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I say my favourite music genres are pop and metal, but with the latter I’m extremely selective. I only listen to metal when I feel like my life is perfect and nothing in the world is bothering me. Pop is my comfort music for whenever I feel anxious, worried, restless, tired, unmotivated…

If there’s a new kpop group that has a similar style to Lovelyz (soft feminine aesthetic, gentle sounding pop and ballads, focused on good vocals) do let me know

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Watching a Lovelyz concert DVD from 2019, realising my mood is instantly better. Why don’t I do this more often? The best kpop gg of all time for me (haven’t really followed any in the past few years, but still)

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I feel privileged waiting here in clean air Finland for the haze to clear up in Singapore so I can travel there. I’m mainly travelling for health reasons, I definitely want the air quality to improve first. Really sucks for the local people, as well as everyone in Malaysia and especially Indonesia 😣

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Or not necessarily very common, but way more common than in Finland, so Finns associate the name with Estonia

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It doesn’t sound more Estonian, it’s just that it’s a very common name in Estonia, and a rare name in Finland. It was mostly used 100 years ago here, everyone knows it, but I’ve never met anyone with the same name

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Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finns always think I’m Estonian because of my name, maybe that’s a sign I should learn Estonian

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Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

that way too, for many reasons. Anyway, it was funny and refreshing that this coworker didn’t question the 53 at all and seemed surprised to hear I was “only” 45 🤭 maybe I’ve finally made it and acquired an aura of maturity and wisdom? Or maybe just a few more wrinkles haha

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My new coworker thought I’m 53, apparently he’d misheard me previously or something (I don’t remember saying my age). I’m 45 and people rarely believe me, they insist I look 25–35. I know it’s supposed to be a compliment, but I disagree, I think I look my age, and I really wish people saw me -

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Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not sure when I can travel though, hopefully before the winter is over. It’s getting too cold for me to handle already 🫣 I said earlier I’d work out and become super fit for winter so I can endure the cold better, but I had surgery a few weeks ago, haven’t been able to exercise at all 😣

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Told my (Finnish) mum that I want to go to Malaysia and visit Malacca. Thinking she might not know the city, I added “it’s like the Turku of Malaysia”. Not entirely inaccurate 😂

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Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think I’ve watched them all at some point 😄

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

His channel is pretty interesting

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I started postcrossing again after a long pause, requested five addresses, and one of them goes to Malaysia! What a coincidence. And it’s a first for me. I’ve been learning Malay all week, and generally just thinking/daydreaming about Malaysia. I still wrote in English though

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Hello! News Service @hipnewsservice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📖 Akiyama Mao’s commemorative photobook is out now! Ahead of her Tsubaki Factory & Hello! Project graduation, Mao shares the story behind the book 💐 Full interview + more photos👇 justpaste.it/gv5th

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📖 Mao Akiyama, Soon to Graduate from Tsubaki Factory, Releases Her First Solo Photobook!

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Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When you have fan merch you don’t really need, but you’re also a language learner Thanks Yuumi for teaching me Malay hahaha

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Wow what a bargain! I’m not much into fantasy either, I really wasn’t expecting to like it

I only played Wild Hunt but loved it, quite many hours on that game

They might come back one day. Like I do once every couple of months 😄

Oh a big achievement I’ve made in Malay is now I can finally tell Malay and Indonesian apart 🤭 I don’t even know why it was so difficult before, the accents in are different, and a lot of the basic vocabulary too

I just checked my followed people list here, people who I remember well or keep in touch with elsewhere, so many have their last post in 2025

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I actually didn’t start with Malay properly until yesterday. I’ve been on sick leave for the past three weeks, the kind of sick leave where you can’t do much, just wish for time to pass faster so you recover. But yeah, six hours of Malay in two days, the progress has been nice!

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anliathanach.bsky.social @anliathanach.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I love gaming, but I haven’t played a huge variety of games as I’ve been the type to play the same one for 10 years. It’s delightful when I actually recognise a game reference within another one

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Finally got around to reading this on my holidays. How to kill a language is a fantastic piece of work. I haven't tabbed or annotated a book this much in years. It's informative and highlights big social issues, and the questions and senses of our own identities, both personal and communal

A copy of How to kill a Language by Sophia Smith Gaer on a black table. The book is HEAVILY tabbed. There is a pen beneath it.

