This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 18 of that routine
Today was bring your kids to work day, I decided to bring the 2 youngest kids to the New York City office to meet some people and after that I would take them around the city a little
I made scrambled eggs for the 3 of us. We packed sandwiches water and fruit, my wife dropped us at he train station. We took the NJ Transit train, as by a miracle, the trains were running on time for a change. We took the path train from Newark to the World Trade Center station and I took a pic there
We then walked to the office on 55 Water Street. They played a little bit off ping pong and air hockey. I had them meet some of my co-workers. We left around 10 AM, we went to the National Museum of the American Indian which is only 3 or so blocks from the office
We spent some time in the museum and looked around in the shop. They have some really expensive stuff there. Some bracelets were $4500
After the museum, I took them to the September 11th memorial site
The plan was now to go to Chinatown and Little Italy after that. We walked to Canal Street, looked around a little, we then made a left on Mulberry street which is in the hear of Little Italy. There is a Audrey Hepburn mural on Mulberry street, I took a pic of the kids in front of it
We were supposed to walk to Union Square, sit down to eat lunch and then walk to the High Line, but they were very tired from walking. We took the subway to Union Square instead. We sat at the park in Union Square and ate our sandwiches. We then walked to whole foods and all 3 of us got a nice ice cream stick.
We walked to the High Line and then sat down on one of the benches to rest
Walking around I noticed this building designed by the architect Zaha Hadid who passed away recently
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We walked to Penn Station and took the train home
The kids did some reading on the train, Nicky is reading The Blue Lotus which is a Tintin story
At home we had early dinner, my wife made turkey bolognese
This food was gobbled up in 2 minutes, they must have been starving from all that walking
In the end here is what the activity looked like
Total steps: 25,383
Total floors: 22
Total distance: 10.4 miles
The kids went to sleep 30 minutes earlier and had a very good night sleep. The last time they walked so much was in Washington.
Friday, April 28, 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Kaizen Day 17, Apr 26 2017
This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 17 of that routine
Whenever I plan to go to the city I set my alarm to go off at 4 AM. I will always wake up by myself around 3:57 AM, the alarm will almost never go off while I am still sleeping. Today I woke up at 3:35 AM. I decided to get up...what is the point trying to get another 25 minutes of sleep in
I made myself a cold brew coffee the night before and I drank this between 4 and 4:30 AM
I left the house at 4:30 AM, walked to the train station, this took 40 minutes. I caught the 5:20 train, I read about 30 pages of the book Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen . The train arrived at Newark at 5:55 or so, got on the PATH train and arrived at the World Trade Center station around 6:20. I then walked to the New York Sports Club gym on Broad street and did push-ups, shoulders and triceps as part of my workout. I also did 20 minutes of cardio which burned a total of 230 calories
Arrived at the office a little before 8 AM
Had yogurt with fruit for breakfast
I attended the S&P Global shareholders meeting today. This was the first shareholders meeting I attended in person. After the meeting I decided that this will be the last shareholders meeting I will attend in person, I will just dial in from my desk next time.
For lunch I had a bean burrito and an avocado
I took a 25 minute lunch walk around Wall Street
Left work at 4:30 PM, got to Princeton at 6:10. my wife picked me up, so I didn't walk home today
For dinner we had the same as last night: lentil soup
Total steps: 25,490
Total floors: 23
Total distance: 11.9 miles
Whenever I plan to go to the city I set my alarm to go off at 4 AM. I will always wake up by myself around 3:57 AM, the alarm will almost never go off while I am still sleeping. Today I woke up at 3:35 AM. I decided to get up...what is the point trying to get another 25 minutes of sleep in
I made myself a cold brew coffee the night before and I drank this between 4 and 4:30 AM
I left the house at 4:30 AM, walked to the train station, this took 40 minutes. I caught the 5:20 train, I read about 30 pages of the book Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen . The train arrived at Newark at 5:55 or so, got on the PATH train and arrived at the World Trade Center station around 6:20. I then walked to the New York Sports Club gym on Broad street and did push-ups, shoulders and triceps as part of my workout. I also did 20 minutes of cardio which burned a total of 230 calories
Arrived at the office a little before 8 AM
Had yogurt with fruit for breakfast
I attended the S&P Global shareholders meeting today. This was the first shareholders meeting I attended in person. After the meeting I decided that this will be the last shareholders meeting I will attend in person, I will just dial in from my desk next time.
