Eye Diabetes

Firstly before I write any further, I would like to apologize to those who had been so kind to send their birthday wishes to me via sms and didn’t get a single response. Reason being I was once again back in Kobe and reunited with my love. Those who missed out on that post can read previous entry on my Kobe affair.

As it was an extended trip which included Osaka and Kyoto, I didn’t come back till 9 days later and hence any smses sent earlier were all deleted from the server because I do not own a 3G mobile phone. *Hint Hint.* So to all those that remembered and one who actually stayed up till midnight to be the first to wish me, my sincerest apologies for not responding and my biggest thank you. I am afraid I am not able to thank you personally because I do not know who actually sent out the greetings. Maybe she was the only one. In that case, I take back my thank you!

So once again I was back in Kobe and it was freezing which made me appreciate my beloved even more during the cold mornings and nights. Ok freezing is rather exaggerating I guess but then having come from a summer climate almost all year round, a perpetual outdoor air conditioner blowing cold air into your face making your ears and nose feel like they could break and fall off any moment was pretty awesome. Then it becomes not so awesome when you catch a chill which was what I did. Dumb ass. Coupled with less than 5 hours sleep 4 nights in a row with loads of beer, sake and vodka pump into your guts, a chill becomes a head splitting lung wrenching whooping cough.

So there, I successfully infected at least a quarter of Kobe and Osaka’s population spreading the love of my made by Singaporean flu cough bug. Kyoto was spared mainly because we were not there long enough, just half a day or slightly more, but man the cherry blossoms there though not fully bloomed were beautiful. I swear I am not gay but it was a gorgeous sight. Again I am not gay.

I don’t know if it is because of my coughing that affected my eyesight or it is really because all the stunning ladies from Japan gather in Kobe and Osaka. Almost every minute something beautiful and sweet cleanses your eyes. It was eye candy galore and I was concerned it may give me diabetes of the eye due to the overdose of sugaring in its finest form. In fact, I feared if I didn’t die from diabetes of the eye over there, I could have been killed in a road accident. It was hard to keep your eyes on the traffic while crossing the roads with your eyes peeled on the chicks there and everywhere. I couldn’t count on my colleagues saving me as their eyes were equally clouded by visuals of heavenly sent angels all around us. No, we were not consuming any illegal substances. Chewing gum does not count as illegal substance over there.

I wished I could speak fluent Japanese or at least understand it perfectly so that I could have seen a doctor over there. I couldn’t count on my colleague’s Japanese friend to save me either while trying to get medication from the local pharmacy. The dude was better in his English than his mother tongue. But thanks Isa all the way dude. You were a hoot and made the pain more bearable. It was utter misery to be blinking sick while the rest of your colleagues were partying or hamming up for the camera while sight seeing. So it was pretty understandable at least from my point of view why I was the happiest person on our departure day at Kansai International Airport. Never thought I would be so pleased to get to see a doctor who can speak my language or at least didn’t require me to play charades to explain what was wrong with me. 2 days of MC made me even more pleased.