okinawa travels part 1

so touchdown in osaka to catch a connecting flight to okinawa and thats where the trouble started. i developed a sudden high fever, runny nose, and bad cough. diarrhoea would come along later.

so the first day in okinawa i didnt do much actually, lay in bed with icepacks all over me trying to bring my temperature down from the 40.7 on the thermometer.so i just slept and slept and slept till it was dinner and i forced some tempura soba into my mouth and some medicine before plonk! back to sleep.

interestingly though, the medicine i took tasted quite good. no kidding. it was like panadol. but sugar-coated panadol. a pretty good idea actually. especially for kids, or whiny teenagers like me.

the temperature eventually came down and now my temperature is a much safer 37.8. and my appetite's back to normal, so all's good. went to the supermarket and bought lotsa cups of instant noodles. tonkotsu ramen, tan-tan men, supa-spicy ramen, niku udon...the list goes on. a total of 11 cups i bought. and i've already finished 3 cos when i regained my appetite i realised i was really hungry.

another interesting thing about japan. their toiletbowls. i mean i'm sure all of you would have heard of the jets that wash your ass after your b-2 bomber drops the atomic bomb/s. as you can see, im not being very sensitive. but much more sensitive was my ass. i got a rather rude shock when i experimented with the buttons at the side of the toiletbowl as i tried to get the jet to spray my behind. there were 4 levels of water strength and i did not know which one was the strongest, and which one the weakest. so i decided to just pick the top one, and unfortunately it was the strongest one, which kinda hurt actually. so i immediately switched to the weakest level and it really is kinda comfortable. push the right buttons and it gives you a royal ass treatment that cannot be bettered by anyone/anything besides roland. haha

also, u know those rather embarrassing noises in the cubicles when you go about your business? trust the japs to come up with a music player next to the toiletbowl which can play either a flushing sound or loud bird chirping sounds to drown out your "sound effects"

visited all my relatives yesterday, and today im gonna go see the okinawa aquarium. great. wonder if i can eat the fish. haha

till next time. sayonara