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Sonny Brisko's Streaming (4 to 8 hours per week, depending)

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Sonny Brisko's Streaming (4 to 8 hours per week, depending)

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Sonny Brisko’s streams are honestly the time when I get the most and the most frequent exposure to English. (I actually wrote about him last semester too, hahaha.)For me, watching his live streams has helped me understand a lot of casual English that textbooks don’t teach, like “I’m good” doesn’t always mean “I’m fine,” but often means politely rejecting something, or people say “Sup” instead of “What’s up,” and “legit” is short for “legitimate.”

I don’t take notes while watching (it’s my chill time), but I do show up for almost every stream (I really, really like him lol), and I’ve found myself slowly absorbing these things without even trying. This isn’t the traditional kind of studying, but because I care and I want to understand, I learn naturally.

The link I included this time is actually from another Vtuber, Luca. It’s a collab where Sonny, Luca, Shu, and Vox(all Aussie Vtubers—) they met up offline and just hung out.

I’ve watched it SO many times it’s basically become my finals week emotional support video.

At one point Sonny suddenly sings “雪花飄飄 北風蕭蕭” out of nowhere and it’s SO funny!!!!!! But it’s also weirdly cute and wholesome?? Moments like that make me like him even more ( confession again), and honestly, it kinda touched me.Hearing someone I admire suddenly speak a language I know, it felt really nice(???)

(this whole article kinda turned into a confession to Sonny Brisko)

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Since Moana 2 is coming out, I watched the first Moana again. It’s been so long that honestly, it felt like watching it for the first time again. Besides remembering the songs, I had pretty much forgotten everything. But that didn’t stop me from crying… a lot.

She’s the daughter of the chief. Everyone loves her, respects her. She’s not someone who acts selfishly or recklessly. People keep telling her, “You’re the chief’s daughter, you need to stay here.” So she tries to tell herself, “This is my responsibility, I should be okay with it.” But deep inside, there’s this feeling, the voice keeps calling her to the ocean. “I don’t know why, I just have to go” kind of feeling really hit me.

That’s the part stayed with me the most, not the part where she fights monsters, but how she slowly figured out who she is while struggling with this thing inside her that she couldn’t explain. The part that broke me was when she was at her lowest. She gives the heart back to the ocean and says, “You chose wrong.” That line completely shattered me.(And even writing this now makes me feel sad again) Because we’ve all had moments like that, trying really hard, still failing, and wondering if we were just never good enough. But then her memories, her ancestors, everything she’s been through. they remind her:she wasn’t chosen because she’s perfect. She was chosen because she had the courage to go.

Moana isn’t telling us to become heroes.

She’s just showing us that it’s okay to move forward, even when you don’t have all the answers yet, even when you’re scared, or unsure.

(Btw, when I was a kid, my aunt said I looked like Moana.

Back then I was kinda annoyed, like, “I’m not that dark!!”

But now I actually feel kinda proud about it haha.)

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I watched Moana 2 in the theater, and honestly, when I walked out, I really thought: “It’s not as good as the first one.” Maybe it’s because the first movie was just too strong, everything felt so complete, especially the ending. It made me wonder, where else could she even go? What kind of growth could she still have?

But later that night, back in my dorm, I read a few reviews and depth reflections, and suddenly my perspective shifted.

This movie isn’t about asking “Who am I?” anymore. It’s asking, “What comes next?” and that kind of question doesn’t bring fire and adventure, it brings weight, and quietness. It feels much more real.

The first movie was about hearing your inner voice, and having the courage to follow it. The second one is about realizing, once you’re leading others forward, where exactly are you taking them? It’s not a journey that ends with just finding yourself. It’s about whether you can carry the future of others on your shoulders. When passion becomes responsibility, and that responsibility doesn’t just belong to you, but to your people. That changes everything.

Even though I said at first that Moana 2 was just “okay,” I still cried.Because it hit me right where I am in life right now. That feeling of thinking you’ve already grown, only to realize the road ahead is still long. I’m a college freshman (okay almost not anymore QQ), and sometimes I still feel like a clueless kid. But little by little, without even realizing it, I’ve started picking up responsibilities. Nobody really tells you when you’ve grown up, but one day, you just notice you can’t afford to be a kid anymore.

I saw someone online say:“She used to be the one following the voice. Now she’s the one becoming the voice.” share with you.

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After i watched Moana 1, I realized the only thing I truly remembered was the song “How Far I’ll Go.” So I went back, listened to it again, and carefully read through the lyrics (for homework too lol) (Moana is really being used to the fullest by me at this point hahaha)

Honestly, the song hit me harder than I expected. That feeling of being torn between doing what everyone expects of you and listening to that small voice inside, that quiet longing for something more you can’t quite put into words, felt way too real.

Especially the line “What is wrong with me?” It hurt in the best way, because I get it. It’s like Moana is singing the questions we’re too scared to ask ourselves. I love how the song doesn’t give a clear answer, but instead gives us the courage to keep moving forward.

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Auli'i Cravalho - How Far I'll Go (from Moana/Official Video)

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自由時報：中英對照讀新聞(0.5 to 1 hour per week, depending)

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自由時報：中英對照讀新聞(0.5 to 1 hour per week, depending)

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The link I shared is my favorite news article ever, so many dachshunds!!! They’re so cute!!! (Dachshunds are doooooooog)

This semester, I’ve been trying to read one short English news article a day, something that takes about 10 minutes or less to finish. One news I really recommend is the bilingual news section from 自由時報. It’s super friendly to readers because each paragraph of English is followed by its Chinese translation, and the topics are usually fun too !

What I find most useful is the “News Vocabulary” section at the bottom of each article. It picks a few uncommon but practical words. For example, in the dachshund article I mentioned, I learned that “strut” means “to walk with confidence or pride.” (totally what those sausage dogs were doing lol)

(and to be honest when I’m feeling lazy, I sometimes just scroll straight to the vocab list at the bottom hahaha!)

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中英對照讀新聞》Wiener wonderland: hundreds of dachshunds chase record in Hungary臘腸狗遊樂園：數百隻達克斯獵犬在匈牙利追逐紀錄 - 中英對照讀新聞 - 自由電子報 專區

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Throngs of dachshunds strut their stubby stuff in Hungary on Thursday as they tried to fetch a record for the country’s biggest ever single-breed dog