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a night of two milestones

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Fukuoka, 2024.10.03

My Japanese instructor informs me that we've been working together for four years, as of this week. It seems like the three-year mark was only two months ago. 時間は早く流れる。

The other milestone is that I've now lived in Japan for a total of 9.5 years. That's the same duration that my Japanese wife lived in Canada. We're tied, and I'm taking the lead! Mwahahaha!

rand()m quote

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.

—Indira Gandhi