I am watching the diving preliminaries of the first ever Youth Olympic Games being held in Singapore. This is being hailed as a very historic event here and the Singapore government has spent about S$ 300 billion on it. This event is before another high profile event – the Formula 1 race which takes place next month here.

Nanyang Technological University where I work in is the official games village. About half the campus has been cordoned off and in the process I have to make a good trek to reach the closest bus stop to my office.

The past few days saw me having excruciating pain in my legs, especially in the heel. It was bad in the morning, but gradually petered off during the day and by the time I went to bed, the pain was quite bearable. Yesterday morning was unbearable – I could not even walk to the bathroom and so decided to see the doctor. The diagnosis was an inflammation of my Achilles tendon. (here’s the Wikipedia link to what it actually is). The medicines were very effective and with one dosage the pain was almost gone. Today the pain is hardly there.

D&P want to go swimming at their friend L’s place. The sky is ominously dark and it looks like rain. The pool will be closed if it rains and D is very disappointed if it happens. We’re going to take a chance but this depends on how soon P completes his homework.

Update – We did go swimming and both had a great time with their friend.