Thank you 2010 Welcome 2011

I had not been feeling well this past week for the reason my allergy came back. I still reported for work though. I had runny nose followed by dry cough again, after Christmas celebration. Working in a fully air conditioned office at night is a total discomfort. I am glad a mute button on telephone was invented. At least it saves me from being rude, should I accidentally cough with a customer on the other end of the phone line. I got lucky, somehow. I was granted vacation leave on New Years Eve. I got calls from my two sis in laws if I want to spend New Year with them. I declined the invitation politely. I do not want them to nurse me while in front of the table with the kids around. My nun landladies went out of town for their yearly meeting. I have the whole big house to myself.

At twelve midnight I heard the blowing of horns, firecrackers and sounds of pyrotechnics. I was tempted to go up to the third floor of the house where we hang our clothes to dry, to witness the joyful celebration. But, changed my mind went against my first idea. The reason, the more I will fuel my allergic cough. I busied myself with replying to the SMS some friends are forwarding to my cell phone. With all the noise outside I tried to sleep. The antihistamine cough syrup helped. I rested all night unmindful of the interment sounds of firecrackers from some neighbors who are willing to burn their monies. In the morning I went out to buy bread and sachet of instant coffee feeling much better. And… ready to welcome the start of a new morning of a great year 2011.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Care for a Cup of Coffee?

Hello World Wide Web! Good morning everyone! Never mind what time you are reading my blog. I want to great you all, good morning. Morning is the start of a brand new day, a new beginning, a brand new hope. What a wonderful world, isn’t it? 

Coffee is great when shared with friends.

The past week was just fine. Thank you my friends for making me smile with your blog posts. I am grateful too, my friend is safe from his mission and now back at his office. His silence for almost two weeks made me nervous however I can not do anything. He loves his job. It is a profession for him and I respect that. I can only pray for his safety. He is a professional soldier assigned by his country in Afghanistan.

I had a bad allergic attack for three days this the past week coupled with slight fever. No worries folks, both were taken care of. I have a pretty good immune system. I did not take medicines yet when I started to feel pain in my throat whenever I would shallow. You could call me stubborn and I agree. I thought gurgling with lukewarm water with salt would cure my painful throat. However, when the dry cough started, I accepted the fact I could not stop my allergy anymore. 

My antihistamine cough medicines did help, plus the non drowse cold medicines. I am grateful to whoever invented these medicines. If you have allergic cough like me, you would know the discomfort for coughing non-stop. It is dry and painful cough. Nope, I did not stay in bed but went to work. I got lucky I did not lose my voice. I just had to press the mute button of my Avaya phone every time I would cough with a customer on the other line. Whoever uses my headset when I am not in my work station should have a good immune system, too. 

I slept too long Saturday morning. I thought of babying myself once in a while. I woke up feeling refreshed. No more fever, the cough had lessened. If you by any chance read about the 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines, no worries, the place is too far away from Manila. It happened in Cotabato City the southern part of Mindanao. Mindanao is the Philippines second largest island. According to the news, there was no casualty.

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http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20100724/tph-after-magnitude-6-9-quake-aftershock-ce44f36.html