Again bcos of the time difference, I had early morning meetings in Sgp time. I woke up even earlier to hit the gym. I didn’t mind early mornings but suffered badly towards the end of the day. I need to go to bed at 10pm ah.
My hotel view from another facing. There are trees but everything still feels very grey and dusty to me.
My 2nd work day in India was thankfully shorter. I was in the city office and the colleagues nicely encouraged me to leave at 5pm if I didn’t want to be stuck in the traffic. I enthusiastically took the advice and spent the evening leisurely chasing emails on the big nice bed.
The kids were doing better too. They were still nursing fevers but seem to be on the mend. Poor Nana still have to do her Chinese tuition via Zoom, in prep of her Chinese oral prelims on Thursday.
This work trip is not much different from the others. There were some other colleagues from Indonesia also visiting and staying in the same hotel. The companionship wasn’t too bad. There was a company dinner on the 3rd night as well. While the buffet spread was good, I actually didn’t quite mind having comfort food dinner on the bed. Lol.
The kids kept me worried. Zaky has gone back to school. Nana attempted too on Wednesday but came back in the morning when her fever returned. She skipped school again on Thursday bcos the fever refused to go away. She has missed her EMaths, Physics and History WA and her Chinese Oral Prelim. She mentioned that the school will arrange for her to retake the assessments next week. The poor girl was feeling so miserable and physically unwell and was sobbing when I called on Thursday morning to check on her. I want to go home to the family too.
I checked out on Thursday morning. My biggest achievement of this trip - these were left behind and thrown away. Hoho.
I left the office at 6.30pm for my flight at 11.40pn. The traffic is always unpredictable. I got to the airport in 1 over hour. This was my dinner.
I was so tired and already starting to doze off while waiting for boarding. Once boarded, I settled myself for sleep. I had the neck pillow and blanket all nicely positioned and was off to lala land in minutes. The next moment, I was already in the air and the seatbelt sign had just gone off. I adjusted the seat and slept some more.
Vaguely, I heard the air stewardesses talking. I was so amazed at myself to immediately switch from sleeping to ordering fish pasta for dinner. Lol. I only ate the fish pasta, not the desserts and then jump back to sleep. Tired siol. I did bring back the bun but Zaky said that they only taste nice while in the air.
Bcos I slept so well in the plane, I had energy when I reached home. It was somewhat a mess. I spent the nice 1.5 hours unpacking, vacuuming the floor, cleared mochi’s litter, top up water, keeping the laundry…. It was 10am by the time I was done. I took a nap to ensure that I can survive the rest of the day. I survived my 1st India business trip 2024.
Mummy Lim
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