Going out and going back to my hotel involves a lot of walking. It’s fine if you’re not sick. But if you’re feeling crap, it’s hell. I should have taken the cab.

This is what I don’t like about my trips to SG: I always catch some bug and I end up with colds/flu. It doesn’t help that the central airconditioning in SG buildings are too cold. Ours is set at 18 C and we already requested the building admin to crank up the temp. And to think that this is already an improvement over the previous temp of 16 C. 🤦‍♀️

Another contributor to my ill health today is that last night my body was so sore from I don’t know what. Maybe it’s my back to back meetings that involved too much alternating heat + cold buildings. I was at Suntec City and I decided to go straight home to my hotel after my last meeting. I went first to Maxwell to buy takeaway dinner (yey Tong Fong Fatt!) then ate it in my room while I edited.

I took a long hot shower and by 8 pm I was already out. Then I got woken up by my phone that kept pinging at 11:30 pm. It was my friend who was inviting me to attend their firm’s conference on tax. But I don’t care about SG tax. 🤦‍♀️ Anyway, I couldn’t go back to sleep. I was awake until 2:30 am when I have a sit-in breakfast training/chat with a hedge fund guy at 8:30 am.

Long story short, I was late + I felt like crap. But at least I was able to listen to the whole sit-in.

During the rest of the day, I was vacillating between elation (hey, I got so many stories, thank you, my lovely sources) and feeling shitty (tired with runny nose) and cold.

I told colleagues I couldn’t join them for dinner at some seafood restaurant in the East Coast because I think I’m coming down with something.

To make myself feel better, I went to Raffles City for something soupy for dinner.

I think I’m ready to tuck in.