Oct 26: On a Homecoming
The haze remained an almighty pain in the ass. The KL Marathon was touch-and-go right up until the last minute. It eventually went ahead, but it was an awful run given my lack of training. Ultimately, that turned out to be my last outdoor run for a while because the haze got even worse. Desperate to run, I signed up for a gym membership. Clearly, I didn’t think that through. I was assigned a personal trainer who wasn’t very impressed by my strength. I could tell by his disappointed look when my legs started shaking on the sixth rep of whatever the hell I was doing. No matter, because when you start from the bottom, things can only go upwards. + + + The family trip to Penang was good. On our last day, we finally saw clear blue skies for the first time in ages. That's us in Penang The first blue sky we'd seen in a while + + + I got sent to UTP for work. It was a full-circle moment. Exactly two decades ago, I met my current boss for the first time during orientation...
