It's been a month since I've last updated this blog. So far, the past month of April has been fairly lowkey. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series concluded with Sam Wilson becoming the next Captain America. Meanwhile, I'm still quarantined at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic (which is somehow still getting worse in certain parts of the world) and I've managed to get hooked on seasonal anime (which is pretty run-of-the-mill for the month of April). Oh yeah... and I'm fully vaccinated against COVID-19 now (or at least until a booster shot is inevitably mandated later this year).
COVID-19 Vaccine
In early April, I was fortunate enough to be able to secure an appointment for COVID-19 vaccination with the King County Vaccination Partnership in Redmond. If I recall correctly, appointment slots were very scarce. Places like QFC ran out of appointment slots quickly and Costco's COVID-19 vaccination web portal wouldn't even load. It took a few days after registration before I could even schedule an appointment with the King County Vaccination Partnership in Redmond for COVID-19 vaccination. I heard that the wait times are even longer now.
During my appointments, I ended up receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. I received my first dose in early April and my second dose earlier this week.
Side Effects
Before receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, I had heard on the news that some people experienced some side effects ranging from soreness at the injection site to nausea and fever. I had also heard that the side effects could be more intense with the second dose, due to the body mounting an immune response.
Luckily for me, the side effects I experienced were very mild. For both my first and second doses, I only experienced soreness at the injection site and some mild dehydration. YMMV.
Unfortunately, my iPhone wasn't spontaneously updated with 5G support after vaccination :(
Ontario, Canada
Back in 2020, I fully expected that Canada would be ahead of the US in COVID-19 vaccinations due to the political climate in the US at the time. Evidently, things panned out very differently. Unlike in the US, Canada appears to have prioritized administering the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to as many people as possible vs. reserving two doses for each person. I find it ironic that my parents, being in their 60s, have only received their first doses, while my younger brother and I have both received our second doses.
Seasonal Anime
As with every year, the month of April marks the start of the Spring anime season. These are some of the shows I'm watching this season:
- Digimon Adventure (2020)
- Godzilla Singular Point
- Edens Zero
- I've Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level
- So I'm a Spider, So What?
- The Slime Diaries
Digimon Adventure (2020)
I grew up watching the original Digimon Adventure series. This series has the same characters, but is set in a different universe. I'm watching this mainly because of the characters.
Godzilla Singular Point
I started watching this series because it had a catchy ending theme. I don't really understand what's going on so far...
Edens Zero
The manga for this series is written by the same author that wrote Fairy Tail. The plot and world-building sounds interesting and I'm looking forward to seeing how things will unravel in the upcoming episodes.
I've Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level
A slice-of-life about a career woman who dies from overwork and is reincarnated into a fantasy world as a witch and inadvertently maxes out her level after killing slime monsters daily for 300 years. A good watch for unwinding after a stressful week.
So I'm a Spider, So What?
The show is about someone who reincarnates as a spider monster in a fantasy world and goes on adventures. At first, I thought the premise was kind of dumb, but the spider, plot and world building ended up being interesting.
The Slime Diaries
This is a spinoff of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. The latter series is about a salaryman who reincarnates into a fantasy world as a slime monster with human-intellect that becomes OP and gains a lot of allies. This spinoff series is a slice-of-life revolving around the same characters from the parent series. Another good watch for unwinding after a stressful week.
What Else?
I've started jogging more regularly as of April. At first, I started jogging 30 minutes per day (x3 10 minute jogs). Later, I increased the duration to 45 minutes (x3 15 minute jogs). Admittedly, my jogging schedule has been less regular this week due to my second COVID-19 vaccine appointment and my own laziness.
For the next month, I would like to get back to jogging regularly again (so that I can get back to a normal BMI). I would also like to start doing my own grocery shopping again now that I'm fully vaccinated (previously, I was using Instacart).