some call it the "bone-crushing" disease because of the muscle and bone aches. a terrible disease spread by the ades mosquito. the symptoms varies from person to person. the worst case results in death while most people end up hospitalised for several days. in my case, I am thankful to God that the symptoms did not prevail for long and i was not hospitalised.

I was running a fever on tues evening after the softball match. went to the doc and he said it was throat infection. took 2 panadol and went to sleep.

wed. woke up feeling a little tired and started feeling cold every now and then. by evening time, i was feeling quite alright but i thought i should rest for a day more to be sure. went to the doc and he said that i was on the path of recovery.

thurs morning came and so did a terrible headache. It felt like someone is kicking at my head all the time from the back and I started feeling naseous. the sudden burst of chill started coming again. I started to have diahorrea and finally vomitted in the evening. went back to the doc again and now he suspects it might be dengue fever. wrote a letter and asked me to take a blood test at the nearest hospital. did the blood test and they realised that blood platelet count is lower (120) than normal (150). They suspect that it's really dengue.

Fri morning. the headache was gone and i felt pretty normal. only felt tired easily.
went for another blood test and the blood platelet went down to 110. If it goes below 100, i may have to be admitted. went home and rest the whole day. by evening, i messaged a dear bro.-in-Christ about my condition and the church started to pray for me.

Sat morning. the blood platelet count went up to 127 and i am back to normal again. however, i cant go anywhere since any uninfected ades mosquito which stings me will become lethal and pass on the virus.

Sun. I can function as per normal but i try to avoid contacting people, just in case.

Mon. took the blood test again and the platelet count is now normal @ 168. however, my white blood cells level is below normal. that means I am vulnerable to infection. now i must avoid people to prevent viruses from infecting me. reverse role now!

So now i am on m.c till wed before i take another blood test. I have taken 4 blood tests so far and the sight of the needle and the syringe of blood that they sucked out is making me rather paranoid!

by the way, 2 pills of panadol was all i took for medicine. there is currently no vaccine for dengue fever.

Thank God, it's going to be over!

before i go, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all who messaged me these few days when i am away!

I was touched this morning when my form class messaged me all at one go! my phone went on vibrating non-stop for about 30 secs because of the overwhelming incoming messages! when I was finally able to read the messages, it said there are 32 unread messages in my inbox! the class also called at 12 noon and shouted for me to get well soon! very thoughtful of them! thank you 4/1!

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Don't ask yourself what the world needs,
Ask yourself what makes you come alive
Because what the world needs are
People who have come alive!

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the whole family on the tu-tu bike!




















our pet who died recently :(

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my heartfelt congrats to Bernard and Henriatta for their wedding on this day, 070707!

the amazing thing is they are both 7 years and 7 months apart in age!

no prize for guessing how much we gave as a wedding gift for them! :D

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the first week of school is so hectic that the moment i step into school, i am lost in the sea or ocean of work that I never stopped working until it was evening every day, missing lunch and breakfast on most days until i managed to grab a bite at the late afternoon... sadly, most of the work do not involve interactive time with my students... i only managed to say hi and bye to most of them... wished i could just sit down and catch up with them and also with my fellow teachers...sigh...

when i reach home, i told myself that i must not touch any of my work anymore... the rest of the day must be reserved for my wife and kids... though i feel guilty and stressed that work is not completed (it will never anyway), i must not sacrifice my precious time with my family to be so "professional" about my job. sometimes it's really hard and things get delayed and overdued but if i dont block out time with them, i never will... and by then, they would have grown up without the presence of their father or husband...

by the time i put my kids to sleep, my hope of catching up with my wife is slim cos i will be dead exhausted by then... as in i can fall asleep in 1 sec flat... and I can literally sleep anywhere and in any posture (sitting and even standing!) at home... i have to try very hard to really keep my eyes open... maybe i need to do an eye sugery to remove my eyelids (like the goldfish) and my eyes will always be open... :P

ok, it's time for me to get back to work... i hope to eject from this cockpit seat soon...

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time flies...

one more week and school starts again...

i felt that this holiday is so fast and short...

probably because i was enjoying myself...

with my kids and wife...

going to places...

going to thailand together...

first time there...

a wonderful experience...

the floating market,the tom yum soup and lovely sea food, the cheap bargains, the safari world, the siam ocean world, the scary experience on the tu-tu bike, the warm hospitality of the people, the love of the christians there...

too many photos to upload...

too much to say...

:D the end for now...

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