On Sunday night, I was almost in a trance after I took my medication at almost 1am, yet it was almost 6am when I finally dozed off.
It was an agonising wait for the sleepybug to claim me.
It was only after 2 hours I had to wake up to head back to work, and during the meeting, an email popped up.
“Are you still sick? Go home. You are excused.”
From my boss.
I kept saying I was fine, and that I would head back once I finished my stuff. I muffled my urge to cough and I am quite certain I sustain quite a fair bit of internal injury already.
Until one point I cannot stand it anymore, I walked out of the boardroom and cough for 5 full minutes before going back into the room.
Over a break, my colleague asked, “You having a flu? You talking louder than usual! Your ears must be blocked.”
Wooops.
Then, they headed out for lunch, and I took the chance to join because I needed to ask a fellow co-worker for some confirmation so I could proceed with my stuff.
So I finally got it over lunch.
But over lunch, someone casually asked, “Have you gotten yourself tested?”
“Uhm.. nope.”
“Do you have fever?” my colleague had his hand out to touch me on my forehead. Hohoho. I took 3 fever medication in the morning when I had my temperature taken at 38.
“Uh.. yah… but now no more!”
You could see everyone at the table curling their shoulders away from me.
Apparently I wasn’t the only one at the table who was having flu, my boss’ boss too.
Then, my boss came up to me after lunch and had a strange grin on his face. “Eh, since everyone so sensitive, go home lah..”
Okok, I go back office, finish up some stuff and I go home.
Then, occasionally when he walked past my workstation, he would be like “Why you haven’t gone home? Go home! Wait my boss scold me you know!”
And he would laugh like a hyena, which is his usual style.
At 5pm, he said, “Eh! You still here!”
I joked to him to give me half an hour more, and he gave me the very-duh look.
By the time I finally finish everyone, it was 6pm.
I left and didn’t join the rest for dinner and drinks. Sulks. But I seriously didn’t think I would be welcomed, and for the safety concerns of others, I left.
Ended up having Buah Kulak for dinner(very yum!).
I didn’t manage to sleep till it was almost 3 plus am I think. I woke up having a worse cough and a worse sore throat. And I think with the way I was coughing, my colleagues would have called for the ambulance to have me quarantined, so I utilise my MC(I was given MC to cover till today) and stayed home and got some much needed rest.
Did some packing up of my room, ironing, washing up and mini-vacuuming.
Today, received an email from a colleague to announce that he had gotten the flu bug.
Woops.
I think NOT ME!!
Not me right?!
Then again, the flu started from one side of the office, then was passed to everyone and anyone.
Very potent! We got super-carrier in the office.
I think if it still doesn’t get better, I might get cruxified in the office soon, cos I got the worst bout of it.
Seriously huh, I think even if H1N1, people also recovered after so long liao right?!
), indulge in work, read up and stuff, and being wherever I feel safe, or, I can be myself, happy or grouchy, made up or dishevelled, dementor or not.