It has been two months since I wrote one of these! It is the longest I have not written daily logs since I started this almost two years ago. But sometimes, life gets in the way, and you are too busy to just sit down and write your thoughts.
I have been having a lot of ideas nonetheless, and I have jotted it down somewhere. I expect to be more consistent here and explore those ideas.
So, what have I been up to in the past two months? A lot, actually.
Meeting My Colleagues in Kuala Lumpur
In my last daily log, I shared how I will meet my colleagues at API7.ai for the first time in Malaysia. I have only met one of my colleagues on two separate occasions, but the rest have been little boxes on my screen for the last year and a half.
It was an enjoyable weekend, and we ended it with an in-person community meetup in Malaysia and Singapore.
Pictures speak louder, so here they are:
![Why are they showing F1 standings on the metro?](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/f1-standings.jpeg#center)
Somewhere between the KL airport and the city centre, Malaysia - 1st July 2023
![Bryan took me out to get some authentic Malay breakfast](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/authentic-malay-breakfast.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 1st July 2023
![Daniel was the first to join me](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/daniel.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 1st July 2023
![The boys](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/the-boys.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 1st July 2023
![Trying some Malay-Indian food](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/malay-indian-food.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 1st July 2023
![The Petronas Twin Towers](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/petronas.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 1st July 2023
![Why am I dressed like Bart Simpson?](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/bart.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 2nd July 2023
Port Dickinson, Malaysia - 2nd July 2023
![Frequently traveling to SE and East Asian countries made me a pro with these two sticks. And also SEA FOOD!](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/sea-food.jpeg#center)
Port Dickinson, Malaysia - 2nd July 2023
Port Dickinson, Malaysia - 2nd July 2023
![The API7.ai team! Missing a lot of people though](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/team-api7-ai.jpeg#center)
Port Dickinson, Malaysia - 2nd July 2023
![Another lovely day](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/lovely-day-at-sea.jpeg#center)
Port Dickinson, Malaysia - 3rd July 2023
![I wonder what we were talking about?](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/chao.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 4th July 2023
![Malaysia Community Meetup](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/malaysia-meetup-all.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 4th July 2023
![My Chinese colleagues trying out Indian food has been one of the highlights of this trip](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/biriyani.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 4th July 2023
![The there we four](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/then-there-were-four.jpeg#center)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 5th July 2023
![Hanging out with Yuansheng](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/beer-me.jpeg#center)
ibis KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 5th July 2023
![You know you are having proper Chinese food when the plates at the restaurant look like this](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/plate-1.png#center)
Singapore - 7th July 2023
![It says we won 50 beers or something. 50 BEERS?!](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/50-beers.png#center)
Singapore - 7th July 2023
![Singapore Meetup](/images/19-8-23-what-i-have-been-up-to/singapore-meetup.jpeg#center)
Hackerspace.sg Singapore - 8th July 2023
I had more to share but I guess a part two is inevitable.