new toy

ladies and gentlemen, meet my brand new toy...



... a juicer.

yes, it works wonders (read, freshly squeezed juice with minimal effort). and the damage, only hk$9.50.

now i can enjoy freshly squeezed lemon juice that i kept on craving for ever since i came down with a flu and suffered a bad sore throat last week.

silence

so this is how it feels to be mute and silent.

over the chinese new year weekend, i had allergy rhinitis which turned bad. and i came down with a flu. by tuesday, post nasal drip have set in and soon i was suffering from a sore throat and dry cough.

with the sore throat, my voice became hoarser and hoarser by the day as well. and today, i lost my voice - almost.

well, all the talking i've done over the past two days have taken its toll, and my sore throat has turned from bad to worse. recognizing this, i decided to give my throat a rest via a self-imposed day-long silence.

who would have thought that staying silent for a day required a lot of effort. my golly gosh, it was soooooooo freakin difficult!

i must admit, i love to talk. and even with a self-imposed silence, i find myself trying to talk by whispering.

my colleagues and friends we're quite not used to me being silent. some commented that they're not used to not hearing my voice. although most really enjoyed teasing me the entire day.

and now it's the weekend. for 2 days, i'll practically be on my own: no colleagues to talk to, no meetings to participate in, no orientations to give, no phone calls to respond to.

i really hope my throat gets better 'cause i couldn't stand to be silent - i really couldn't keep my mouth shut!

cold brrrrrr!

21 days and counting.

we're on a prolonged cold spell and the hong kong observatory confirms that this is the longest cold spell in 40 years.

it's no fun, and it's wreaking havoc on everyone's health. i, for one, have been downed with a flu over the lunar new year weekend, and am now suffering a bad throat from the very very dry air.

i'm seriously hating it!