After Mystic Messenger, I was wondering if there could be another otome game that captured my heart. Given how Cheritz seemed to know their stuff, I decided to pay another $58 to buy Dandelion and Nameless off Steam as they had raving reviews. I spent more than a month between the two games and have to […]

Under the Deep Story which you have to pay 80 hourglass for, you get to choose between Jumin and Seven and it was good that the developers provided new conversations for Day 2 to 4 which made the game less repetitive and refreshing.  To be honest, I felt that both characters Jumin and Seven were […]

Just completed Jaehee’s route which surfaced some interesting observations about life, work and friendship. As the only other girl in the group, the game developers were sane enough not to turn this into a LGBT game so the premise was about how to support Jaehee to realise her dreams and be free of an oppressive […]

Zen’s route was pretty fun to play compared to YS as there were more novel mode scenes that helped progressed the story more. Unlike YS whose life revolved around gaming and mourning over his dead cousin Rika, Zen’s life was much more colorful considering his rebellious past and career in entertainment industry. Well in reality, it […]

I recently came across an interesting otome mobile app by Cheritz. I have to say that amongst the various otome I’ve played, this one stands out in many ways not only for its game play but also excellent story telling.  First the game play. The app functions like one of the many messenger apps available […]

Travelling without the children meant that we could totally chiong the streets of Tokyo from breakfast to supper, something we couldn’t do when it takes hours to get everyone out of home and into bed. The part about toy hunting in Tokyo is that prices can fluctuate from place to place, the same good can […]

After a good rest in the hotel, we headed back to Kawaguchiko station and bought our bus tickets to 5th station and the highway bus back to Shinjuku tomorrow. Here we are joined by other fellow climbers, a mix of locals and western travellers. The bus to 5th station arrived about 10 minutes late and […]

This is also the fourth couple trip Theo and I have taken since the kids arrived. First was to Ho Chi Minh City in 2006, Bangalore in 2013, Seoul in 2014 and now back to Tokyo in 2016. Coming back to Japan almost feels like a third home to me after Malaysia. I love the […]

2016 came and in the turn of an eye, one third of the year has gone by. Perhaps it comes with age. The older you are, the faster time seems to pass. Compared to last year, I would say I feel like a totally different person after being inundated with Japan’s sub-culture, spending much of my […]

Being back in Tokyo for the third time was a welcome relief after 8 days of finding our way around in Osaka and Takayama. We even have our own Suica card from our last trip which was way more convenient than having to buy tickets for every ride. Much of our time in Tokyo was […]