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Vietnam is slowly opening itself back up again!
Having gone nearly two weeks with no newly suspected cases,
citizens have all but hesitated to bask in the afternoon sun.
Are restaurants open you ask?
Yes, but not like before.
People are still limited to groups of 20 or less when it comes to congregating in public but I’m still playing it safe. Until there’s a vaccine, there’s still a huge risk for a Hokkaido situation.
To remedy my desire to eat, I have decided to become a bit more productive!
Every other week I may take it upon myself to create a Vietnamese dish at home.
My first creation: Nem ran*
Most nem ran in my current city contain meat so I usually don’t eat them unless I’m at a vegan restaurant.
(Usually meaning I have fallen prey a couple of times before officially settling into my life as a vegetarian)
My vegetarian nem ran contains tofu, vermicelli noodles, carrots, and green onions. The lettuce was use as ‘taco boats’ to add a splash of health to these fried delicacies.
I also (poorly) created pickled daikon and carrots which you see placed beside the carrots.
It was pretty darn good and I made it again this week!
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Arrangements
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Covid-19 has been an interesting phenomenon to me. I think for me, it says a lot when the only time many people are able to take a step back and re-evaluate their life and find time to do for themselves is during a pandemic.
I believe that my privilege is pouring out of my ears here and I just want to say that I am happy that I was fortunate enough to be in a position to go after my desires, pandemic or not.
Past
These past few weeks have been me finishing up my 21 Days of VGM Album Challenge! It was therapeutic in many ways. I’ve been stagnating in terms of creativity. My past three projects were, in my opinion, a bit complex and mentally draining. Having the freedom to create with few restrictions and pressures was much needed.
I’ve been delving into Wwise with a new project. The team I am working with are pushing themselves in their respective fields in game development and I want to do the same. Devising a system has been fun. The hard part will be attempting to implement it. Wish me and the team luck!
Lastly, the past few weeks have seen me busting out music to smooth out cutscenes for Gigabuster.
Present
Barring technological issues, I am doing another pass through of Gigabuster mixes in addition to finishing up instrumental recordings for the newly created cutscene audio!
A hidden new project has me on hold until a playable prototype is ready! I have an idea that I’ve sprung past the devs. Once a demo is ready I can work on attempting to implement my music system into the game via Wwise
I am working on another personal project! I have mapped everything out and have begun to work on it officially this week! Again, I’ll talk more about it once I have posted the first video. I’m really excited about it!
Aside from that, I’m steadily job searching!
Future
At this rate, I will have released four albums this year: two official OST releases and two personal project albums.
My goal is that my personal projects will open the door for me for projects that will pay my musical voice homage and I it.
Not much to say, honestly.
I have to keep charging forward!