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The Week #310
by James- βοΈ I signed Leo up for an intensive English class this summer. It's only a week, but it will be full of kids like him. Classes in the morning and activities in the afternoon. I am quite curious to see how much progress can be made in short, intensive sprints.
- βοΈ Many moons ago when we were at T-Site Shonan, I remembered seeing a kid with his dad at the Starbucks and I looked forward to that day coming. And for the past couple of years it seemed like it wouldn't. But try hard enough and it does. We got to spend a solid 30 minutes together drinking coffee and reading. Sometimes dreams do come true.
- π I started reading The Engineering Executive's Primer, which has been good. I feel like I should have read it a year ago, but better late than never. It also feels like one of those books I am going to read through once, then skip back and reference the relevant parts as things crop up.
- πΏ Leo's taken after me and start popping his back and everything he can. I think it's hilarious. My wife, not so much.
- βοΈ Since switching back to my Casio G-Shock, I've been on the fence about upgrading to one that has solar/multiple timezone support. I still haven't decided, but was at Bic Camera (again) so decided to browse. While looking I remembered that I have a theory that, perhaps one thing that could help Leo with time management would having the time in a digital form with him would help because it's easier to read. And if it looked like Dad's watch, he would be more willing to wear it because kids tend to emulate their parents.
Unfortunately he's too small for me to "just" upgrade and him have my old watch. And the G-Shocks for kids were a bit much, especially as I can imagine him not wanting to wear it once he realizes it says "Baby G" on it. I settled on a Casio F-91W for a cool Β₯1,500 ($9.37/Β£7) and it seems to be working?! I showed him how to use the timer. Then without prompting when running home from a friend's house he timed himself. And we used it to see how long it takes to do kanji homework. If only they allowed kids to wear watches to school....
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by JamesMorning Run
Get some!5.1km
33.5min
58.4m climbed
avg bpm
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by JamesEvening Run
Thankfully still cooling down in the evening.4.6km
30.0min
17.8m climbed
avg bpm
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The Week #308
by James- π©Ί We went to a local university festival and it was a lot of fun. It's not a regular festival (though there is yakisoba!) as there are a lot of educational / experience opportunities and the money you do pay (when required) acts as a donation. The first big standout thing we did this year at the Yokohama medical association where Leo and I got to wear the white doctor's coat, then practice our electrocautery skills on an eggplant.
- 𫨠The second standout thing was this big earthquake simulator truck. Inside the truck they had a table and 4 chairs setup, then they play the earthquake alert noise and it starts shaking like a shindo-7 quake. Because it's a simulator it's not scary at all, but if one that big came out of nowhere it would be quite frightening.
- π€ I decided it's time I start really using the family computer for programming and such and installed OpenCode + local models to learn, but also start getting things done on Tanzawa again. It's an older model so it's not quite as useful as the new ones, but it is fun to look at activity monitor, see the ram completely filled, and hear the fan turn on on the otherwise silent iMac.
- βοΈ It's getting quite hot lately and the AC unit at the jikka is old and undersized β a winning combination for keeping cool. I went with my FIL to Fujisawa to check out some new ones. Good news is we decided and it's done. Bad news is it won't get installed until July. Hopefully the current one doesn't break before then... Afterwards we got a coffee and had a chat β I always enjoy these catchups and learning what it was like growing up in post-war Japan with enough siblings to field a baseball team.
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Checkin to Saza Coffee (γ΅γΆγ³γΌγγΌ)
Waiting for the trains to clear.
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