5th day

While there are people who enjoy it, travelling is stressful for me.

Particularly the moving from one place to another part, I would love travelling if I had the power of instant teleportation...

When we are stressed our immune system is weakened, and we become more susceptible to illness.

So the stress from the short trip weakened me, and at the same time being out and about exposed me to higher risk level, which resulted in me getting infected.

I still believe it's avoidable, that it's not inevitable to be infected by Covid-19 although practically nobody cares anymore. I was doing just fine until the trip.

The first day I tested positive, I felt like shit. Pretty much zombie on the bed, like 10% effectiveness.

The second day was slightly better, managed to pass down work before I returned to be zombie on the bed, perhaps 20% effectiveness.

Paracetamol sustained me in the first two days, the fever and the associated aches wrecked me.

The fever was finally under controlled on the third day, sub 38 degree Celcius, but the cough began. I was about 35% effectiveness then.

The fever broke on the fourth day, the coughing was killing me though. I have consumed, and still consuming, a large quantity of lozenges, Chinese cough and sore throat medicine, pastille made from herbs, fruits and honey, and the holy Himalaya Salt extra cool mint candy. I was about 55% effectiveness, that's already fully operational.

Bear in mind I frequently have poor quality sleep, so most of the time I am operating around 80% to 90% effectiveness anyway.

Today, the fifth day, I think I am 75% effectiveness. Did a Covid-19 antigen test in the morning and the results came out negative. At last.

To play it safe I am still keeping mostly in my room, just that now I do go into the kitchen to wash dishes, fill water, and carry stuff to wifey. Taking over some of the food serving, water delivery duty from the kids, bless them. Reducing their exposure is always a good thing.

The coughing is still killing me, and my body is probably full of Himalaya Salt extra cool mint candy, but at least I am mostly recovered.

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双阳

今早，情人老婆仔也阳了。

唉，对不起老婆仔，没能守护着你。

家里的中心人员都自我隔离了，这家交给两个瓜管理。

虽然他们测试还是阴，当他们得知以防万一还是不要去上学比较好时，疯狂庆祝大喊大叫吵醒了我。

是的，情人老婆仔和我要由这两个瓜照顾…

希望他们会懂事啦。

也只能这样。

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阳了

昨晚开始喉咙不舒服，微疼。

今早起床后流鼻水，有感冒的症状。

越靠近中午整个人感觉越来越不对劲，因为过去三天长周末刚外出，风险高，所以便做了新冠病毒的测试。

结果阳了。果然外面的世界很危险…

开始自家隔离，对我这宅男来说没有什么差别。但身体不舒服，没有精神，所以也无法有效率的工作。

唯有推了一些会议，想必那些等着我完成模拟的结果的同事们很着急。

我也很无奈，状况不佳（蛮糟糕的），我做不到工。

也不写了，突然很累，我需要休息下。

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Short trip

Just got back from a three days two nights trip. Home sweet home.

It's more like 51 hours away from home but I am exhausted. Physically, mentally, emotionally.

Especially emotionally.

Travelling is stressful for me, what with the motion sickness, the bad back, the difficulty in sleeping in other's bed.

I am very glad that I get to see mommi and pappi, the aunties and cousin. Gladder still that pappi decided to stay with us for the two nights and spent many quality hours together, including celebrating his birthday. It has been many years since we got to do that.

But I am also saddened after seeing mommi. She can no longer recognise me, and there is that great sense of helplessness and hopelessness.

Initially I wanted to get some work done in the remaining of the day, since I have been working many weekends now to keep up with work and management wants some results as soon as possible, but I am drained.

Both my head and my heart are heavy.

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Killer (2)

Another day with high kill count.

Managed seven as of the time of writing this. Well, I only found six mosquito carcasses, for the seventh kill there was that popping electrical zap but I couldn't find the body.

Could be my lousy eyesight but I am chalking that as a kill anyway.

What's significant about today's kill count is that all seven kills were from my room. Just from my room.

