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Hello, it's Asami and it's another solo episode and apologies in advance for the last week's sort
of unintentional off days, off week that I had. Yeah, I just completely forgot because I had queued
up all of the episodes like a month ago and completely forgot that we haven't managed to
record anything, the two of us, because Len's quite busy with his job. It's just the season
of the work. For him, that is extremely busy. On top of that, he's also trying to move.
You know, 引越し is always pretty stressful and kind of time consuming, so there's that. I also
am preparing for another move. This one will be an international move though, so that means visa
and other paperwork that come along with. Yeah, no, I do really enjoy working in most of the
places I've worked at, but so far in most of my adult life, I have only worked in a job where
it requires me to get a visa and I don't love that part. Don't miss that part. It's, you know,
I would love, love, love to just not have to worry about visa when I work.
You know, can people just have like, you know, give me like one, you know, approved by multiple
country kind of permit and go work in any places? Is that how EU works? At least within the EU,
maybe? Either way, um, it's pretty stressful. Not fun. I'm terrible at paperwork that requires
that kind of attention to details and all the legalese. Um, legalese?
Like I need to read it many times over. I like really need to be focused to do this and I know
a lot of people have to do this for, you know, living. Um, I'd imagine if you work in any sort
of like back office situation of a company or an organization, um, that's what you have to do.
I mean, as scientists, I mean, there are plenty of paperwork to manage for sure.
You know, everything from the kind of like a safety certificate, grants, all of these other
things. But I think for the most part, I have kind of managed to avoid doing that except for visa,
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of course. So yeah, gotta do visa. I mean, I did my visa. They did my visa, you know,
my company. And then we're just crossing our fingers. Hopefully that it goes through
in timely fashion. Yeah. Um, in the meantime though, other than that,
you know, I am just enjoying the last bit of freedom I have. Um, the freedom of just existing
in this world and not being expected to be productive, not being expected to have a
deliverables. I mean, that's a lie. I am technically preparing for a conference as well.
Um, so that's a bit of a productivity, but you know what, like, you know, it's,
it's waking up at 830 and decide to go to a ballet class that have that starts at 1030,
you know, just cause I can and, um, deciding on the day to go to a museum because again, I can,
um, it's stopping at a cafe that I didn't plan to and, you know, grabbing a coffee that is
exceptional. Um, yeah, guys, I need to, um, like I'm not getting paid to do this at all, but
Taoka coffee in Aoyama, like, like it's a bit of a, a bit further out from Nihonroku. So like,
you know, few, few, few roads in, um, in this quiet, otherwise pretty residential looking
corner of Aoyama. I've had the best cappuccino I've had in maybe half a year to a year.
Like I, I'm not really impressed usually by milky drinks. Um, not a fan of milk to begin with. Um,
but this time it was one of those coffee shops where if you buy some amount of beans,
you get free drinks, um, as a service and, you know, you could choose from Americano,
cappuccino, latte, whatever you, uh, what have you. And I, I'm usually mostly going for
either drip coffee or Americano or espresso for most of my coffee orders. Like I said,
I don't love milk. Um, but once in a blue moon, I do feel like a cappuccino and given how much
sort of care they take for coffee beans that they were selling, I felt like I could have a faith in
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their cappuccino and I was right. My hunch was right, but I was still surprised. Like I could
smell the aroma of the coffee through the cappuccino, which isn't usual. Usually I find
the milk, like warm milk to be an overwhelming smell, but I could smell the coffee from the
get-go and the temperature that it was served was perfect. Like you can sip the coffee the moment
they served you. You don't have to wait for it to be too hot or too cold. Um, it's just a perfect
temperature. And yeah, I like, don't know why I'm talking about cappuccino for a minute, but
it was really good. So, um, if you're in the area, Taoka Coffee, um, in Aoyama, do check it out.
Um, yeah, but just like impressive cappuccino. And so I could do that. Like I, I wasn't planning
to do that either. You know, I was just taking my, um, you know, taking sort of like a long way
to get to the station, uh, from ballet class and just discover these new places. Like I could do
that. And Tokyo is such a fun city to do that. Like I've, I was born in Tokyo, technically only
had one address in Tokyo, you know, didn't always live in Tokyo, but you know, whenever we come back
home, it was the same place. And still I have so many corners of Tokyo that I haven't explored, um,
and deserves an attention, even my neighborhood, honestly. So, um, been doing that, been doing
that a lot. Um, I, if I had infinite pot of money, I would probably use this time to travel around
Japan, but I'm hoping because I'll still be in Asia, um, when I start my new job, you know,
it'll be easy enough for me to hop back to Japan and out. Um, yeah, I think it'll be fairly easy
to do that. Um, there are sort of direct flights to Fukuoka. I want to say even Kochi as well.
I've never been to Shikoku, so I'm really curious to go. And so, yeah, I mean,
but it's really honestly not, it's really not been bad. Um, I, I am quite good, dare I say,
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at sort of looking at the positive side in every situation,
much in a way that I feel like I can learn from everyone, even some assholes. Um,
I do feel like every situation I'm in, there's something to cherish and something to take it
from. And, um, it was not always easy, but I think after, well, yeah, nearly half a year of
not working, um, I'm finally in a place where, uh, this has sort of, you know, become like a nice
reflect on life. And more on that, probably I'll do that in like a recap, you know, like
in December with Len. Cause yeah, it's just awkward to talk about it on your own for too
long about it, but, um, yeah, I think it's, it's, yeah, so it's just my last month of,
you know, this full freedom and you bet I'll be enjoying that, um, every single moment.
And honestly, like, especially in Tokyo, like
it is a flex. It's a privilege.
If I ever have anything to do out in the town, I am going there on Tuesday morning,
you know, so there's that, um, yeah, reading a bunch of books, um, that I've been meaning to
all of that. All right. Have a nice day. Bye. That's it for the show today. Thanks for listening
and find us on X at Ego de Science. That is E-I-G-O-D-E-S-C-I-E-N-C. See you next time.