For lunch I had a bean burrito and an avocado
I took a 25 minute lunch walk around Wall Street
Left work at 4:30 PM, got to Princeton at 6:10. my wife picked me up, so I didn't walk home today
For dinner we had the same as last night: lentil soup
Total steps: 25,490
Total floors: 23
Total distance: 11.9 miles
Kaizen Day 16, Apr 25 2017
This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 16 of that routine
Got out of bed ad 5:07 AM today..had my coffee and was about to go for a run at the trail but then a downpour happened. I thought about skipping the run today but it stopped around 5:50 and it was just drizzling. Instead of going to the trail I decided to just run on the sidewalk, I also cut the run short by 15 minutes otherwise I would not make it in time to catch the van to work
Cory Doctorow's latest novel is Walkaway, a look into the future of mass surplus and mass unemployment.
He talks to Leo Laporte about how people reinvent themselves, the difference between disaster and catastrophe, the future of copyright, and his refusal to use DRM.
Had a smoothie with yogurt, almonds, kiwi, banana and strawberry for breakfast
Walked the 2.2 miles to the train station to catch the van to work
Had chicken oreganata with orzo for lunch
Since it was really crappy weather and my wife was picking up the kids from piano lessosn, she picked me up from the train station
For dinner had lentil soup and string beans on the side. The lentil soup was made with the bone broth I made on Friday.
Total steps: 21,057
Total floors: 8
Total distance: 9.6
Steps April 25th |
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Kaizen Day 15, Apr 24 2017
This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 15 of that routine
I worked from home today, mostly because we had a bunch of meetings, it doesn't make sense to go into the office just to dial into meetings
I woke up at 5, had my coffee and then rode my bike to the gym. It was a beautiful morning
Snapped a picture of a sunrise while biking
This is the library at Princeton University campus early in the morning
I did a back, bicep and leg workout and the rode my back back home. I was back home by 7:30 AM
I had 2 pancakes that my kids didn't eat and some leftover scrambled eggs for breakfast
I had some cheese and bread for lunch
For dinner, had cauliflower, sausage and pasta
My son made chocolate biscotti and oatmeal raisin cookies, had half a cookie and one biscotti for dessert
Total steps: 16,094
Total floors: 16
Total distance: 7.4
I worked from home today, mostly because we had a bunch of meetings, it doesn't make sense to go into the office just to dial into meetings
I woke up at 5, had my coffee and then rode my bike to the gym. It was a beautiful morning
Snapped a picture of a sunrise while biking
This is the library at Princeton University campus early in the morning
I did a back, bicep and leg workout and the rode my back back home. I was back home by 7:30 AM
I had 2 pancakes that my kids didn't eat and some leftover scrambled eggs for breakfast
I had some cheese and bread for lunch
For dinner, had cauliflower, sausage and pasta
My son made chocolate biscotti and oatmeal raisin cookies, had half a cookie and one biscotti for dessert
Total steps: 16,094
Total floors: 16
Total distance: 7.4
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Kaizen Day 14, Apr 23 2017
This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 14 of that routine
I decided to do a run again today, I normally don't run twice in a row but because the way this coming week is scheduled it made more sense to hit the trail today instead of tomorrow.
Got up at 5:30, had my coffee, browsed the internet a little, listened a bit to The Ancient World - Rediscovery podcast. At 7 I went for my run, I listened to 2 episodes of the The Ancient World - Rediscovery podcast while running.
I was at 10K steps by 8 AM.
While my wife went to church with the children, I decided to walk around in Princeton for an hour since it was a beautiful day
Here are some pics I took from my walk
Seventy-Nine Hall
Seventy-Nine Hall was presented to Princeton by Woodrow Wilson's classmates in 1904
East Pyne Building
East Pyne Building, originally Pyne Library, was built in 1897, the Sesquicentennial gift of Mrs. Percy Rivington Pyne, mother of Moses Taylor Pyne 1877
Prospect Garden
Eight thousand flowers are planted in the garden every year during a two-week period in May, after the tulip bulbs that bloomed in the spring are removed
After picking up my wife and kids, we went to 2 farms to pick up some vegetables as well as some meat
I took a short video of this cute calf at Cherry Grove Farm
I watched El Clásico between 2:45 and 3:30. This is a soccer/football match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. I still can't believe that Barcelona won, the brilliance of Messi was on full display today, because of this win, the league is still open. I still think that Real Madrid will win the league however
Had the same for lunch today as yesterday since I still had some soup leftover
For dinner we decided to have chili con carne, rice, salad and pico de gallo, all of this was made from scratch
For dessert today I had some ice cream, this is the first time I had ice cream, cookies or candy in 2 weeks. I made today kind of a cheat day by allowing a bit of sweets today
Total steps: 18,779
Total floors: 3
Total distance: 8.9
I decided to do a run again today, I normally don't run twice in a row but because the way this coming week is scheduled it made more sense to hit the trail today instead of tomorrow.
