Monday, December 22, 2008
Didn't write much about my Vietnam trip because i was kind of lazy. Besides, hehe, you have to be physically there to experience it, pictures can only say so much and words, even lesser. On the whole, i prefer dalat where its cooler and life a little slower and simpler. Ho chi minh was too busy for me, the traffic was horrendous but it did had its fair share of charm like...$6 adidas shirts hehe. So you guys in NIE will be seeing me wear adidas everyday haha. Might be going back vietnam in future, probably to the north like Hanoi and sapa. So ym, gw, cw, when are we going to climb a mountain? Vietnam got fansipan and its cheap oh. Anyway i'm feeling great now cause I have totally recovered from my diarrhea hehe. Actually i was fine by Wednesday lar though i was still experiencing cramps ocassionally. Vietnam isn't really that dirty by the way. We had a picnic lunch on top of mount pinhatt and we left dalat totally fine. I think it was probably the trip to the mekong delta and it was probably a really nasty bug cause diarrhea usually lasts only a day or two. Anyway went down to get some aged garlic supplements. Was reading (journals not some promotional website by the way) how good they were and thought they might help with my stomach. You know the stuff doctors prescribe for diarrhea i.e. loperamide and kaolin. They don't really address the root of the problem. Loperamide slows down the contractions of large intestines so that the body has time to adsorb water from the stools (pretty much a stopgap measure on its own) while kaolin or activated charcoal act as an absorbent for the toxins produced by the bacteria. Getting rid of the bacteria/virus lies solely on your immune system. My diarrhea was taking so long to recover that i was kind of worried that it could be a parasite like giardia hehe. Anyway garlic is supposed to be anti-bacteria, anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-gardia too hehe so i thought no harm trying. Well after a tablet yesterday, i was feeling great and strong enough for some exercise too. Hehe, i'm not saying garlic cured me, i could have recovered today with or without the tablet but after days of ginger tea my runny nose seems to have disappeared too. Anyway, i think i really should start running oh, i attribute my increasing allergies to the lack of exercise. Xh's marathon feat puts me to shame by the way sobz. I shpuld be sleeping now but my cleep cycle is totally screwed up as well. Anyway, enjoy the hollidays. In fact, we should enjoy what we have now. There was a 14 year boy we met in ho chi minh who was offering to clean shoes for USD $1. And yeah, Singapore lost to Vietnam, 0 -1. I guess those Vietnamese deserved to win.
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