Gastro outbreak, or something along those lines
Yes, somehow Sydney managed to cop a nice outbreak of Gatsro last week. Myself included! It was a mightily painful experience, and I must say I spent a lot more time in the bathroom in those 3-4 days than I had in (approximately) the 3-4 weeks prior to that. AND THE PAIN. It sprung on Monday and lasted a glorious 4 days, disrupting my experiments at uni. Just above there is a graphical representation of my stomach: the yellow bit is where there was holy shit fiery stabbing pain every 10-15 minutes for several days.
The culprit? Well I either didn't wash my hands effectively before eating or after going to the bathroom (admittedly I don't do full 10 second washes, but come on!). Personally I'd like to thank Goulburn Street SuperBowl, which is the last place of import at which I ate. Sure the food is in huge servings, comes at the speed of light and is reasonably tasty, but its not the cleanest place out there (a quote from the aforementioned website: "The restaurant is a bit dirty especially the cutlery"). Neither of the other guys I had dinner with got the horrible sick, but regardless its still top of my suspect list.
Well, that's the price I pay I suppose. Also worth noting is that its not worth the time, effort or hassle to attempt to have a walk-in visit with a doctor in the city. $60 for just a consult; I suppose city doctors need more money - I chose the 'I'll drive home to my local thanks' option. This entailed a further hour and a half wait (on top of the writhing in pain drive home), just to see the bloke prescribe me an over the counter stomach pill that did shit all, a list of food not to eat and advice to nick off from work/uni for a few days and ride the wave of pain 'til its over. And what a fun ride that was! As an aside I'd like to thank my good friend Buscopan. They're puny little things and they taste like tic tacs. I have to say they did exactly nothing for me, other than to maybe slightly improve my breath. As I'm sure that anyone who has had the (mis)fortune to chew pills knows, if it doesn't taste like shit its not doing shit.
Well the bright side? I managed to get some potty reading happening. The Da Vinci Code no less! A suitable place for such a book I think. I'm not a big fan of Dan Brown (being a Catholic doesn't really help that much); having read the book its just a really poorly written and characterised book that floats along on the safety of its controversial revelations or what not. I don't think I'll continue on to pay for the movie: its getting absolutely crapped on by reviewers, and even managed to get banned in the Philippines. I don't really agree with the sentiment though: people should be free to see how poor the movie is themselves. Hopefully I'll manage to somehow aquire a copy from the magical fairy internet to discover that myself.
1 Comments:
That's horrible about the gastro stuff. I always do 10 seconds washes, sometimes longer, but eating out... that's one scary thing to do sometimes. I've seen chefs leave stalls without washing their hands, and see them preparing meals barehanded, so gross.
The Da Vinci Code is a decent book to read, I happened to enjoy it. Scavenger hunts and that sort of thing amuse me. The movie is horrible, I suppose the only reason why people go see it is becuase they haven't read the book and want to know why everyone in the religious community is making such a fuss over it.
But if you really want to steer clear of horrid movies, I suggest that you not see X-Men 3. It was poorly developed, rushed, and just plain horrible, the acting was horrible and the story was predictable. It was full of cheesy lines, and really unneccessary teen angst and drama.
I hope you and anyone of your friends who have gotten ill get better, and thanks for the comment. I might be posting up more stuff from my trip last weekend. So if you liked the sunflower, you might wanna look out for more work.
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