Of Allergy and Something Else

I have not been writing for quite some time - my apologies for that.

Too many things to be told and yet I have to be a little selective of what I share with my readers.

So the family had enjoyed a lucky streak for a couple of weeks.

Adik and kakak won tickets (worth $128 each) to High School Musical on Ice Tour this coming Sunday. They participated in a coloring contest organized by I*G last month and they both got 2 tickets each. Yey!

We went to I*G Family Day a couple of weeks ago and the lucky streak continued on – I won a Nikon digital camera from the lucky draw and adik won a $50 MPH voucher. Double yey!

Our winnings

Noticed that Deli didn’t actually win a thing? Well he’s got us - lucky people as family. That’s lucky enough, don’t you think? Heheheh.

But then you can’t be lucky all the time.

Remember the rashes I had earlier on? Yeah. Weird thing though – I only had that on Thursdays and Fridays. I missed work for 2 Fridays because of the super dopey jabs I had to take to reduce the itchiness.

Apart from that, I suffered blurry sight after the first jab and it’s getting worse by the day. The doctor assured me that it’s not a known effect of the jab.

I told Tok Mak and Along about it and being superstitious that they are – forced me to go back to BP immediately. So off we went.

They brought me to see an uncle to help determine what’s wrong with me. Instead of getting answer to our questions, we learned a lot more than what we came for.

Even without specifying what the problem was, he asked if I had any problem at work – to which I answered NO. Then he probed me with more questions until I realized what he was getting into.

I never expected it. I have heard about it but I have never imagined myself to be in this situation. Never have I imagined. Not once.

Do you know what santau is?

Well apparently, that’s the answer to my problem. Someone sent it to me. For what reason? That person was actually after the position I was offered at Retail Ops. I don’t think it’s proper to bare the details here but that would be the gist of it.

All those sleepless nights and the indecisiveness on the offers were actually symptoms I didn’t realize.

I was rather lucky that it’s still at an early stage. Otherwise, the rashes will spread to my face and I’ll be starting to vomit blood. Not a very pretty picture, right?

We were then asked to find several items – some were quite difficult to find, I would say. I guess I still had that luck with me because Tok Ayah and Deli managed to find them all the next day. Alhamdulillah.

Anyways, as a temporary solution, I got myself glasses to help with the blurry sight. I can now drive without having to figure out what’s the color or registration number of the car in from of me.


Then there’s still that problem with my well being. On and off, I would feel uneasy, weird and the sort. I need to visit the washroom every 15 minutes and I drink like an elephant. I’m not sure if an elephant drinks as much as I do but what the heck. I couldn’t take much solid food because they’ll end up in the toilet bowl. I have lost a total of 8kg now – not that I’m complaining, but I feel so weak.

I still have problem sleeping at night. I’ll get up every other hour to go to the loo and felt tired the next morning from the lack of sleep. Some days, I’ll feel nauseous and sad for no apparent reason.

It’s very, very weird that I will feel the worst on Thursdays and Fridays. So yes, I am currently at home. I had a glass of Milo this morning and purged them all while I was in the shower. Then I cried for no apparent reason and was shaking hard for about 15 minutes or so.

Tomorrow, I have to explain to the Dutchman about all these because I think he needs to understand what I’m going through. After all, I have missed work for quite a lot.

To top all these, I have decided to turn down the offer to transfer to Retail Ops and I’m staying with SPO. The Retail Ops boss was not very happy about it and called me a coward but I don’t really give a damn. I’d rather stay alive.

A silver lining to all these – I was offered a managerial position in SPO.

God is fair, don’t you think?

Oh by the way, thanks to Millie from AZ Gift Basket for the gift of home spa for me. It couldn’t come at a better time. Thanks so much!