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I was going to write Xiamen part 2 today but I’m going to get out of my room within 5 minutes. Right now, my roommate is kneeling on the floor and praying (I think) ,totally freaking me out,esp since I’m not a religious person. I have nothing against religious people as long as they don’t try to convert me but there’s a limit to how much I can take in my own room.
I’m out of here. I’ll try to update later.

–edited at 11:35 pm–
Looks like Xiamen part 2 will have to wait! I’m going to Yangzhou tomorrow. We are leaving at 7 a.m . So early. I hope I manage to get up early. It’s a trip organized by the International Students Office. I’ll be back on Friday night.

Two hours ago, my boyfriend phoned me when I was in class. He usually never calls me in the morning so I ran outside to answer his call. He told me that when he woke up, he saw only one of the hamsters. Upon closer inspection, he found the missing hamster half-buried under the soft wood shavings. It was dead and covered with blood. The other hamster was nibbling on its head. Arghh… what happened? They were still okay when I left them at my boyfriend’s place the other day. They were well-fed and in good care. The remaining hamster is the fat one. I don’t know why it’s so fat. Pregnant? or maybe too greedy? Did it kill the other hamster? or did the other one die first (somehow) and then the hamster started eating it?

I never even got around to naming the hamsters.
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edited on 31st March 2006
The other hamster died too.
My friend told me that maybe the hamsters I bought were not in a good health condition. I bought them from someone on the street after all. She advised me to buy from a pets shop instead next time, if there is a next time..

Bah. Sick again. I’m coming down with something. I was a bit feverish and headachy but now I also have a sore throat. My darl bought me some medicine but they are in the form of pills. (to be taken 3 times a day and 3 pills each time. wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ) I’m still unable to swallow pills so I had to pop them in my mouth.. * crunch crunch crunch*, break the pills into tiny pieces, then gulp down lots of water. The pills taste awful!:confusion:

I could barely talk this morning and I had to tell the teacher that I cannot read out loud in class because it hurts too much. Reading a few short sentences is okay but reading one whole paragraph is not only painful but also requires many pauses in between, sips of water,clearing my throat after every two sentences. Too slow, too 麻烦(ma fan), too painful. My voice is almost back to normal now but I still cannot talk too much and probably sound like I’m mumbling.

I’m re-reading a comment made by KW the last time I wrote about having a sore throat:

Be careful if you’re not a big drinker of water. Your throat sounds inflamed from the coughing. Keeping it ’soothed’ will help you. That probably means avoiding dusty areas, drinking water regularly and perhaps taking spoons of honey, or honey in hot water to soothe your throat.

Be careful that your ginger tea drink at night isn’t so strong that it lets your throat dry overnight. Sleep with your air conditioner on ‘fan’ if you think it might be drying out your room too much.

hmmm.. I need to buy honey. Also, I’m not a big drinker of water. I tend to ‘forget’ to drink water or juice or tea or any other drinks. I just don’t feel thirsty. Maybe I should put bottles of water in several places in my room so as to remind myself to drink.

Still, I can’t get over the fact that I’m almost 22 years old and unable to swallow pills.
Interesting links (and which will hopefully help me):
Helping the Medicine Go Down
How To Swallow a Pill
Pill swallowing tips
Pill swallowing protocol

I’m not going to start learning right now because my throat is too sore. I have to admit that I’m actually happy about not having to start right now. I’m thinking about my past attempts,e.g, Trying to swallow one pill but only managing to drink a litre of water. (and having to rush to the toilet not long after… It is really frustrating. It will be a big challenge for me.
And how do some people manage to swallow pills without water???? wah!!

There’s this guy who phoned me on my cellphone at 02:30 . I stared at my ringing and vibrating cellphone, wondering whether to pick up or not. The phone number was a local one. I was thinking “what the heck… it’s 2:30 a.m! ” Then the thought that maybe one of my friends was in trouble and calling me from the police station or something ( er… watched too many movies when I was younger… ) flashed across my mind and I grabbed the phone. The conversation started as follows:
aline: “喂 (wei) ?”
guy: “hello… Are you busy? ” …(bla bla bla..) ….I want to be friends with you……
aline: *silence*.. “Who are you?? Do you know that it’s rude to call someone at 2:30 in the morning?”
…………………………..etc..
I was getting impatient already. What a weirdo. He wouldn’t say his name and even told me to save his number under the name ‘unknown’ so that I know that it’s him the next time he calls. Sure, I will save the number…. *rolls eyes* so that I know it’s him the next time he calls but only so as not to answer his calls. I did my best not to sound too rude (*shrugs* too kind sometimes but I don’t believe in using foul langauge. ) and hanged up the phone shortly after.

The voice had sounded kinda familiar and I had to rack my mind trying to remember whose voice that was. By now, I have an idea who the guy might be. It’s a guy I met not long ago. He has my number because I gave it to him. grrrr… I was so stupid. I had lent him some dvds when he knocked on my door a few weeks ago, looking for my roommate. My roommate is in Beijing for the holidays and I had told the guy so. He came back minutes later, asking me if I had any dvds to lend him because he was so bored in his room. He seemed quite ‘normal’ and friendly. I didn’t think twice about it. I have so many dvds lying around. I lent him a couple and (out of politeness I guess), he insisted on lending me some dvds too. He asked me for my number so that it would be easier for him to find me and give me back my dvds. Tomorrow , I’ll give him back his dvds and ask for my dvds back. As to whether to ask him about the phone call, I thought over it and the best thing to do is feign ignorance. I don’t want to complicate things.
I can’t help hoping that he’ll come clean about it and even say that he was joking but….*shudders*