flowers in the attic

Saturday, April 04, 2009

of swallowing and compassion-less hearts,

probably the only good thing that came out from spraining my ankle four days ago is the fact that i finally learnt how to swallow (pills and tablets, duh!).

visited the sinseh on Tues morning when i unwittingly (and clumsily) tripped and fell and twisted my ankle on my way to work while crossing the road to my office building. it was absolutely stupid and downright embarrassing - i tripped and fell in plain sight for all to see. but - get this, the people in their smart, crease-less office attires also crossing the road to their offices - none of them stopped to help me up or even bother asking if i was OK.

only one lady took out her ear-piece and asked if i needed help. i declined since i thought it was just a fall, but after standing up i was like omg, my ankle hurts.

the girl who ended up helping me in the end wasn't even in office wear - she was dressed in shirt and shorts.

this says so much about the corporate world and the level of compassion these office people have, huh. i mean, here is someone who just fell and within an arm's length distance from you but you don't have even the heart to ask if she's OK or if she needs help. some of these people didn't even bother looking at me. they were just rushing to get to work on time.

seriously.... my faith in the human race (especially those in the corporate sector) just took a major plunge. so what if you're highly educated and wear nice nice office clothes and work in an air-conditioned office but possess zero compassion and zero EQ?? that's tantamount to zilch in my books.

anyhow, bless that kind girl who helped me hold my bag and bring me nearby to get a seat. she even helped me removed my shoe lah. called my supervisor and my mom and the boyfriend, and thank God that i had the boyfriend who rushed down and took a cab down with me to the sinseh :)

so the sinseh gave me 3 different medicine - a bottle of liquid and two packets of tablets of which i had to take 3 tablets from each packet - that makes 6 tablets after every meal. the problem is i could never swallow any medicine since godknows when! the first attempt was horrible - i tried cutting the tablets into halves each so that they're smaller to swallow... but that only meant i had to swallow 12 times! the horrors. i also tried dissolving them in water and drinking them in one gulp but that was even worst.

so thank God that at my second sitting of taking the meds, i suddenly realised i could swallow with ease and zero discomfort if i lifted my head and tilted to the side. yes i know, damn weird but true! after that the 6 tablets each round were no problem at all, so i'm a happy camper. at least something good came out of this sprained ankle! (and of course, the many days of MC accompanying it, hehe)

❤ enhui, 1:31 AM 5 comments