Napalm-ed Throat and True Friends

That sore throat had developed into a full-blown throat infection, plus bringing a slight flu as well. Maybe it has to do with the cili padi sambal i had at the mamak near uni, ate 3 spoons of it before realising my terrible, terrible error in judgement. Damn it, i swear that stuff can downright kill a person. The agony lasted for at least 10 minutes, and even after drinking 3 cups of water it still felt like a firestorm in my throat. Haha, dai sei for not checking properly, but i really didn't expect a small roadside mamak to serve chili padi....

But the sore throat only became worse this morning, the burning, prickling sensation. Was in a rather crap mood, and didn't talk much at all the whole day, and "flew an airplane" on Penguin again to get some rest at home, and drove like a madman all the way home.(people are very afraid of a P driver. Moreso if he's driving an ageing, battle-scarred wrecking machine.. in a slightly erratic manner).

Then, when i was just about to doze off, Jo called to tell me he has coming over. Gah! I feel like someone repeatedly shoved a Gilette Uber-Triple-Action-Smooth-Sensor-Thingy down my throat! Let...me...sleep!. But he'd already reached my gate, so, groggily clutching my itching throat, i got up to let him in.

Amazingly (or maybe i was just too tired to care), he persuaded me to go to the Chow Yang night market just to get some of the herbal drinks there. I got myself a 黑王吉, reputed for being a very good drink for sore throats. And its incredibly, insanely bitter as well. But it did seem to work. Least, i wasn't croaking like some half-dead frog like before. Met CCM, makei, sl and jennifer who were just going back... darn.

Later, he enlightened me on the virtues of a salt gargle to cure the sore throat. Well, it might sound abit dry and factual here, but the fact that he helped me out when he didn't really need to... all i can say, actions speaks louder than any words.

Thanks man.