現在我々が手掛けているビジネスの中にD2C(Direct to Consumer)ビジネスがありますが、この分野も相当に競争が激しい〜レッドオーシャンになってきているので、シリコンバレー駐在員として「オールバーズ、履いてみた。その履き心地は?」レベルではダメで、やっぱり自ら差別化を図らなければいけない。
I used to run a lot because I was into triathlon and marathons before. You can see it from below my “Okay, I come back to my parents home running all the way” record.
But I haven’t run/jog long distances for a long time…
In warm and comfy California, I just chill in my home…
Then gradually over past months, I have gained weight……
Trust me, as a triathlete, I bike for sure, more often than jogging because my gears of cycling are perfectly complete.
And one reason I shy away from jogging was with my old running shoes I didn’t have good socks to fit which makes me confident to run 10K for example without any pains or blisters on my feet.
But I found “Activital” socks with a lot of design innovation derived from Japanese socks and functions to support my feet!
Okay, let’s hit the road.
As was expected, both of my knees hurt… And as my legs felt some pain, I changed parts of my sole to focus on. But those socks gave me perfect fit and my feet didn’t move inside the shoes which is desirable when you long-run.
As my jogging was slow as it was a first long-run in a long time, it got darker on Foothill road… but the socks supported me all the way along.
The socks gave me courage and support to run 10K for the first time over one plus year without any pains or blisters on my feet. I will keep on running with them, at least to bring me back to the desirable weight.
I have wanted to be a vegan. Seriously. I know it’s the right thing. But having to go to a lot of business dinners and having a young kid in my house are kind of preventing me from being it. I would like to enjoy normal dish with my family and give her good and nutritious food and preparing two different ones are unrealistic to ask my wife or cook by myself. But still, it is in my bucket list.
Another thing I concern about is doing diet takes time including monitoring my calorie intake and exercises. For example, I lost 10% of my body weight with very strict calorie monitoring, but it is not that fun to do and most of all, again, takes a lot of time.
I believe being vegan saves that kind of time and I can focus on more business and study, and I can save animal life.
If I should become a vegan, I miss two things: Japanese style BBQ “yakiniku” and ramen noodles. Yakiniku is relatively expensive and less frequent. Thus I could persist. But ramen is totally different thing for a Japanese. It is ingrained in our meal routine or even in our DNA!
So, I came to Ramen Begins “Hajime” again and resisted my formidable temptation to go for Syoyu/Soy Sauce ramen and ordered “Kiwami Vegan” ramen. It was not my first time to get vegetable ramen but was mine with vegan ramen. A bit concerned about some stale soup and toppings, to be honest.
First of all, I was having a very pleasant conversation with a mentor of business while I was having a couple of first bites, so I was totally forgetting it was vegan. It is not stale at all, very close to the usual ramen!
Second of all, as I realized I ordered vegan one, I was enjoying the delicate soup so much. I could feel soy milk, very mild, but not too milky to make you feel like drinking “salty milk”. It harbors the richness of usual ramen soup. How? One of secrets seemed spice in it. But this is easier said than done – when you eat plant-based meat, some says, like my daughter always complains, that it contains too much spice in it. This is to erase the smell of “beanmess” and they have to put them a lot. But again, this ramen house has a magic wand to find and accomplish the perfect balance. Nevertheless, it is not just mildness balance, it gives you a tempo in your mouth with the nuts you can see in the picture and some kick too with minced garlic. I couldn’t stop smiling while savoring the soup.
Moving on to noodle. Amazing! As a home bread maker, I could tell they are using good quality flour. And these noodle used for vegan soup is totally different from ones for shoyu ramen! How they can make several types of in-house noodles, I don’t know. Probably they are coming from professional integrity and if so, I as a business person would like to give them great credit for that. Very smooth, appropriately thick. I really enjoyed chewing them for a while with the soup.
But chashu/BBQ meat on top it?? For a couple of seconds I had them in my mouth, I sought for the rationale but figured out they are made of plant too. It has a good feel and chewiness and no too much spiciness, and all in all, nothing but amazing.
If my daughter leaves my house to go to college, it would be seven years to go. I have to beg my wife first, but I might be a vegan and cook some veggie menu. I have to be a bit careful in cooking some not to make it salty with my tear without my daughter.
私は暗算の訓練も兼ねてEvernoteでテキストでつけていましたが、計算の観点ではスプレッドシートを使ったほうが楽ですし、使い勝手のいいアプリがあればそれでも構いません。とにかく、味噌汁はカロリーがとても低い、とか、牛乳はタンパク質含めた栄養価が高いが1 cup 150kcalは許容しなくちゃいけないとか、ジュースはそれ以上のカロリーなので一日に何杯も飲む必要があるジュースダイエットはカロリーの観点からはそんなにマイナスをもたらさない、ラーメン1杯食べたらロードバイクで一生懸命20km弱こがなくちゃいけないとか、ゆで卵は腹持ちするしタンパク質も多いけど80kcalしかない、とかアーモンドやカシューナッツは食物繊維も豊富だし油分を採らないと脂肪が燃えないという関係があるものの大きさの割に一粒のカロリーは〜10kcalもある、とか、このクソ面倒な入力から学んでいくことが何より大切です。また入力は正直嫌になるほどめんどくさいので、それやるくらいなら食べない!というマインドセットになれるのもいい効果ではあります。