Mood: Tired

Listening to: Shut Up and Let Me Go by Ting Tings

I remember writing about Murphy’s Law.

The one that advocates the theory, anything that can possibly go wrong will and all at once when you least expect it…

Or, a simple way of putting it – bad things just happen out of nowhere to ruin that almost perfect little life of mine.

Continuing on from my rant yesterday, I’ve taken ill today.

It’s not exactly sudden. I’ve been experiencing some discomfort the last couple of days.

It started with a toothache on Saturday, which slowly spread to my gum and now there’s like a bubble that’s ready to burst into an ulcer.

Then the headache and slight dizziness came on Monday.

The fever and sore throat came soon after.

Now I’m coughing a little and sneezing a lot.

It’s time to fall sick again…

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Normally when I feel the symptoms coming, I would take evasive action.

This comprises consuming a lot of water, high dosage of multi vitamins, and concocting herbal remedies (usually in the form chrysanthemum and ginseng extracts, among other things).

Problem is, in order for this evasive action to work, the timing is crucial. If, by the time you realise the symptoms too late, nothing can be done anymore but to remedy the illness.

Of course the best practice would be to take precautionary measures to lessen the probability of falling ill in the first place…

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I didn’t take sick leave, although I was feeling not quite right.

I felt I had an obligation to complete what I had set out to do. And I didn’t want to blemish my rather new and clean record in my 2nd month of probation.

Of course, had my condition been any worse, I could’ve done myself a lot of harm by not taking the day off.

Fortunately, I lasted through the day and managed to drag myself to the pharmacy to buy Strepsils and Woods’ cough syrup.

And yes, I’ve cut down on smoking the last couple of days.

Only 2 more days to go, I hope I make it through the week…