Last semester, in the homeostatis unit of biology, someone asked our teacher, "if your bladder is too full, will it explode?"

His cool response was, "Nope, the urine will go back up into your kidneys, and if that gets to be too much then you'll keel over from the pain long before you notice an explosion of any sort."

I thought the last part was a joke.

Today, I went to a medical examination where I had to drink a litre of water an hour before the test. A litre, you say? That doesn't sound like a lot at all.

BELIEVE ME, IT IS.

When I got there, I sat down and waited for my turn; I could feel my bladder filling up quite rapidly. I sighed and said to myself, "Okay, not much longer", I found the nearest bathroom and promised myself I'd make a mad dash after my exam.

Turns out, that last part wasn't a joke. They were 15 minutes behind schedule, and after a long wait I was put in this rather tiny stall and told to change into a long gown thingy. By that time, I couldn't stand up straight because my kidneys were killing me. Since I didn't have enough room in that stall to hunch comfortably, I stood outside, only to get yelled at by one of the technicians for standing outside.

Technician: "EXCUSE ME MA'AM. WAIT IN YOUR STALL UNTIL SOMEONE CALLS YOU."

Me: *whimpers*

And it didn't help that the guy in the next stall decided to start chatting to me. I probably sounded like I was having a tooth pulled.

So I think I was on the verge of tears when they FINALLY called me in. The first thing I did was tell the doctor "MY KIDNEYS ARE KILLING ME". It's a good thing she let me to go the bathroom to empty some of it out, or else something bad would have happened...

Next time, I'm cheating and only drinking half a litre. :(

While talking to my dad today, he said something (in Shanghainese of course) along the lines of:

"You can't treat the refrigerator like a safe; sooner or later all the food's going to go bad anyways."

...and that when I had an epiphany! My heart is a refrigerator!

No, really, think about it! I'm not talking about your heart being physically able pump blood and stuff, but instead about it acting like a safe to harbour the secrets, grief, and annoyances that you keep to yourself.

All of it accumulates, much like food, until you can't put more in. And if you don't take some out, they'll go bad and stink up the rest of the place. So, I guess my point is: it's not healthy to not have a way of letting out the suppressed anger, grief, or sadness.

I suppose I should really take my own advice, but I don't like to burden others with my anxiety. *Sigh* I find it helps if I blog about whatever's troubling me. :)

How do you manage your anger/sadness?

Yes, I am sick. Again.

I always get sick during exam time, which isn't good since I have three left to do. During these weeks, I get so stressed out that my immune system basically just goes, "Okay, bye!" and leaves me to fend off those nasty bugs by myself.

*Sigh* I need to go get more Kleenex.

Any suggestions on how to relieve stress?

My body temperature is always below normal and my hands are always freezing. Sure, I can blame all of that on the fact that it's winter here in Canada, but I think I'm the only one with constantly cold hands. When I go to reach for something in my fridge, it feels WARM compared to my hands.

And suddenly, I had an epiphany: it's because deep down, I'm a mean and cold-hearted bitch. :P

Well, here's me with my new glasses. I don't particularly like them, but hey, at least I'm not blind anymore. :D

My parents told me not to wear them all the time, because they believe that my eyes "will get better". Riiiight.

I hate being sick. I felt completely fine yesterday, and then right before I went to bed, I suddenly got a massive headache. And *BAM*, I had a fever. I didn’t go to school today, we’ll see if I’ll be good for tomorrow. I missed quite a lot today though: a science presentation (which I will have to do tomorrow), a film in English class (Finding Forrester), and a math quiz. Tomorrow will be quite annoying since I have to explain to each of my teachers why I wasn’t there. So today I basically just stayed home and slept…

Well, not really, I made a new layout for Douteux.net.

Yep, I've got a fever.
I'm supposed to do a presentation for Science today, but screw that. I'm feeling way too nauseous to do anything today.
Oh, and my dad brought home a rubix cube. WTF was he thinking?

"Here you go Regina, so you can waste the rest of your life trying to figure out how to solve this damn cube."

Right. Thanks dad.

Guess I better to get medication, and then sleep...
Yes, sleep, even though I just woke up.