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my birthday weekend came and went without much bang, which is good, because getting to your 'milestone' birthday seems hard enough to conceptialize as is without embarassing restaurant-employees emptily cheerful birthday songs to make it 'memorable'.

a work friend organized a group lunch with all my favorite work friends at maggianos - family style dining. you are who your friends are - and they were loud rembunctious group (even before we got wine) and indeed, feels like your stereotyped 'italian' big family brickering over what to eat (for those new to Maggianos, family style means the whole entire table chooses 2 salads, 2 appertizers, 2 main courses, 2 pastas and 2 desserts together - and they bring out as much of those items as you can eat) i like birthdays mainly because people make a bit of an effort to drop their everyday responsibilities to come meet for a meal and spend time with you :)

of course the rest of the birthday weekend went by like a blur - sure alcohol was involved - but it was the nightly shooters of NyQuil that ruled the weekend. my sore throat started thursday, lasted till friday, gave me 100F slight fever most days, i resorted to Theraflu, Sudafed and Tylenol Severe Cold; mixing with a cocktail of NyQuil at night. Went through headache, weakened body, cough like my lungs would explode, runny nose, stuffy nose, watery eyes.

people have suggested i go to a doctor and investigate, i seem to fall into a cold or a near cold (sore throat) every 3 weeks or so. even when i'm in bootcamp trying to build my body's immune system stronger, it doesn't seem to help. maybe but i feel silly going to the doctor for a 'common cold' and i don't really know if there's much they can do to help identify a 'string of colds' in a pattern.

i watched Over the Hedge over the weekend - a very PG movie, so lots of kids in the theatre. besides that the movie was pretty cute. i didn't quite understand why the turtle moved at the same speed as all the other characters. i love Hamy (hamilton) the squirrel, he's awesome & cute & funny. i recommend it to watch as a good wholesome summer flick.

had banana leaf for dinner, one of my favorite foods is malaysian cuisine... i love curry laksa noodles. yum yum. and the roti prata with curry sauce is awesome...

on top of that i didn't make it to Bay to Breakers walk this year; it threatened to rain and my buddies all pulled out last minute due to the threat. plus when i played my hockey games my lungs wanted to burst - i normally already get what i call the Hockey Cough when i skate hard - my lungs want to cough as if i gather extra extra air into the lungs. With my cold, when i cough i felt like i was going to explode and die on the ice... not fun.

Also not a good weekend healthwise besides the cold i had. I dropped my hockey bag on my right food (the bag has a track and wheels on the bottom, ensuring a bruised layer on top of my foot) then in one of my games apparently i clotheslined myself into a guy's elbow, i twisted and fell hard on my stick and knee, so my paw (palm) hurts and is bruised as well.