Games
A Small World After Work
The sort of quiet game that makes an hour disappear.
Likes
Things I play, taste, carry, and keep returning to.
A cabinet of interests that shape how I think, build, and unwind.
Recently added
Notes from the cabinet
Cigars & Alcohol
A Slow Pour
Warm wood, dried fruit, and a little time left alone.
Incense
A First Burn of Jinkō
Agarwood blended with various fragrance ingredients for a deep, Japanese-style aroma.
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Games
Digital worlds worth getting lost in.
Honkai: Star Rail
A space-fantasy RPG that turns each new world into its own stage. The turn-based combat is easy to settle into, while team building, character stories, and the steady rhythm of new journeys keep giving me reasons to return.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hornet's faster movement and acrobatic combat give the journey through Pharloom a distinct rhythm. The hand-drawn world, layered routes, and difficult encounters kept the climb compelling across 44.8 hours.
League of Legends
Five roles, one map, and an endless amount to learn. Every match asks for a different balance of mechanics, timing, adaptation, and team coordination.
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Cigars & Alcohol
Pairings, pours, and brief notes.
Broadleaf Reserve & Quiet Pour
Dark cocoa, cedar, and dried fruit arrived slowly. A small pour softened the edges and made the final third warmer without burying the tobacco.
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Incense
Twenty-two scents across three samplers, tried one stick at a time.
Three tasting sets are tracked separately so each maker, source, photograph, progress, and first impression stays in its original context.
Each tasting set keeps its own source notes and progress. Kyukyodo profiles use maker materials; Nanyue Incense profiles use the Taobao merchant information supplied by the site owner. These sources do not establish complete formulas or blend ratios.
Kyukyodo · First impressions
Two samplers, one stick at a time.
Two eight-scent samplers from Kyukyodo, recorded as first impressions while I slowly burn through the sets.
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Mikumano
三熊野 · みくまの
Sourced profile
Japanese-style perfume · Low smoke
Kyukyodo describes Mikumano as sweet and pure, with a gentle Japanese fragrance and relatively little smoke.
The maker identifies the fragrance direction, while the complete ingredient list and blending ratio remain unpublished.
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Chitose
千岁 · ちとせ
Sourced profile
Laoshan sandalwood · Added fragrance
Kyukyodo names premium Laoshan sandalwood as the base, with added fragrance used to lift its refreshing aroma while keeping the sweetness restrained.
Laoshan sandalwood refers to top-grade sandalwood from Mysore, which Kyukyodo characterizes as softly sweet.
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Seiai
清靄 · せいあい
Sourced profile
Sandalwood & Laoshan sandalwood · Low smoke
Kyukyodo describes Seiai as a low-smoke incense made with its highest-quality sandalwood and Laoshan sandalwood, giving it a refreshing, sweet, and gentle fragrance.
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Maigoromo
舞衣 · まいごろも
Sourced profile
Sandalwood · Laoshan sandalwood
Kyukyodo describes Maigoromo as generously made with premium sandalwood and Laoshan sandalwood, producing a sweet, refreshing sandalwood fragrance.
Both Maigoromo and Chitose center sandalwood. Their public notes emphasize different construction: Maigoromo highlights generous use of premium sandalwood, while Chitose explicitly mentions added fragrance and restrained sweetness.
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Jinkō
薫沈香 · じんこう
Sourced profile
Agarwood · Blended fragrance
Kyukyodo describes Jinkō as a blend of agarwood and various fragrance ingredients that recreates the prized character of agarwood as a deep, Japanese-style aroma.
The sampler label reads “薫沈香,” while Kyukyodo's current standalone listing uses “じんこう.” Agarwood forms when Aquilaria wood accumulates resin over time; this incense remains a composed blend rather than a single-ingredient stick.
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Coffee Fragrance
線香 珈琲の香り · せんこう こーひーのかおり
Sourced profile
Coffee · Sandalwood and other natural aromatics · Low smoke
Kyukyodo describes this incense as a deep coffee fragrance blended with sandalwood and other natural aromatics, with relatively little smoke and a comforting character.
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Hanabato
線香 しのぶ乃か · せんこう しのぶのか
Sourced profile
Sandalwood · Florals and woods · Traditional aromatic blend · Light woody profile
A Taobao merchant describes this incense as a light sandalwood composition with florals, woods, and traditional aromatic ingredients, giving it a gentle, cooling fragrance. The listing image also states that each stick is 14 cm long.
The package front reads “線香 しのぶ乃か,” while “花鸠” (Hanabato) is the Chinese product name used by the Taobao merchant. Neither Kyukyodo's current shop nor its searchable archived product pages provide a matching description, so these notes record the retailer profile rather than an official formula.
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Shinnyo
線香 真如 · せんこう しんにょ
Sourced profile
Agarwood · Sandalwood and other natural aromatics
Kyukyodo describes Shinnyo as a calming incense built on deep agarwood, blended with sandalwood and other natural aromatics.
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Kyara
薫伽羅
Sourced profile
Kyara · Agarwood
Kyukyodo describes kyara as especially resin-rich agarwood, considered among the finest aromas found in fragrant woods and characterized by a deep, mysterious fragrance.
The sampler label reads “薫伽羅,” while Kyukyodo's current standalone listing uses “お香 香木の香り 伽羅（スティック）.” This entry cites the maker's description of kyara and its fragrance direction without treating the standalone product specifications as sampler specifications.
Nanyue Incense · Taobao sampler
Six sticks, three first burns.
A six-scent Taobao sampler recorded separately from the Kyukyodo sets. Three scents have been burned; the other three remain inventory only, without personal verdicts.
Not yet tried
- Yuexing No. 1
- 5A Quảng Nam agarwood
- 6A Hui’an agarwood
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Indian Laoshan sandalwood
印度老山檀
From the merchant
Laoshan sandalwood · Nanmu powder binder
The Taobao merchant lists Laoshan sandalwood and nanmu powder used as the binder.
This records the merchant-provided ingredients only; no complete ratio or efficacy claim is inferred.
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7A Nha Trang agarwood
7A 芽庄沉香
From the merchant
Natural agarwood powder · Nanmu powder binder · Spring water
The Taobao merchant lists natural agarwood powder, nanmu powder used as the binder, and spring water.
The slightly sour impression is personal; its cause is uncertain and is not presented as an ingredient fact.
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8A Fusen red earth
8A 富森红土
From the merchant
Natural agarwood powder · Nanmu powder binder · Spring water
The Taobao merchant lists natural agarwood powder, nanmu powder used as the binder, and spring water.
The slightly sour impression is personal; its cause is uncertain and is not presented as an ingredient fact.
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Reading Shelf
Reports and online references worth keeping close.
Saved online resource
CBRE / November 2022
CBRE · Report
2022–2023 CBRE Global Workplace & Occupancy Insights
Drawing on 60 organizations, 493 million sq. ft. of office space, and roughly 50,000 data points, the report examines how hybrid work is changing space demand, office design, and space sharing. It also shows how workplace teams are moving from planned-area metrics to actual utilization data for real-estate and business decisions.
I saved it because I used the report, including some of its data, while researching office-space sizing. What surprised me most was finding that people are genuinely studying how office space gets used, so I wanted to keep a record of it.