Intro... and I thought for a while what to put here about me. :) What do you wanna know? I am just a simple guy working in an IT Company handling Operations and Project Management. I'm also going through a torturous 16 months "express" double degree course at Kaplan APMI - Murdoch University. In this blog, you will basically find alot of nonsense from me. I like to complain and yes I complain alot but for things that are not right. If you know me well enough then you will know that I always complain for a reason :D otherwise I am just like any quiet guy next door starring at the laptop screen. This blog details my daily experiences as well as my training for my runs. I have taken an interest in running since last year and I am working towards completing a Marathon this year... Do feel free to comment or message me I will definitely reply and if you need to email me, feel free to drop your emails to terencetkp@gmail.com!     >> 吳克群 - 越愛越難過 >> Do Do Re Re Mi Mi Re Do >> retail therapy >> Dinner with Ivan + Brewerks >> Start of a new Trimester soon >> Examinations Saga: Kaplan APMI vs Murdoch BIS1 >> Additional Post - Service Standards? >> Feedback Session >> Gan Bei! >> new bag!   >> November 2007 >> December 2007 >> January 2008 >> February 2008 >> March 2008 >> April 2008 >> May 2008 >> June 2008 >> July 2008 >> August 2008 >> September 2008 >> October 2008   >> SG Runners >> May My Run >> Bad Guys Win	Sunday, May 4, 2008 //irritating rashes - hives Yup.. Tomorrow it's back to work day... I hope I have already charged up enough energy to face all the stuffs that are waiting for me back in office. Tomorrow is also the start of a new school term, but I have yet to have any materials with me to bring along for classes as (ahem... ) yeah.. Recently the rashes that I have been getting last year and the year before is back to haunt me. I have been getting hives during the months of April to June and I'm pretty sure its because of the hot weather that is causing it. Other than that, I won't have it in other months. Hives (Urticaria & Angioedema) is a very irritating thing and its taking over control of my life during April to June. It will come and go without any warning.. sometimes it lasts for an hour.. sometimes a day.. and I will usually take zyrtec to get rid of them (actually not really getting rid of it but more of to stop the itch). The red swellings and spot will still be visible till it automatically disappears by itself. Hives is something that has no known cause.. so it can be anything or nothing that causes it.. but for me I noticed that its occuring during the period of April to June and usually its when the weather is extremely hot so I assume my body is not able to take the heat ba.. I have seen my doctors several times before and usually get the same kinda answer that I can find by googling about it.. haha. The only serious one that happened was when I had a full body outbreak of hives.. which covered the whole area of my chest, legs and hands and I was feeling breathless (and that is one serious case of hives when you starts to get breathless). I went to a 24 hours clinic for treatment and was prescribed with steriods. The doctor then wanted to give me a jab for immediate effect BUT i refused because.. its the first time I am seeing him and he just don't look professional enough.. considering the fact that he was watching DVD prior to seeing me.. I took the steroids plus zyrtec that he had prescribed to me.. and ended up having gastric pain the next day.. :( Anyway below is a picture of how it looks like one of my hands... and I'm actually having it now while blogging about it. I hope this will go off soon.. its affecting my life because people look at me as though I am some skin disease sufferer.. and it can get bery back when its red and big and swelling... Its also affecting my life because the itch makes me wanna scratch and I ended up having scratch marks on my body.. and I'm unable to concentrate at work / study when its really very itchy... so HIVES please go away soon.. COOL weather please come soon. posted by Terence @ 11:47 PM| comments? (0)