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The Week #284
by James- βοΈ The espresso machine came and I pulled my first couple of shots. They tasted fine, but I can tell there's going to be a learning curve to really nail it. The machine itself works great, but it is more plasticy than I was expecting. I can already see the number of rabbit holes I can jump into is going to be fun.
- 𧱠Growing tired of buying things from Amazon, I decided I'd try to go out in person and buy a milk pitcher and thermometer for steaming milk. I visited the Kalita store in Motomachi, and while it was full of coffee paraphernalia and Kalita themed wares (the stickers for your journal were super cute), they only had drip coffee goods. In the end, I gave Bezos a few more bucks, because I ain't got time to go all around town looking at shop after shop.
Visiting Motomachi with all of its fancy shops during Christmas was quite nice though. Super nice clothes that one day I will be old enough to wear. - π I got my flu jab (better late than never) as my usual place a station over. I did it because it's what you're supposed to do to project the herd, but also because I had to take Leo to get his second jab. A show of solidarity.
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The Week #283
by James- π¦πΊ They do not lie that the coffee is a thing in Melb. A local let me that I should try a "Magic" coffee, a Melbourne / some places in Sydney coffee. It is a double ristretto served in a 5-6 oz cup, topped with steamed milk. A coffee with milk where you can taste coffee. They're great.
View from the office
Happy/sad I flew back from MEL via SIN on Thursday. I look forward to visiting Aus again. Hopefully next time it's for more than 3.5 days. - πΉ We went to the Sky Hiroba in Yamato, a public skatepark. It's much much smaller than our usual park in Enoshima, but also it's much closer and most importantly free (entry and parking). Leo rode the box (while holding my hand) and up a bit on the quarter pipe. This park will be a better place to practice by yourself as it's much lower traffic.
- β«οΈ I took part in a couple of Black Friday sales, my first time. One was moving from a monthly subscription to a lifetime subscription to Plex (media server software so I have my own Netflix) and the other was an entry-level espresso machine. I've probably opened a rabbit hole with the last one, but I'm looking forward to trying to make a Magic at home (but not on day one).
- π¦πΊ They do not lie that the coffee is a thing in Melb. A local let me that I should try a "Magic" coffee, a Melbourne / some places in Sydney coffee. It is a double ristretto served in a 5-6 oz cup, topped with steamed milk. A coffee with milk where you can taste coffee. They're great.
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Checkin to ι«ι倧師ζ©
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Checkin to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)
Quick transfer on the way home π -
Checkin to Gate 18
See ya later Aus -
The Week #282
by James- π¦πΊ I traveled to south of the equator for the first time to Melbourne. It seems like a pretty great city β though the lack of a train from the airport to the central business district is a shame. Having your (my) introduction to the city be taking an Uber along a massive highway to some massive 7 lane roads really reminded me of being in Houston more than London. Living in Japan and mostly visiting places with excellent public transit, going to a car centric city is always a shock to the system.
The trams do exist, but the barrier to riding them as a visitor is quite high. They're free within the central business district, but if you leave then you need to pay using a transit card. Which you'd then need to charge or something. They're in the process is upgrading so you can use a credit card / your phone, but it's not there / everywhere yet.
Food and Coffee has been great though. I am looking forward to drinking as much coffee as I can while I'm about. - π¦ I have yet to see any kangaroos.
- π§ I charged up /synced my iPod Classic and so glad I did. Traveling with your entire library on a device that works without internet access is so good. On the plane listening to Green Day's Dookie album reminded me that I did the same exact thing as a kid flying between California and Colorado. Except the only album I had with me was Dookie and it was a (not Sony) Walkman. I must have listened to it 3 times in a row. The opening of the album remains my favorite of all time.
- π¦πΊ I traveled to south of the equator for the first time to Melbourne. It seems like a pretty great city β though the lack of a train from the airport to the central business district is a shame. Having your (my) introduction to the city be taking an Uber along a massive highway to some massive 7 lane roads really reminded me of being in Houston more than London. Living in Japan and mostly visiting places with excellent public transit, going to a car centric city is always a shock to the system.
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Checkin to Pillar of Salt
Quick breakie -
Checkin to Taco Bill - Russell St
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Checkin to Terminal 3
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Checkin to Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport (HND) (ζ±δΊ¬ε½ιη©ΊζΈ― (ηΎ½η°η©ΊζΈ―))
Brb. Popping to Melbourne via Singapore. π¦πΊ
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