da tomāto

Weather turned muggy again so I chopped my hair off. It's so short in the back now that my nape's showing. I would've had a professional do it but no one from the salon was free to drop by tonight. I expected as much since it is a Sunday, their busiest day.

days are short and nights are long. so, sardines, my go-to ulam when nobody wants to cook. eating it straight out of the can is fine but it's better heated with quartered shallot and tomato. don't de-seed the tomato though, that's key to a milder and less metallic canned sardinas .

i don't get fevers very often so here's a brief rundown of what happened: # first sign of fever - the 13th at dawn. # it was on and off for 3 days. when it came, it did not get any higher than 38.5C and it was not terrible; i felt okay to get up and go about my day. it was only at bedtime that i felt the brunt of it. # i let the fever run during the day and only took one dose of acetaminophen after dinner. # on the 16th, the fever finally broke and then, the sniffles began: drippy nose, watery eyes, sneezing and all. # now, the 20th, no more sniffles but i am waiting for the fluid in my ears to go away (i'm hoping to speed it up with the kamillosan's help). the ear thing is a bother; any quick movement and i get this pressure in my head and feel dizzy. i think i did well. it was reined and gone in a week. that is expected i suppose, that's typically how long the bug lasts, no?

i'm nursing a cold and looked forward to get kamillosan for my throat. it was disappointing when the sprayer did not work. bought this kamillosan m spray this morning but i don't know the pharmacy's return policy, so i ran with what i had -- an extra spray-head. of course it doesn't fit, as luck would have it, so i hold it up unscrewed and pray the liquid doesn't spill when i take a dose. for my future reference, this costs P351.50 at mercury drug.

there it was. 38.4C, the thermometer said. i've boasted about being fever-free for more than a decade; good-bye to that.

at a quarter to 5pm, it was cool and dim -- bed weather, as one might say, just like yesterday when i was reluctant to get out of bed & start the day. yesterday, i took my time and my coffee went cold. i woke up to a bloody lip today; it cracked. i will smear lip balm before bed tonight, that should keep them lips cut-free until morning.

itlog na maalat + tomato + onion. marinated bangus , fried. fish tasted of vinegar and pepper. mouth-watering almusal . nom, nom, nom.

the oatmeal ones, from marks&spencer. commercially packaged dessert for wedding favors - interesting. got to try a 'brownies unlimited' customized cupcake with caramel last week but i did not like it as it was overly sweet.

the more info i get on this piece of hardware that i want, the more i'm discouraged. reasons why i shouldn't get it pile up, mainly it's because of -- location! the Others take your DRM (shaking fist)! here's someone willing with monies that you won't (ok, "can't") take, eh? how's that for business? yeah, so your hands are tied with territory/licensing laws but the fact is that amazon sorted the int'l license chu-chu on some (not a lot but it's a start) of their offerings (still wishing they can extend that to their mp3's too... wishing) so now, you should be working on it too; get a piece of that pie! read through your forums and see how much business is slipping through your fingers 'cuz of it -- yeah, you know what i'm talking about. but for some reason i don't want to call you out, it's not like you'll read this anyway. so little, i am. [sigh]