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Personal thoughts, hobby updates, and life outside the lab.

Cooking

Feb 15, 2026

The secret to great results? The right foundation.πŸ₯’

My pantry is officially complete now that I've added Kong Yen Black Vinegar. It joins my core essentials: the Tatung Steamer, Kimlan Soy Sauce Paste, Wan Ja Shan Soy Sauce, and Red Tag Taiwan Rice Wine.

Quality tools and authentic ingredients make all the difference. Ready to bring this same dedication to excellence to my next challenge!

#KitchenEssentials #AuthenticFlavors #OpenToWork

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Post ECE210 Midterm

Oct 23, 2025

the post 210 house wife urge to do the dishes, clean the kitchen, vaccum and mop the floor, and cooking a good meal for my loving family of four 🌹

Shower Speedrun

Sept 20, 2025

shower pr
sub 5.5min
w/full shower + skin care + dry hair + clothes o/o

Top 10 ヨルシカ Rage Bait Takes

August 4, 2025

1. だから僕は is the most overrated album
2. I prefer listening to ヨルシカ in mono
3. I never cared for the Amy-Elma lore
4. ζ™΄γ‚‹ is over commercialised slop
5. 451 is the best song from εΉ»η‡ˆ
6. I prefer the θ² γ‘ηŠ¬ version of ηˆ†ε½ˆι­” over η›œδ½œ since there is no n-buna in that one
7. n-buna's writing has no literary merit and Suis's vocal lacks range
8. 言って's guitar solo is ass
9.The thief from η›œδ½œ deservews his down fall
10. θ² γ‘ηŠ¬ is better without the wolf hwol

Bonus: I never cared for the β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ in the 前世 concert πŸ’”πŸ₯€

Ultra Synergy Matrix

June 28, 2025

If you listen carefully enough you will hear TSMC

Affrim yes to get bless with TSMC internship

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Heating Blanket

Oct 8, 2024

Shout out to my uncle for the influence

Cause of him I got an electric heating blanket and started going around to ask people if they want to try εŽŸε§‹ι»ž pressure point massage

Moondrop Variation Review

Aug 5, 2024

Moondrop Variations is an impressive IEM both in terms of technicality and tuning, and I'm more than lucky to get it in a basically brand new state as a third-hand buyer + 33% off.

The second-hand buyer told me he got it from a friend and is now selling it since he prefers his Tanchjim Origin more. This got me a little worried since an Origin only costs around β…” the price of a Variation but after the discount, it's basically the same. Spec-wise an Origin should be inferior, but the discount pulled down the cost to almost the same, which makes the deal hard to miss.

My first impression of the Variation is that it has a very technically astounding signature: the depth is spacious, the instruments are clearly separated, and the frequencies are confined in their range with virtually no leak. However, its tuning is very boring.

At first, I thought it was caused by my switch from dt990 pro and Aria Snow, which both have a brighter and vocal focus tuning, to the Variation, which most reviews described as warm and unique. It was not to my liking, and it felt like something was missing from its β€œenunciation” and the vocals were flying over my head.

Since I'm its third owner I didn't consider burning it in at first, but later, out of desperation to improve it even a little bit more, I gave it the 8-hour treatment. It changed everything.

After burning the Variation in, it excels in every way possible. Both male and female vocals sounded vivid and smooth, the instruments are arrayed around you, and that unique thud of its bass genuinely stands out: it's strong but not obnoxious and spread out but not muddy; this refined tuning is impeccable. Most importantly no DAC and amp is even required to achieve this. The hype is real.

It also explains the weird frequency response graph, which is vastly different from what you will see in today's Harman-filled market. It's almost like only products from 2021 can be this creative, and that dip in the frequency response graph makes a lot more sense to work with the overall flatter curve to keep everything sharp and clean and complement its concise technicality.

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The Name Yorushika

June 14, 2024

I love Yorushika's official translated name from Universal Music Taiwan, which is 倜ζœͺ眠 (roughly translated to β€œsleepless at night”). Though many often translate their name by separating ヨル and γ‚·γ‚« into "night deer," the official translation is closer to what n-buna intended since the name came from Natsukusa's last song, "The Clouds the Ghost," and the line "ε€œγ—γ‹γ‚‚γ†ηœ γ‚Œγšγ«" means "I can only sleep at night". Therefore, though a little unintuitive, Sleepless at Night is a more accurate and fun translation since what n-buna is trying to deliver by mixing ε€œγ—γ‹ζ’¦γ‚Œγͺい and ε€œγ‚‚γ†ζ’¦γ‚Œγͺい together is that ghosts cannot be seen in the morning, so they can only be active at night, making them sleepless at night.

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