Reader, I have a new room-mate. A jumping spider. It is tiny, seems friendly and since I have no idea where it came from, I guess it just lives here now.
No lunches this week. I also bruised my ego a little bit. Let’s do better next week, eh?
Sat a “surprise” mock Japanese exam. I passed, and lost the most my marks in a section with a type of question I had never seen before. Were I to sit this exam again I would now get a much better score.
Went to the second session of leadership training. It went to a new place for such programmes: Looking inwards and at inner personal growth. This is very apt timing and sparked good conversation afterwards, and at least one book loan!
Side-quest alert: Made a little NFC reader Chrome Extension for an event at work. NFC readers are mostly a solved problem and the most difficult part was getting the reviews and permissions to ship it. This was fun, I enjoy these little side-quests. I hope it gets some use.
Reader, I find myself referencing HBR articles far more often than I’d like to.
Friday night umasashi was delightful.
On Saturday I attempted to go to the Azabu Juban festival, but the rain was ramping up thick and fast, so after buying some disappointing yakitori we bailed and went home before the risk of train cancellations.
Then we had a fun little earthquake. Enough to get the blood pumping, which is not what you want at 2AM.
On Sunday I attempted to go to the Azabu Juban festival, again, this time successfully, and had a great time, getting home eerily late. Of all things, the bit-rate of languages came up in conversation. And I watched a very wholesome moment happen in a Toriki. I ate some fruit.
Kanji grind continues. Something about being disciplined. Something about faith.
