lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
Love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory
Of the risen King
Jesus, Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory
Of the risen king
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
-4:30 pm
I'm down with a phantom fever which refuses to show up on the thermometer but relentlessly plagues me with aches, headaches, feelings of extreme cold (I'm wearing a sweater and long pants as I'm typing this- rather abnormal for Singapore's weather and the air-conditioner isn't turned on). The symptons definitely feel like fever so I know it's there but the thermometer says that my temperature is normal. Hmph.
There's a nasty sore throat and cough too which has turned me into a croaking bullfrog. The discomfort and headache has kept me awake as I slept intermittently last night and during the day. And so, though I feel as though I haven't slept for days and have just been bowled over by a ton of flying bricks (don't ask why this analogy), I'm here at the computer. It's better than tossing and turning in bed, trying to fight a throbbing headache.
My mom thinks it's because I went swimming under the hot sun yesterday. Besides getting quite sunburnt (next time, I'll know to use sunscreen SPF 30 and above), now I have a fever-like bug. I need to get lip balm with SPF too- I think my lips are swelling because they're sunburnt. I reckon I probably look rather grotesque now.
I was doing my laps yesterday in the competition pool and discovered how dirty and unhygienic the pool was (or still is, if they haven't already cleaned it up). While swimming in the cramped space between two lanes taken up by two other guys, I had to dodge pieces of mysterious UFOs (Unindentified Floating Objects) every now and then.
There were really weird stuff like yellowish, translucent blobs of bodily discharge wafting around (I couldn't tell whether it was mucus from some poor person down with a runny nose or a discharge from somewhere else *shudders in disgust*), suspended in the otherwise clear blue water, and used band-aids with some blood and pus still sticking on it. EWWWW!!! Can you imagine what goes into your system whenever you accidently swallow a few mouthfuls of pool water? Double yucks!
Hm... Maybe the sun isn't the real culprit which caused my fever-like symptons, if you get what I mean. On second thoughts, never mind, I don't want to know.
I was so grossed out and tired of having to swim in a bizzare zig-zag fashion to get out of the way of those icky UFOs (the lifeguard must have been thinking that I have absolutely no sense of direction) that I quickly climbed out and joined my brothers in the smaller pool. It totally spoilt my planned swimming time of 1hr 15 mins (that's not quite enough but we had to get home in time for dinner). The 45 minutes I swam are hardly enough to give me aching muscles when I wake up the next morning (I thrive on exertion *grin*).
However, I am determined not to let this scare me off swimming. Oh, and this reminds me, I'd better bring along a disinfecting shower cream (like Dettol) the next time I go swimming.
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