Saturday, February 15, 2025 β
Itβs bao time at Crystal Mall! π

Saturday, February 15, 2025 β
Itβs bao time at Crystal Mall! π
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 β
I know itβs just a number, but itβs a pretty BIG number #2k #meditation
(I should be better at this π Especially considering I havenβt been using this app the whole time)
New kit!
Boox Go 10.3
Got this for reading papers which is a focus for 2025.
Oh this is interesting! They built a system to keep track of citizens assemblies:
I must post this from @unseenjapan.com since I lived for 4 years in Nagoya and really enjoyed my time there. Iβd also recommend the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium and the Antarctic survey ship Fuji. Lots of shopping and good food too!
Saturday, February 8, 2025 β
Lovely bright moon behind clouds lit by the setting sun π βοΈ π
Friday, February 7, 2025
Got a shoutout on one of my fav podcasts: I hit up producer Hans Buetow on Bsky about this ep of Neverpost (section 2) where he tries to figure out how many cameras are in the world. Wild. And not a bad pronunciation of my last name! As you know, I back Neverpost and rate them highly. For other mentions on podcasts also see: Chad on Chapper’s and The time I was outed as the reincarnation of L.
Thursday, February 6, 2025 β
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New table from Coast Contra!! #HipHop #bars π₯π₯π₯
Started reading: The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager π #amReading #booksky
Wow! Talk about lifelong learning πͺπ΄π»π
Happy Setsubun πΉ
Itβs that time of year to eat a big sushi roll π£ in the θ₯Ώεθ₯Ώγγθ₯Ώ direction and watch preschool kids be traumatized! π
Sunday, February 2, 2025
There is no one way to raise bilingual kids. Every family is different, and the context where they learn language can change. Previously I wrote about bilingualism expectations (and plurilingualism) in the context of raising our kids. If you think about bilingualism in terms of time, there are generally two categories: sequential bilingualism and simultaneous bilingualism. In the first case, one learns a first language and then later learns a second language.
Saturday, February 1, 2025 β
So much #FOSDEM FOMO β¦ just look at all those stickers!!
Friday, January 31, 2025
We got the keys! π For the first time, we have a home of our own. π‘ A few months ago we found a place and had our offer accepted. Earlier this week we finalized the documents. But now we have the keys to our very own townhouse. After many years of bouncing back and forth between Japan and Canada, and even moving within each country, the family are now settled down and committed to living in Surrey, BC for the foreseeable future.
Thursday, January 30, 2025 β
What a dayβ¦ what a weekβ¦ time for a nice Ethiopian coffee break βοΈ
Thursday, January 30, 2025 β
4 oβclock in the mornβ¦ up making tea, hot compresses, and decongesting the kid who canβt sleep. π€
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 β
Happy Lunar New Year! π 𧧠π
stuck deep in the walled gardens of our various web apps, none of which talk to each other. We have to log into things twenty times a day. Everything is a subscription, or selling our data for ads. Nothing “just works”.
@ruperts.world from Unternet has an idea of where we go from here.
Sunday, January 26, 2025
It has been six months since we moved to Surrey from Osaka. In that time we have explored our neighbourhood, the kids have gotten used to school, and I have re-connected with friends and family, and made a ton of new connections. We lived in Kelowna for 8 years, which is plenty of time to build up our community network, including things like Digital Okanagan, Okanagan Developers Group, Kelowna Japanese Language Society, and Okanagan Asian Heritage Month committee, among others.
Very much enjoyed my time at UBC today. Just caught the sunset on the drive home. The edge of Canada!