I’m into Pokemon Go again. I’ve been busy catching Pokemon since last week. They updated the game and 80 more monsters are available now. Last year, when Pokemon Go first released in Singapore, I felt like I became a different person. I’d go out and walk everyday. I don’t like walking in hot weather, but this game changed my habit easily. It made me feel like walking more. I was like, ‘There is a PokeStop over there. Let’s go! I could get another Pokemon on the way. If not, at least I can get Pokeballs.' However, after a month or so, my obsession wore off. At that time, my level was 20 and it was very hard to reach the next level, because I couldn’t encounter new monsters, which give me high points. What I constantly caught were birds or bats. I finally stopped open the app. So, this update was really a good news to me. It encouraged me to play Pokemon Go again. I’ve been catching new Pokemon, which makes me feel so excited. While I’m writing this, I though it’s interesting to think about why Pokemon Go appeals to me so much, and I came up with four reasons. - Easy to play: I don’t have much experience of gaming but I don’t have any trouble playing it. - Cute monsters: actually, I don’t know Pokemon very much. The only character that familiar to me is Pikachu. When I was a child, Pokemon anime was popular, but I preferred Sailor Moon. - Good exercise: After I walked a lot and caught Pokemon, I feel refreshed. - Feel connected to people: While I’m playing Pokemon Go, I also notice people around doing the same. I can tell by their way to move their finger. Seeing it, I feel connected to them. They are not faceless people. (Having said that, I can’t speak to them. I’m such an introvert.)

I have a pain in my toe. I stubbed my fourth toe on the table leg yesterday. It really hurt. I was about to cry. I curled up in a ball on the floor. I couldn’t say anything because of the pain. After a few seconds (it seemed a few minutes to me) my brain started working again. I blamed the table, and then I blamed myself. ‘I should have moved more carefully.' 'I’ve always been rash.' ‘What a fool I am!' Now I feel less pain, but the toe is swollen and is purple. I hope it will recover soon. I never imagined it’d be that hard to walk with a painful toe.

I’m starting to be obsessed with the ‘Hamilton’ the musical. I’ve been listening to the ‘Hamilton' soundtrack these days, which is really good. I love it. So, I’d like to write about it here. In the past year or so, I couldn't avoid the word ‘Hamilton’. Whenever I looked at Twitter, Youtube, entertainment news websites, it was always there. Along with applause and very high reputations. (FYI, ‘Hamilton’ is an American musical about the life of Alexander Hamilton.) Last week, I finally got the CD. To tell the truth, my expectations were not very high at the time. It’s because I’m not the kind of person who enjoys rap, R&B, hip-hop, which are used in the musical songs. I didn’t even know who Alexander Hamilton was. But now? I’m busy listening to it, reading lyrics and doing some research about Hamilton and the American Revolution. I even sing along with some parts such as “Rise up!”, “Look around, look around”, “What’s your name, man?”, which makes my husband giggle. I want him to get into it, too, but I don’t want to impose my will on him, so I’m okay with enjoying it alone putting my earpiece on. The frustrating thing to me is that I can’t follow the story while listening. My English skills haven’t reached to that level yet. (I wonder if it could be possible some day.) As a result, I have to look up a lot of words while reading lyrics. I’m now working on the third song. There are forty six songs in this album. I have a long way to go. However, I find this process interesting after all. The harder I work, the clearer the story becomes.

Rogue One Trailer I watched the trailer of Rogue One that was released yesterday. It was great! Look at the costume of the woman played by Felicity Jones! That's so cool! She seems to be with the Rebellion, but at the end of the trailer, she wears a pilot suit on which there is a mark of Galactic Empire. Is she a spy? I also watched some review videos of the trailer. I was surprised how much speculation they could make from this two-minute long trailer. I don't have as much knowledge as them, so it's a lot of fun to listening to their talk.