Oh, and my back's giving me a nagging pain. It's smack at my right shoulder blade. The pain started hammering only this morning when I was seated at the school's PTA forum. Had this pain only once before in my life, and that was in third year university; it nagged me for about a week. Friends tried massaging it for me only to have the pain returned the moment the pressure was lifted. Finally went to see the doctor who gave me muscle relaxants and told me to stay off the computer (had been working very hard for months for numerous projects. Which student doesn't?). Fancy that! Have to stop working on doctor's orders... hehehe... of course I ignored his orders but I typed with only one hand, because it was the right one that bothered me. Same thing happening here, but this time today I went for a Thai massage. The masseur was very helpful, she did her best to relieve the pain for me. I think my nerves are all twisted or something. It hurt like hell, but I felt a lot better after that; she even gave me a medicine tablet to take (from Thailand - supposed to be very effective) and told me to take two paracetomol tablets tonight. Already took it, and the pain's still there but it's more out of stiffness rather than the nagging pain I was feeling. Hmm, and here I am typing away at two hands for a blog. I think I've strained my muscles all over again lugging my heavy PC (yes, it's heavier than normal) to and from the computer table and work table to open/remove/add/close the PC for my earlier troubleshooting problems.
Oh, and Harry Potter's 6th book is sitting on my desk. Haven't actually opened it except to cover the hard cover with plastic book wrap. I'm not that mad on Harry Potter anymore, but yes, I pre-ordered the book and bought it. Frankly speaking, I don't mind waiting 6 months for the paperback, but the reason I'm willing to blow close to RM100 on the sequel to the dismal Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is because... I CANNOT STAND THE IDEA OF SOMEONE TELLING ME THE ENDING!!! More than anything, I hate spoilers, whether they're for movies or for books or for stories. I have walked out of a room before when my friends were talking about Sixth Sense which at that time I have yet to watch; and they kept talking about it although I have told them I haven't watched it and to please not talk about it. Of course, just to annoy me they did, so I walked out of the room and sat outside reading the newspaper until they have exhausted their own conversation. I will not hesitate to do the same in any situation, but I don't think I can keep it up for 6 months, especially when now I've got to see a whole bunch of students, probably half of whom are major Potter fans. When I collected the book today (I didn't bother going yesterday which was the book opening day; I'm so not interested in the freebies or the parties), the Popular bookstore gave me a witch's hat made of black sugarpaper; a large wooden chopstick which was supposed to be a wand; a pair of paper spectacles and a large, long thin white candle. Methinks they're all leftovers from the party they had the day before. Honestly didn't know what to do with all of them, so I gave the paper stuff to my younger sister, kept the wand for use at school, and stored the candle with the other candle supplies at home. Right now I'm halfway through Lemony Snicket's sixth book (which is a lot thinner and faster to read than Harry Potter; and IMHO, the whole series is a lot wittier) and Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment (yes, I'm reading two books at once) so I don't foresee myself starting on the Potter brat until probably next week.
In the meantime, it's already 1.30am and I really ought to give my aching back a rest. If the pain is still bad (which I hope it won't be), I'll have to go to the clinic for advice. I wonder if this doctor will also tell me to stay away from computers... what a great way to skip work...
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