The Monday Read
This and that A busy week, but a good one. I’ve been busy with work but I’m enjoying the weather, being active, keeping up with my physio exercises, and got a new toy. Basically running outside hurts my knees if I overdo it, and exercising in a mask in summer is miserable. As a visible […]
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So far so good Well, it’s kind of sort of might be rainy season now. The air is definitely getting more humid, and the other day I had my first unpleasant reminder of how not fun masks + heat + humidity are. Really wasn’t expecting a second summer all masked up! Hopefully there won’t be […]
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The Best Rainy Season Ever I am loving the weather this week. Warm, dry, sunny, fun playful kind of wind. Spent the whole week trying to find excuses to get out in the sun and get my vitamin D in. Long may it continue! Encouragingly, vaccinations in Japan seem to be picking up. They have […]
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Vaccination fun week Vaccination reservations for the over-65s in Sendai started last Monday, so my wife is getting very stressed trying to book appointments for her parents (in their 80s). So far no luck. Rather than the central government or local governments organising bookings, seems like it has been delegated all the way down to […]
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Die With Zero edition Seems like everyone and their dog read Die With Zero this week. I did too! So we’ll be doing a full review on the blog next week. Spoiler: I thought it wasn’t a particularly good book, but found immense value in it. I also managed to write a few blog posts […]
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Rainy season??? Well, it’s only early May, and yet here in Sendai it is getting unseasonably humid. Hopefully it’s just a temporary thing rather than an acceleration of the seasons! Seems like the Japanese government is getting a bit worried about how the general public views their vaccination efforts so far and things seem to […]
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Golden Week Baby! Rain and unreliable weather so far this Golden Week. Probably for the best. Can’t believe we are still in this situation a year later, but it is what it is. We are staying home, I am playing chess online and board games with my granddaughter, and hopefully going cycling with my wife […]
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Golden Week is Coming Edition Well, Golden Week starts this week. Please stay home and stamp the reproduction number into the floor. I wish the government would act more competently than it seems to be, but in the absence of that, we can all do our part. I’ll be spending time playing board games with […]
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Rain, rain, go away edition The problem with Sendai in the spring is the wind. It is a cold and bitter wind, and this year especially strong. Cars pushed into the next lane, washing blown away, doors snatched out of hands strong. And today? Rain. Cold rain like a grey blanket, just like back home. […]
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Spring is here edition Well, spring is here it seems. Today is the most glorious day -probably the best one so far of 2021. Hope everyone is keeping safe out there! Article for beginners I wrote an article for Gaijinpot, and it was published last week. It’s aimed at beginners, so I would be really […]