the land below the wind

I'm going to try to get back to "normal blogging". But as this blog is my baby, I sure as hell will be writing down my thoughts too.

So, just before the Covid-19 issue escalated in Malaysia (JUST before the tabligh cluster was found), my family went to Sabah for a mini vacation. terrible timing, I know. I did mention to my parents to take things seriously, but at that point it wasn't "widespread" enough and they didn't really want to listen to me. so, I did the best I could and forced everyone to wear masks and also stocked up on a shit ton of sanitizer.

we arrived in Sabah -  sometime in March, I can't recall the exact date. flight, of course. and checked in to our hotel room (of 2 days). That day, we had Jollibee for dinner.

I have to be honest, Jollibee is crap. probably a 2 or 1 out of 10 for me. maybe its better if you eat beef???? but honestly, everything else is MEH as heck. no regrets trying it out though. 

After dinner, we headed to the Gaya Night Market (at least, I think that's what it's called). It was a  nice walk and I loved the Sabah markets. I just love walking through places like a tourist, it's really fun to me. 

I didn't take toooo many pics, but these are some of it. Anchovies are so so cheap in Sabah!!! My mom was already planning to buy a bunch on our last night there (we were supposed to stay for a week). Following our stroll, my mom wanted to get some cake from Secret Recipe, which we did. And I got tea (of course!). 

I took a pic of the tea bag cus it was really good tea! still can't find the brand though. 

That pretty much summed up our first day. Until well,,, the next day where I had horrible period cramps. no joke, I was puking and had cold sweat the entire day. my cousin (who is a doctor in Sabah) had to come check on me. we were lowkey concerned that it would be Covid-19. at that point, I wanted to fucking die. I was truly suffering. 

in the end, I got admitted into the hospital. it was super scary. hospitals are already scary in general, but to be admitted in one during the covid-19 situation AND somewhere so foreign, I was terrified. but they gave me drops, vomiting mediation, some shots and I was all good after. the nurse kept calling me... some name that meant "girl" in Sabahan. she was really really nice and I appreciate all healthcare workers so much. the nurses were so comforting and accomodating to my fear, altho they had more serious cases to work on. the doctors were pretty cold, as usual. but bless the nurses. 

hospital views LOL. but get this, me getting admitted into the hospital wasn't even the craziest part of this trip. but that'll be a story for another day :)