Last week of full lockdown COVID 19

Hi,

Today's monday 25 May 2020. It's the start of the last week of full lockdown. Currently its the middle of the night and I couldnt sleep so i thought that i should come here and make another entry.

The past weeks have been pretty similar. Just starting the days with a cycle session and then eating breakfast and doing some work that is possible from home. Once i'm done or at about 5pm I'll put in a weights session in the evening before dinner. Once that's done, I either eat dinner and start preping for the market open at 9,30 or i'll take a short nap. I'm usually done about 11pm and then i turn off the systems and call it a night. Since the start of May I started learning Japanese abit more seriously with a subscription to Lingodeer app. Its pretty good foundation laying and I've been trying to squeeze in at least an hour or two of lessons or reviews everyday since 5 may. Now, I'm about 75% through JPLT N5. hopefully i can remember the lessons for more than just the short term. It's gonna be like sport. It has to be done consistently and that's what i'm aiming to do.

Also spent some time using my PS4 and steam more since i have the weekends to properly rest now. I like the balance that this stay home has brought about. But soon it'll be back to work and i hope to be able to contribute meaningfully again. Also looking forward to getting back into my boat. I admit i needed this break from the water. I was getting abit bored of the routine and the same faces again and again. It was good to get away from that place for awhile. The atmosphere, the pressure and the negativity that has been surrounding the area.

There were a few times when i was doing my evening gym in the garden when i also thought about roger. Still missing the old boy. I'm wondering how he's doing now. Ever since I started work, i sense less and less of him around. He still comes back into my thoughts randomly like when i was lying at his spot doing leg lifts and i thought to myself: "so this is what roger sees everyday". Also i thought about how happy he would be that i'm spending so much time outside with him if he was still around. Put some bread at his stone as usual and brought his chain out when i went for evening strolls on sundays. I hope he can still enjoy walking with me if he's still around. At least that's the feeling I have when i carry his chain when i go out to walk. This is reality after all. Those that have gone will never come back. unlike all the stories and shows and games we play.

That's why I keep reminding myself to cherish the moment and pushing forward.

See you on the other side.

till the next one

Start of May

Covid 19 circuit breaker was extended to June. Been spending a lot of time on the bike cycling in the morning and doing weights in the evenings. During the weekdays I'll try to get some work done and also get a lap in since I'm home. I've been getting used to this routine and am liking the balance it brings.

Also, I took the plunge and purchased a Japanese language app. Started the first few modules and am liking the progression. It's more fun than classroom style learning so I'm enjoying it thus far. The Chinese background helps a lot as I already know the meanings of a lot of kanji. The only thing is the sentence structure and orinounciation that get me. If it goes well and I have time when work goes back to normal, I will consider subbing for afew more months to get a good introduction to the language.

My aim is to be able to watch Japanese shows or walk and listen to Japanese conversations and be able to know what they are talking about.

Also been learning some photoshop skills to add to my skill set for work projects. It's really powerful and it would be nice to know how to do more with this program. It's really great that youtube has so much free content on how to use these and I wished that they were around when I was much younger. I only started watching YouTube videos after 2008 when Facebook dis lily caught on and smart phones started to exist.

I remember a time when internet connections were so bad it wasn't worth using. Haha...things have really gotten much better.

Also been stretching more again since I have the time. Hope to be more flexible again.

Other than that, nothing much else has changed.

Till the next one.

Zeke