Got up at 5:30, had my coffee, browsed the internet a little, listened a bit to The Ancient World - Rediscovery podcast. At 7 I went for my run, I listened to 2 episodes of the The Ancient World - Rediscovery podcast while running.
I was at 10K steps by 8 AM.
While my wife went to church with the children, I decided to walk around in Princeton for an hour since it was a beautiful day
Here are some pics I took from my walk
Seventy-Nine Hall
Seventy-Nine Hall was presented to Princeton by Woodrow Wilson's classmates in 1904
East Pyne Building
East Pyne Building, originally Pyne Library, was built in 1897, the Sesquicentennial gift of Mrs. Percy Rivington Pyne, mother of Moses Taylor Pyne 1877
Prospect Garden
Eight thousand flowers are planted in the garden every year during a two-week period in May, after the tulip bulbs that bloomed in the spring are removed
After picking up my wife and kids, we went to 2 farms to pick up some vegetables as well as some meat
I took a short video of this cute calf at Cherry Grove Farm
I watched El Clásico between 2:45 and 3:30. This is a soccer/football match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. I still can't believe that Barcelona won, the brilliance of Messi was on full display today, because of this win, the league is still open. I still think that Real Madrid will win the league however
Had the same for lunch today as yesterday since I still had some soup leftover
For dinner we decided to have chili con carne, rice, salad and pico de gallo, all of this was made from scratch
For dessert today I had some ice cream, this is the first time I had ice cream, cookies or candy in 2 weeks. I made today kind of a cheat day by allowing a bit of sweets today
Total steps: 18,779
Total floors: 3
Total distance: 8.9
Kaizen Day 12/13, Apr 21/22 2017
This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 12/13 of that routine
April 21
I worked from home today, mostly because we had a bunch of meetings, it doesn't make sense to go into the office just to dial into meetings
I woke up at 5, had my coffee and then rode my bike to the gym. I did a back, bicep and leg workout and the rode my back back home. I was back home by 7:30 AM
When I got home I started to make the bone broth, since this is a chicken bone broth, you don't need to have it simmer for 20 hours, 8-9 hours is all it needs.
I use the bone broth to drink hot on a cold winter day, I also use it as a base for soups and risotto
For dinner we had chicken with sweet potatoes and a salad. I saved the bones again and froze them. Once I have a decent number of bones I will make another bone broth
Total steps: 11,109
Total floors: 18
Total distance: 5.2 miles
April 22
Today I did a 4 mile run at the canal, started at 7 AM
For breakfast I had eggs, roasted peppers and an English muffin
Made some tomato sauce because my oldest son wanted pasta for lunch. I took out a quarter of the tomato sauce for him. I added some bone broth to the rest of the sauce blended it and turned it into delicious tomato soup. I then made hot cheese sandwiches (paninis) to go with the soup for me and the two youngest kids... They gobbled it up in 2 minutes
For dinner we had burgers with sweet potato fries and a mixed green salad
I started to watch Warcraft..I stopped watching after 45 minutes, I like the main actor Travis Fimmel from the show Vikings but the movie was just very disappointing. I also never played Warcraft or World of Warcraft so maybe that had something to do with it. How did this movie get a 7 rating on IMBD?
I listened to Tim Ferriss podcast with Dorian Yates: Dorian Yates on High Intensity Training, Injury Prevention, and Building Maximum Muscle that was really interesting.
Total steps: 15,607
Total floors: 13
Total distance: 6.8
April 21
I worked from home today, mostly because we had a bunch of meetings, it doesn't make sense to go into the office just to dial into meetings
I woke up at 5, had my coffee and then rode my bike to the gym. I did a back, bicep and leg workout and the rode my back back home. I was back home by 7:30 AM
When I got home I started to make the bone broth, since this is a chicken bone broth, you don't need to have it simmer for 20 hours, 8-9 hours is all it needs.
