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!
Lovely sunny day at the University of British Columbia where I am touring the new Emerging Media Lab. I graduated from UBC in 2001 and things are quite different. I love the energy on campus! This is part of that ✨✌️#VancouverEnergy ✌️⚡️
Not really a milestone, but a good round number 🧘 #meditation
Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I’ll never reach it. So what’s the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.
— Eduardo Galeano
#quotes
My lovely wife 💞 flew to Kelowna today for a Kelowna Japanese Language Society event. She sent some pics of the Rockies mountains 🏔️ and Okanagan Lake 🛶 for you all
Okay. Back home. Tucked in. It’s 2:30am. Time to go to sleep finally. 💤
After a weekend of hacking on LoFi software where we talked about EMRs and hospital applications, I now find myself in the ER with a sick child, experiencing our existing system. Everything’s under control, so I sit here and observe.
Welp, it’s been 5 days nursing a feverish teenager. Now it is time to go to the clinic and find out what is actually wrong.
After waiting around all day (9am to 5pm) we now know. Pneumonia.
The People vs Anglocentrism: What’s it like to be a non-English speaker in an online world dominated by US tech bros? 🌍
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