can pigs fly? well, the Swine "Flu"!
Published by Pooja under on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
First of all, sorry about the PJ title...not that I can help it! If you've been around me enough then you are probably used to PJs but I'll get to the point now :P
Well yesterday, I noticed that theres a balance of about $200 in my US student bank account! I had absolutely NO idea! Not that I'm complaining...finding out about money in your account is always nice but then it sucks that I didnt know about it! I mean I havent even accessed that account in over 6 months but thats not an excuse..I kinda deserved the lecture about "responsibility" from Mom and Dad :( Getting back to the topic...so I've been hunting for ATMs around town which will let me withdraw the money(apparently, not all ATMs will)..its a gruelling job. Today I finally found a machine that would and I asked the bank person to help me out and the moment I said "NRI account"..he jumped about 2 feet in the air and hurriedly put on his N95 mask!! Just an example of how scared people are!(That was my point really..sorry about the rant but I thought it was necessary! :P)
So then it took me about 5 minutes to convince him that I wasnt infected..I've been in Mumbai way before the pandemic started and he finally believed me. As for the money, I havent been able to withdraw it yet :( hopefully, I will be able to before my account closes(yeah, I authorized the bank to close my account at the end of August!and didnt even know I had any balance left in it....Genius, I know >_< )
As for the Flu, yes I understand that it is contagious and its serious but the mortality rate is only about 0.01%! Theres no reason to get insanely freaked out...Sure, you must take the necessary precautions but I guess if you've got a decent immune system, you should be fine. Remember the Avian flu and SARS viruses a while ago? Humans eventually developed immunity to them so I guess it'll happen again. We are quite a tenacious species as we've proved several times over. It'll all get better...always does! Take care people...and wear your masks! Adios for now!
5 comments:
i think d "SWINE FLU" subject hs bin hyped unnecessarily..... u cn find ppl talkin abt it evrywhr (wid dose masks on).. i cnt understand d reason behind all dis though....
so true...no need to panic.but this holiday is so nice yaar..
speaking of pigs, now that we have a break please watch the movie "Babe"(if u havent seen it already)! its about an absolutely adorable little piglet named "Babe" lol! A must see! :D
*muffle muffle*zhworgbbin bushworgbin*...
oops! had my "swine flu" mask on! :P
Man,how hopelessly hyped can ppl get over unnecessary media elaboration >_<...
btw,agree with saty,and yeah "babe" is a must watch!
ohh...whn it cums to holiday ppl we get it frequently...whn it rains heavily in Mumbai..o whn Raj Thakrey's MNS does some crap out in the streets....this holiday adds to those list.
and now about swine FLU cum on dese media ppl need to find some other news to fill their so called "estimable paper" as i had always told to write it while writing a letter to an editor to publish in their newspaper. i totally agree that it is scaring ppl. most of them hardly kno wat is swine flu n how does one get the flu. thus al those..omg where the mask dont gather at places where there are maNY ppl....
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