Pet Project: huey&wah @ Etsy
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I’ve been sick for days now. First a nasty sore throat that attacked within hours, and then fever that won’t go away, together with massive vomiting that only involved that yellowish water-substance. With fever, of course I needed to rest and sleep but that is one hell of a sore throat. It’s so bad I couldn’t even swallow my own saliva. I ended up having to get up and spit every half an hour or so or I’ll be wetting my bed like a baby. How I got through those nights, I seriously have no idea.
And then I couldn’t eat. For the past few days I’ve only been swallowing, like, half a piece of bread, a few scoops of porridge – oh you get the idea. Do you have any idea how long it took me to gain up to this weight so I could fit into a pair of jeans larger than size 24? And all I did was whispering to Wah the other day saying that I should stop eating that much or I’ll become curve-less in no time. Oh come on!
Since December is only a month away, couple with some work-related stress, I think I can officially conclude that this is the worst time of the year. Hey bad time, can you leave me alone, like, very soon?
P/S: And I’m writing on my bed using my iPhone, with half a bowl of lovingly cooked porridge waiting for me to swallow. Thank goodness for technology I could still grumble when I’m sick!
I actually haven’t been feeling too well for the past few days. I thought it was the weather and you know, I haven’t been getting proper sleep because of insomnia and all. OK I do know that these are all excuses. The bottom line is, I haven’t been taking good care of myself, that’s why I don’t feel well. Boohoo!
Anyway, this whole not-too-well thing finally hit me hard today. I’ve been having continuous headache for 2-3 days now, and today, it was so bad I could barely stand straight. This, and couple with that crazy backache since early this week. I finally took a painkiller last night, hoping that they will all go away but they stayed up and greeted me even more vigorously when I woke up this morning.
So I decided to stay at home, take another painkiller, and catch some rest. Sounds like the perfect thing to do, except that the dogs don’t really care about your plans. On most days, they spend their afternoon taking long naps in funny positions. Occasionally they do bark like mad when there are monkeys pointing imaginary middle fingers at them from the neighbour’s tree. Today, however, with no reason whatsoever, Coco decided to impress herself by making a whole lot of noise while trying to squeeze herself through the gaps on the small gate.
She doesn’t normally do that. I don’t know what triggered that behaviour but when I looked down from the window, I could see Xiao Bi turning her back towards Coco, with that crazy mutt swinging her butt from one side to another thinking that she had not only impressed herself, but me too.
This lasted for a few hours, until the painkiller decided to quit because nobody can beat Coco. Which also means until now, I’m still living with terrible headache and backache. As much as I don’t like to, another painkiller has made itself to the list for tonight.
I was down for almost a week. Twice. Which makes me down for a total of 2 weeks.
At first it was flu. Terrible flu. No fever, only flu, sore throat, cough. And of course, tiredness. I didn’t see a doc and slept for a few days to recovery.
OK for about a week – with tiredness. And then was attacked by the extremely cold air-conditioner at work place and sick again. Fever, cold, mild cough and flu. Slept for 48 hours straight without eating anything. And finally went to see our family’s regular Chinese Med practitioner.
He was very surprised at my condition. He concluded that my body was too weak (虚) and I had 风寒, a type of ‘flu’ normally caught by people under extremely cold weather. That explained why I was so afraid of the wind and I couldn’t even drink normal water – I could only drink warm/hot water, even until now!
Anyway, I was then found in dreamland for a few more days. And at one point, when I was awake, I wanted so badly to eat. Tomyam. Steamboat. Wantan soup. And more.
Finally yesterday, we arranged for a steamboat session. It was supposed to be a simple one between me and Wah but mum and the rest wanted to join in the session. So we ended up having a full table of food…
And Wah tried his hand on Mochi today. They really don’t look nice but tasted awesome! :)
Slightly over a month ago, I was blogging about my cousin, Kavern, who was fighting with a rare cancer, Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, and needed 120k for his medical expenses. Well, I received his thank-you note to those who have helped him from my mum about a month ago but somehow missed forwarding out the email.
So to those who have helped, thank you very much, from Kavern, and here is a note from him. I have tried to forward the note out to some of you, but just in case I missed out anyone.
Apart from that, I have to stop accepting donations for Kavern transferred into my bank account from today onwards. If you are reading this and are planning to donate, please write to me before you do so. The reason why is that, I’ve been receiving money from unknown sources for the past few weeks, and have been trying to trace who it’s from and what it’s for with no results. I can’t be accepting money in this way and I certainly do not want to mess up with my own money too. And of course, I do not want to mis-use anyone’s money. So please, do not transfer any amount of money to me without letting me know beforehand.
Once again, thank you very much for your help.
When everyone is working harder to earn more during this global economic down time, someone has been fighting, just to live.
About a year or two ago, my mum told me about a cousin of mine being diagnosed with a rare cancer, Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma. Well, he is actually the son of my mother’s cousin. Mum updated us with his condition from time to time. Things got worse during the recent few months. The cancer struck back and he lost his right eye during a recent operation.
And that’s not the end of it. To undergo proton therapy as suggested by his doctors, he has to go to either China, Korea, or Japan as these are the only few countries equipped with this medical technology. The total cost of medical expenses goes up to RM120,000.
So the thing is, this is not a small amount of money. He has been on the newspaper appealing to the public for donation. You may read the articles here and here for more info.
There are many ways to help. If you are reading and would like to make a donation, please contact Datuk Michael Chong at 03-21618044, as shown in the above articles for donation. If you would like to write an entry in your blog, please also make sure to direct your readers to Datuk Michael Chong for donation. Please do not use my cousin’s condition to make fraud donation. If you are not sure, feel free to write to me.
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