makan of all sorts

been feeling under the weather these few days, and i was not the only one.
i think the cold bug is flying around and has attacked a number of kids and adults. when i went to throw my piece of used tissue paper into the waste paper bin in the class, i saw there were already a number of wet ones in it.
then there was a colleague i saw who was all hale and hearty in the morning. but when i saw her again at noon, she was holding that piece of tissue and sniffing her nose complete with watery eyes.

i don't think there is a short cut to this cure. am not interested to go for western medicine. so initially, i thought a glass of specially brewed herbal tea would do the trick, but i was wrong. it did not work this time around and made me really tired.
so the next day, i decided to make a visit to the traditional chinese medicine shop myself, and after a little interrogation and looking at my face, he recommended these:

i got six bottles of these to finish. two at one time. since i went there in the evening, i was to finish two that evening, 2 more before i sleep and 2 more in the morning when i woke up. luckily it was not as bitter as the colour. it was all right.  this medicine is usually prescribed to ladies who have just given birth, to get rid of the 'wind' in the body. so he prescribed that to me so the bad heat will be released as well and it won't make me like a zombie unlike the herbal tea.

well, it worked. i am almost better now except for the hoarse voice.

came home today as it is a public holiday and mom asked if i was going to rest at home on friday too. i said ,'no'. it was troublesome getting a medical certificate and i had to pay if i were to go to the clinic too. ;) haha...yeah, cheapskate. i am almost well now anyway, i don't want to fake any sickness at the clinic.

so it is off to work tomororw.

the appetite is coming back as well and there are so many of my favourite cookies at home!!! nom nom nom!!!

pineapple tart, given by an aunt.

the best shortbread i have ever tasted!! homemade on 18 january as written on the tag. again, given by an ex-student. heavenly!

aunt's homemade curry puff.

fried crab stick. somebody gave aunt. it was not that good.

last but not least.....braids. ok not to eat but to admire kakakaka.
pleated them at work when i got there early and voila, this weird formation was hair of the day.
i have got requests from girls asking me to teach them how to braid. lol so tomorrow, we are going to stay back after class and they will get a short lesson in hair braiding.

today also i tested facetime on my iphone. was about to take a nap in the afternoon when i heard excited chatters from downstairs and i knew it was my nephew talking with his grandaunt and grandma. since i couldn't fall asleep, i decided to cut into their conversation and make that facetime call hahahahaha.
so cute eh???

ok got to go to sleep now.