RedSamurai
@redsamurai.bsky.social
Resident of #Japan🇯🇵, #Taiwan🇹🇼, from the #UK🇬🇧. A testimony to what I have seen: Then & Now and Here & There. 🚫DM #fintech
Get busy livin’
Currently in 🇬🇧
Get busy livin’
Currently in 🇬🇧
Our table was replete…
December 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Our table was replete…
So my niece graduated with 1st class honors from Royal Veterinary College, ranked no 1 in the world.
She also got her masters on top, a year in Tasmania, and her dissertation is about to be published.
She has tried, but so far only two job offers, both working in entry level construction 🤷♂️
She also got her masters on top, a year in Tasmania, and her dissertation is about to be published.
She has tried, but so far only two job offers, both working in entry level construction 🤷♂️
December 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
So my niece graduated with 1st class honors from Royal Veterinary College, ranked no 1 in the world.
She also got her masters on top, a year in Tasmania, and her dissertation is about to be published.
She has tried, but so far only two job offers, both working in entry level construction 🤷♂️
She also got her masters on top, a year in Tasmania, and her dissertation is about to be published.
She has tried, but so far only two job offers, both working in entry level construction 🤷♂️
I’ll be swanning across London today, to stay with my sister over Christmas.
Have a good one!
Have a good one!
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I’ll be swanning across London today, to stay with my sister over Christmas.
Have a good one!
Have a good one!
Looking back at my home today, from Canary Wharf, after some last minute shopping.
The ferry had just left to cross, so have to wait, but it’s every 5 minutes and so close, so very convenient. Costs £4.10 one way.
The ferry had just left to cross, so have to wait, but it’s every 5 minutes and so close, so very convenient. Costs £4.10 one way.
December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Looking back at my home today, from Canary Wharf, after some last minute shopping.
The ferry had just left to cross, so have to wait, but it’s every 5 minutes and so close, so very convenient. Costs £4.10 one way.
The ferry had just left to cross, so have to wait, but it’s every 5 minutes and so close, so very convenient. Costs £4.10 one way.
An Egyptian goose takes a mid day nap in front of my apartment.
I feel your jet-lag little buddy.
I feel your jet-lag little buddy.
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
An Egyptian goose takes a mid day nap in front of my apartment.
I feel your jet-lag little buddy.
I feel your jet-lag little buddy.
I admit, I am 🇬🇧,but am struggling to understand various regional accents, especially on the phone. Before I lived in🇯🇵I never had much problem
Calling up a call centre and getting various accents, have me saying “can you say again please?”, which I regret
And I am a Geordie😉
Calling up a call centre and getting various accents, have me saying “can you say again please?”, which I regret
And I am a Geordie😉
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I admit, I am 🇬🇧,but am struggling to understand various regional accents, especially on the phone. Before I lived in🇯🇵I never had much problem
Calling up a call centre and getting various accents, have me saying “can you say again please?”, which I regret
And I am a Geordie😉
Calling up a call centre and getting various accents, have me saying “can you say again please?”, which I regret
And I am a Geordie😉
Wishing everyone, a Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year🎄🎅
Hopefully 2026 will bring peace & prosperity for all of us
Be well🙏
Hopefully 2026 will bring peace & prosperity for all of us
Be well🙏
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December 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Wishing everyone, a Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year🎄🎅
Hopefully 2026 will bring peace & prosperity for all of us
Be well🙏
Hopefully 2026 will bring peace & prosperity for all of us
Be well🙏
Three little words that mean everything - Work From Home😉
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Three little words that mean everything - Work From Home😉
Mum: Hey son, which do you think, A or B?
Me: Both good, personally I like B
Mum: What is wrong with A?
Me: Nothing, yes, why not go with A?
Mum: So why did you say B?????
Me: Eh!, both good Mum!
Mum: Well, I'm going with C
Me: Wa? (just please shoot me)
Me: Both good, personally I like B
Mum: What is wrong with A?
Me: Nothing, yes, why not go with A?
Mum: So why did you say B?????