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Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh I also like to watch travel vlogs in different languages, the vocabulary is usually on the easier side

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Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

13 interests to get to know me! 😊 1. Chinese tea 2. History 3. Programming 4. Maritime SEA (esp. 🇸🇬🇲🇾🇮🇩) 5. Minimalism (lifestyle) 6. Maps/geography 7. Gaming 8. Hello! Project (jpop) 9. BTS and kpop gg 10. Board games that take half a day 11. Dystopian fiction 12. Time travel fiction 13. Languages!

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Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Some true cultural immersion there 😂 I think I’ve seen this channel before

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Who else likes watching travel vlogs? Let’s share favourite youtubers! For me recently it’s Two Drifters, they’re a British couple and my kind of vibe. Visibly excited about small fun things, respectful, and if they don’t like something they don’t make a big deal of it youtube.com/@wearetwodri...

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JOIN US! Sam and Amy, a couple of Brits exploring the world one destination at a time. We share our adventures, tips and experiences as we discover new cultures, beautiful landscapes and hidden gems. ...

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ok, I’ll keep these for a while ☺️ It’s a lot of different members, various groups (mostly Tsubaki though), so wasn’t expecting one person to want everything, I can also just send a few things in an envelope

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The box size where I could put pretty much everything I want to give away would be 54.90 EUR

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Depends on the amount of stuff, anywhere between 3.35 EUR and 197 EUR, the smallest box is 38.90 EUR. The good news is, no import tax if the value is under 50 USD

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Thanks for the ideas (I thought vinted was just for clothes) but I’ve not sold a single H!P item in like 10 years, I don’t even want to try 🥲

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Thanks for the ideas, but I’ve wasted too much time of my life on this already, I’m not going to try anymore

I still like H!P but these are doubles and members I never collected in the first place, also I really just want to live a more minimalist life, I’m not doing any mobagacha anymore

I wanna give away a bunch of Hello! Project gacha and photos for free (“just pay shipping” style) but at this point I feel like nobody wants anything even for free. Or maybe I’m just don’t know the fandom anymore since I left twitter

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Thank you, the kanji are very complicated indeed, and I’m actually focusing on learning Chinese now, I find it easier (and more interesting personally)

Regarding two sets of kana I’m not sure, but I believe kanji helps greatly with reading as the language has many homonyms. It also helps separate the words. I’m only learning Japanese, but have noticed this myself, it’s indeed faster and easier to read with kanji (if only I’m familar with them)

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Oh nice! I considered learning Greek once as well, might actually do it one day

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I’ve used those sometimes, but I don’t really like them as not everyone recognises zh and lt for example. Better than flags anyway

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Something I’ve improved in my language learning recently I stopped parroting whatever is popular in the online language learning community (online lessons, input-heavy immersion) and started doing more of what works for ME (self-study with grammar books and youtube, practice with people) #langsky

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I added my languages in my bio again, but there’s no space for more unless I use flags or language codes (I don’t like either) Also no space for my “queue” on languages I wish explore in the future: German, French, Portuguese, Czech, Estonian, Indonesian, many Chinese languages (I’m greedy I know)

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By the way, this schedule is just for intensive focused solo study. I read books, watch stuff, follow content, and talk to friends and practice partners in ALL of my languages daily. However, intensive doesn’t necessarily mean hours of study! I can do anywhere between 15 minutes and the entire day

I also have a new weekly plan Mon: mix (other languages) Tue: Mandarin Wed: Malay Thu: Mandarin Fri: Malay Sat: Mandarin Sun: Malay Right now I’m doing a full Tue to Sun Mandarin, but in a week or two, my Malay textbook will arrive, and I’ll start with the Malay days #langsky

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Autumn language focus: Mandarin and Malay. Malay, it’s a new thing and it isn’t. I wanted to learn it 4 years ago, but couldn’t find resources, went with Indonesian instead. I never got far, because what I really wanted is Malay. Now I’ve managed to find some resources and I’m so motivated! #langsky

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Anch’io preferisco i libri en versione fisica. I libri Teach Yourself sono buoni. Ne ho di spagnolo, svedese (esercizi), y greco (lo ho comprato qualche anno fa ma non l’ho cominciata usare)

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Che libro vecchio che hai! Mi piace 😊 ho un libro più nuovo, questo de Teach Yourself. Ma non lo uso molto. Cerco di imparare delle parole, ascolto molto la lingua

Il libro “Teach Yourself, Italian Grammar You Really Need to Know”

Liisi @eisiili.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

That’s so cool. I love when that happens