Thursday, June 9, 2011

Sakit =(

     Getting sick sucks. Being sick away from home (abroad or in-country) sucks more. I am, of course, feeling a bit under the weather. Last night I had some tasty char keow teow (I'm almost positive I butchered that spelling, but that's how you pronounce it). After eating I noticed I got a pretty bad sore throat. No biggy, I thought, probably just the MSG. Well MSG induced sore throats do take some time to go away, but I awoke in the middle of the night with my throat still sore. Perfect timing of course. I awoke in the morning with a headache and sore throat. By mid-day I think I started to run a temperature, although it's quite hard to tell here. I also have the aches, but I can't tell if the pain is from sitting at a desk staring at lines on Illustrator/soreness of the back lingering from yoga, or an oncoming fever. I'm not dying, and there is no need to contact the embassy (trust me, I know what that feels like...), but it doesn't change the fact that I feel pretty crappy. I blame working long hours and not taking any down time. Today I was supposed to go to Chilis and meet up with G (my friend from Klang, who I've been wanting to see ever since I left, but we keep missing each other) and some new people from TB (Travel Buddy). Yes I know Chilis is an American restaurant, but it would be my first western meal out since I left so leave me alone =). Plus, it's a bumping place from what I've seen (always a line). Instead I got a smoothie and am currently eating some bread and brewing chamomile with honey. I've always known that a tablespoon of honey helps your throat, but I don't like honey plain (it's a texture thing) so G told me to mix it with hot water (genius). I'm hoping to get some rest and feel better tomorrow, as I have to work all weekend.

     I am going to make this post short because I don't feel much like doing well...anything. Hopefully my plans for the weekend don't get ruined. This weekend Diplo is coming to town and tickets are cheap so I planned to go with a good crowd of CSers after I went with A, my host, to her Eurasian club. However, if I'm still feeling crappy I won't be able to do much of anything, as work will suck the slightest bit of life out of me. I also have to figure out my Singapore trip this weekend. I've been talking to some TBs as well as some CSers in order to figure out what's going on. Plus, G will be there so I'm really looking forward to it. I'm also trying to figure out a long-ish weekend getaway to Cambodia in late July early Aug to go see the Angkor Wat and Siem Reap. Needless to say I've got some planning I need to make time for as well.

     Anyways, the water for my tea is boiling, so I best be going.

-M

PS...I know I've been bad with pictures, uploading is slow here and Flickr says I've reached my limit...so patience.

2 comments:

  1. Aww! I'm sorry you're sick! Here's hoping you get much better very soon and that things don't reach Mongolia level...!! xoxoxo

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  2. Thanks Ida! Haha, I'm keeping my fingers crossed I never get that sick again. Hope things are going well with all of your law school activities this summer =) xoxo

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