Me: Eh!, both good Mum!
Mum: Well, I'm going with C
Me: Wa? (just please shoot me)
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December 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Mum: Hey son, which do you think, A or B?
Me: Both good, personally I like B
Mum: What is wrong with A?
Me: Nothing, yes, why not go with A?
Mum: So why did you say B?????
Me: Eh!, both good Mum!
Mum: Well, I'm going with C
Me: Wa? (just please shoot me)
Me: Both good, personally I like B
Mum: What is wrong with A?
Me: Nothing, yes, why not go with A?
Mum: So why did you say B?????
Me: Eh!, both good Mum!
Mum: Well, I'm going with C
Me: Wa? (just please shoot me)
Ah, some memories hit hard…
“I still see her face
As beautiful as day
It's easy to remember
Remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
The Hounds of Winter
They follow me down, owww“🎶
“I still see her face
As beautiful as day
It's easy to remember
Remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
The Hounds of Winter
They follow me down, owww“🎶
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December 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Ah, some memories hit hard…
“I still see her face
As beautiful as day
It's easy to remember
Remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
The Hounds of Winter
They follow me down, owww“🎶
“I still see her face
As beautiful as day
It's easy to remember
Remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
The Hounds of Winter
They follow me down, owww“🎶
Sorry to hear about yet another attack, this time in Taipei
Actually was in the pub where he let off the smoke bombs, back on 28th Nov, and know the bookshop and Shin Mitsukoshi attack area, so well
Thinking about all the victims 🙏 & hope 2026 will have much less violence
Actually was in the pub where he let off the smoke bombs, back on 28th Nov, and know the bookshop and Shin Mitsukoshi attack area, so well
Thinking about all the victims 🙏 & hope 2026 will have much less violence
December 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sorry to hear about yet another attack, this time in Taipei
Actually was in the pub where he let off the smoke bombs, back on 28th Nov, and know the bookshop and Shin Mitsukoshi attack area, so well
Thinking about all the victims 🙏 & hope 2026 will have much less violence
Actually was in the pub where he let off the smoke bombs, back on 28th Nov, and know the bookshop and Shin Mitsukoshi attack area, so well
Thinking about all the victims 🙏 & hope 2026 will have much less violence
Back to the scene of the crime, Canary Wharf : One Canada Water, between Citi and HSBC, in the pyramid on top.
Was working there when it first opened, as the Bear Stearns dealing floor. Wild times indeed.
Was working there when it first opened, as the Bear Stearns dealing floor. Wild times indeed.
December 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Back to the scene of the crime, Canary Wharf : One Canada Water, between Citi and HSBC, in the pyramid on top.
Was working there when it first opened, as the Bear Stearns dealing floor. Wild times indeed.
Was working there when it first opened, as the Bear Stearns dealing floor. Wild times indeed.
A year ago when I came back to the UK there was sign in the lobby saying “Don’t feed the seagulls”.
But I can tell one of the apts above me is still doing it in the morning.
Well thanks neighbour…Now magpies are clearing what they left.
But I can tell one of the apts above me is still doing it in the morning.
Well thanks neighbour…Now magpies are clearing what they left.
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A year ago when I came back to the UK there was sign in the lobby saying “Don’t feed the seagulls”.
But I can tell one of the apts above me is still doing it in the morning.
Well thanks neighbour…Now magpies are clearing what they left.
But I can tell one of the apts above me is still doing it in the morning.
Well thanks neighbour…Now magpies are clearing what they left.
Yakatabune are on the Thames also.
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Yakatabune are on the Thames also.
Good morning everyone from a very rainy London
For those that remember the saga of my upside-down security camera, which had fallen, and only captured a nice view of my kitchen floor for a year … inside/outside views now working, so normal service has resumed, as below😉
For those that remember the saga of my upside-down security camera, which had fallen, and only captured a nice view of my kitchen floor for a year … inside/outside views now working, so normal service has resumed, as below😉
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Good morning everyone from a very rainy London
For those that remember the saga of my upside-down security camera, which had fallen, and only captured a nice view of my kitchen floor for a year … inside/outside views now working, so normal service has resumed, as below😉
For those that remember the saga of my upside-down security camera, which had fallen, and only captured a nice view of my kitchen floor for a year … inside/outside views now working, so normal service has resumed, as below😉
2 weeks ago I was sorting my mail backlog in Tokyo, and now I am sorting my mail backlog in London.
