Chapter 20 – A bookworm and a media user at the same time

Kichi's POV

 Later, in my dorm room, tonight, after some playing on my phone's games, I was on my bed reading a book. The book I was reading is a book about quantum mechanics for beginners, and it was in English. That topic was a bit hard for me to comprehend, but I was determined to study it. The reason why I chose to read and study that is that I was just curious about it. The book was good to read and included diagrams, pictures, and even some charts. The night was quiet, perfect for my evening routine.

At this point, my thoughts about Catalina being a rival to me eventually dissipated from my mind, for now. I am not sure if I should try to outsmart her or not, but I decided to do whatever I needed to do instead of trying to compete with her. Competing with anyone else is not my cup of tea and being humble is my thing.

 Later, at 6:01 p.m., it was a time for me to watch the evening news on TV. So, I did so, turning on the TV for the latest news here in Japan. As the news went on, I sat down on my sofa watching it. The topics for tonight's news are more like generic ones and just updates on last night's news broadcast.

 After that, I used the TV's YouTube feature to watch some videos on world history. And then, I pressed on an animated, 11-minute video on the history of Ancient China. The video played, and it was nice and easy to digest its information thanks to the narrator's summarized words and pictures showing what goes down in history. Yup, I am a bookworm and a media user, especially in learning and education. This also extended to views on anything as well. Nevertheless, I went through the video while internalizing the information from it.

After that, I switched to some music videos, which were in my favorite Filipino songs, and I chose those in the karaoke style of the videos. And so, as the first video played, I listened to it, embracing the piano music that was playing in the background of the video. The night was good and peaceful.

 Later, at 7:01 p.m., I played a random video on a random topic and went to the kitchen to cook some dinner for myself. The meal for tonight will be simple fried tonkatsu and some fried, yellow, and Java rice. For the rice, I used this morning's leftover rice to fry it in a nonstick pan. But still, the memory of Catalina declaring to be my rival didn't leave my head. So, I agreed to do what I had thought last time.