2010 resolutions...

I only realized that it was 2010 when I was writing out receipts at the tuition center. I'd write 4/1/ ....and what the heck is the year now? It's 2010!! Where was I when everyone was ushering the new year? In bed, reeling from a you-name-it-I-had-it super fever that rendered me utterly useless for two whole weeks...

It started on the eve of Azril's wedding dinner at Dena's house. I knew I was in trouble when I could only look at the scrumptious offering of roast lamb and buttered prawns. My head felt like someone was hitting it with a big mallet, my throat was so constricted and swollen that made even the most mundane task of swallowing saliva an agonizing task... Then, inevitably came the dry hacking cough, runny nose and diarrhoea not to mention the body aches and muscle spasms thrown in for good measure...

So the following week was spent over-dosing myself on extra-strength everything from cough and cold medications, pill chi kit tek aun ~ the age-old remedy for diarrhoea, white panadol for muscle pains and pink panadol for PMS!! Half way into the first week of 2010 I was able to sober up and actually stand upright. Meanwhile poor Syajie had to fend for himself and fortunately he wasn't infected with the bug although he was throwing up all over me and hub for three whole days...Even then he was the tough one, fetching me water and popping pills into my mouth and making me open my mouth wide to make sure that I wasn't hiding those pills under my tongue...!

Nevertheless, one of my 2010 resolutions was to loose weight. Prior to Azril's wedding I was pumping myself up by watching The Biggest Loser...I was psyched..I'd dust off my elliptical machine and crank up my play list. Even had Am's kids who were here for the wedding excited as well, dangling a $50 carrot as to who could make me shed the jigglies... 7-10 kilometers every night for a whole week and dang! Didn't loose a single KG!! What was I doing wrong? Exasperation started setting in...Only consolation was for the wedding I was able to wriggle into the black kebaya which had been hanging in the closet for three years waiting for a moment like this...!

After the wedding, my appetite wavered...couldn't eat as much as I wanted to and all those medications had somehow either obliterated or singed my tastebuds. A few days ago I got on the scale and whadda you know...I've lost 3 kg's. Woohoo!! Guess being sick as a dog had a silver lining after all. If nothing else this is one resolution that managed to see itself through so early in the year and hoping that it'll be the precursor for the rest of my 2010 resolutions!! Happy New Year, everyone!!