Got another pack of meds and a MC today. The blocked nose on Monday evolved into a runny nose and the cough hasn’t subsided.

If there’s any consolation, my condition isn’t as bad as Gary Cao. He sounds like Zeng Zhiwei! Absolutely hilarious. Video here.

Mum’s comfort food came in the form of MEE SUA! Complete with two red eggs, liver and kidney. And an ang pow too!

Happy *coughs* Lunar *coughs* Birthday *coughs coughs* to me!

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I drove out of the office at 10.10am, deciding nothing could be more important than getting to sleep- so that the immune system can concentrate on its task to purge whatever’s in there. As I started to cough madly at a traffic light junction, I made an unplanned turn to the clinic. I talk for a living and cannot afford to let the condition worsen lah.

I should be in bed but I’m stuck in a vicious cycle of self-hydrating and dehydrating. Drink, pee, drink, pee, drink, pee, drink, pee, drink, pee… …

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2. I should have slept immediately when I reached home. I shouldn’t have watched 溏心风暴之家好月圆 till 6am… Or I wouldn’t have got out of bed at 2pm and messed up my biological clock.

3. I should have went out to get a healthier dinner, instead of ordering pizza as my first meal of the day at 6pm… A thunderstorm is not an excuse.

4. I should have watched the Olympics Closing sitting up straight… Or I wouldn’t have dozed off in bed at 8.25pm. Only weaklings would repeatedly blame the weather.

5. I shouldn’t have surfed channels in a semi conscious state at 10.30pm… Or I wouldn’t be wide awake after watching the hilarious Army Daze on Arts Central.

It’s 4.20am and I haven’t closed my eyes yet.

The only thing I achieved this weekend, apart from the Chen Shuhua special that I’m pretty pleased with, is ’seeing my territory grow as I got more sleek at smuggling pirated VCDs and stealing cars’ in 古惑仔：Street Wars－ my favourite Facebook application at the moment. I need many more credits before I can ‘own a hotel and a casino’!

I know I shouldn’t pile up on the calories after the pizza last night, but I’m really tempted to get my favourite Sausage McMuffin with Egg before going to work. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s MONDAY!

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The 29th Summer Olympics officially closes tonight. It could the proximity of the Games, or zero time difference, or the emergence of new media tools and the efforts by traditional media owners like MediaCorp and SPH to step up coverage to counter new media threats. Singaporeans seemed to be particularly engrossed with the Olympics that is less than 5,000 km away from us.

I casually joked on air that I aspire to be MediaCorp’s representative for the London Games coverage, but I think 4 years is too short a time for me to fulfill this goal… Unless Qiu Shengyang trains me the way China trains their athletes.

Anyway, we did a poll on Friday morning and asked WRM listeners who their favourite athletes were, or who created the deepest impression. (No point asking who they thought had the best performance since no one came close to the achievements of Michael Phelps. )

While consolidating the votes for 奥运万人迷, I was tempted to choose Guo Jing Jing, for I totally agreed with what Mark Richmond said on Today in Beijing, “She only has to stand there, and she’ll get at least an 8 (without executing any dives).”

In the end, my choice was Zou Kai, 20 year old gymnast from Sichuan, China.

It was reported that no one expected the youngest member of the team, affectionately known as 小眯哥, to grab a gold in his debut. Not only did he ascend on the podium with his mates for the team category, he went on to claim two individual golds. With Michael Phelps dominating the medal tally with 8 golds, 4 other athletes trail behind with 3 golds each. Zou Kai is the only Chinese and Asian in that elite list this year, alongside Stephanie Rice (Australia) , Chris Hoy (Britain) and Usain Bolt (Jamaica).

The intensive training he received translated into extended periods away from home. When the 512 Earthquake hit his hometown, Zou Kai desperately wanted to return from Beijing. It was only after his coaches and family repeatedly told him that he had “more important things to accomplish“, that he continued his training. Poor boy.

In Athens 2004, Liu Xiang was named National Flag Bearer for the Closing Ceremony because of his breakthrough in the 110m Hurdles event. Will Zou Kai hold Chinese’s Flag this evening at the Bird’s Nest as the most bemedalled Chinese Athlete this year? We’ll find out tonight. The Ceremony will be shown ‘live’ on Channel 5 from 8pm.

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Royston Tan and Liu Lingling were in the studios on Thursday morning to talk about their new movie 12 LOTUS. Apart from presenting me with an autographed copy of their ‘881 to 12 Lotus’ Pictorial Book, they left me with three copies to giveaway online.

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