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  • Mar 20, 2025
    by James
    Spring Run
    Lovely spring day after hail and snow yesterday morning.

    4.5km

    31.9min

    30.4m climbed

    151.8avg bpm

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  • The Week #246

    Mar 18, 2025
    by James
    • πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ The week in the UK, as always, was over before I knew it. I'm glad to be home and with the fam, but London is growing on me. Maybe it's as I'm always quite central and it's possible to walk to work? Maybe it's all the Brommies around town makes me a bit jealous?

      I could see the cold/wet get annoying, but also I reckon one adapts by buying appropriate clothing? I'm looking forward to going back again sometime, maybe this summer?
    • πŸš— In 2016, wanting to be a part of the change I wanted to see in the world, I bought one share of TSLA. I would have bought more, but it was all I could afford. When I buy single stocks, I treat it as betting and if I sell it for anything over what I paid, it's a win. I got lucky on this one.Β 

      Through the years, I hadn't really considered selling my stock as they were still making good on their end of the electrification of cars and the grid. Sometimes I'd get annoyed, like when I found out that hyperloop existed solely to kill interest in public transit in favor of cars, but as a whole the good outweighed the bad. I could rationalize that away though, at least the end game was fewer fossil fuel cars on the road.

      The past few months I started to question if that was still the case. Rather than feeling like I was voting in favor of the change I wanted to see, I found myself feeling embarrassed and a bit of shame. Even if I didn't mention it to anyone, I knew.

      All of this to say, I sold it all. I considered keeping just 1 share, so that I was in the same position as when I started, but ultimately, buying it was purely emotional and selling was as well. Sure, I may lose out on some long term gains, but this stock was never about pure profit for me. Maybe at some point in the future I'll be able to buy a share again.
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  • Checkin to Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport (HND) (ζ±δΊ¬ε›½ιš›η©ΊζΈ― (ηΎ½η”°η©ΊζΈ―))

    Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport (HND) (ζ±δΊ¬ε›½ιš›η©ΊζΈ― (ηΎ½η”°η©ΊζΈ―)) 35.54846517643472 139.7802546992898
    Mar 16, 2025
    by James
    in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Home πŸ›¬
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  • Checkin to Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge

    Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge 51.47101857969348 -0.4430902004241943
    Mar 16, 2025
    by James
    in Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom
    Hanging at the lounge waiting for me flight back to Tokyo.
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  • Checkin to CaffΓ¨ Nero

    Caffè Nero 51.47010758683477 -0.4512955013685466
    Mar 15, 2025
    by James
    in Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom
    Killing time before I can check-in.
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  • Mar 15, 2025
    by James
    πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK 5K
    Wonderful weather for a run. Wind off the lake was a bit cold.

    5.0km

    34.2min

    28.2m climbed

    164.5avg bpm

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  • Checkin to GAIL's Bakery

    GAIL's Bakery 51.514572933207425 -0.1610373826961252
    Mar 15, 2025
    by James
    in Marble Arch, Greater London, United Kingdom
    Avocado toast for the road
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  • The Week #245

    Mar 11, 2025
    by James
    • πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ I flew to the UK for work. I'll be here through the week. This is my 4th trip to this side of the globe in the past few years and it was the first time that Leo got upset when I left. Last time he moaned a bit and was fine, but this time he actually cried (😭). Maybe next time the timing will be such that I can bring the family along and we can stay a bit longer or just come for a visit generally....

      The weather this time around, or at least the first 2 days, were absolutely fantastic. 18 degrees with blue skies.
      View from the hotel
    • πŸƒ Running around Hyde Park is my new favorite tradition. Land in the UK and go for a run early the next morning. It's such a large and beautiful park, it never gets old. When I'm back in Japan these parks are what I miss the most.
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    • πŸ₯” There's this stereotype that British food isn't great (I'm looking at you, beans on toast), but I'm not convinced. I had my first Sundays roast and it was fantastic. The chicken, the gravy, the Yorkshire pudding, the roasted potatoes. Sooo good. I need to introduce a semi-regular Sundays roast into my life.
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  • Checkin to Fallow

    Fallow 51.50939310000517 -0.1327736000188574
    Mar 10, 2025
    by James
    in London, Greater London, United Kingdom
    My first Sunday roast. Incredible πŸ‘πŸ»
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  • Checkin to CafΓ© Vins

    CafΓ© Vins 51.51328 -0.139075
    Mar 09, 2025
    by James
    in London, Greater London, United Kingdom
    Latte time
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