Worst Day Ever (Mai Yuen's Diary)

Didn't go anywhere today.  Didn't have the heart to.  I was sick.

Once again, the nightmares have proved the better of me.  Last night, dreamt of giant hands grabbing me before tearing me into little pieces and setting me on fire.  I could feel the skin being set alight, the flaying as it burned off, then my muscle and bone...  Woke up screaming in the middle of the night and my legs were so shaky I could barely stand up to get myself a glass of water.  Why are my dreams so vivid?

Went back to sleep again, not that I slept well for the rest of the night.  Woke up and took my medication with tea.

I think I've developed an allergic reaction to it.  I've never had a problem with it before, but today... I was so sick!  I got a splitting headache almost immediately after taking the pill.  Felt sick all day.  I don't know how best to describe it, but Gerald Durrell sums it up pretty nicely in his book - It felt as if my brains were pregnant.

Couldn't leave the hotel room.  Spent the rest of the day lying in bed groaning and drinking a lot of water.  Maybe those people from yesterday were onto something when they told me the medicine would kill me.  I certainly FELT like I was dying.  Maybe it's an unknown side effect.  Maybe it's something else.  Whatever it was, it certainly put a damper on my day.

Didn't eat a single bite all day, so stopped by the little English pub across the street from the hotel in the afternoon, but they were closed.  I did notice that they had put a lot of effort into decorating the place.  That little ship in a bottle that has storms in it is reminiscent of Disney World's Adventurer's Club, except it was much better - more detailed.  I almost swear I could see little sailors running about the ship's surface.

Turns out that Mr Hunter, that annoying blue man I met yesterday works at the pub.  His swearing at my coming into the pub wasn't very polite.  As if he thinks I'm deaf.  I'll bet he's racist.

Left the pub and went for a walk along the Waterfront, then headed back to the Hotel.

Hopefully I'll dream better tonight.