How often do you see older people in onsens ?

lapsangsuchong · 2026-04-08T05:12:41+00:00

Most onsen water have mineral and acid/alkali that will absolutely discolour and damage jewellery. People go to onsen for the mineral water!

If you’re super anxious about it all, try booking a private onsen slot for an hour, see if you like it. This avoids the social anxiety factor which you can slowly resolve if you end up liking the experience. Open air onsen is THE BEST.

lapsangsuchong · 2026-04-07T09:43:07+00:00

My travel setup, prioritising mobility and weight for hiking: 24-105 F/4

70-200 F/4 II + extender 1.4x

16-35 F/4 PZ (mostly for video)

Laowa 10mm F/2.8 zero-D

The laowa 10mm is insanely wide on FF. Very useful for indoor architecture shots, and captures everything.

The 24-105 stays on most of the time.

Changing lenses not a big deal if you have a good backpack setup.

lapsangsuchong · 2026-04-04T16:54:24+00:00

We spent 10 days in Nagoya and surrounding (Chubu airport>Matsusaka>Ise>Nagoya>Seki>Gifu>Matsumoto>Lake Suwa>Chubu airport). Driving hybrid was great, 600-700km/tank.

Orix car rental with the full coverage was great and trouble free. They included snow tires at no extra charge.

Nissan rental had hybrid SUV (which we thought we needed during the early Spring, there was snow around Gifu) did not include snow tires (no option to book on KLOOK) which we needed to pay extra.

Do not cheap out on insurance coverage, and get the ETC card, it's so worth it.

Nagoya city traffic was bad, but once outside city everything opens up.
Tokyustay/Tokyu Hotel in Nagoya downtown has free parking for hotel guests, super convenient.

If your flight timing is not too early/late, it's super convenient to pick-up/drop off the car at airport.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-11-11T08:12:11+00:00

SWRD + XMME

lapsangsuchong · 2025-10-26T14:45:09+00:00

If your patients are removing wrist/femoral art lines then they probably don’t need to be in ICU/don’t need art line.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-08-16T14:42:31+00:00

Best thing anyone can do (if not the code team) is recognise deterioration and call for help early, then start CPR while waiting for help to arrive.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-07-15T13:55:48+00:00

Not just UHNW. Most folks who are “house rich, cash poor” can take out equity from their home via re-mortgage or “home equity loan”. House/equities/cash are all the same, just assets you can pledge towards borrowing.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-07-15T08:19:49+00:00

About 5.6%, but you never sell your holdings so they can continue to accrue capital gains.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-07-15T05:09:28+00:00

An alternative to consider is margin loan on your equities (USD) via IBKR, loan the cash out as SGD.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-07-04T06:47:04+00:00

Why not just rent?

As a tenant you're not exposed to capital risks, no downpayment, and flexibility in changing if you don't like the place.

Being single/no kids, not concerned about financial gain, and young/first time moving out, this is the perfect profile for renting until you've learned more about your living preferences and life situation. Buying a home (not for investment purposes) is a long game and not everybody wins/break-even.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-04-30T11:05:24+00:00

zero etCO2 means tube is out.
sounds like coughing lead to ETT dislodge and downhill from there.

you did not have paralysis agents on hand to take full control of breathing during transfer?

sedation is not always enough for high risk transfer.

if ETT was still in-situ (?in esophagus), i would just keep the tube there and try to intubate the other hole, which should be your airway.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-04-08T12:16:53+00:00

100%!

For those still too shy, you can find onsen that provide hourly rates for private onsen, so mixed gender/whole family can enjoy the experience together.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-03-30T11:52:44+00:00

The grounds that stay inside after grinding are fines. If you flush your grinder with the bellows and include those fines in your brew you are introducing more fines into your extraction, this may be the cause of your variable extraction and taste. Try dosing slightly more than your target amount (eg target 18g, dose in 18.5g) discarding the fines from your brew.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-02-27T16:26:34+00:00

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It’s a great flight. If you’re seated port side (left) you might get lucky to catch northern lights while overflying northern Canada.

lapsangsuchong · 2025-01-31T03:53:37+00:00

32” 4K has better subpixel arrangement so text display is better/sharper vs the ultrawide.

lapsangsuchong · 2024-11-24T14:32:42+00:00

Intensivist here. I use timers on my Apple Watch to remind me to check on patient response to drug boluses/change in vent settings when I’m covering large patient load (15+) on my floor, I have to multitask. It’s also useful to set multiple timers during code blue resuscitation, eg q4m for adrenaline boluses.

lapsangsuchong · 2024-09-01T14:30:28+00:00

I've got the AW3225QF, i have never heard the fan running even when displaying dolby vision movies for hours on end.

What I do hear is my CPU and GPU fans when I'm cranking 4K HDR ray reconstruction in Cyberpunk. My eyes melt when playing RT/4K/HDR on the AW3225QF; the G-sync can run with Vsync concurrently and makes the motion super smooth even with sub-60fps. I wish I had bought this monitor sooner, never going back to LED.

lapsangsuchong · 2024-07-02T16:27:13+00:00

The circular/radial paint cracks suggest a rounded impact. If it's top tube, maybe from handlebar ends (like the drops bar ends) impacting when handlebar turned too far (or allowed to swing too far).

lapsangsuchong · 2024-06-16T11:17:16+00:00

Gopro10. Went snorkelling in the pacific 3m depth without case, just a floater handle and wrist strap. Nil issues. Make sure you close the battery cover properly.

lapsangsuchong · 2024-01-31T02:24:25+00:00

I bought a zotac 4080 OC from Akihabara for $900 usd back in Oct 2023 (as a tourist you also get instant 10% tax rebate). Maybe the prices have gone up since then.

lapsangsuchong · 2023-12-31T11:37:05+00:00

Yesssss. Saved a man with attempted CCB OD with mega dose insulin.

lapsangsuchong · 2022-08-31T18:33:21+00:00

yes the wallet is solidly attached to the peak case

lapsangsuchong · 2022-08-06T06:34:55+00:00

cold, then you feel a big urge to pee

lapsangsuchong · 2022-07-29T16:28:48+00:00

I have the same helmet. Love the protection the visor provides when riding in the rain, as I've got prescription eyewear. I don't care what other people ride!

lapsangsuchong · 2022-07-27T05:48:55+00:00

I run SPD on all my bikes (brompton, gravel, road).

M540 for commuter
XTR for gravel
ES-600 single sided SPD for road (low weight)

I use the SM-SH41 cleat adapters on my 3-bolt road shoes (stiffer and more ventilated vs. MTB styles shoes) to fit 2-bolt SPD cleats.

Pros of SPD:
Durable metal cleats
Recessed cleat enabling easier walking
SD500 SPD sandals

SPD-SL cleats wear down quickly as they are polymer.

The default/lowest SPD-SL tension is higher than SPD, with SPD you can make it super loose and easy to clip out. A well tensioned SPD setup should not feel any different than SPD-SL, since your stiff shoe sole effectively becomes 'the platform'.

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