Cheat Day

Went to PJ initially to get some tofus. Tofus only.  My mistake was going there with a grumbling stomach.  The smell of roasted meats and fish was still strong in the air.  Iftar was less than an hours time then.  Had I been fasting i might not have been tempted so much by the smell.  But i wasn't.  So, four blocks of tofu were soon in company of a slab of roasted ikan pari, a container of white rice, a tiny portion of rebung masak lemak, and a side order of kerabu brinjal. Cheat day my toochus.
   But never de mind, I didn't wallop abis the rice, finished the pari panggang and rebung though.  Tomorrow back to my oatmeal breakfast, some mihun soup for lunch, and broiled greens salad for dinner.  Lost about ..hmm... let's see.. 4kg since I began my much diminished calorie and hopefully cholesterol intake of diet, 6 weeks ago.  6 more weeks to go before I do another blood test.  I haven't touched a single udang and ketam since then.  My intake of red meat has also been greatly lessened.  Not much oil and goreng-goreng stuff either.
   Let's see if I can manage to lower my cholesterol level.

Cobbler cobbler mend my shoes..

It's been a week since Padas. A week since the finger is dislocated. X-ray showed no fractures. It's still swollen. It's still painful, especially if I accidentally bang the particular digit on a surface and I am being such a clutz these days. Oh the pain that shoots into the heart when these unexpected accidents happen. Mau pengsan, nampak bintang. I use elastic bandage to limit movements but somehow when I take off the bandage - for washing and stuff - mesti terlanggar apa-apa.
I went jog-walking at Likas yesterday and I could only look at the Wall with a sigh. I think this finger will take a long time to get back to normal.

sniff

Sniff..sniff..
noticed this stuffy feeling in my nose last night.. drat it. I'm going to have flu. Today is going to be a battle. I'm noticing slight changes in my voice also. Ugh.. snot-nosed me.

Damai at Damai SC

And so it goes.. and so it goes..
Had gone to Damai Specialist instead of Sabah Med Centre. My last visit was almost 2 years ago. This time, the doctor was friendlier. More approachable I think. I could joke with him and had him smile too. I was nervous. Aaanything could happen. The old report said there were only cysts on the left one. Now there are cysts on both. At least they're benign.. so far.
I'm still healthy. That's a good thing, right?

self destruct

Three nights ago, i felt this mild soreness whenever I swallowed and suspected that I might be developing tonsilitis (tonsilotis? muahahahah...). There were also traces of blood in the phlegm expectorated. (Bikin geli ka?) Instead of shying away from the edibles or smokables(no such word but what the heck) that will aggravate the symptom, I puffed the Sky brand ciggie that was gifted to me by Cuz Melvin. I felt quite the paduli-la with a-toss-of-the-head imp. Two nights ago, sleep proved almost elusive. I had felt like a really wilted flower that was left dehydrating under the scorching sun for days. So, I crawled into bed really early. Even in my restless tossing and turning I could feel as if something nasty was scraping against my tonsils. I know the ones in pain are my tonsils because I know where the tonsils are. Once upon a time when I was a little girl sitting at the doctor's being asked to say aahh... and told that my tonsils are swollen, I had, upon reaching home, searched for the mirror and aahh..ed.. wide, and with the help of the toslait (torchlight la) located the offending swelling.
Anyway...
I thought I had slept the night away when I felt the painful swallowing. I reluctantly woke myself up to get a drink of water. I passed by the clock and lo and behold, I had only slept for 1 hour!! (curses!!!) . Needless to say, sleep after that was also uncomfortable.
I received advice to just drink more water and gargle with salted water and blablabla... but me aa... i don't think I am the manja type. I can honestly say I have a high threshold for physical pain but any illness, migraine ka, i'll reach for the tablets, the pills to cast the pain away. Apalagi this tonsilitis thingy. So, went to Dr. Kheng's to get the antibiotics that is denied of anybody who goes to the pharmacy. Pharmacies aren't allowed to sell antitbiotics, you see.
So, three doses of antibiotics later, I'm almost ok.

Leong Fun

Oiyo...still having the flu. Went to sleep last night without turning on the fan and was dead to the world except when the occasional fits of coughing that woke me (curses!!!).
Considered not going to work while I lay on the bed, coughing into the pillow... sakit dada oo. But, thinking of the hassles of going to the clinic, mau ambil mc, informing the orang2 berkenaan, the students without a teacher (kwang3)...finally decided to just up and get ready.
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going... bilang si sly tu hari. So, got to tough it out today la ni.