Report of 21 Jan 2024

 Good evening!

This is how married couples stay different and still together, eh.  Scott is sitting under a full-blowing ceiling fan and I am sitting with no fan and bedspread on around my shoulders as I am cold.  Scott loves winters in the homeland - he is currently in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, and the balcony doors plus back doors are open to allow a breeze.  

We are okay.  I am sick of being sick.  This virus left and apparently is back.  Our Tylenol (paracetamol) bottle has done overtime, such a wonder drug.  I have also drunk coconut water and all of it has helped.  This week, my workout called me in the mornings; last week, it did not.  

Early this week, we attended a dance performance by a Singapore-based dance troupe and it was good.  We left before it ended as we live well outside the city and driving at night is neither person's forte.  It was lovely to get some culture in, though.  

Vaishnavi, 1 of the 2 founders of the Banyan, is helping a disabled friend's apartment security man get the care he needs.  He fell off his motorcycle and broke his shoulder.  Care at our Government hospitals is free; it is easier if the patient knows someone there.  My parents worked in the Government system and all our care was there - go, escorted by my Dad or someone else, get quick care and leave.  Not a luxury open to all, as the system is overloaded.  Thankfully, a plastic surgeon friend is helping to get this patient treated.  The patient appears to be a very good guy, from far-off Nepal, and getting the disabled couple assistance whenever needed, including during floods.  It's a shame we use the plural for that last word.  Chennai routinely floods during rains.  

We visited a couple of friends yesterday and attended an art exhibition organised in memory of our friend, John.  John died a year ago.  His wife (tough to say "widow"), Karin, came from Germany as they usually did in December, and organised this show.  It was therapeutic to grieve together and to see magnificent art contributed by John's friends and himself.  There was also a video show playing; it was surreal to see John on it.  

Our kids are busy and that is a great problem/situation to have, as we say in our house.  

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