A few things I was looking forward to happened this week, and the weather could not be better.
Got some brutal feedback from a friend at a yakitori restaurant. The kind of brutal honesty you can only get from friends, over chicken that is so fresh it allegedly expires after 30 seconds. Appreciated, thank-you.
Led an all-day architecture workshop in our Nagoya branch office. The purpose was to design and test a single API for a group of complex subsystems, which we did by modelling its entire domain and the journeys between them. We ran exactly to time, and answered the question we set out with.
Dinner was at the TikTok Izakaya, which it turns out, is in Nagoya. You know the one. It was a good time, and the food was alright, but there’s something unnerving about filming and live-streaming hapening one thin paper wall away which stifles conversation. “おフードのラストオーダー” made the night for me.
Very good long lunch with K before heading back to Tokyo for a meeting: Hitsumabushi. Maybe one of the best foods I've ever eaten.
Friday was happy hour, and I had the distinct and interesting pleasure of people coming to talk to me who I hadn’t met.
Enrolled at a new skincare clinic, and my doctor put me on the big-boy skincare medication. Topical be damned. This new stuff is already drying out my lips and affecting my mood.
Easter celebration in Asakusa was very good, and I was delighted to discover new Polish staples in Japan, whilst wasting my friend's film. I slightly overdid it here though, and somoene stole my umbrella as penance.
Sunday was a good time. We made biryani, cream puffs and chai and dogs were a first class citizen. I was struggling at the start but the company made it extremely easy to power through.
I enjoy finding interesting food and drink to bring to parties. It was fun in London, and it's even more fun now. Worked out where the gluten-free snacks are at.
