Thank you for over 6 years on Fyscandalband! (8 Oct 2010 - 1 Jan 2017) Happy New Year everyone! Wher
Thank you for over 6 years on Fyscandalband! (8 Oct 2010 - 1 Jan 2017) Happy New Year everyone! Wherever you may be, may you be safe, warm, and enjoying the holiday season! It’s been an amazing ride, these past many years. I feel really thankful and blessed, that throughout this blog, I got to provide information about my favourite band in the entire world, and in turn, meeting so many kind souls and making like-minded friends! It hasn’t always been the easiest, but SCANDAL, and this fandom, has been worth it. If you’d somehow missed it, it’s been announced previously that on this day, I will be retiring from fyscandalband. My reasons are simply because it’s time that I focused on my personal endeavours. I take maybe like 3 posts per year (usually during the special occasions - like anniversaries) to talk about myself and this blog, so if you’ve been around for a long time, just let me reminiscence and be whiny for one last time XD When I started this blog, I honestly wasn’t even that into the band. I liked them enough, but then again, I don’t know about the members’ personalities and I just liked them because they had some catchy songs and they looked cute. That time, there were no active Tumblrs about SCANDAL (there was one, but it hadn’t been updated for nearly a year I remember). I chose Tumblr because I’m personally not into anything with a commentary system, and I wanted to make a site where no one would need to even sign up for an account, and that you can see all of the latest within a single page scroll. I thought a lot - even though I didn’t think I’ll carry on with the blog for anything longer than a couple of months. But, as like anything or anyone you spend a long time with, you begin to grow attached to it. My reason for attachment was because I really got into the band. I was dying to know more about them, and I looked up to them, like they were all my older sisters. Of course, this is coupled with their music and fashion styles, all which I enjoy. The only bit I was frustrated with was with my own language ability. I didn’t want to like them just based on their outlooks and the melodies of their music, I wanted to also know about their personalities and the things they say. But I had to be dependent on other people (and Google translate) to try and make sense of what was going on, and I was annoyed because I hated being dependent. SCANDAL was not completely, but certainly one of the main motivating factors as to why I learned Japanese. I was pretty bad at the first few years of running this blog, (lol). My Japanese was sad and my posts weren’t complete…although I was still motivated by my own interest and some of the readers I had since back then. SCANDAL also consistently grew bigger and more fansites began popping up, so these are all good signs. Of course, the biggest setback I ever faced with running this blog would be relative to how big it was growing among the fans and my language ability- I was getting serious with my translations, translating more and longer articles, writing properly and in detail. I started translating everything, from web articles to magazine spreads, and from blog entries and emcee segments, to TV and radio broadcasts. But I’ve had anonymous people writing in or posting elsewhere that my translations ‘weren’t good enough’, or that they 'didn’t like my translation style’. I also grew increasingly unhappy because people weren’t giving credit for my work, or they were translating my translations (again without the credits). It still kinda bugs me, seeing that people are still translating my translations without crediting, but me being at this point, I’ve learnt to not dwell on it and take it as…an honour /bows/. And as there are the lows, there are the highs too. I’ve had friends I meet here become my friends in real life. I have regular readers who make Tumblr accounts just to follow this blog, and I also receive the nicest messages every now and then, people who just support me and whatever I do on this blog. Even the SCANDAL-related questions I appreciate! I really do take note and remember the kind souls who send me such lovely messages (Even though I reply at the speed of a snail, especially when it gets busy on the blog ;v;) There’s never a day where I don’t think I am lucky to have a very consistent, supportive group of readers. It was because of you guys being in this fandom, have I done this for as long as I have. It is not a walk in the park, to single-handedly run something like this. It involves organising the information, translating the text and doing up the post, all of which I have been happy to do for the past 6 years. So for once, seeing that I’m also not getting any younger…I’ll like to do something for myself for once. It hurts me to not run this blog on a daily basis anymore, as I understand many people count on it too, but this can’t be the only calling I have. I still have a lot I want to learn, and while SCANDAL and this blog will always be special to me, I want to just focus on myself for a change. In year 2017, I’m going to be working full-time as a designer for a Japanese company, in the Japanese video gaming and entertainment industry. I’m also due to get my driver’s license, and I also plan to finish up my N1 in Japanese language and do a marketing certificate. I’m going to be busy, but I’m also very excited! As for this blog, I’m not entirely calling it quits; I just want to take it easy, blog more freely (about SCANDAL), and translate the articles I want to translate. (I still have Rina’s style book waiting for me…) For those whom I’ve promised to translate stuff for in the past, don’t fret! I’ll get to them once I’m a little more free, so please just look forward to it ^^ From seeing SCANDAL go from their uniform days to them composing their own songs, to going on world tours and celebrating their 10th year anniversary, this band holds a special place in my heart. This blog has really seen all the major milestones that SCANDAL gone through, and if you’ve been with me on any part of this journey, I thank you so much. Thank you for all of the support and for making doing this so worthwhile and memorable. Have a wonderful New Year and a blessed year ahead everyone! See you soon!( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ☆ xx Elaine, fuckyeahscandalband -- source link
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