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Looking up at the sky, partially framed by the edge of a modern building.

Getting back into it with some back squats. 15-10-5 at 75-80-90kg. Last set felt pretty good, body had warmed up a bit, especially my knees.

A gym setting with various weights and equipment, featuring a person sitting in the background.

Episode 101 - The Kids Talk about School

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Dua Lipa: Tiny Desk Concert - YouTube

I am maritally* obliged to say that while these ramen are amazing and I could drink a bucket of the broth, that Chongqing xiaomian are better.

(*Chongqing wife)

A bowl of ramen with sliced meat, bean sprouts, a halved egg, and broth is on a table with papers and a person in the background.

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Such a lovely day yesterday. Sat outside a bar for about 8 hours just chatting.

Should my podcast feed look like this https://www.omrrc.com/podcast.xml? It’s not showing up in the Apple Directory and I don’t know why!

Episode 100 - Testing

Seems like the episodes aren’t on Apple Podcast, not sure why. Uploading this to see what happens!

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Bought some Nutella yesterday. It’s not lasting long. I considered hiding it from the kids but decided against it. It is what it is.

We have our parent teacher conferences tomorrow. The way we do it is that kids are off for the day and we have meetings all day. So, tomorrow our Year 1 (KG) Team will have 21 15-minute meetings with parents.

Let’s gooooo

Life can (17) can pass you by unless you (18) wake up, (19) switch on and (20) fully engage.

Tuesday Turmoil Fifty - Nicholas Bate

There’s a new Severance trailer but I’m going to hold out and just wait. I’d rather just watch it. Makes me think about how much I enjoy just watching films, knowing nothing about them.

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Sat on the sofa listening to Coldplay, drinking whiskey and thinking about my Maths lesson tomorrow.

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My major criticism of Shrinking is that no one uses a phone case. Otherwise, I love it a lot. 📺

Finally went back to the gym tonight. Forced myself to take it easy. Glad to be back doing something.

Our reading book today was called “Chips” which meant we had to have a conversation about the difference between American and British usage. We didn’t get into fries, thankfully.

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The Bear AND education? Right up my street. I was listening to his podcast at the weekend (They Behave For Me) and I tend to agree with most things he says.

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I said to a group chat yesterday how lots of things happen in China that I just kind of take for granted or at least, that I now consider normal. Normal, when compared to the UK.

I think this counts. The skate park, aside from not havingng any skaters, and play area is still full of young kids and their parents at 8pm on a Saturday night.

A skate park is bustling with people under bright lights at night, surrounded by trees and greenery.

I was going to just watch MOTD to see the Arsenal game but my Spurs friend has already messaged me. So have looked the results up.

Just watched the first episode of The Cleaner with Greg Davies. I really enjoyed it. 📺

“Salted egg yolk dried meat floss glutinous rice” doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue and sure, it’s sounds pretty weird to this westerner. But… They’re so good.

Picture of a snack called "Salted egg yolk dried meat floss glutinous rice"