A pause

最近都没有在 blog 了。

平日回家我也累了，功课一山还比一山高，恍恍惚惚天也黑了。

或许是这个学期时间表的关系吧。烂到翻。

感觉还是有点不习惯。空当时间太多，我不是一个会充分利用时间的人。

不喜欢上学，不喜欢做功课的滋味。



我也觉得最近我很厉害应酬。

为了满足身边的友人，把自己累坏了。

单独时间也没了。

钱，当然也不翼而飞。

也不知道是不是自己太笨。



没钱咯。

但是下几个周末我还是需要做点应酬。哎呀，有时也是自己要花的钱啦。爱吃嘛。



肥咯！


总觉得去年的六月和今年的六月差别相当大。也不知道自己究竟在伤心什么。明明不是这样的我，怎么把自己变回呢？


我，到底是什么？

难以捉摸。

A small ball, a small paddle, and a small table

So the sport that can give Singapore a medal is table tennis. Hence we can say that's more or less the most focused sport Singaporeans are on at Beijing 2008.

And so I read this article today.

Hurray, Singapore might have another chance at a medal. I'm just rather worried for Tianwei's match against No. 1 Zhang Yining.

Then I realised that all the names of the players, be it Singapore or China or Netherlands or Croatia, sound Chinese.

In fact, I think they are Chinese names.

Hmms.

And I comment

Okay, okay, I'm back for a while. Haha.

I'll probably blog about things that I feel like talking about for now, and not just blog about everything else.

Anyway, the Singaporean government will ease the ban on public demonstrations. Which means we can go out in public and probably organise some kind of peaceful riot. If you see the need.

YEAY!

So you're hoping that you can perform such acts publicly probably in front of the Parliament or maybe in front of the Supreme Court just to make sure you get your rally downtown and be heard.

ALRIGHTTTT!

However, before you randomly go out and start waving placards and shouting slogans, make sure you are in the Speakers' Corner in town.

Lo and behold! Go ahead and hope that people will be around to join you.

Heyyyyy!

Before the egg at the top of this page turns mouldy I better say hi.

I'm back!!

Like since last Thursday at 1130hrs.

However, I'm still blogging my US blog 'cos I'm retarded and is lagging in updating.

But many updates are there already, you can go check it out.

See you soon!

Temporary switch!

Dear people, the next time you think of reading my blog again, go here instead!

Muahaha

When I'm sick, I blog and whine.

Now that I'm not so sick, I seem to stop blogging!

I'm happy that my throat isn't as irritating anymore =D Yeay!

It still hurts a little time to time, but the ulcers are much smaller.

And I had biscuits yesterdaaayy~

Anyway, I was away at Genting for the weekend and just got back late last night.

I have tons of things to do today, so that's it for now.

A bit better now!

I'm a bit better now.

Woke up this late morning in pain. As usual.

Then crawled around till at 2 p.m. plus I went to see the doctor, a different one now. At the Tampines Polyclinic. Mum told me to go there.

Okay.

The trouble is I've never been there for donkey years, the last time I was there my mum brought me so I must have been really small that time. And with the progress of technology I bet there were tons of things I didn't catch up with.

And so.

I went there thinking that there's surely a small machine at the registration that I can press to get a ticket number. But there wasn't any machine at the registration room. I walked up all the way to the counters and see none. There weren't many people at that time, so it was pretty embarassing.

In the end the machine was placed opposite the registration room beside a lift. -_-

But hey, the machine is a touch-screen!

I lag.

The auntie at the registration counter checked my record and clarified if it was my first time there and I was like 'uhhhh....' So she guessed that I just haven't been there for a very long time. Bingo.

Doc said the tonsils are back to their usual size but the ulcers are still there. Which means, I'm tonsillitis-free!!

So he gave me Serratiopeptidase (for Hui Shan's reference if she reads haha) and a gargle mixture and an ulcer paste called Oracort E.

That ulcer cream's seriously the problem. Here's a rough look at the condition of my mouth.


Please be mindful that the actual state of my mouth is much more gross than this. So the above shows the four of the ulcers that have been causing my misery. There is one big one further inside my throat but it looks gross that I don't know how to draw it. And several more here and there.

