I still have a few more days until I leave Mauritius for Shanghai. I’m taking the plane next Sunday (4th Sept) and will reach Shanghai on Monday. I’m really enjoying my holidays here. Some of my friends who are studying abroad are also on hols and are back to Mauritius. It felt great seeing them again and catching up on the good old times. I got to meet new people too. 
There are a few friends with whom I still haven’t met up yet but hopefully, I’ll be able to do so by next week. As much as I’m enjoying myself here, I have to admit that I’m looking forward to going back to Shanghai.
I’ve been sick since two weeks now but still going out almost everyday. Anything up to a few hours is fine with me.
I went to the beach with a few friends earlier this week. I had forgotten all about that plan to go to the beach and was reminded of it the night before. I almost said no because I wasn’t feeling well but one of my friends is going back to Canada soon and I was thinking that it would be our last outing together. I sure don’t regret going. I have some new pics but I’ll be posting them after getting the go-ahead from my friends first. Should be before the end of next week.
I’ve been to Caudan so many times last week; lunch, dinner, shopping for gifts, sitting at Sunset Café drinking ice tea and talking… I’m getting a bit sick of that place now. 
I didn’t go stay at CY’s place these last two weekends. I don’t want her to fall sick too. Also no camping for me. I was waiting to see if I got any better but in the end, the plan was cancelled. The last thing I’d want is make all my friends sick too.
The thing is, I’m not sure what’s the matter with me. I had a runny nose the first few days only and now, the only problem is that I’m coughing a lot.
Whenever I have my coughing fits (which is very often), all I need to do is pop a sweet into my mouth. If I don’t do that, I keep on coughing until I get a stomach ache, cannot breathe,or even worse,throw up. Yesterday, my dad was threatening to make me go see the doctor. My room is next to his and he can’t sleep well at night because I keep coughing. I hate medicine. I can’t even swallow pills. I’ve never been able to. I always have to break the pill into pieces or crush it to powder first. If I break the pills into small pieces, I still need like one litre of water to be able to swallow the small pieces, not to mention having to go to the toilet afterwards. How do people manage to swallow those pills? argh.. Anyway, I will go see the doctor today. yeah finally..
How not to? .. after being lectured for 40mins on MSN yesterday.. until I cried. A few exclamation marks when chatting on msn and it seemed to me that the person was yelling at me. I’m so weak… 
Somehow, he can reduce me to tears so easily. :weeping: Well now, I feel ashamed for not taking good care of myself.
Still, lecturing me like that must mean that he cares so I don’t feel that bad now. 
–edited after seeing the doctor–
The doctor said that my throat is all red and bla bla bla.. I didn’t catch the rest. He threw in a few medical terms here and there. He said something about a throat infection. Anyway, he told me that I should have gone to see a doctor earlier.
He said that I can continue drinking the cough medicine I already have at home and prescribed some antibiotics. The antibiotics are in capsule form.
OMG. How to swallow that thing? Each capsule is like 1.5 cm long. Since I cannot swallow it, all I can do is open the capsule , put the powder on a spoon, add some water and drink. It tastes awful so I drink more water afterwards to wash away that taste. 
I need to take one capsule three times a day for 5 days. Apparently, I need some vitamins too. I haven’t been eating enough fruits lately.
My mum was with me and she told the doctor that I was dieting and not eating rice,etc. All I did was stop eating rice. I still occasionally eat things like pizza. It seems that for the Chinese people, rice is important. The doctor then proceeded to tell me that I need to have a healthy diet and that there’s nothing wrong with eating some rice. He talked to me like I was some naughty kid. He also made a comment about my navel piercing which he saw when doing the examination. (I had to lift my t-shirt up a little bit.) He said something about how dangerous it was to have a piercing done and that there are risks of infections. Well I told him that I have my piercing since years already and that there have been no problems at all. The old doctor ignored what I said and just talked to my mum. bah..
Anyway I’ll be taking my cough medicines (a Chinese & a Western one), the antibiotics and also drink more water. The last part is going to be the hardest. I don’t usually drink a lot of water.
ah..I nearly forgot. I also ‘have’ to drink this orange+ginger tea at night. It is a very concentrated tea and tastes bad.
I think I’ve done too many things this hols, gone out too much. Friends are important but I shouldn’t neglect my health too. No going out for a day or two I guess. I need rest more.
Still, a few other persons working in the dorm know about my friend’s cat but they won’t tell on her. My friend moved to Building 1 not long ago and is now living on the 5th floor. One or two days after my friend came back from her holiday, her cat fell from the 5th floor while my friend was watching a movie. 
My friend only noticed that the cat was missing after the movie was over. She found the cat in the bushes, all bloody. The cat is now better but still at the vet’s. Hopefully, everything will be alright.
I’ve been drinking my medicine like a good little girl (my bf and friends urged me to …. I hate medicine. :confusion: ) and sleeping quite a lot. Now, I’m feeling better. I didn’t like going to class looking very pale and being told that I look peaky. I think I’ll be okay by next week. The weather is quite good too. It’s not as warm as I want it to be but it’s getting there. 
(I have a sweet tooth. :flowers: )I’ll be buying loads of this stuff when I go to Singapore during my summer holidays.
