The reveal of what happened during CNY

So if you've read my last entry, you'd notice this plastic tube thingy sticking out of my hand ~ that's the key to the explanation as to why I was not in the office the first 2 days after the 1 week Chinese New Year break like I was supposed to.

It started off with a little update on Facebook - my telling the world that I was not feeling too great after coming back from my little escapade from Penang (which I'll elaborate on shortly). I had a swollen lymphnode on the right side of my throat which was irritating the life out of me. Saw the doc and was told that I've got a temperature... the next day, it got worse and finally on the 2nd day, I couldn't take it no more as my temperature was fluctuating, I was having cold sweat, I felt lethargic, my eyeballs hurt - I was showing signs of having Dengue!

It was Saturday when I saw the specialist, got my blood tested and was told that there's definitely an infection but the doctor was unsure what. As for the dengue test, it was negative but he did mention that it could be too early for the virus to show - it'd be best to return for another test in another 3 days. I was sent home with some meds and a bill of over 600 ringgit!

Sunday came and it was torturous, I couldn't get out of bed, I was constantly tired, feverish, not feeling great, zero appetite (which is absolutely strange coming from me) and I was losing weight (Yay! to some people :P) but I was feeling HORRIBLE.

Monday I went to the doc and was given some additional antibiotics to expand it's range of treatment and that was IT! Honestly that was the cure - I felt like a king the following morning, had the 1st EVER proper sleep in days and was no longer having fluctuating temperatures!

My second blood test results came out on Tuesday and true enough, it was cleared - SIGH.... what a relief... I called up the boss (Kak Anida) and told her I'd be back on Wednesday. So there, mystery solved. It was a case of REALLY REALLY bad VIRAL FEVER and sore throat. Given a choice I WOULD NEVER EVER EVER want to be in a situation like that again.

Hope I haven't bored the life out of you... but as promised, here are the pictures from my Penang / Chinese New Year trip! It was FOOOOOD GALORE BABY!

1st meal in Penang

Then it was the 1st Char Kuey Teow - Ah Leng (the best one in Penang and Malaysia and the World was closed so we went for the Pulau Tikus one)



Then we headed on to having the BEST EVER Goreng Pisang in Penang and Malaysia and the world - on the way up Batu Ferringhi






While chomping on crispy, lightly fried pisang - it was time for DURIAN right within the mountains of Batu Ferringhi!



Then on to a hilltop where we savoured not only fresh air but fruit rojak...




With our bellies still able to store more - we headed for Cendol!




Then finally ending the day with super massive awesome ding-a-ling-a-ling seafood <- and no, that's not the restaurant's name :P 

  

Oh no, it didn't end there as we decided to have MORE seafood - traveling from one end of Penang to another - we found the best shellfish stall when it comes to cooking shellfish! 

In that last picture, you see that HUGE mountain of shells there? I ate all of those :) The following day, it was HELLO PENANG and an empty stomach! 1st stop, the infamous, the most ding-a-ling-a-dong - Ah Leng Char Kuey Teow... just checkout the size of the prawns!

Then straight to Penang's famous - Prawn Mee! 

  

Then as we almost tearily left Penang for Kuala Lumpur, we did a quick stop in Kampar for it's famous Ice Kacang! 

  

Apparently, the shops been operating longer than I've been around in the world! If that wasn't enough, the entire Fly team had this yesterday... YEEEEEEEEEE SANG! 

Now is that food or is that food... okay, I promise I shall not lay my hand on food at the very least for the next 2 minutes... :) Got a comment? Drop it below! Have an awesome weekend!