The reason being that the ulcers are all the way there, the doctor suggested using a cotton bud to apply. Well I didn't know the paste/cream/gel is such a stubborn substance. It won't leave the cotton bud! I think it was because the environment in my mouth was too moist.

And after some tries it finally stuck. I tried on the top two ulcers you see above. But the thing is when you use your nose to breathe, the tongue will be pushed up to cover the opening to your oesophagus and that's when I taste the paste. I reckon they were washed away by my tongue as well.

You know, I haven't swallowed since I applied the paste -_- so I'm in a super uncomfortable situation now. Just spitting away the saliva reservoir in my mouth HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Sorry to disclose such information. You chose to read it =P

Oh the insert of the paste said 'For external use only. Do not swallow.' Then why the hell are you being applied in my throat when I'm sure I'm gonna swallow you???? Hmmph.

And to add on to the discomfort it tasted funny. The thing is the area of your tongue where you taste bitter is at the back of your tongue. That's like......where the ulcers and my tongue will meet. Thanks.

Go awayyyy

It's been a week since the onset of fever and everything else.

And I'm still not well yet!

T_T

This is so irritating.

=(

I'm so deprived

I just checked my throat, that must have been the largest patch of ulcer I ever have in my entire 20 years of life.

Yes, 20. =P

Hui Shan, if only I can apply Kenalog all the way there, I'd be well overnight! T_T I'll just end up belching or swallowing it before it can take effect.

I've been eating porridge since Saturday. I didn't have to eat porridge on Saturday, Mum so happened to cook it that day. I didn't know I'd be stuck with it.

Oh I had grass jelly on Sunday night. And seafood soup without seafood this morning.

I still feel deprived.

I wanna eat roti prata! T_T Oh my god. Imagine the crispiness. Ughhhhhhhh.

I want!

After much thought (and pain)

I suddenly realised (superstitiously) why I've got tonsillitis.

It's not because of the dirty water at Wild Wild Wet.

It's not because of the heaty food I had a New York New York.

It's not because of anything I did the days prior to the onset of the illness.

It must be because I've sinned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had beef at NYNY!

I was tempted by their Giant Meatball spaghetti bolognaise which wasn't gigantic but it was nice and even though I know it contained beef I still went ahead to order it because I felt like having bolo and that was the only thing there!!!!

So having eaten beef + being a Buddhist (by birth!) = tonsillitis!!

Punishment!

But when I had beef I didn't get sick or anything what. My brother and sister eat beef outside occasionally too but nothing happened to them.

=(

I'm hungry. I only had porridge for the last few days! And two bowls of porridge made my lunch and dinner.

I want to eat waffles.

SOS

Somebody save me.

救命啊！

Take the pain away!

Groans

I didn't sleep well throughout the night because of the pain in my throat. I kept waking up -_-

I went to the doctor yesterday, he said that I must have adequate rest. But I can't rest with the pain! And I can't swallow or do anything that will cause my throat to contract and that'll be so so so painful.

And being unable to swallow properly means I can't eat much, and that means I can't take my medication which must come after food!

I forced 1/3 of a slice of raisin bread down just now. While gripping the cushion and tearing away. =\ For the sake of after-food medicine. Doc said the medicine is strong so can't consume on an empty stomach.

He also warned that the body may either engulf the swollen parts and that'll be good, or the swollen parts may just be left as holes in my throat and that'll be very very painful. I think the latter is happening to me. I can't see 'cos my tongue isn't cooperating. I can't yawn nor cough, I don't even wanna talk now =(

Doc said I should take 3 to 5 days to heal. I can't wait for Friday to come. This is seriously a bad time 'cos I have to start packing my room and then pack the luggage for LA but I don't feel like doing anything. T_T

My throat hurts even when I don't move it. This is so torturing.

You have an elixir for tonsillitis or something?

T_T

The pain is like uncontrollable torture T_T

Even the gum infection wasn't as bad as this!

Mummy. T_T

The pain goes all the way to my ears too.

I think I'll see the doctor later to see if he has anything to ease the pain. There wasn't any sore throat when I saw him on Friday. Yea, I better.

I'm just afraid that he'll ask me to undergo surgery and they'll slice away my tonsils. Yikes.

