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Rainy Days and Weekdays

I didn’t take a bath yesterday. Gross, I know. Hehe. I just didn’t feel like it. I was febrile. 😦 Clad in my pajamas and socks, I snuggled into my fave blanket, hugged my pillows, and shut myself to the world outside. All day yesterday, I was bedridden. Haha. Getting sick really sucks.

UPDATE: My fever has already subsided though I still have this splitting headache temporarily relieved by Biogesic. I also haven’t gotten back the hearty appetite I normally have.

By the way, hours after finishing Dance dance dance by Haruki Murakami, I still can’t get over it. I’m really digging Murakami’s writing style and his intriguing, unique characters since I’ve read his ‘After Dark’. The story was so engrossing that even if I’m still feeling unwell, I resolved to finish it today. I liked the novel immensely except for the fact that there are questions left unanswered and unsettled at the end of the novel. I was left hanging. I want to know who is Mei’s killer, what happened to the Sheep Man, and who is the sixth skeleton. Waaah!

Oh, and while I was reading, my 3 year old pamangkin was putting baby powder on my back. He massaged my back afterwards, covered my face with his blanket, and started to sing “Tulog na bunso” while continuously patting my back. Ain’t that sweet? =)

Hope I’ll be “alive” and kicking by tomorrow.

“People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can’t predict it. That’s love.”
-Dance Dance Dance, Haruki Murakami

4 thoughts on “Rainy Days and Weekdays

  1. hi nurse 🙂 sana ok ka na. alam mo ba na di din ako naligo nung isang araw, hindi dahil may sakit ako. eh kasi ang lamig, nag-uumulan at pagsubok para sa ‘kin ang pagligo. isang malaking pagsubok :))

    nainggit ako sa ‘yo, nabasa mo na ang dance dance dance. ayoko naman hilingin pero siguro kelangan ko din magkasakit para magkaroon ng oras sa libro at hindi sa pag-i-innernet ^^

    teka last na, ang kyut kyut naman ng pamangkin mo. meron akong tatlong-taon na kapitbahay na parang kamag-anak na din naman dahil lagi syang andito sa bahay. kaso di sya ganyan ka-sweet. wala lang

    gandang araw! 🙂

  2. ang ganda ng dance dance dance kaso nga lang bitin ang ending. 🙂 ako naman inggit sa’yo kasi di ko pa nababasa ang Norwegian Wood.
    malambing talaga yung pamangkin ko na yun. bale dahil wala naman akong lablayp, siya ang madalas kong kadate sa mall. magastos nga lang kasi matakaw. haha. enjoy lang sa pag-iinnernet jec!

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