Traditional remedies

I had that really terrible feeling in my chest yesterday when you have trapped air but cannot burp. I felt very nauseous and dizzy, and all I wanted to do was lie down. I was at work too, and it was right after lunch. I had all these things to do, that I just couldn't go off sick. I even went to the surau and tried to lie down a bit, but that didn't work either, because the room we use for our surau was quite small, and when it's filled up with all these ladies, I started to feel really claustrophobic.

I rarely use minyak cap kapak because the smell of it is too strong, but my colleague offerred me her small bottle so I rubbed some on my chest and on my tummy. After several applications, I was able to burp and did feel a lot better. Then I found that as the minyak started to wear off, I would reapply, and I thought, "hey this stuff is really addictive." Now I want to get a bottle of my own. I had a really good friend who was addicted to minyak cap kapak and he would rub some on his temples all the time. There's something about how it smells. It is after all an essential oil. Just like the aromatherapy oils you can get from those Body Shop type places. Those Crabtree & Evelyn type shops.

I prefer to use balms myself. I can't stand Tiger Balm though. But I like this balm, my friend uses it, Bam Cap Kaki Tiga (Three Legs Brand Balm). I tried looking for it in the shop, but couldn't find it. I have a balm I always carry around called Bam Kita (Our Balm). I think it's made it in a mosque. I don't know why I just didn't use my balm yesterday. I think because I was too nauseous and subconsciously I knew that certain smells would make me feel worse.

Nice things

The thing I like about making spontaneous purchases is that I end up liking the items bought more than the other things that I own. It's always like that. Usually I don't spend unnecessarily, but last week I saw these two bracelets, and bought them without really much thought. And I wear them everyday now. (This comes from a person who rarely wears jewelry). And then just the other day I strolled into this store and bought a nice skirt, which I am wearing now.

I'm wearing it today because I want to look nice for my sayang. It's nice to dress up for the ones you love. But I'm a little worried because I look quite chubby in it. But who cares. As long as I like my outfit, that's all that counts.

You know, even that little girl at the end of J.Lo's song "Get Right" can sing better than J.Lo. But now that she's married to a guy that can really sing, hopefully he'll give her some pointers. He seemed very encouraging at the Grammys, when they were doing that duet. He kept giving her that look of encouragement when she sang her part, the same look I used to give to my classmates when they were making presentations. And then when she tried to stretch a note, her voice cracked a little. I'm surprised nobody spoke about it.

I'm not a singer, so I don't sing. Not even at home. hehe