About Me
Alafista.com is a channel for me to share with people and friends the amazing aspect of Japanese popular culture, everything from anime & manga, to beautiful idols and jpop artists, and also updates on the latest figurine releases.
In summary, this blog explores “Anime, Figures, Gravure Idols, and Everything Otaku from Japan”.
About Alafista
I reside in Singapore and I’m a full-fledge otaku. I’ve just graduated with a degree in social science (Psychology) and recently made my first transition to a Shakaijin. Currently, I’m working as a policy and research officer for Singapore Customs.
My interest in Japan grew stronger during my undergraduate studies whereby I took on multiple modules of Japanese Studies. Having understood the different aspect of the social institution of Japan allowed me to gain a better appreciation of the nation and convinced me I would love to live there.
I enjoy a wide variety of anime and every week I try to put aside time for 4-10 episodes of anime. Classics like Doraemon, Mazinger Z, Speed Racer andn Patlablor were my favorites growing up.
I’m able to able to converse in English, Chinese, Cantonese, Hokkien and Japanese, so if you ever meet me, do come up and say hi to me ^_^.
History of Blogging
I’ve been blogging for more than 5 years now and have made many great friends along the way.
The true inspiration for me came when I stumbled upon DannyChoo.com, which then motivated me to move onto more serious blogging.
After more than 1 year of its launch, Alafista.com now enjoys approximately 3000 visitors everyday and I intend to keep growing the readership. ^_^
Contact me
I can be contacted via the contact form located on the left sidebar.
I always enjoy reading all the emails sent to me by my readers, regardless of whether they are compliments and suggestions or just hate mails. And even though I might be slow in replying them, I will always make an effort to reply to them. If you dont get an answer, please resend mail again after 2 weeks.
Readers who are interested in networking can also add me on the following online communities:
Twitter, Flickr, FaceBook, Linkedin
Moving Forward From Here
Having a job enables me to pursue my passion without financial worries. My current goal is to reside in Japan before I hit age 30.
To secure my goal, I have started taking Japanese classes weekly and will be working towards attaining JLPT 1 within 4-5 years. At the same time, I’ve realised my passion revolves around writing and doing research. Therefore, I would most likely pursue a career in academics or the media.
As for this site, my goal is to expand the readers and the brand name of Alafista.com. Despite my busy working life, I promise to put aside 1-2 hours daily to write articles and share updates. In addition, I have drawn up more development plans for this site which will be launched in 2009.
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