• The Week #274

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    • 🇯🇵 I made it back to Japan after a week in the UK. This time I managed to time my trip to the airport perfectly because as soon as I arrived they started bag checks for ANA. Then there was zero line in security. Compared with my prior visit with the fam, where it took an hour to check-in and we had to dash to the airplane, it was a welcome change.
    • 🛰️ While in London I bought the Lunar Outpost Lego Technic to build with Leo and it's great. It's the most complex build we've started doing thus far. I wish we could drive it. ( I've since discovered the Lego Spike sets, which replaces Mindstorms, and can be programmed using (!)...maybe one for Santa...)
    • 🥳 I arrived back in Japan just in time to to spend my 40th birthday with the fam.  For the day itself, we kept it simple, having a pizza and cake at my in-laws. Turning 40 is a good time to do a "mid-life" checkin and review things. What will the "theme" for my next decade be? What should I start doing? What should I stop or change? How can I create the systems that ensure change/growth is lasting? My gut (metaphorical and actual (😅)) tells me it should be health... but they're all questions I need to start pondering on...when I'm no longer jet lagged.
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    Jet Lagged Birthday 5k
    Starting off a new decade on the right foot.

    5.0km

    39.7min

    30.4m climbed

    167avg bpm

  • The Week #273

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    • 🇬🇧 I'm back in the UK, this time for a week for work. It's the first time I've made any trip back-to-back so close to another and it's a bit odd – wasn't I just here?! The weather is fantastic as per usual (not being cheeky).
    • ✈️ I rode with ANA this time around and the flight was the best kind, uneventful. Although rather than my usual aisle seat, I had in a window seat. While I enjoyed being able to look out the window when we were taking off / landing, not being able to get up when I want was a bummer. The entire flight I got up 1 time, which can't be good.

      While the plane ride was smooth sailing the trains were classic UK trains. Midway to Paddington on the Elizebeth line, we're about to depart the station and the train lost overhead power. We were stuck for 30 minutes while they sorted it out. Thankfully it has a battery on it so it was able to keep the lights on and open the doors.
    • 🗿 I finally did a proper visit to the British museum and it was fantastic. I'm not sure what my favorite relic in the museum was, but I did quite enjoy the Japan exhibit. Maybe it was because I live there and I could relate to it more. You get so used to these things just being around (on TV, books etc..) that it sort of becomes like the air, but seeing an explicit collection after seeing collections from other parts of the world/eras, if gives you a greater appreciation for the culture.

  • Checkin to BrewDog Soho

    Hefeweizen 😋

  • Checkin to Tate Modern

    Recharging with some art.
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