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Ten Bad Days: Exams and Food Poisoning

Posted by Stuart at 09:31 PM on September 15, 2004

Ten days have gone by with no posts from me. Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot of fun for me to have during those ten days. Most of my time was spent putting in 12-hour days at school preparing for the final classes before the midterm exams start next week as well as creating the actual exams.

And to top it all off, I got another nasty case of food poisoning last Tuesday night. Luckily (?) I have had it several times now, so I know the symptoms very well. I was woken up at midnight with... well... let's just leave it at "symptoms that involved frequent trips to the hong nam (it sounds so much better when I say it in Thai!). An hour later I was visiting the usual doctor, getting the usual five different kinds of medicine, paying the usual 500 baht (US$12) and heading home. The entire next day was spent in bed. Since I caught the illness early this time, I only lost one day, even though a week later I still feel a little tired.

But now things are looking up. I turned in one exam today and the second is waiting for my collegue's approval. Also tonight I was able to finish my posts from Vienna (here and here).

I have a three-day weekend this weekend and a two-week vacation in October. That means I have two (yes two!) trips coming up in the next few weeks. Looks like better days are ahead of me!