After 4 years of healthy living, I finally caught a cold. I was caught in the rain when I walked back home from work last Friday. Then I began to develop sore throat, blocked noise, and all sorts of cold symptoms. The rain probably weakened my immune system substantially. Though I never understand why walking in the rain, especially those little ones, makes people sick (isn’t it just like taking a shower or playing with water?).
During my high school study, my sister once told me that I’m more likable when sick as I tend to be less goal-oriented, competitive, and more tolerant of people and things (or maybe it seems that way because I don’t have the energy to argue/fight with her). But I hope I had already growth a bit and don’t need a cold to make me a better friend or brother.
It’s also much harder to get works done when sick. Although it can be a good excuse to shirk, that’s not something I need now. Let’s hope I’ll recover soon. I need all the energy I can summon to do things I like. Life’s too short to stay this way.
Lesson: Take a bus when the weather looks bad. The calories burned and the money saved is not worth the productivity lost.
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