The Monday Read
My Number shenanigans edition I hope everyone is doing okay out there. The rain and floods look pretty scary. I got an email this week from our HR department at work, talking about changes to the My Number system. There are basically two big ones that happened in May this year. The first change is […]
The Monday Read
Third time’s a charm edition Once again the Monday Read is going out on a Wednesday. Perhaps it is time we changed the name? Both my wife and I got emails today saying we’d won the right to buy Sharp masks -either we are very lucky or no one wants them any more 😉 Life […]
The Monday Read
Slowly easing back into it We’re on a bit of a roll now -two in a row 🙂 Occasionally a link will expire: my apologies. The Monday Read content gets gathered from when the previous Monday Read goes up, then goes on the blog, then eventually gets sent out in the weekly newsletter. The lag […]
The Monday Read
Long time no write This is the first Monday Read this month! Which is a pretty poor state of affairs. I apologise for depriving you of your weekly entertaining email/annoying inbox clutter. We’ve also been remiss in terms of writing any actual content for the blog. Have a couple of posts lined up though, so […]
The Monday Read
Listening to old music edition Been listening to a lot of music from my yoof this week. Kind of weird to think that it’s all 20-30 years old. Eeek. I started doing this simple workout every day in the morning, and my lower back pain has mostly disappeared. Huge quality of life boost. Hope everyone […]
The Monday Read
End in sight? For now. I can’t believe how well things seem to be going in Japan now. Pleasantly surprised, but I don’t understand it. Hope it continues. Have even started thinking I might be able to train again sometime soon 😉 This week’s links Time to build up the emergency fund: When You Have […]
The Monday Read
Digital detox edition This soft lockdown/work from home/social distancing experience is a bit strange. I’ve been sleeping a lot more than usual (2-3 hours more per night) which is probably a good thing but at the same time I find myself staying up late and sleeping in. Not ideal. A lot of that is due […]
The Monday Read
Summer is here! 31 degrees with reasonable humidity: summer hit Sendai yesterday. It was nice, then it started feeling a bit too hot. Going to be a long, hot one this year methinks. Last week I actually forgot to write the Monday Read. Apologies. Hopefully this week’s bumper edition will go some way towards making […]
The Monday Read
All I can manage right now edition Japan seems to be getting deeper into its economic coronapocalype, creating a security divide between salaried employees at larger companies and freelancers/employees at smaller companies. The government seems to be slowly coming around to the need to support people, but the gears are grinding slowly. Let’s hope they […]
The Monday Read
Emergency edition One problem with living in 2020 is that by writing this post a week in advance, I pretty much ensure that by the time it gets sent out a week later it is hopelessly out of date. A bit like sending out a newpaper from 1983 or something. One example: last week we […]