One benefit from the Thomian group.
It seems that we have settled on a routine of playing pickleball with the office folks on Monday. After that, we go for a simple bite to eat. The past few times we have eaten at the mamak place, so that the Muslim colleagues can join us. The team 'colleagues' is used loosely as former staff and interns join as well. Jowie is surprised that we invite the corner staff - we don't. They find out because they are in Peggy Chai's lunch time chat group. There are about 30 of them in there, many of them from as far back as several years ago. It's like Hotel California.
I'm starting to keep a simple record of what I eat each day, to try and reduce the amount of carbohydrates. I'll report back in a month to see if there are significant results.
We meet Yoshi and June for breakfast; a big heavy for my taste but I have a simple version, and fish out the vegetable to eat with my black coffee. We have a good old chat until 11 a.m. - they are signing up for the road trip. My other meal plans with the Thomians are cancelled, so I am at a loose end for the afternoon.
Yesterday, I was concerned about losing control of some design elements in some of our projects, but as usual, it is for nothing. There is plenty of time for the designs to be refined and coordinated, my colleagues are conscientious and work hard to do this. I am learning to be calm about those things which I cannot control.
Using the trampoline and stretching at the gym helps with my recovery, I will try playing pickleball without the boot tomorrow. It is about time.
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| Years ago, Peggy created a chat group for the young people in the office to decide where to have lunch. Newcomers are added into the group, but the people who leave MWA are never removed, they stay in the chat group and randomly show up for lunch, and badminton sessions. I think this is lovely, that former colleagues still make time to catch up and have fun |
