The Monday Read
Post-typhoon edition Well, that was exciting. Wasn’t really expecting the typhoon to dump quite that much water on Miyagi. Fortunately we live on the third floor and have very robust windows. One of the areas they kept showing on TV (where a river burst its banks and flooded a bunch of houses and manshons) is […]
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Recovery Edition Well, shingles is no fun. Got the all clear from my doctor on Friday but still feeling very much drained. Went to my jiu-jitsu tournament on Sunday and competed in my own weight class but withdrew from the open class. Disappointing but didn’t want to risk it. That was also the reason we […]
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Shingles edition Well, I came down with shingles last week (at least that’s what my unreliable* doctor thinks). So far it is not much fun 🙂 We still have some places for the Tsukuba Seminar on October 26th. If you are interested, you can find more info and register here. Thanks again to Doorkeeper for […]
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Cheat day edition I’m on a (so far pretty successful) diet at the moment, but today kind of turned into a spontaneous cheat day as we all had the day off, lots of amazing food was cooked at home, and I happened to walk past one of our favourite cake shops. It’s all good though, […]
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Rain, rain, go away. Seems there is another typhoon on the way (Typhoon #16). Hopefully it will fizzle out and be less destructive than the last one. As we head towards the final quarter of 2019, I find it useful to sit down with my wife and take stock: how are we doing with our […]
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Typhoon Time: Stay Safe Out There Week two of our resumed regular service. Seems like this might be the last gasp of summer: I’m looking forward to cooler and less humid days and nights once autumn arrives properly. One exciting announcement: we’re planning a RetireJapan event in Tsukuba on October 26th, in collaboration with Tsukuba […]
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More like the August Read, amirite? Hi friends Did you miss me? I must admit I have really enjoyed the change of pace during August. How was your summer? Can’t believe it is September already. You may have noticed a change to the Monday Read this year. Previously I wrote the post on Sunday (sometimes […]
The Monday Read
Glorious Summer Well, the rain broke here in Sendai. It’s weird how I seem to have gotten used to the climate here. Summers killed me when I first arrived in Japan, but now I am pretty much used to them and don’t really mind unless I have to do something stupid like walk around in […]
The Monday Read
Technical Problems Edition Apologies to anyone who has tried to use the forum over the last few days. We seem to be having technical problems (forum software is out of date and I am too stupid to update it myself -currently looking for someone to help me with it). Hope to have it back to […]
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Ocean Day Edition Ocean day! I assume no one will be reading this until Tuesday 🙂 I have a jiu-jitsu competition today. Wish me luck. Here are this week’s links: This is not a profit, any more than the previous ‘loss’ was a loss: Gov’t pension fund posts Â¥9.1 tril profit in 4th quarter I […]