Mona and Rye

Here come Mona, born (somewhat guessing) 04/25/2020

and Rye, born 04/29/2020

My best friend - Jet

It took me this long. Finally, I am ready to write this. Jet passed away from adrenal cancer on April 18th, 2020. When we came back from our Singapore trip, we realized that Jet had been acting weird - he couldn't really run, he had lost a lot of his muscle mass, and had been drinking lots of water. It didn't really crossed my mind (and I blamed myself for it) that he had been suffering. I searched the web, and thought that he was getting in his age. What prompted us to bring him to see the vet was that his wound on the tip of his tail kept opening up. 

We thought we had a few more months with him, but things took a turn for the worse. Within a week, he went from diagnose with cancer to pass-away. 

From Jet, I learnt:

- Small steps. I do not need to make big success, just making small steps towards the final goal.

- Patience. Most times things doesn't turn out the way we want. It is frustrating, it is sad.. just be patient and eventually things will work out

- Have fun. If it is not fun, it is a chore - so remember to have fun.

Jet, thank you. You are my best friend.

17 Feb 2010 - 18 April 2020

Konquer the Konza 25K and Lenexa park run

Oh wow... looking back on the blog posts, the last entry was in July 20th. In terms of posts, this year has been the least productive, with only 6 posts in total through 2019! Lots of things happened in 2019, but neither of us had the time to keep up with the posts. :(

Quick note on a race Hannah and I did a couple of months ago. It was the Konza 25K race, and we had to do 2.5 loops around the Konza trail (total distance - 25 km). Hannah's running girlfriends - Ellen, Jess and Suzie were also racing. Jess wasn't feeling too great throughout the race because she was still recovering from her illness. So it ended up that I was alongside her most of the day, encouraging her to push through the race and pain :)

We finished the race in good time, had free beer and donut. That afternoon, we hangout at Ellen's place - the girls were "looking after" their sore muscle in the hot tub, while Ari (Ellen's husband) and I hang out with a beer :)

Couple of weeks after the race, Hannah and I drove to Kansas City for a run in the Lenexa Park. This is a beautiful park with very well maintained paths and amenities. We took a mental note that we should come back here again in the near future to explore the park more.