mell

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speaks: Japanese

learns: English, Spanish

likes: cooking, language exchanges, video games, international relations

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I’ve been studying English because I live in the USA. I work as a software engineer :) I like anime, manga, embroidery, and pair dance. Twitter: _me11__

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Thinking about Getting a Real Christmas Tree

I've been thinking about buying a Christmas tree. Have you gotten one before? I didn't know that the Christmas tree farm where you could cut a Christmas tree by yourself was the thing until recently.
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Nov 21 - 1 min. read

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Language exchange app

I believe that most people here have tried language exchange apps before, and some of them stopped using them because there are many spam people in the App. Same here. I'd been using HelloTalk for a
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Nov 15 - 1 min. read

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Fall in WA

Fall in Washington is the rainy season. It's been drizzling almost every day, and many people don't use umbrellas here. Because I don't like going outside when it rains, I mostly stay inside and gaze
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Nov 14 - 1 min. read

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Día de Muertos in Mexico City

I've traveled to Mexico City for the first time. The reason I visited there was that I wanted to see Day of the Dead(Día de Muertos). People believe that the souls of dead people come back home on
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Nov 11 - 1 min. read

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Summer is Almost Here

It's already May and I haven't posted anything in April lol I usually live in the U.S. but I visit Japan this April and May for my wedding. The temperature where I currently live is about C25. It's
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May 3 - 1 min. read

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Eating food at midnight

Before going to bed, my husband always watches some videos on YouTube. He was watching one of the food report videos today, which made me get hungry. Now I'm eating Gyoza from Costco by myself at 2 a
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Mar 28 - 1 min. read

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Manga night by myself

I like reading manga at night after everyone in the house goes to bed. This time, I read 4 volumes of "My Hero Academia", which are from vol. 36 - 39. I read vol. 36 first and then I read vol. 38.
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Mar 19 - 1 min. read

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Stardew Valley board game

I played the Stardew Valley board game with my friends the other day. One of our friends gave it to my husband as a Christmas present and we finally played it together. The instruction was written in
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Mar 16 - 1 min. read

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iPhone Storage

I have an iPhone 13 Pro with 256 GB. My phone finally starts saying "You don't have enough space to install a new app"...¯\_(ツ)_/¯ According to the settings page of iOS, I'm using 255.5 GB, of which
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Mar 10 - 1 min. read

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I almost saw a car accident happen

I saw almost a car accident happen. I went to downtown with my husband for dinner today. On our way back home, that was happening. My husband was driving and we were waiting for a red light. There
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Mar 9 - 1 min. read

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Meeting up with a friend

I went to the Farmer's market with a friend from Reddit. This was our second meet-up. The plan to go to the Farmer's market today was a bad idea because it was freezing cold and super windy. The
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Mar 3 - 1 min. read

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Clam digging🐚

I went to clam digging with my husband and his parents. This is one of the famous activities in  Washington state. Before going to clam digging, you need to buy a license. You can buy it at the
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Feb 25 - 1 min. read

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Tea cafe🫖

I went to a tea cafe with my friend. That shop is in another town so he drove. It took a half hour to get there. We invited my husband but he had no interest in any tea or hot drinks so he declined.
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Feb 23 - 1 min. read

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Playing a mobile game🎮

I do not usually play a mobile game constantly. However, whenever I download a mobile game, I can't stop myself from playing it. Last Sunday, I downloaded an iOS app called "Builderment". I think I
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Feb 22 - 1 min. read

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Exchanging tea with my friend

I love tea. I have a friend, who also likes tea. We sometimes exchange our tea leaves. I was putting tea leaves in Ziploc to give him yesterday. Then, I thought they kinda looked like drugs.. lol
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Feb 18 - 1 min. read

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Snow❄️

It snowed last night. I live in WA, the northern part of the USA, but it barely snows here. Instead, it's just freezing cold without any snow. When I saw snow in the morning, I was excited and I
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Feb 16 - 1 min. read

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Valentine's Day🍫

In Japan, women give chocolate to men. It is the opposite here in the USA. A couple of days ago, I went to a chocolate shop to buy some chocolate. I saw some men buying chocolates and I thought that
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Feb 15 - 1 min. read

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Embroidery🍁

One of my hobbies is embroidery. I’d always been interested in embroidery probably because of Manhwa. I read a lot of Korean manga and some characters were doing it. I started embroidering during
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Feb 14 - 1 min. read

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Making new friends

I moved to WA in the states from Japan last April. I work from home and barely go outside so I had no new friends here. I’ve decided to make new friends here as one of the new year resolutions this
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Feb 12 - 1 min. read

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