) The only thing that I regret is that I didn't have a chance to try a roller coaster :(( it rained intermittently so I couldn't do anything. But I loved the whole experience!

Then on Monday, we went back to HP then my city. We ate lots of food on the way, I had my very first experience eating some kinds like xeo cake, or beo cake. Would give this a 10!

now it's pretty late, so byeee, i love this journey so much, love places, love people, love generous relatives who are willing to offer me as well as my brother a great trip. love y'all.

hope that next year i can go like this :>