Bone broth finished and stored in jars |
For dinner we had chicken with sweet potatoes and a salad. I saved the bones again and froze them. Once I have a decent number of bones I will make another bone broth
Total steps: 11,109
Total floors: 18
Total distance: 5.2 miles
April 22
Today I did a 4 mile run at the canal, started at 7 AM
For breakfast I had eggs, roasted peppers and an English muffin
Made some tomato sauce because my oldest son wanted pasta for lunch. I took out a quarter of the tomato sauce for him. I added some bone broth to the rest of the sauce blended it and turned it into delicious tomato soup. I then made hot cheese sandwiches (paninis) to go with the soup for me and the two youngest kids... They gobbled it up in 2 minutes
For dinner we had burgers with sweet potato fries and a mixed green salad
I started to watch Warcraft..I stopped watching after 45 minutes, I like the main actor Travis Fimmel from the show Vikings but the movie was just very disappointing. I also never played Warcraft or World of Warcraft so maybe that had something to do with it. How did this movie get a 7 rating on IMBD?
I listened to Tim Ferriss podcast with Dorian Yates: Dorian Yates on High Intensity Training, Injury Prevention, and Building Maximum Muscle that was really interesting.
Total steps: 15,607
Total floors: 13
Total distance: 6.8
Friday, April 21, 2017
Kaizen Day 11, Apr 20 2017
This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 11 of that routine
Woke up at 4 to go to New York City and the gym. This plan got derailed really fast, I had to log into work because there were some problems with the testing DB servers. It took about 90 minutes to get it all resolved, because of that I didn't have time to go to the gym and make it to the office at a reasonable time.
I walked to the station, took the train to Newark Penn Station, from there I took the path to Worl Trade Center. I then walked to the office.
Had a sandwich from Le Pain for breakfast
At lunch time I got myself a Korean bi bim bap bowl
I decided to take a little walk after lunch since it was such a nice day. I walked around for 30 minutes or so and took some pictures.
Me having grown up in Amsterdam, I couldn't help myself, I had to take a picture of these beautiful tulips in new Amsterdam
This is a pic looking over at Broad Street with Fraunces Tavern in the front, you can see the office building I work in in the back ground
Here is a short part about Fraunces Tavern from Wikipedia
Fraunces Tavern is a landmark museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street. The location played a prominent role in history before, during and after the American Revolution, serving as a headquarters for George Washington, a venue for peace negotiations with the British, and housing federal offices in the Early Republic. It has been owned by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York Inc. since 1904, which carried out a major conjectural reconstruction, and claim it is Manhattan's oldest surviving building. The museum interprets the building and its history, along with varied exhibitions of art and artifacts.[4] The tavern is a tourist site and a part of the American Whiskey Trail and the New York Freedom Trail
Left work around 5 PM, did the reverse commute from this morning
I had cabbage and potatoes with roasted chicken for dinner. I saved the chicken bones, I will use them to make a bone broth. For dessert I had 2 kiwis
I also noticed that I lost 5 pounds so far when I weighed myself this morning.
Below is an image of the steps, floors and distance
Woke up at 4 to go to New York City and the gym. This plan got derailed really fast, I had to log into work because there were some problems with the testing DB servers. It took about 90 minutes to get it all resolved, because of that I didn't have time to go to the gym and make it to the office at a reasonable time.
I walked to the station, took the train to Newark Penn Station, from there I took the path to Worl Trade Center. I then walked to the office.
Had a sandwich from Le Pain for breakfast
At lunch time I got myself a Korean bi bim bap bowl
I decided to take a little walk after lunch since it was such a nice day. I walked around for 30 minutes or so and took some pictures.
Me having grown up in Amsterdam, I couldn't help myself, I had to take a picture of these beautiful tulips in new Amsterdam
This is a pic looking over at Broad Street with Fraunces Tavern in the front, you can see the office building I work in in the back ground
Here is a short part about Fraunces Tavern from Wikipedia
Fraunces Tavern is a landmark museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street. The location played a prominent role in history before, during and after the American Revolution, serving as a headquarters for George Washington, a venue for peace negotiations with the British, and housing federal offices in the Early Republic. It has been owned by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York Inc. since 1904, which carried out a major conjectural reconstruction, and claim it is Manhattan's oldest surviving building. The museum interprets the building and its history, along with varied exhibitions of art and artifacts.[4] The tavern is a tourist site and a part of the American Whiskey Trail and the New York Freedom Trail
Left work around 5 PM, did the reverse commute from this morning
I had cabbage and potatoes with roasted chicken for dinner. I saved the chicken bones, I will use them to make a bone broth. For dessert I had 2 kiwis
I also noticed that I lost 5 pounds so far when I weighed myself this morning.
Below is an image of the steps, floors and distance
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