update 3

after my checkup earlier this month, my doc still doesn't want to proclaim me fully cured of hyperthyroidism so am still on the same medication and dosage. that and the reminder to exercise now that my ft3, ft4 and tsh have remained normal for five months now counting from august. have five months really passed that quick? wow. started medication only in may and it's now december, with my levels constantly within normal range. since august. double wow. i am not sure how long others with the condition took to respond to medication and be in remission from it but i'm guessing a bit longer. the usual treatment for this is 12-18 months. come my next checkup though, doc is  confident that he could lower the dosage once again before pronouncing me a graduate (his word) from hyperthyroidism. ohhh i hope so!

i've eaten my fair share of seafood and all the dairy i want but i guess eating and cooking healthy has somewhat become a lifestyle (especially when it comes to dairy, i hardly have seafood as it is). a good change, of course!

sunday currently vol. 32

reading: just finished reading dunkirk crescendo (book 9 of the zion covenant series) and have started finally on book 7, london refrain. in fairness even if i've read the series in this order: 1, 2, 6, 4, 5, 8, 9, and now 7. looks like i'll be finding book 3 (munich signature) next year.

writing: this and... another fanfiction which i can't seem to finish. boo.

listening to: a jazz playlist on spotify, with God bless the child by sonny rollins currently on.

thinking: about too many things as usual.

smelling: nothing.

wishing: for something.

wearing: sleepwear

loving: i don't know anymore. lol.

wanting: to sell all my books. to get away. peace and quiet. silence.

needing: see above.  

feeling: the usual melancholy mood that the christmas season brings about.  



thanks to siddathornton for this great idea. 

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ohhhhhh a major throwback song. can't believe i still remember most of the dance steps to this one. so much love for this. click here!!! 

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after five years, the awesome christina perri will finally be releasing a new album in january 2019 called songs for carmella, an album of songs and lullabies dedicated to her superduper cute and adorable daughter carmella. that teaser for the new album last week got me hooked and oh my goodness i sooooooo love the song christina wrote for her daughter entitled you mean the whole wide world to me. click play!

of pain and other ramblings.

been no stranger to the ice pack/hot compress since last weekend. the previous saturday saw my arnis training partner accidentally hit the joints on my pointer and middle fingers on two separate practices. not a surprise when the coach puts two beginners together, the other being a kid. a week after, the joints still hurt.

last friday was a holiday. so i went with a group of friends to play badminton. despite having reviewed the footwork and smashing techniques with the trainer a friend has graciously hired to teach us, i still tripped over my right foot while playing and actually twisted it. i thought i was going to sprain it or worse, break my foot or ankle. i was more scared of the possibility that i might not be able to walk than my pride getting bruised because of the embarrassing fall. a little ice and a little hot compress afterwards, i am walking again quite normally. still feel some pain but thank God it has minimised already.

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having socialised for three days this past week got me bushed. that is in part with waking up at 4.30 each morning. but no matter, because it has been a loooooooooong time since i actually went out with friends. i'm also glad that i was able to have a great catch-up session with a friend whom i haven't seen for months. good thing it was a long weekend. the sort of bad thing is that i really didn't get the chance to catch up on sleep. and when i do sleep, it's the usual 5 to 6 hour range only. sometimes i even wake before the alarm. now that's just sad. the only time that i really got to sleep for at least 7 hours is when i'm not feeling well. and i've had enough of being sick this year, thank you very much. i really would like to have a normal 8-hour sleep with no reasons why i had to sleep for that long.

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finally reading dunkirk crescendo, the ninth and last book in the zion covenant series by bodie and brock thoene. i am now in the midst of world war 2 in europe where the nazis were already slamming into luxembourg, belgium, and then france. well this means i really have to get book 3 (munich signature) and book 7 (london refrain), where i suspect that josephine marlow, one of the central characters in book 9 and in paris encore, first appeared. what's good about this series is that even if i haven't read the books in their proper order, any info about the characters in a book one hasn't read yet are also added into the next.

and speaking of books, i am itching to get my hands on two: reawakened: a once upon a time tale and long road to mercy by none other than david baldacci. the book version of the pilot episode of ouat is hard to find in the metro so i am not too hopeful i'll find it anywhere in the near future. but as for long road to mercy, i'm glad that i've found one in one of the bookstores already. hopefully i could find a hardbound copy. that would be my christmas gift for myself. been following all the teasers for that book in the previous months. so excited to read about a new strong character, atlee pine. from her physical description she reminds me a lot of michelle maxwell, the partner of sean king in david baldacci's king and maxwell series. atlee pine's story of course is way different, and yes i am so itching to get my own copy already to read all about it.