Fuma laughing and smiling, wearing a reindeer headband and a big sweater, perfection 🥰

More hand choreo appreciation...(I have so many gifs with "hands" in the title 😅)

My love of hand choreography continues to grow

A newbie observation I had while watching Taemin Veil livestream...every step is considered. Full body commitment for sure. I loved even the smallest moments, like this where he's just walking 😅

Nico saying "you'll be in trouble if you don't get this" is so perfect. But the fact that he didn't get it right is even funnier. Poor Fuma 😅

Well that was officially the most exhausting "vacation" time I've ever had. And now I have to do like a week's worth of work in 2 days. Dying.

Going to be a struggle not to gif every single moment of Taemin choreo I loved because there's so many 😅

Taemin hug so cute 💖 (Now to get to the rest of the clips on my desktop...)

I have to brag about my husband for a second because he got me an electric griddle/pot for Christmas and planned and prepared our whole meal so we could have a sukiyaki party because he knows it would make me feel like I'm in Japan again and it was perfect in every way 😭

I have a lot of gifs to make from the TAEMIN livestream when I have time. But for now, here's one that needs to be shared today. Happy holidays 💝

Yay! 💖

Happy Christmas from &Team, and from me! #AndTeam #&Team

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There is no wrong answer to this question (If you could go on a Christmas Eve date with any male lead, who would you would pick?), but Hades was my pick! 🫶

Husband made his amazing karaage for our Christmas Eve feast. And I used my new Makiko Itoh cookbook to make the pickles and miso soup! 🥰

Seriously perfect 😍

New Let's Study Japanese Through Manga post is up on my blog!! Check it out here: canadianaujapan.ca/2025/12/24/l...

Fact

I just love that this is Fuma

This is a great suggestion! Why haven't I been doing this???

I just got my copy of Makiko Itoh's newest cookbook, Real Japanese Cooking, and I am blown away by how thorough and complete it is. If you've ever wanted to try cooking Japanese food, this is for real the only book you need. It has everything! www.tuttlepublishing.com/japan/real-j...

YESSS loving the praise for &TEAM in @colleensmangarecs.bsky.social's latest video!!! 💖 🫶 youtu.be/Iyz68afLDno?...

Why do I have to work? This is so unfair to me personally. 😅

How I responded to the Taemin Veil livestream news: YAY! I'm definitely getting tickets! I wonder if Fuma will be able to watch...he's so busy. Oh..."livestream not available in Japan" 😭 WAIT "replay streaming will be available globally including Japan" 💖 I hope Fuma somehow gets time to watch!

This posts lists lots of different drill books for the JLPT if you're interested in getting some for yourself. jtalkonline.com/how-to-study...

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Slowly getting back to my Japanese study routine again. As usual, reading and listening are good. Writing and grammar need more time. One of the things I like about creating these reviews is it shows me what I need to spend more time on (plus, it is writing practice too!)

Yesterday's mini Japanese lesson was about the phrase 当たり障りない / atari sawari nai ! This phrase means to be inoffensive, or safe! I share some example sentences and slight variations in the phrase. canadianaujapan.ca/2025/12/07/w...

Totally normal video of Fuma and Taemin I spent too long making...I may have a problem 😅

Today is a very special day...3rd anniversary of &TEAM's official debut! But...that's not all...

TAEMIN...so pretty 😍

Holiday shoujo manga form! If you have a moment, please fill it out! Vote for who you think had the best Christmas date, what the coziest reading set-up is, and more! (This is for a blog post I'll be making at the end of the year) forms.gle/73Kq5A6f8Nsn...

New Japanese post on my blog!! What does "融通が効く" mean? It means to be flexible! (as in, go with the flow) If you want some easy to follow examples of how to use it in a sentence, check out my post! canadianaujapan.ca/2025/12/04/w...

That's me, yep

Read chapters 39-44 of Colette Decides to Die last night, and I just keep thinking to myself "how does this manga get better and better and better?" it's so good! I'm over here crying about Charon and Hades, cheering Colette on, swooning, loving every single character. It's perfect, honestly. 💖

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Finished reading vol. 13-14 of Don't Call it Mystery! Once I started chapter 18, I just couldn't put it down. It was really interesting spending some time with Ikemoto. On the other hand, I was honestly scared when Naruko appeared. I find him very unsettling (the point, obviously).

I read last night, finally! I missed my manga honestly, so it felt really good. Of course I stayed up too late and had to get up early today. 😅

December Japanese study schedule! My goal is to get back to studying in the afternoon so that I can retain more and enjoy my hobbies at night. 💖

Fun! I always suspected Tuesday was my least productive work day...

I'm fully obsessed with TAEMIN's "Veil". I've listened to it so many times, watched the video over and over, and already started making gifs. So you know it's serious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ5I...

マグナスちゃんは私のセーターの中に入りたがっている。🤭

Now that I'm listening to TAEMIN I can better appreciate beautiful things like this youtube.com/shorts/giUm7...

Declaring that this month I'm getting back into reading. I've been wasting too much time in the evenings and haven't had time to do the things I enjoy, so no more of that! I'll study Japanese more right after work too, instead of waiting until bedtime. Resolve!

I realize I am extremely late to the party here, but I just wanted to announce that I think I have a crush on Jung Kook.

Always ready to talk about shoujo! 💖

This sounds interesting! ^^

In love with my sparkly new nails 💖

Study burnout is a real issue, but you shouldn't beat yourself up either if you're struggling with it. I've been studying Japanese for over 19 years but there were many times I didn't do any studying for months on end, sometimes even six months to a year.

It is 26 days until BL Christmas 🥳 #10Dance #jbl