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  The gay bar scene here is pretty different. In Japan the drinks are all very basic and you don't need much skill to make them. I'm Taipei though people are doling out crazy concoctions that almost certainly require some training to be able to make

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  I'm in Taipei now woooooooo

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  With some people it feels like every dialogue option you choose is the wrong one

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  Wahoo I picked up my tickets. I'm taking the work day off early and getting going right away tomorrow The original plan was to leave Saturday morning but because it's Obon every single train from 6a-5p was completely booked

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  I'm just a train sir

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  Trying to plan a vacation during obon sucks lol. Everything is so expensive. I can't let a 4 day weekend go to waste though

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  Just did 110kg (242lbs) x 3 deadlifts weeeee

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  What a great weekend. I'm just full of mushy happy feelings. Life is great

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  Heading to Lake Biwa rn. As I'm getting closer to it again, I'm reminded the vibes of a lake town are ideal for me. ("Should I live here?" moment 83748 while in Japan)

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  One discursive thing about Japanese I find interesting is that people often announce the type of speech they are about to do for example, in my stand up at work the project manager always opens with "I would like to begin the daily meeting now" or when a news segment begins it often opens with "I will now communicate the news" Similarly the meeting ends with "Then, for today I would like to conclude the daily meeting. Thank you." and for the news, "This conc...

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  Went out to an area called Minami Ozawa doing no prior research and walked around aimlessly, maybe for 30 minutes. Found a cool path through a small forest, then went back home lol. It helped just to hear the whirring of cicadas

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  Nothing makes you feel dumber than trying to banter in a second language

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  today I learned my mp3 player supports synced lyrics. This is so cool + a little sample of my music taste lol

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  Fucked up a little bit doing overhead presses today and a tendon? in my left elbow hurts a bit when bending my arm. Hope it isn't anything major

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  Conversation on friday: Guy 1 (japanese-american): "I live in Boston" Guy 2 (japanese): "How much is rent?" 1: "About 150k yen" (~$925, but later he told me he's actually paying $1200 so it's more like 190k yen) 2: "WHAT! That's enough for a whole family!" 1: "Yeah, I'm living with three roommates" Me: "Oh, so 150k yen each?" 1: "Yeah" 2: "WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?"

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  I didn't go outside today except to get groceries and even though I got shit done I feel insane lol. Even lonely, despite the fact that I socialized for 5 of the past 7 days

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  It's hard to find burger buns, so I tried making my own. I can do most other kinds of cooking and baking, but I am bad specifically at bread. Kneading is not my forte and the dough always seems to get kinda fucked up, sticking to my hands. This is a (soy) burger made with my first batch. I think I can improve at this...

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  I booked my xmas flights for visiting family. It seems like that will eat up all my PTO for the year 😵

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  omg I won my first melee set today

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  Finished the novel Yesteryear (audiobook). Even though it's quite long I mowed through it in like three days. Reading reviews afterwards, the criticisms are definitely valid, but I enjoyed it. Being able to hold my interest gets major points from me lol

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  My gyms closed all this month, so I have to go to a further out location, but just that slightly higher hurdle has been making me too lazy to do it on lunch break

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  As they say in germany das krazie

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  As they say in german das krazie

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  I have nothing to do at work today and that makes me anxious There are some random things that need to be done but we haven't been given clear tasks yet 🤷‍♂️

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  listening to my mp3 player on shuffle once again thinking wow whoever put this playlist together has excellent taste

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  home is where I know true peace and can be unafraid to say "this cup of coffee took me on a trip to the yummiverse"

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  Today when having saizeriya with my friend a girl next to us, drunk off the white wine, started talking to us while her friend was like "oh here she goes again" which made the whole experience 5x more worth it

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  youtube auto-translate strikes again...this time randomly editorializing: original title: "I tried climbing Mt. Fuji alone!" translated: "I Climbed Mt. Fuji Alone--Was It Worth It?"

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  Hell yeah I did it. BIG new squat PR

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  I played melee a lot in 2015-2018 and there's a monthly tournament for tokyo's small scene (20ish people) tomorrow should I go