Not again!

On Thursday afternoon, I hopped to CFA. And everything was well.

On that very evening, I settled down for band practice.

That was when everything became extremely unwell.

About an hour in band pract, I started to shiver. I thought, perhaps the poor attendance has caused me to absorb more of the drats air-conditioning.

Bit by bit my fingertips started to feel coldly numb. Or numbly cold.

It was even weirder when I was the one who was yearning for a jacket but those people who had their jackets lying around didn't even bother to wear it. So it must've been me.

Slowly my head felt heavier.

Oh noooooo.

Went home after practice, took a quick shower, told bro I won't be going cycling so he won't need to accompany me the next morning, and went to sleep. That was about 11 p.m.

I woke up at 7 a.m. yesterday plus 'cos Ethan was wailing. And then I went back to sleep, woke up at 11 a.m. plus. Zzz.

My temperature soared.

I was a bit too giddy to go to the doctor on my own, and mum had to take care of Ethan so she couldn't accompany me there. I waited till 6 p.m. plus when bro came back and he very nicely drove me to the clinic (when it was just 5 minutes away by foot).

My temperature was 38.1 deg C, and the doctor told me it was tonsillitis. That's like the second time in 2 months? I was prescribed many awful-tasting pills and I nearly choked on them. The medicine this time was not as cute as those the last time and I really am reluctant to take them -_- muahahaha.

Slept at 9 p.m. plus last night. Woke up at 4 a.m. plus -_- and was feeling hungry (I didn't have dinner on Thursday) yet nauseous. Fed myself with bread and tried to go back to sleep. Decided to make some Campbell's soup instead. Felt even more nauseous than ever. I don't wanna throw up so I just sat down and stared into space after taking the medicine.

And this morning I felt a pain in my throat. It's reaaaaallllyyyy painful. Every time I have to cringe when I swallow. T_T pain pain go away.

So now the fever's somewhat gone (the thermometer died on me so I can't be sure) but my throat's really sore! =(

Imagine a throat-ful of ulcers!!

T_T

There was good food at dinner just now and I can't enjoy anything =(

T_T

Sing with me

苏打绿 陪我歌唱

I wanna goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo T_T

Bizarre

This is damn funny.

Japanese woman caught living in man's closet

Check your wardrobes!! HAHA. It's super scary can.

改名了！

After much thought and consideration, I've decided to change my summer blog's address.

So please change your links (if any) to this brand new one.

Hmms.

I getting more and more grouchy because the pain just won't go away after many many days.

What's wrong?

Still ouch-ing

Gum at the wisdom tooth is infected and I'm telling you it still hurts after two days of medication.

Arghh.

I don't feel like doing anything.

And I'm still unemployed!! =(

Pedra Branca, Singapore

Ta-daaaa.


So now this is ours.

Now Singapore has more land area.

Which is 691.7 sq km + the area of a football field. Great.

But soon enough, Singapore will get a larger surface area due to reclamation.

BEFORE

AFTER

Diamond-shaped to tadpole-shaped. I can't wait till we turn into a frog and jump off to somewhere. Hur hur, hur hur, not funny.

Looks NUM to me though. Ooops.

The International Court of Justice ruled that Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore. Now that we've got sovereignty over the tiny island, we're slightly bigger now!! Hurray!

However, there are two other pieces of land/rocks very near Pedra Branca. Middle Rocks and South Ledge. Middle Rocks is now Malaysia's and South Ledge still has no owner. ICJ stated that South Ledge will belong to whichever country the territorial waters lie in. I don't know.

The funny thing about South Ledge is that you can only see it when the tide is low. Therefore, let's say if South Ledge is ours, then at high tide, Singapore is smaller. At low tide, Singapore is bigger! Hurray!


Do you know?

There are several locations in the world that are named Pedra Branca too. An island by Tasmania in Australia, and also another town in Brazil. And I think some more places.

Pedra Branca refers to 'white rock' in Portuguese. Another name for Pedra Branca is Pulau Batu Putih in Malay. But they spell it as puteh instead of putih.

The International Court of Justice is at The Hague in the Netherlands. I was scratching my head, totally no idea where The Hague is. Den Haag.