Gonna Be A Great Year

Hard to believe we’re a month into the halfway point of the 2010s.

It’s been a great start.

Work is challenging and enjoying. But I really love the people I work with. And the company I work for is also great.

I also get to wander through the streets of Aoyama during breaks. It’s an awesome area to work in. Rei Ozawa told me she would love to work around here.

I was hesitant at first, but now I understand why.

My workmate arranges Wednesday team lunches at a different nearby restaurant every week and it’s absolutely awesome.

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    It’s Hard To Beat A Stupendous Sanger

    We’ve finally gotten a bright, sunny day typical of May and I got to stuff myself with an absolutely sublime sanger, so it’s gonna be tough to make today much better. It started off as a bit of a mess, though. I got up early in the morning as usual to go out on a bike ride, but when I headed outside, it was pouring rain. I’d already been trying to talk myself out of it, which I shouldn’t have done considering my health check results were good except for being too fat and needing to lose weight or the results would worsen. Being stuck at home then gave me…

  • Summer Drawing To A Close Even If It Doesn’t Seem So

    It’s gonna top 35 degrees again today, but it was pretty obvious to me this morning on my ride that Tokyo’s summer is drawing to a close. Not only are the mornings getting cooler, albeit only slightly, they’re also getting darker. I’ve been using a small, flashing light to let others know I’m around for the past few weeks. But today I needed to use a bigger light that would enable me to see what was going on during the first part of my journey along the Tama River Cycling Road. And instead of being accompanied by the sound of chirping cicadas, the dominant bug life on morning rides this…

  • Can’t Wait To Get Back In The Saddle Again In The Year Of The Horse

    Welcome to 2026, umadoshi, or the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese Zodiac. Though I’d really love to be hitting the new year at a gallop, I’ve been limp for months after breaking a leg. But my recovery is now finally entering its final furlong. All I want from 2026 is to be a decent bloke who does the right thing by family, friends, employer, dinosaur, and those I come into contact with. I’d love to be able to ride my bike as much as possible and join Mrs. Kangaeroo in the horse-riding that she loves, even if only for a ride or two. I’d also like to…

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    豪キャブラリー:Fair suck of the sav(eloy)

    Fair suck of the savは典型的なオージー英語表現だ。実は、独特なオージー英語の中では最も有名な表現の一つかもしれない。  この表現は「均等機会を与えよう」と不当扱いされていると思っている人々が加害者と思っている人に対して言う表現だ。  平等・均等的な社会と思っているオーストラリアでは非常に重要な表現となっている、、、にも関わらず直訳すると「私にもウィーナーを均等に吸わせてくれよ」となる。Savはsaveloyの省略であり、saveloyはウィーナー見たいなソーセージの一種だ。

  • So Close…

    Mid May, now basically, has become a tantalizing time of the year for me, with most of the spectacular blooming of the gorgeous Japanese flowers like cherry blossom, wisteria and azaleas (to name a few) having ended, but the Aussie plants in my garden not quite ready to spring forth. Plants are budding and growing, but flowers are few and far between now. Our garden superstar, the grevillea, has finally started to show a bit of flower growth with lots apparently still to come. I need to learn about deadheading to make the bloom a bountiful one. Kangaroo paw are budding in pot after pot (including the neighbor’s wonderful specimen)…

  • Mist-ical

    Nature conjured up a mystical morning as the warm air over the icy Tama River created a fabulous world of mist. It’s common around this time of year to have mist over the river. The effect creates a surrealistic atmosphere. It’s difficult cycling as visibility is greatly reduced, and my eyesight is already too poor for pre-dawn riding. But the upside of that is being presented with the opportunity to slowly pedal through the fantastic scenery. And the cold, dark early hour of my rides means that I pretty much get to have the sight to myself. Moments like this morning are sheer bliss. Moreover, now that I am not…