And every possible site I could, I have selected to get the comms electronically. So I will be scanning and OCRing today.
This is what max paperless looks like…
And every possible site I could, I have selected to get the comms electronically. So I will be scanning and OCRing today.
This is what max paperless looks like…
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
2 weeks ago I was sorting my mail backlog in Tokyo, and now I am sorting my mail backlog in London.
And every possible site I could, I have selected to get the comms electronically. So I will be scanning and OCRing today.
This is what max paperless looks like…
And every possible site I could, I have selected to get the comms electronically. So I will be scanning and OCRing today.
This is what max paperless looks like…
Back in London … at night.
December 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Back in London … at night.
I admit, in my whole life I have never been able to meditate.
Don’t even know what it is really.
“Having one way conversations with the darkness in my mind.
He does all the talking, cos I’m the quiet kind…”🎶
Don’t even know what it is really.
“Having one way conversations with the darkness in my mind.
He does all the talking, cos I’m the quiet kind…”🎶
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I admit, in my whole life I have never been able to meditate.
Don’t even know what it is really.
“Having one way conversations with the darkness in my mind.
He does all the talking, cos I’m the quiet kind…”🎶
Don’t even know what it is really.
“Having one way conversations with the darkness in my mind.
He does all the talking, cos I’m the quiet kind…”🎶
Argh, 15 hour flight to London from Tokyo - direct😖
Patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue…
Patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue…
December 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Argh, 15 hour flight to London from Tokyo - direct😖
Patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue…
Patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue…
Also Kitte has the tree up.
I remember when they were going to tear the whole postoffice down, but the backlash was so great they kept the old facade, which I do like, and walked past every working day for over 20 years.
I remember when they were going to tear the whole postoffice down, but the backlash was so great they kept the old facade, which I do like, and walked past every working day for over 20 years.
December 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Also Kitte has the tree up.
I remember when they were going to tear the whole postoffice down, but the backlash was so great they kept the old facade, which I do like, and walked past every working day for over 20 years.
I remember when they were going to tear the whole postoffice down, but the backlash was so great they kept the old facade, which I do like, and walked past every working day for over 20 years.
Tokyo Station Today
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Tokyo Station Today
So back to Dean & Deluca today
I used to call “the DMZ” - meeting 🇯🇵Investment Banks when it was too contentious to have an “agent of change”, like me, walk thru the office
And we even had code-names for mega-projects like “milkshake”
Now everyone be hating on AI, thanks AI🙇♂️
I used to call “the DMZ” - meeting 🇯🇵Investment Banks when it was too contentious to have an “agent of change”, like me, walk thru the office
And we even had code-names for mega-projects like “milkshake”
Now everyone be hating on AI, thanks AI🙇♂️
December 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
So back to Dean & Deluca today
I used to call “the DMZ” - meeting 🇯🇵Investment Banks when it was too contentious to have an “agent of change”, like me, walk thru the office
And we even had code-names for mega-projects like “milkshake”
Now everyone be hating on AI, thanks AI🙇♂️
I used to call “the DMZ” - meeting 🇯🇵Investment Banks when it was too contentious to have an “agent of change”, like me, walk thru the office
And we even had code-names for mega-projects like “milkshake”
Now everyone be hating on AI, thanks AI🙇♂️
Oh, so YouTube now summarises what content you consumed this year. For me:
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Oh, so YouTube now summarises what content you consumed this year. For me:
For all fellow travelers:
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
~ T.S. Elliot
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
~ T.S. Elliot
December 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
For all fellow travelers:
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
~ T.S. Elliot
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
~ T.S. Elliot