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It's now 5 weeks post-PEP

The past few weeks have passed quite briefly actually. I'm glad that they didn't appear to be too long. 

Today is the 36th day since I finished PEP. I went to the sexual health clinic that's attached to the hospital that I went to that night, after that incident happened. 

I was surprised when the nurse said, 'Oh you did the right thing, I saw that you had PEP before'. I didn't expect the hospital to inform the sexual health clinic about the PEP thing, though they are affiliated. Anyway, luckily that she didn't pay attention to the date I got PEP, and I managed to get the free screening done. 

I've been having tests every week. Every day before the test day, I would be very anxious. It's normal I know. But the problem is the accumulated stress has put a lot of burden on my health. I started to have this gastric pain a few days ago, which prevented me from having good sleep. It got better yesterday morning, but I went out with friends in the afternoon and overloaded my stomach with all the Dim Sum and Frozen Yoghurt, and I started to have this bloated stomach last night. Should have been more careful. 

Also, been trying to be disciplined and wake up before 9 every morning to have breakfast. Otherwise, too much acid would be produced in the stomach. 

I remember being told that porridge/congee is good for the stomach, especially the 'porridge water'. So, after having a bowl of mixed intestines and liver and kidney congee in Chinatown for lunch, I walked to the nearby Bing Lee and bought myself a multipurpose rice cooker. 

I have been thinking about it for the past few days. I had a rice cooker before but it was a cheap one ($12?) and wasn't even able to cook good rice, so I threw it away last year probably. I like cooking a pot of things, all at the same time, so it's quick and easy.

It's made by Tefal and comes with a price tag of $129, already less than the RRP, but I managed to have it further reduced to $122. It's an Asian shop so bargaining is obligatory, haha. 




It comes with 8 programmed functions: white rice (fluffy, sticky, normal), brown rice, steam, congee, porridge, reheat, cake, etc. 

I cooked some porridge tonight and it was great. The texture of the rice, I mean. It was so smooth and consistent. As I am not a good cook and I am quite lazy when it comes to cooking, I did it the simplest way I could. 

Porridge
Pink Ling Fish fillet (1 slice, $2.24)
Soy sauce (made in Japan, organic), Salt, Sesame seed oil to marinate the fish
Ginger

It tasted quite bland, but ok la. Will try to cook minced pork plus salted egg porridge tomorrow. 



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  1. soul232July 9, 2013 at 2:19 AM

    throw in some vege also k =)

    *sounds like a nagging mom dy* hahaha

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    1. untold stories July 9, 2013 at 11:48 PM

      Haha, I did put in some vege today! Thanks for reminding!

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