Imagine the many more mosquitoes within the house outside of my room.

Bloody blood-suckers! It's kill on sight, no mercy!

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求包养

做工做了这么多年，升过几次级，公司也刚做过市价工资调整，但经济状况和刚开始工作时是一样的。

一切开销完后，每个月还是只能储蓄到很少的钱。

用感恩的心态就应该庆幸勉强还能跟上通货膨胀，没有越来越穷。

但这么多年了，经济状况还是没有明显的改善，我真的觉得好累。

我不想努力了，有没有人可以包养我？

自己都觉得可笑，我没有名份、没有地位、没有颜值、没有身材、又直肠直肚连花言巧语也不会。

哦，还有老婆仔和两个孩子需要一起被包养…

唉，我这贱命一条。

随兴随想 |系列|

暴走

虽然已经认命这周末要做工，但原本的计划只是一个任务而已。

然后昨天突发事件，被拉去开会就用了半天，那些我应该用在开始做周末要做完的任务的时间被用光了，周末原本可能只需要做一天现在变成很可能两天周末都要工作。

然后又发现那昨天午餐时同事告知的那模拟软件的 bug 真的发生在我跑完的一些模拟档案里，现在我需要一一复查跑完的档案看那些有问题那些没有。

五、六十个档案啊！只是解压和装载那些档案都要好几个小时了，勾叉零蛋三角形！

从一个任务变成三个任务，注定周末做不完的那种。

所以我暴走！睡醒至今我都还是没有做到工，也根本没有心情要做工。

随兴随想 |系列|

Achievement unlocked

Young's 13th birthday today.

Recevied birthday wishes from friends and family. Sister-in-law said all our children are no longer kids, that they are teenagers now, achievement unlocked!

Totally dig the gaming term, and I supposed it's a milestone in parenthood.

After all, so coincidentally just found out that restaurant in a five star hotel charges adult price for person above twelve.

Of course, also unlocked the teenage angst and all the related issues but it's a happy occasion so let's not talk about that. =P

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疚

年纪越大，就越向往清静悠闲的生活。

遗憾的是，我的家人，尤其是那大儿子，几乎每天都把家里搞得乌烟瘴气，负能量满满。

在家里，那所谓的避风港，那休息充电的地方，我无法得到清闲。家人的态度和言行举止常常给了我很多不必要的压力和烦恼，所以我很累。

突然想到，是不是因为我的家人的这些暴躁脾气、剧烈骂架、孩子没教养对我们的吆喝咒骂，把我父母逼到离开他们自己的家？

毕竟如果我父母也是和我一样的倾向，那他们到了享福的退休生活时段，就会更加想要那清静悠闲的生活。

而我的家人却日复一日的在家里制造世界大战。我都觉得累了，更何况是我的父母？

父亲买的另一间房子，是不是希望我会搬出去，还给他清静的家？而我们没有搬出去，是不是逼到他们只好离开自己的家的原因？

我满心愧疚。为什么我是这么差的儿子？

也为什么，我的孩子不能够像我和我兄弟那样的自律和听话？

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Long weekend

Took yesterday off since coming Monday is a replacement holiday.

That made it a four days long weekend.

But of course I woke up working yesterday and today. In fact, although just finished work for today but I already know I need to work some more in the remaining two days...

What's new?

*Sigh...*

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Killer

Recently my home suffered an invasion of mosquitos. These blood-suckers suddenly increased in alarming number.

We have many mosquito bats in the house now, these handy tools greatly help the pest killing process.

I killed eight today, a new record for me. Killed one in the bathroom, two in the kitchen, and five in my room. But I know there are more that eluded me.

Of the five that I killed in my room, one I killed in my sleep, haha! I woke up with a blood stain and a squashed mosquito body on my bed sheet next to my pillow .

Must have fed too much until it couldn't fly away. Served it right!

Gotta say the popping electrical zap sound of a successful hit using the mosquito bat is very satisfying.

No mercy for the mosquitos, if they come into my house, I will try my best to kill them.

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