k_quietime

— bj15d …  I feel a serious dependenncy on blogg [github, dreamhost]. I need to jot down many thoughts across diverse topics. This usually requires smemo (I had), quietime, tablespace,, but wpress and internet access? not essential.

This /adjustment/ to the China environment is stressful and painful.

dinosaurs? A negative descriptor.

Serenity? Harmony?

==== Korea trip
total price excluding tips? S$5432
— precious quietime

Similar to Bj15d. Somewhat similar to 2020 circuit breaker period. When I reach hotel, I now spend a few hours on “clean-up”. Next time consider one more room, or I stay in my BJ home.

I am losing my 5/wk, my diet control (chia), my dental control,

— boy’s self-discipline
did math practices on many evenings in hotel + flight + briefly on tour bus
! at teddy bear museum bought the cheapest
didn’t insist on attractive yet unhealthy foods

— my self-discipline
removed many visible fats before eating
avoided deep fried food
avoided rice many times

— parenting efforts #beyond math:
many talks with boy, trying to get through to him

— tech-learning absorbency # hard to maintain over long periods > 3 days
🙂 reviewed 30-50 old tech blogposts on java9, multicast feed, … These are the most valuable tech blogposts. Very engaging.
I made this selection hoping to maximize absorbency. No regrets
🙂 did a few algo challenges