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Sunday, September 25, 2016 @ 9:53 PM
Good checkpoint Back from my conference trip to Munich. Had a great time there in this peaceful city as well as a day-trip to neighbouring Salzburg. The conference host was most hospitable and we were all well engaged everyday with "play" activities apart from day time "work" (aka attending talks). Night city tour, reception at English garden, banquet right on the Alpes :) One thing that striked me most was the lack of obsession with technology there - commuters were reading books and magazines, knitting, solving some puzzles in their little books or interacting with their dogs. Few were glued to their smartphones, and even if they were using, it was more for texting and less of content consumption. Short term life goals are looking good now. - Hoping to submit thesis by early Dec; first draft out by end Oct. Ramping up my writing efforts while wrapping up with some filler experiments. - Was concerned about losing my endurance after the 2 weeks + hiatus from running. First mini run around National Stadium was quite terrifying as I've "forgotten" the feeling incurred during running and aborted the run after a 800m circle. My first endurance run of 10km resulted in slight leg ache, which is something I've not experienced since starting on regular running. Fastforward to two weeks later, and I think I'm back in shape. 5km run under 6min/km. 10km run near an hour (1h 3min) - will work to improve timing to below 1h. Counting down to my first half-marathon in Nov! - Investment is trending sideways, just like the STI. No real buying or selling opportunity and so just sitting around to wait for things to happen. Maybe this is a lesson on patience :) |