The Monday Read
Post-viral fatigue edition Man, shingles is a nasty disease. I had no idea how nasty. Visibly I have recovered but I have no energy and life seems really difficult now. Hopefully this too will pass 🙂 In better news we will be heading to Fukuoka and Kitakyushu in March! More details when we have them. […]
The Monday Read
Not much to report this week. A few things on the horizon, but nothing I can announce just yet. We’re still looking for guest posts or reader profiles. If you would like to contribute either of these please get in touch! This week’s links I need to do more of this: When in doubt, try […]
The Monday Read
Guest posts and events (just to remind everyone: the Monday Read is written on Monday, and you can find it on the site and on Facebook then, but if you are reading this from the newsletter it’s a week behind. Shouldn’t make much difference to most of the content) Just got back from an exhausting […]
The Monday Read
Everything seems… fine? No natural disasters today. Phew. Although it seems like we might still have a couple of typhoons to get through before winter settles in. Speaking of typhoons, I hope they don’t disrupt our RetireJapan seminar in Tsukuba this week. Really looking forward to that one. This week’s links Make things interesting: Terrible […]
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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, […]
The Monday Read
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 […]