Just July

As July comes to an end, the past 3 weeks have been crazy stressful at work.  The e-approval processes I have set up suddenly required urgent fixes because the send mail notification and the approval connectors were decommissioned (deprecated in Microsoft lingo).  The approval connector deprecation is especially hard to swallow, as I will need to re-design 6 of my flows - which I'm still figuring out...  At least, the other 43 are already OK...  I tried parallel branching, which brought down the nesting level to 9, just one over the maximum allowable 8.  I also looked at using Child Flows, but after careful consideration, I will end up with more flows to manage if I use this technique. Not forgetting to mention that this technique also requires premium subscription and a crash course on JSON, so...  nope, using child flow is also out.  The last technique I need to explore is variable initialization.  And I somehow must make this work.  Prior to this "breakdown" there were the usual office drama, politicking and reading between the lines which really, really drained me... man...  I really wish I could just jump ship.  

Along Alexandra Road - Galaxy Note 9

We only managed 2 cycling trips this month.  And I finally decided to get a proper child seat for Lindsay too.  One of our cycling trip this month was to Labrador Park.  It was an early morning cycling trip.

Ships Anchored Near Pasir Panjang - Galaxy Note 9

Pasir Panjang Terminal - RX100 Mk3

Towards Keppel Bay - RX100 Mk3

Berlayar Beacon - RX100 Mk3

Reflections by The Bay - RX100 Mk3

I also got an Insta 360 Go to record videos of our cycling trips.  The stabilization feature is pretty good and the ergonomics is excellent.  However, the video quality still leaves much to be desired. 

From Labrador Park we ventured to Keppel Bay and marveled at the sights of beautiful yachts, bridge and luxury apartments.    

Caribbean at Keppel Bay - RX100 Mk3

Yachts by Keppel Bay Bridge - RX100 MK3

On one day of the kids' school holidays, Lincoln tuned in to Channel 8 to watch Doraemon, it brought back memories from another lifetime as I ended up watching with them.  

Thank You Mr Nobita! - Galaxy Note 9

I also tried cooking mutton briyani just yesterday, unfortunately it didn't go as planned. I had originally learned how to cook the chicken version, but I thought I could mix mutton and chicken and cook them together.  And boy, I was so wrong. 

Things Started Quite Well - Galaxy Note 9

It turned out that mutton has to be pressure cooked separately, otherwise the meat will come out hard.  And as it was the first time I cooked mutton, I didn't realize how much fat there was in the meat.  All that fat melted and got cooked with the rice.  I inadvertently ended up with Nasi Kebuli instead of mutton briyani.  

From Briyani to Nasi Kebuli - Galaxy Note 9

As for the mutton, I turned them into mutton curry by cooking them a second time in the pressure cooker.  

Mutton Curry ala Tri - Galaxy Note 9

Lesson learned:  I won't cook mutton again and mutton is the next red meat on my list to avoid, the amount of fat in the meat scares me.

I'm also almost reaching 50% completion of my online Python course.  I really can't wait to finish it.

So much for July...  I still have to figure out how to re-design the 6 outstanding workflows tomorrow.  Here's a closing shot for this entry: 

We'll Be Back to Labrador Park Sometime - RX100 Mk3

~ Photos Taken With Samsung Galaxy Note 9 & Sony RX100 Mk3 ~