We’re enjoying the new Mr and Mrs Smith a lot. It’s strange but I’m really enjoying it.
In the spirit of ‘Stinge Watching’, we watched the original Mr and Mrs Smith last night to drag it out a bit. It was ok but I much prefer the new one.
Looking for suggestions for albums to put on in the background.
What album do you like to put on for some background noise?
Morning walk with the 20kg weight vest I’ve borrowed from the school gym.
Highlight was seeing a coupler of people get out of a car opposite a park to go running, in the dark, at 6am.
You just know it when you see “your people” eh?
On Apple Vision
It’s 8am and the kids are still in bed! BEST START TO THE HOLIDAY EVER! Just half-listening to a webinar on Enhancing Classroom Talk in International Schools while having a coffee and chatting to a friend.
First day of the Chinese New Year holiday and I’ve been wide awake since 5:30. I like to get up early when I want to but not when I need to!
I ran again! Been a decent week of exercise. HITT on Monday, heavy deadlifts (4x3 at 150kg) yesterday and a 5km run today.
The Korean boys in my class won’t be happy today.
Jordan reach final of Asian Cup after historic win against South Korea | Asian Cup | The Guardian
I found my breath, in
Life’s busy repetitions,
Hiding in plain sight
Loving almost everything about the new Gladiators on the BBC. All the positivity from the Gladiators is great. Legend’s pure arrogance and Viper as the new Wolf are so much fun too. 📺
A phone sized e-reader… I definitely don’t need this but do like it! Thanks for the rabbit hole Rob!
Wonka - We all enjoyed this a lot. Percy Jackson and The Olympians - Fun! We’re reading the books but it’s slow going. Quantum Leap Season 2 - It’s alright, I’ll keep watching it. Echo - We’ve watched the first episode but haven’t found time for the second. 🎬
I ran!
My new coffee brew timer is The Offsping’s - All I Want. Which at 1:55 of shouty noise is a little short but I can count to fiver and I’m sure James Hoffman won’t mind for his Clever Dripper method.
I think I get bonus points for managing to use it as a cold shower timer too.
Korean boys in my class will be happy at their national team’s quarter final win. Though, you feel that they can’t keep scoring in added time… ⚽️🇰🇷
Just had my last Lemsip*, now have to decide if I want to pay an extortionate amount to buy more on Taobao.
*Morrison’s own but it’s the same.
A new poem every minute of every day. Powered by ChatGPT. (On an e-ink screen, like a picture frame’.!)
Love this. If I didn’t live where I live… But also, makes me think of things I could do. Would I be able to?
My Apple Watch 3 stop watch is up to 9978 hours. Guess i’m getting up early tomorrow to see what happens when it gets to all nines. AI tells me I started in December 2022.
To love. Some say it’s what makes us human. That it defines our existence. But it’s not without risk. Love teaches us about pain, heartbreak, and resilience. It encourages us to do the small things that make a big difference. Love shapes our days, weeks, months… Our years. Because the act of devotion eventually reveals a path to fulfillment we can’t find anywhere else. From its Latin roots, the word Amateur simply means “To Love.” In running, we are all amateurs.
The Year of the Amateur | Tracksmith
Love this video but I just can’t do running.
I know the thing in film and tv where breakfast is this giant spread that no one in real life has time. But, the one where they say goodnight to kids and that’s it is the one that gets me, because this is not my experience at all.
Waiting till they sleep
Future points of happiness
A wedding, old friends
HOW TO MAKE A WORLD by Maria Popova
What are you, little tree
rising from the center
of the old slain stump?
You are no requiem,
no prophet,
no metaphor for how
life goes on asserting itself
over death.
No — you seem to be
just a fractal branch
of the same dumb resilience
by which we rose from the oceans
to compose the Benedictus
and to build the bomb.
There’s got to be a better way?! Only joking, I like it this way.
How long haven’t there been line judges in the tennis grand slams? So strange to see. 🎾
Taxi
I don’t get taxis so much, Didi (think Uber) is just more convenient when your Chinese isn’t good. As well, they tend to drive more sensibly than taxis.
Just got a taxi and the only way I can explain is this… You know how in films where they throw money at the driver to get somewhere fast? It was like that, except he did it as standard. Weaving in and out of traffic, accelerating quickly, just pure reckless behaviour. Dread to think what it would have been like if we asked him to hurry!