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339 - 30.9.2026: Michaelmas

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I didn't blog yesterday. I ran, swam, stretched. Today I'm doing gardening. For a couple of hourse in lieu of exercise. I went to Woodleigh Mall with Ma and then we came back and I went for lunch with Oisin. I came back, went for my swim and then did Duolingo when I got back.  But today I will start with my ambition to do a bit of the Human Rights thing everyday. The UNDHR is so uncontroversial that I cannot understand why anyone would be up in arms about it. There are only two areas which the Singaporean government bumps up against. Freedom of expression - and a very specific one - and the courts of law. It is actually really stupid for people to not allow these things. Not being able to speak truth to power is one of the fail safes which we have built into society. That you cannot listen to what someone else is saying even if it benefits everyone is really stupid. That you would choose to only listen to yourself and those who say the things...
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338 - 28.9.26 - -2: Sabbattical forever i say

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We had rain yesterday. I didn't go running though. I can't remember what I did instead... I did watch a film - Chadwick Boseman in 21 Bridges . I went to AMK Hub with Oisin. I cooked for Ma. Today we are doing a Western meal. Pan fried salmon and trimmings for dinner. I didn't run. I don't know why. But I'll run after this. It rained and everything was better instantly. I'm hoping that this is going to resume with the rain and that the El Nino is not going to hit us with more dry weather. At least the full moon brought a short reprieve. It might rain today - in the afternoon. So today will be proper back to routine after two weeks of recovering from everything. I keep wanting things to go back to normal but it is tough.  I know what I have to do. I have the stories, human rights talk, admin, piano, and art. I have all of that. And I have this wonderful day. So I've done my schedule. I do have to stop using the TikTok. Right now it is mostly madness again wit...
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336 - 26.9.26 - 13: The fitness journey

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I'm going to just write about being fit now. I began yesterday and then got distracted. What I was going to say was that there is always a point in the journey when you go, ha, I'm finally getting there. That day was yesterday. Two weeks after I came back after a three week hiatus. Well, I ran 4 times and did lots of gardening. I think gardening counts, especially if you are cutting grass by hand. Anyway, the day was yesterday when I felt, after the swim, well I'm back. I was back a couple of weeks before I left. Also, I have to admit, I did not think it would take this long. I think I had never been has heavy, but also I am menopaused now. So I have noticed that in general the weight goes on gradually, and it is more stubborn.  Well, I am just gonna do what I do and it seems to work.  Not drinking regularly and eating vast quantities of cheese also seems to help. But it's also I'm just back to perspiring again. So I think much of the weight is water weight. One thi...
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337 - 25.9.26 - 12: Week 2

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It is Friday. I have swum 2 days this week and gone running 3 days so far. Since Monday. I also gardened once.  So it was like this:- Monday          Run, Sit Ups. Rained in the afternoon, so no swim Tuesday          Gardened. (Day off). Rained in the afternoon, so no swim Wednesday    Nothing. Accidental day off. Did Admin instead. Went for breakfast with Oisin. Thursday         Run There is always a point in your fitness journey when you go, well, that's coming along nicely and today was the day. 
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335 - 24.9.26 - 11: Michaelmas Time

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Michaelmas... George and the Dragon... Autumn Equinox... Winter is Coming. But NOT in Singapore. What are our holidays? Well, there's the mooncake festival - which is tied to the moon. I wonder if there are any equinox based celebrations in Malay culture? Right, i've just been told no by DuckDuckGo's AI. Just that you can't really see the sun variation because we are so close to the equator.  Geography is once again destiny. It is more moon based - like the Mid Autumn Festival, which follows the full moon.  Here is what I eventually got to: In Malaysia and Singapore, traditional ritual life was generally more likely to be organized around landscapes and ecological relationships —sea, rivers, forests, mountains, rice fields, and ancestral places—than around the equinoxes. The pattern varies by community: Sea and river: Among Melanau, Bajau/Sama, coastal Malay, and other maritime communities, rituals could concern safe voy...
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