01 March 2006

the only thing i do more than cough is pee

I've coughed and sneezed my way through a midterm and 2 papers this week. Imagine trying to write an essay while coughing your lungs out. It's like coughing your brains out. I couldn't string two sentences together without coughing them apart, much less actually formulate a proper thesis on smallpox vaccination or Isaiah Berlin's two concepts of liberty.

So far I've ingested:
4 doses of paracetemol (panadol, efferalgan, doliprane)
20 strepsils
3 mint sweets swiped from the microbiology department
12 tbsp of sea coconut brand cough syrup
8+ bowls of home-brewed herbal chicken soup
6 cups of tea
6 cups of lemon honey water
countless cups of warm water
only noodle soups for the past 4 days already

Ain't that an impressive blend of Western medicine and Chinese old wives' tales?? It certainly explains the title of this post.

3 comments:

gwendolyntan said...

take care, babe.

Anonymous said...

I have what you have (you passed it onto me!). Only not so intensely, but I think I'll have to give it a few days.

char said...

sure thing gwen..

karen!! i think i passed it on to suling too haha...mehhhhhhh. maybe if you're sick u can't work?? hehehhe