You made my Sunday :D

Last Sunday with Angelic Choir kid:
Alex, around 4 years old. He's bilingual.

Alex : Why are you wearing a mask?
Me : Because I have a sore throat
Alex : Why? Me : I don't really know, it just happened
Alex : Maybe you eat too much kerupuk...

And I LOL-ed so hard :)) :)) He's so little, yet so well articulated.. Maybe he remembered his mom's warning that too much eating kerupuk will induce coughing.

Vocal Rest

I'm very prone to sore throat and flue. And as a person who loves to sing, this is a torture.. Because I find my comfort when I sing songs to myself.

"Can't you just sing in your heart for that?" 

"Hey.. singing is a physical activity too. Much like sport, which combine a coordination of mind and motions. So, it would be different to just sing without the actual audible voice."

Anyway, unfortunately it happens now. It started last week when I got a sore throat, which I normally treat with Obat Batuk Cap Ibu dan Anak (Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa). It's a Chinese herbal medicine plus honey which I find to be very good to ease the pain of sore throat but not very effective (probably just for me) in curing the cough.

Today, the sore throat got worse as to affect my vocal chord, according to my office doctor. Further symptoms of flue such as cough, break and hoarseness of voice, and runny nose have also apparent.

My office doctor told me to have a vocal rest, meaning no talking (or minimal, if unavoidable) and definitely no singing. Hopefully not for long.

Just a note to myself, I was given :
- Alpara for the fever
- Mucopect 30mg for the cough
- Methylprednisolone for the throath inflammation
- Ciprofloxacine 500mg as the antibiotics.

This is not intended to be a suggestion to others who experience similar symptoms. Please consult your doctor. I think it's a good idea to take note of what kind of medicine we've consumed. I once had allergic reaction to a certain medicine for fever, and up until now I cannot remember the name of that medicine. Pity, because doctors usually ask if we have allergy to any medicine.


Other suggestions to ease the pain of sore throat that I've received are :
- honey
- kencur
- sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) + drops of lemon/lime.

You can try them too or add more practical remedies that work for you in the comment section :)

Do You Know ...? Oh, Let Me Check My Blog

Harold, a friend from Ecuador, messaged me yesterday in Facebook. He  asked about the name of the hostel in which we stayed when we were in Prague in February 2008. He wanted to know because he is going to go to Prague again with some friends for a vacation. That hostel was indeed good and had a decent price.

I honestly could not remember the name, but then I remembered I've wrote about it in here, my blog. Did a quick search and voila, this entry came up: Prague : The Hostel. The name of the hostel was revealed, along with its address and website link.

Ahh, the beauty of taking notes (blogging) :D

Potential Mash-Up (Chrisye - TLC)

On 25 May in Facebook, I posted something that crossed my mind. Now I wanna post it as blog entry since it will be hard finding it again in Facebook Timeline:


Hayahh.. kenapa ini di otak kecampur2 lagu Setia-nya Chrisye dan Unpretty-nya TLC.. (pdhl lagi ga mikirin keduanya td)

Kira-kira seperti ini:

Derai-derai airmatamu.. find out who am I too..
Derai-derai gelak tawamu... damn unpretty..

:|

Ini lagu aslinya, silakan dicoba-coba mash-up-nya :D

Chrisye - Setia

TLC - Unpretty

Some comments on Facebook:

Seberapa cerdaskah anda?

Seberapa cerdaskah anda? Begitu katanya.

Saat membuka sebuah halaman dari Scribd.com, muncul sebuah iklan yang mengganggu saya. Mengganggu bukan dalam artian karena tidak ingin melihat iklan, tapi mengganggu karena konten dari iklan itu sendiri. Sudah saya coba abaikan saja, tapi tetap tergelitik untuk menuliskannya sebagai sebuah entri di blog ini.

Masalahnya ada pada pertanyaannya yang menanyakan kecerdasan tapi kemudian mengukurnya dengan cara melihat pola angka pada gambar penuh bulatan warna-warni.

Gambar itu setipe dengan (atau malah mungkin diambil dari) Ishihara Color Test. Tes yang bisa digunakan untuk menentukan apakah seseorang buta warna atau tidak. Jadi sama sekali tidak ada hubungannya dengan kecerdasan.

Tapi ya mau gimana lagi, pembuat iklannya sepertinya juga bukan benar-benar mau mengarahkan untuk uji kecerdasan. Buktinya kalau kita mau mouse over di atas 3 pilihan jawaban (atau di bagian apapun dari iklan itu), URL yang dituju tetap hanya satu, yaitu :

yang juga merupakan iklan, yang kalau ditutup akan berakhir di website ini:

Jadi tenang saja wahai rekan-rekan sesama buta warna (parsial maupun total), tidak bisa menjawab pertanyaan itu bukan berarti anda tidak cerdas. Pembuat iklan yang bertanya itu yang tidak cerdas.

Jadi, seberapa cerdaskah anda? Sorry, pertanyaan iklan anda yang kurang cerdas.