AHEM..... COUGH!

During our stay in tekong, were were introduced the cough virus. It's a wet cough variant where by you cough out yellow phlegm. Where ever you go, whatever you do, it will always be there. And this is the reason why it takes ages to see the MO in tekong. It's not just your company, but other companies as well. It's also not just your batch, but all other batches as well.

Many different people has come up with many different reason fr the cause of this virus. Some common speculation is that wet clothes were hung inside the bunk, therefore, tiny water droplets amoung the air in the bunk get breath into out lungs while we sleep. Another common reason is that we are staying very very close to the sea, therefore, the air has lots of water droplets which was breath into out lungs during the night. Even the water cooler was suspected. It's filter was not cleaned regularly, therefore, it breeds all kinds of baterica at a great amount and that we drink all the bacteria. Another one is that it gets too hot in the day and it gets too cold in the night, therefore, our delicate city breed lungs are not strong enough to withstand the great temperature change. Therefore, the cough.

Whatever the reason is, it does have a impact. During our daily night RO, the RO was read out with lots of coughing in the background. For every PT lesson or drill lessons, there is enough attn B personels in the company to form a platoon 5. Wherever you go, someone will be coughing. Without fail.

And they spread very easily. Here's a true account of one such case that happened to me.

I had that cough and went to see the MO. Since then, for everyday, 3 times a day, i had to take medicine for my cough and the phlegm. And i took my cough syrup with the table spoon i took secretly from the cook house and kept it in my cupboard. And soon, it came to a situation where my buddy got hungary one night and cook a packet of instant noodles to eat. Without a fork or a spoon of his own, he borrowed my fork and the very spoon that i used to eat my cough syrup with. Despite my warning, he still took it and used it for his meal claiming that his immune system is strong.

The very next day, he had the cough and soon needed to see the MO.

Soon after, my cough got for the better while his cough got bad. And one day during IFC training, my same buddy's water bottle ran out of water and brrowed my water bottle to drink from it. After drinking from it, he returned it to me and i put it back in my own SBO. Not long after, i grew thirsty and became too tired to think. Been so, i unknowing took out that waterbottle that i shared with my buddy eariler to have a drink from it.

The very next day, i had the cough and soon needed to see the MO. Again.

Such were the power of the tekong cough. One natural remedy for it is to drink a hot drink every night before bed time. It warms up the lungs and keep you healthy. Though it was just another myth, i took the advice anyway and did it faithfully every night and it does seems to work.