Ajisai

Geeze... I never know its English name Hydrangea! Oh well, I'm only ESL. (Stop using it as an excuse!)

Anyway, the point is the colour shift in these photos. Pretty bad, eh? Neither one shows the correct colour. (Although I tried fixing it in Photoshop, there's only so much I can do.) When I focus on the Pinky, the camera shifts the hue towards it. So the one on the left is tinted orange, and the other one blue. Yeah, it's about 5 years old, but still takes good enough pictures. (Except for a few dead pixels, and too bulky.)

BTW, the rash around my mouth has calmed down a bit. The itching stopped. Last night it was pealing quite badly. Normal skin texture hasn't return yet. And the area has become darker. Sigh... I seriously hope this is not permanent.

Infected?

Did a little research on Metronidazole. As far as I know, my rash was caused by expired lip balm. Why did my doctor give me that cream? It's for bacterial infection! If this doesn't get better by Monday, I'm gonna trash his office. (Just kidding.) But the mosquito bites are still looking like bruises, although the swelling has gone down.

Durian

Durian... You either really love it, or really hate it. Well, I love it but not crazy about it. The ones available locally are mostly frozen and no comparison to the fresh ones. Because they've been frozen, there's almost no smell. (Fresh ones smell pretty strong.) Frozen ones have one good thing, though. It's like eating ice-cream~!

Homework (fan)

I finally went to see my doctor about the rash started by the expired lip balm. He gave me some free sample of "anti-Rosacea" cream. (Wait a minute, I don't think I have Rosacea!) I asked to be referred to a dermatologist, but he said, they're gonna give you the same thing anyway. And of course he didn't give me the referral. Grrr... was that his male ego or was he trying to save money for the government on the expense of his patients? C'mon, it's on my face! Around my mouth! What if it leaves a scar of discoloration?

I've been using the Blistex jar stuff to keep the area moisten, for dryness leads to more itching. My doctor also told me to "switch" from Blistex to the cream. But it's supposed to be used twice daily only, and doesn't moisturize. Does he really know enough to treat this? Either way, I was agonizing at work.

My employer had some experience with skin problem too. So she recommended Cortisone cream or zinc cream for my rash. I ended up using the zinc cream because she strongly recommended it. But... but... it's actually a diaper rash cream! So... putting stuff on my face normally to be used on the butt...! And it smelled suspicious (as in "not fresh"). However, it did a better job on moisturizing. Not sure if it's actually curing the rash, though. Guess I'll find out in a day or two. (T_T)

Haircut

Finally got a hair cut today. It's been 6 months. As usual, the "nice fresh cut" look only lasted an hour. (>_<;)

One more bite...

... 2 inches below my belly button. How the heck did the mosquito bit through cloths? The allergy around the corner of my mouth flared up again. It's probably related to the bites.

Happy Canada day!

Road trip to Bridal Falls, Harrison Hot Spring, Hope, and Alexandria's Bridge. Thanks for driving, Steven! (^_^)

Bridal Falls was awesome! Lots of mosquitoes, though. Harrison Hot Spring was much smaller then I thought. (Forgot to take pictures... aaaargh!) Hope... I think I was asleep. Was that the railway tracks by the Fraser River? Alexandria's Bridge was interesting in a way that it leads to a dead end. There were people fishing and they were trying to sell us their catch. $20 a salmon. A good deal, but didn't think it would last the return trip without refrigeration.
... and some souvenirs from Bridal Falls. Aaaargh itching like hell~!!!!!! Can't imagine how bad it could get if I wasn't wearing a long sleeve shirt. The lower bite falls right on top of my old IV scar. It was quite unusual that these bites only turn red and swell up the next day.