Flu Blues...

19.2.2005

Last day of convention…… urrgghhhh finally. Went to one lecture in the morning. The rest was too dry to swallow. Decided to go shopping instead. Went to Orchard Road and bought some stuff. Z said she has done buying, but still ended up with 3 bracelets and another dress for daughter. H wanted to get jewellery for her sis and toys for her kids. Me got myself some jewelleries too. Just enough to keep me happy going back to KL and not giving me headache when the credit card bill arrives.

We went from store to store….looking for the best bargain and wider selections…. Which eventually turned out to be not so dissimilar. Everything is almost a walking distance away in Singapore. And we found out the underpass was actually DIRTY!!!! Hah!! (to those who marveled at the cleanliness of Singapore city, don’t be too impressed). But trying to walk under the scorching sun, then into the airconditioned departmental store…. then out again, that really created havoc in my immune system…

I had been down with Flu since about 2 weeks prior to coming to Sg. Had completed the routine meds and was better….. till a night in Pan pacific luxurious room. Was it the change of weather?? The stuffy room?? I have no idea….. By day 2, I was coughing like a TB patient.

So, I stormed Watson and bought ubat batuk cap ibu dan anak, panadol with some flu reliever syrup, lozenges..... made a cocktail strong enough to kill a babirusa( an animal I saw at night safari). Thought of buying some antibiotics, but forgot about not being able to prescribe…. Shucks!!!!

Was feeling better till yesterday, when started having nose block again. And the cough progressed from bad to worse. I could feel each alveloli crackling everytime I coughed.

However, that still did not deter me from exploring Orchard road… or the night safari (will blog about it later). Took me 20 years to return here…. and looking at my current status (work demands, nil social life etc), probably will take another 20yrs to come again.

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Right now eyes too sleepy.... tongue too dry from breathing with mouth opened.... nose had failed on me.... fingers were numb....

20.2.2005 4.00am Pan Pacific Singapore