daily gripe

the day i hiccup-ed for 5 hours straight...

i couldn't believe it when the hiccups first started. gulped down a sip of elaine's coffee, didn't work. frustrated me no end that i went to BK next door to get a LARGE barley. threw half of that back down the throat. didn't work...

elaine, gary and myself were out today at orchard - yeah we actually decided to do a foray into the heart of Young town cos' elaine wanted to show us photos of her trip from europe a couple of weeks back. lucky lass did geneva, turin, nice, barcelona and one more place...pictures are amazingly well-taken. of cos in part due to the the skill of the photographer (do i get my treat?) and to her trusty canon ixus. that's why i also want to buy one...

anyways, we met, sat down, started to warm up in conversation and the hiccups happened. *hic* and i cleared my throat. *hic* again and i swallowed saliva real fast in a bid to crush the oncoming third *hic*. failed in that attempt. coffee came in, barley went down. the hiccup was resolutely holding its fort.

"fine." my mind went. "let's wait it out and see how long the bugger lasts." my mind reasoned.

60 mins and 45 *hics* later...we decided that it was time to head off to isetan, taka to run through some errands. dinner was decided upon to be at spageddies, paragon.

90 mins, 77 *hics*, after shopping at taka for a polo tee for her dad and one long queue at spageddies, we sit down at our table. hiccups gone. relief streaming from my ears as we order dinner and attempt to go through 10 per cent of the 1000+ photos elaine took.

140 mins later, dinner is over, just as we were deciding on dessert, *hics*, it starts again!! "drown it with water," the brain went! *glug glug glug* and enough water to ruin thought of dessert down the gullet, *hics* it continues!

somewhere in my mind, gladiator music is playing and commentary is going ' annnnnddd they are oooffff!!!!"

"maybe you should hold your breath,' says elaine. "you should try breathing in and out of a plastic bag." says gary as he gestures to elaine for a plastic bag. "i only have the bag with my dirty gym clothes inside..."she states. i look at her in disbelief and eyes wildly darting a negative response from my brain. "yeah that would definitely cure the hiccups!" gary exclaims.

i would have hit him then if i weren't *hic*-cuping.

so we settle the bill and drift out of spageddies and upwards to coffee club for dessert and the other 75 per cent of photos. the *hics* stop! it felt like such a good thing. my diaphragm was giddy with joy. we stop off at coffee club, polish off dessert and coffee, get chased out at closing time.

and at a freakin' blardy asshole of a moment, the hiccups begin again!! *wtf!!* so i reasoned, hiccups are caused by an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm by so if i force a burp everytime i hiccup, that should stop it. well, 30 mins, one train ride back to eunos and a walk home, it didn't stop. but stepping into home seemed to do the trick. and as i type this out, the hiccups are gone so good riddance.

yes diaphragm, we shall get some good rest tonight.

*add on, it's 12.33am and the *hics* are back again. full force. *sigh* i admit defeat.

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check out the new nokia nseries experience studio at scotts shopping centre; open until the end of 2006.

TODAY weekend reported about it here.

i still cannot seem to post any pictures onto blogger even though i emailed them and they replied to say i could. had this collage of shots taken at the nseries studio but looks like it will have to wait. those who want to see the shots can leave their emails in the comments section and i will respond accordingly...

posted by inspirethereal @ 11:30 PM