• The Week #283

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    • πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί 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.
    • πŸ›Ή 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.
    • ⚫️ 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).

  • Checkin to ι«˜ι€Ÿε€§εΈ«ζ©‹

    Almost hoooome

  • Checkin to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)

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    in Singapore, Singapore
    Quick transfer on the way home πŸƒ

  • Checkin to Gate 18

    See ya later Aus

  • The Week #282

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    • πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί I traveled to south of the equator for the first time to Melbourne. It seems like a pretty great city – 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.
    • 🦘 I have yet to see any kangaroos.
    • 🎧 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.

  • Checkin to Pillar of Salt

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    in Richmond, VIC, Australia
    Quick breakie

  • Checkin to Taco Bill - Russell St

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    in Melbourne, VIC, Australia

  • Checkin to Terminal 3

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    in Singapore, Singapore
    Transferring

  • Checkin to Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport (HND) (ζ±δΊ¬ε›½ιš›η©ΊζΈ― (ηΎ½η”°η©ΊζΈ―))

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    in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Brb. Popping to Melbourne via Singapore. πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

  • The Week #281

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    • πŸ›Ή We made another trip to the skate park. This time Leo had an intro to skating class. They went over the basics like the parts of the skateboard, identifying the tail vs the nose, and riding and pushing. Leo's riding stance is much cleaner now that he had an authority (not me) tell him how to ride it.
      My skateboard with Enoshima

      While Leo was taking his class, I rode around the park. I taught myself how to ride up the quarter pipe, turn around, and come back down. Being able to ride on the ramps a bit unlocked the real fun of the skatepark. Growing up skating it was always street and shit ollies at best, so I finally get the real fun of skating. New life achievement unlocked πŸŽ‰!

      The middle-aged skate/surfer guys looked like they were having the time of their life shredding the pool. My new goal in life is to be able to shred it in the pool with them.
      The pool I intend to shred
    • πŸŽ“ We visited another local international school. It was nice and offered the education that I'd like Leo to get. Try as I might, I cannot quite figure out how getting there and back 5 days a week would actually work. Maybe it's something we can consider again after things settle down a bit. But it is good to have at least done the research and visited the schools so we know what they're about.
    • πŸ’ˆ I went with Leo to get haircuts in the evening (which is the time to go, zero waiting). I went first and had an uneventful cut and shave. After I finish I look over at Leo as he's now getting his haircut, and he's laid back in the chair getting a shave! I wish I had taken a picture. They don't usually give 7 year olds a shave, but he knows his barber and he asked for one.
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