#if you get the Ferris wheel ref you’re a real one

[firewoodfigs]

so i came down with a pretty bad flu while i was in Langkawi the past few days and decided to stay in on the last night and omg??? i forgot how good it feels to just lie on the couch and browse Netflix and watch stuff without worry??? i watched a really heartwarming Korean film with my friends called Dream—we picked it because it had IU in it but it ended up being so much more than we bargained for, lol. the film depicted homelessness in such a compelling and realistic way—the common stigmas associated with homelessness, and the futility of common but thoughtless solutions—while portraying, with immense tact and beauty, the hope that comes with faith and friendship. i loved it 🥺 especially the bits about this one father who wanted to do his best for his daughter and how she was just so unwaveringly supportive and concerned and kept plying meat on top of his bowl of rice because she knew he wouldn’t take it for himself 😭

I also binged all 4 episodes of my blissful marriage and devoured all available manga chapters lmao PLS the male lead is so deliberately targeted towards my weak pathetic heart and i love it I’m so soft for their blossoming affection 😭 afterwards i flipped through some episodes of the latest Netflix adaptation of shaman king and omg it brought back a whole flood of memories. i used to watch it as a kid when it was airing on TV every night at 1130pm, and i would dutifully wait cross-legged by the TV with so much anticipation and excitement. Yoh is honestly such an inspiring character lmao especially when i was going through a really hard time in middle school (obviously i got bullied bcs i was admittedly quite a peculiar character). to this day his repeated mantra that it’ll all work out somehow is such a vibe. i adored his enduring optimism and kindness, and revisiting this was truly a blast to the past.

it also made me recall how inuyasha would show at 11pm back then, right before SK, and i got reminded of my trip to Japan with my bf this year where we got to sit on a really fun Ferris wheel!!! my bf did not get the reference (him: is this another weeaboo thing again) LOL but he happily obliged when i pulled him towards it after our tour around the aquarium and we had such a lovely time watching the skyline from above. definitely one of my favourite dates for sure! here’s a picture of us inside the actual thing, and one of him pretending to eat my piplup barrette 😆:

and of course, the star of the show:

#I LOVE FERRIS WHEELS 😭😭😭 #if you get the Ferris wheel ref you’re a real one #side note idk why my body always gives up when i finally get a break lmao it’s as if my immunity decides to take a break too 😂 #could be that my body doesn’t know how to function when it’s not under immense stress 💀 #personal