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Early night
I was a floppy wreck for most of today, the after effect of a week of thinking and striving. When I left the office at 6, it was to head home for a night of fun, meeting friends who had flown in from Hong Kong for drinks at my favourite Mexican restaurant, Lucha Loco.
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Performances
The second day of our conference was today, and there was much less sitting in freezing rooms, listening to somebody talk. That was partly because I was standing up in a freezing cold room, making people listen to me talk about moats and walls and CPMs, and then later on we had a team building […]
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Lunch at the Marina Bay Sands
Today I was at a conference all day in the Marina Bay Sands. I packed a sweater so I wouldn’t get too cold, but since the conference room was packed with people I was actually too hot rather than too cold. The last time I was at a conference at the Marina Bay Sands, I […]
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A few words on accent
After work today we went to Cafe Melba, a place I’ve been to for brunch a few times with the kids, but never in the evening. In the evening, they deflate the bouncy castle so I didn’t get to jump up and down on that, but there was a free buffet, so that ameliorated some […]
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Premature victory
About eleven last night, I heard stirrings; it was La Serpiente getting out of bed. She takes a stainless steel bottle to bed with her so we always hear that clanking around. I got up and went to head her off before she came into our room, but as I came into the corridor I […]
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Driven up the wall
This afternoon, back at Boulder Movement, this time with my phone in hand and a new pair of shoes, dangling off a wall, I discovered that climbing and selfies aren’t such a great combination. Perhaps if I were dangling in front of a scene of great natural beauty it would be more impressive, or if […]
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ASICS Relay 2017
A month or two ago, I signed up as part of a team to run the ASICS Relay in Singapore. I like relay races because they usually mean a much shorter distance, so the ratio of fun to pain is better, and it’s more exciting and more communal an experience than just a bunch of […]
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Late to bed and early to rise
After creeping back into the house last night at 11 (my flight got in at 6, but then I went out to a work dinner and ate wine and drank cheese until my body was going to melt) I had the kids crawl over me from 2 until 5 in the morning, at which point […]
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Out of Kuala Lumpur the hard way
After meetings this morning, I took the train from KL Sentral to the airport. That was the easy bit: less than half an hour, straight into the bowels of the terminal. Then I went to check in. My booking was on Malaysian Airlines MH5735, so when I arrived at the departure level and found this, […]
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Impromptu swimming attempt
After work today, I went to the swimming pool on the roof of my hotel and tried to do a few laps, like my swimming coach told me to. It’s strange to think that in the tropical warmth of Malaysia, I should find the pool too cold, but I guess I’m used to blood temperature […]
