Date: 24.08.2008
Time: 11:11 a.m.
It feels so good to be able to breathe through my nose again! Seriously, I’d missed the feeling so much for the last five days that I’d wondered if I’d ever feel the rush of air moving unhindered through unclogged airways ever again. Anyone who has suffered a blocked nose (with other ailments) for more than two days at a stretch will agree, I’m sure, for the nose is beautiful, in more ways than just what concerns vanity. It gives you a sense of proportion, it gives you a sense of the flavours and fragrances around you, without which your life lacks the zest and aroma it needs to go on living in all wellness. The nose … helps you smell tea!
The most disheartening bit about having a blocked nose, or breathing with the help of nasal decongestants apart from the nasal twang in your otherwise chirpy voice is the lack of olfactory ability. I mean, imagine this: you’ve made yourself a cup of Earl Grey, which smells lovely, by the way, and you realise that you can’t smell one molecule of it! I almost had a panic attack, pondering over all sorts of possibilities, ranging from the tea losing its fragrance on becoming old (I wonder if that actually possible …), to wily aliens zapping up all the scents in the vicinity as part of a fiendish plot to take over the planet, till I asked around for confirmation and came to the conclusion that it was I who had lost the sense of smell.
Sad, very sad indeed. Therefore, when I woke up this morning and noticed that I could breathe again, my joy knew no bounds! It was like taking in a whiff of fresh air after ages spent in a polluted city, like having the overpowering smell of tranquillity lull you into submission, like the happiness felt by oxygen molecules as they pass through a phlegm and mucus-less nasal chamber into my lungs where they will be welcomed with open blood vessels, eager to carry this happy beacon to every cell. Yes, yes, I know I’m being a geek, go hang will you? I CAN BREATHE! Whee! XD
On a side note, I haven’t had a temperature for the last two days thankfully, so I may safely venture a little finger forward and greet the open outdoors with my customary zeal. Yayness!
End: 11:27 a.m.
Time: 11:11 a.m.
It feels so good to be able to breathe through my nose again! Seriously, I’d missed the feeling so much for the last five days that I’d wondered if I’d ever feel the rush of air moving unhindered through unclogged airways ever again. Anyone who has suffered a blocked nose (with other ailments) for more than two days at a stretch will agree, I’m sure, for the nose is beautiful, in more ways than just what concerns vanity. It gives you a sense of proportion, it gives you a sense of the flavours and fragrances around you, without which your life lacks the zest and aroma it needs to go on living in all wellness. The nose … helps you smell tea!
The most disheartening bit about having a blocked nose, or breathing with the help of nasal decongestants apart from the nasal twang in your otherwise chirpy voice is the lack of olfactory ability. I mean, imagine this: you’ve made yourself a cup of Earl Grey, which smells lovely, by the way, and you realise that you can’t smell one molecule of it! I almost had a panic attack, pondering over all sorts of possibilities, ranging from the tea losing its fragrance on becoming old (I wonder if that actually possible …), to wily aliens zapping up all the scents in the vicinity as part of a fiendish plot to take over the planet, till I asked around for confirmation and came to the conclusion that it was I who had lost the sense of smell.
Sad, very sad indeed. Therefore, when I woke up this morning and noticed that I could breathe again, my joy knew no bounds! It was like taking in a whiff of fresh air after ages spent in a polluted city, like having the overpowering smell of tranquillity lull you into submission, like the happiness felt by oxygen molecules as they pass through a phlegm and mucus-less nasal chamber into my lungs where they will be welcomed with open blood vessels, eager to carry this happy beacon to every cell. Yes, yes, I know I’m being a geek, go hang will you? I CAN BREATHE! Whee! XD
On a side note, I haven’t had a temperature for the last two days thankfully, so I may safely venture a little finger forward and greet the open outdoors with my customary zeal. Yayness!
End: 11:27 a.m.
1 comment:
"Silver Skylark is smelling again! :D" xP xD
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