I kicked off work on Tuesday, starting with a nice team lunch and commuting to the office every day. It’s a run of what my life may have looked like if I hadn’t moved away, which I always find to be a marvelous, confusing mix of bittersweetness, nostalgia and gratitude.

Fun things that happened:

went to the largest zine shop in Tokyo and then a zine festival the next day — lots of wonderful finds!
lunch with peers and friends visiting from Singapore
coffee with a fellow UXR who is great about making sure we meet :)
meals at three restaurants that manage to evade or repel tourists
two conveyor belt sushi dinners who do not
Friday izakaya drinking party with childhood friends
got a tattoo! I have a few weeks left in my milestone birthday year to do it and pretty happy with the result
last round of shopping (clothes, food, cosmetics) before flying back to Tokyo
a last hang with baby niece, even babysitting solo for a while and successfully putting her down for a nap

Week 2, 2025 — sliding door

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