december is finally here~

nov is usually the busiest and most stressful time of the year for me but it's been quite mellow since i'm never on campus (^ ̥ _  ̫  _  ̥^)💧

i've been a prisoner in my room...deliberately

the weather's gotten so cold and i've been seeing christmas decor everywhere so i'm slowly coming back to pink (^   ̳   .  ̫  . ̳  ^)⁺✧ just in time for pinkmas...

KUROKEN NEVER DIE...

hq dumpster battle was so good...i was standing up a foot away from my TV with my hands behind my head (Guy who thinks he's part of the team ← Me)

happy kuroo month

i thought the second round of midterms would be better from assuming there'd be less material to cover but i was wrong ₍. ̫ .` ₎erm..my energy is at an all time low

i've been too caught up in my head cause this shouldn't be that serious considering it's my last semester and we're more than halfway through (･_-｡ ) all i need is to pass

felt pretty good abt midterms φ(´ω｀●)

i told myself if i felt like i scored high i would buy this korilakkuma mochi cushion and grab chimaek with my friend for dinner (102/100 (｡･ω･)ﾉﾞyay)

the way none (chicken and beer) are showed in this pic since chicken came out later but we were struggling to finish this pitcher of lychee soju cocktail even though it was good cause it was quite syrupy 

after that i knocked out 10pm sharp and slept for 13 hours since i only slept an hour before my exam ദ്ദി(｡•̀ ,<)~✩‧₊

unfortunately i am on another survival show wave

i've watched every survival show in existence from 2015 to now not on purpose but i keep on saying nothing will ever beat broduce until a new one comes out and i watch it for fun (shao ziheng p01 pls)

ziheng → kinda wonbin adjacent

heard he got booted from smnbg lineup and i almost died but zh and wb are sort of alike in so many ways they couldn't put two bad bitches in the same team

i've been going clinically insane cause this month has been extremely slow i've been watching literally anything after midterms so i got into culinary class wars

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i'm hooked

- spoilers if you care -

one two three was my fav but he got eliminated so early.....i liked triple star too but i watched the show a bit late so a day after halfway into watching his scandal dropped like can you people please be normal...i was on culinary class twt rting fa and watching clip compilations

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this fa of one two three + chef anh and choi are soo cute LOL

i was so bored this month and had no one to talk to about it so i watched the show three times with my dad and friends and also by myself (along with university war and physical 100 s1&2 to chase the same dopamine)..

cheese cat 🧀 ꜀(^. .^꜀  )꜆੭

i got this mp3 to work a while back but i forgot how to use it since they utilize the navigation buttons so no on or off button...i lost my instructions so i had to find a pamphlet online and went through a bunch of mercari jp listings that had the picture of it (;＾◇＾;)ゝ

i'm so lazy...

this month was just me twiddling my thumbs cause i'm either out with my friends grabbing dinner/study sesh or at home rotting on my couch doing trivial work, but it's overall been nice being able to see my friends more often since they're out of undergrad ε=ε=(っ*^□^)っ

new nail 

since i have some free time, my friend wanted to do my nails for her portfolio in return for some digicam pics so we decided on something darker for the fall with some bling  one of my fav sets even though i destroyed some of my clothes cause i love bulky charms but they get caught on threads if i'm not careful 

need to get back on that grindset....unironically

finally had the courage to begin working on app icons since my schedule as of now is to loiter on the couch for 7 hours a day with something on in the background as i work so i had a rough plan of what i wanted to release in relation to my old wallpapers

breakdown of time schedule

my work style is surprisingly organized and i have my own system so i came up with a fool proof schedule and a time slot where i can quickly draft out my ideas

best time slot: weekend before thanksgiving break

putting all my school work on the back burner for the time being since i don't have anything major...

