Over a stormy sky

Blood and Ashes.

I woke up this morning with the tang of metal in my throat. My head was still heavy, my nose was still dripping. I tried to swallow, but the dryness made it painful. My left nostril felt crusty as well, as if the pee sai had dried up and was tugging my nose hair in a most uncomfortable manner. I stuck a finger into it to clear the blockage, and felt some stuff flaking off the inner membrane lining. I pulled my finger out and looked at it. It was black and powdery, and upon agitation with the thumb and forefinger it crumbled and drifted onto my T-shirt.


I got up and probed more carefully. The black stuff, I noticed, was actually a very dark red. I must have had a nosebleed last night. The air-conditioner must have been turned down too low, and the dryness must have burst some little capilliaries. I think I have a medical condition which in Traditional Chinese Medicine is categorised as ' Pu Zhua' (Heaty). Well. At least the nose had stopped bleeding.

I took a look around. On the left shoulder of my shirt was a dark circular patch of maroon, probably from when my nose snogged the shirt while I was sleeping. Two little lines of blood also streaked across my pillow. Luckily though that was the extent of the damage. I guess that means no air-con for me tonight.

If I thought I was done with blood for the day, I was wrong. I went to practice my skating at Bedok reservoir sometime in the evening. Training for the Paya Lebar Runway skating event tomorrow. Somehow I knew I beforehand I would fall. And fall I did. I have a small graze on my right elbow. Elbows seem to be one of the easiest places to get grazed. Even a little abrasion will draw blood. One of my friends also had a graze there as well when he fell, and both of us were wearing elbow guards. I'm thinking that its due to wearing an incorrect guard size. The fit is loose, and when you fall the friction pushes the PVC plating off the elbow, and the road rubs against the wrinkly skin. I consider myself lucky. I know of another friend who broke her ulna and had to be warded. Thats the bone in the forearm, by the way. Not anywhere else.

Dirty minds.... ;-p

Yeah.. so anyway... that's not the worst thing. I also smashed up my handphone when I fell. The LCD screen is cracked and is showing some really funky colours, kinda like the ones you see on the surface of a soap bubble, or oil puddle. Lucky I got a spare phone lying around.

I'm excited about tomorrow's Runway Skating at Paya Lebar Airbase tomorrow. 15km. 10,000 people. The conditions are right for a stampede. Whee!

K. Gonna check the route to get to the airbase. The roads at Paya Lebar is freakishly mindboggling because of the perpetual roadworks going on. I hope I don't get lost. Skateline is offering 30% off on 2004 season skates, and 40% off on Father's day on 19th June. I'm tempted. Inline Culture is also offering sales on Salomon skates. Hmm...

posted by Tempest Blue @ 9:57 PM