Blogging about crypto as I learn
10 Jun 2024 4 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
If there were a global ranking of Stoic Masters, I reckon the Japanese would rank among the top. The 2011 tsunami alerted the world to the potent devastation of formidable waves; it also let the world witness the unparalleled resilience of Japanese p...
9 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Any learner of the Japanese language would have come across this saying soon enough. It’s frequently used in conversation, books, social media posts, etc. Bitcoiners will gravitate towards this saying since it is about the currency we value most of a...
9 Jun 2024 3 minute read 4 comments cryotosensei
As a creator, you can’t make everyone happy. This is especially so when you have a unique vision coupled with a steely conviction to execute it. Nevertheless, if you’re producing for an audience, it’s necessary to take into account their needs and pr...
8 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
In regard to my job, I don’t think I have submitted to “hedonic adaptation “ yet. After all, the first thing I blurt out when outsiders ask me the best thing about working in my school is, “Friday afternoons are FREE!” It’s something that I feel grat...
5 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
“You are not the only one whose world shrinks after kids come, and you must say goodbye to risky adventures.” This line stabs me like a dagger plunged into my chest. Half the education fraternity is exploring some part of the globe out there, but I’m...
4 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Been a sobering two days. Yesterday, I reconnected with an ex-student 12 years my junior who recently discovered she has blood cancer. Today, I had breakfast with a secondary school mate whose mother is undergoing chemotherapy for Stage 4 cancer. I...
4 Jun 2024 10 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
It’s typical for people to have many microcareers, but I have been an English teacher all my working life. Almost two decades, in fact. It’s a decision that marinates and gains depth of flavour with time, for my love for the English language has grow...
3 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I thought it would be cool to review these books together. To me, they represent the Yin and Yang of work. Scott Jeffrey Miller comes across as an incredibly clear-headed and ambitious go-getter in his “Career on Course”. He outlines ten steps to...
2 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
TIL from this book that toilet training is taken so seriously in America that some parents begin toilet training soon after their child’s first birthday. Honestly, this feels a bit extreme. Some babies don’t even walk after their first birthday. S...
28 May 2024 3 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I have always loved writing, and my desire to become a freelance writer intensified after my time with the Japan Exchange Teaching Programme. Of course, I was not the first foreigner to spend two years in the Land of the Rising Sun, but I think man...