 ideate + write down list of every design/sns to include

while i was writing this down i was about to jump off a cliff cause i didn't want to get myself into too much (esp if it's unpaid work) but i needed to think of how i could maximize this passion project that showcases my style for my portfolio so...頑張れ

 sketch thumbnails

sorry this looks scuffed as hell LOLOL i usually brainstorm using words...i had an idea for the chocolate where it would be in wrappers and having them on your wallpaper would be like a box of choco

similar to this vibe

to digital drafting

i was speed running this so hard Σ(ﾟﾛ､ﾟ;) i scrapped a few things i initially sketched cause it wasn't fitting my vision or took out things after considering what people use/don't use often

 testing period

apply + check ヘ(◕。◕;ヘ) →

the choco was a last minute plan i had and it took me a while to make it look decent in consideration of the rounded corners...this was when i completely ditched the choco wrappers cause once i saw it on my phone i was cringing so hard from how bad it looked...i still get chills thinking about it (wish i still had the files to show)

changed some colors and bumped up the size of so many things (polka dots/stripes) even though i already thought i was blowing up the scale of things since app icons are tiny

 finalize decision

adding a glossy version was also a last minute plan...looks like a lot comes to me while i work and i change course whenever i think of a better more awesome design to include ♪(┌・。・)┌

 towallpaper: the re-up

i've been using this picture whenever i tweet that i'm working on something cause the reality is sitting down in front of a screen all day (videos...blogging...graphics) and i think this was the hardest portion cause my laptop can not handle making 288 wallpapers with full dimensions

this pic of dokja too (for the past 4 years)

this was the moment where i thought it would be the end cause my files were taking a while to save (about 30-40s each time) and adobe would tell me i didn't have enough memory or storage so my files just weren't saving at all atp....i thought i would reach this stage later down the road

was orig @180gb but i started mass deleting in panic and got it down to currently 22gb

but

everyone who provided me their wallpapers helped me clutch so hard cause i was able to only spend three days with repetitive work^^~❤︎

thus choconyan★ was reborn..

ko-fi

spent an additional day coming up with a quick logo for now + post but pixel art is so hard to grasp i still feel like something is off when i look at it

school-life = nonexistent

slowly parting ways but i saw this good luck pin on the ground as i was walking to my car and slowly took a step back to take a pic of it cause it was so cute...

this month was def friends & family time during break

another update on little susu

i've been playing with her everyday and my neighbors got her vaccinated ฅˆ‧⩊‧ˆฅ she likes to come in to lounge for a bit but i managed to get these cutieful pics of our hometown beauty...me and my friend were staring at her for 10 minutes until she fell asleep [cue camera spam]

&how miso (my sibling's cat/cameo a few episodes ago) and my cousin's dog are spending break~

my fall & winter items 

a few items i'll use later in the upcoming year and this december

iphone 4 accessories are so fun to search for cause i love most case designs for iphone 4 or 5 the most (⁎  ᴗ͈  ⩊  ᴗ͈ ⁎) they're easy + cheap to buy

マッチング (^_^)v~❤︎

anna sui bowling bag + uraboku poster!!!

the bag came in at the exact size i was expecting and i'm so pleased cause it's the smallest bag i own plus it's in gr8 condition ₍´ ｡ ' ꒳ ' ｡`₎ &UraBoku poster came in folded but you can't even tell

i really love jpn style cakes where they have the lettering written on a chocolate board (obv seen in one of my icon designs) and i found a listing from a seller who had it #score kinda worried these aren't stable enough for phone case decoden since they're air dry clay and way thinner than i thought so i'll have to find a way to make sure it doesn't crumble

bag^_^

the bag i spoke abt on the right is much cuter irl but the one on the left was in way worse condition cause the whole thing is synthetic leather so it's at the stage where it peels and flakes off every time i touch it..ugh ( *´ ‪ཫ`*) need to patch this up asap

usagi pan & mochi cushion i was talking abt

kkuma molds ₍ᵔ-⥿-ᵔ₎

potential chocolate or decoden material 💭

can't wait to use~^^

my last few school days ヾ(*゜ω゜*)

i've been savoring whatever i have left of school and also using whatever resources uni offers me to the fullest...however

this winter,

there's always so many things i want to do and idk how to fulfill them all

grad trip overseas is common and i want to visit asia in the winter...but i'll give it some more thought since i have very valid travel anxiety and haven't visited asia since i was maybe 5 (and i need to visit grandparents as a post-grad josei who is currently navigating her life)

and projects~

i want to do all the projects and content i've thought about here and there (˙​⩐˙ )bleh... working with friends too to make side projects like interactive websites or home cafes (｡･ω･)旦~~ i need to take things one step at a time

will continue to ponder after finals week

my theme is officially lightening up~ goodbye fall theme

this entry is a bit late and not that fun but we're almost at the end of 2024ヾ(･ω･`｡) almost all 12 entries are out and i've completed more things off of my list than i thought,

see you near the end!