Online Class Notes (Olivia)

COVID 19

COVID is a pandemic

pandemic – is a wide spread disease/virus globally

I had a low fever a week ago, and I felt that I recovered from the fever very quickly.

I still had some other flu-like symptoms after the fever, like light sore throat, stuffed nose

After 3 days, I started to lose my taste and 1 day later, I lost my smell too 🙁

I was shocked because I saw someone smoking nearby but I couldn’t smell the smoke!!!

I felt very weird I also lost my appetite.

vaccines – precautionary methods

whole body was aching, backache, sore muscles

ache – v  – less serious, long term. chronic disease ( diabetes )

my body aches, my back aches, ankle aches

headache, backache, heartache

pain – n – in pain. – more serious, see doctor

I’m in a lot of pain.

painful – adj – specific body part – chest pain

hurt – v – light – don’t need to see doctor/hospital

my lips hurt –

vomiting, seasick, nausea, 

tastebud– vi

tongue burns –

mid-autumn festival

texture – mooncake tasting like clay

chaotic – not very well organised – the introduction of the ban and the lifting of the ban

variant  – variant of the virus

symptoms: light/strong

appetite – the feeling to eat, bon appetite!

smell and taste!! 🙁

WLB – work life balance

I am always work-driven and I always realize my sense of achievement and sense of value at work, I used to always work overtime and would feel that if I wasn’t achieving my goal or if I didn’t achieve the timeline, I would feel like a failure.

So I quit my job near the end of 2021 because I was tired of the overwhelming workload and a lack of balance in life.

3 years of lockdown limited my ability to travel abroad. Travelling is the best cure for stress for me, so locking down caused me to lose my WLB.

I decided to learn something new, like swimming, cycling and driving. Now I feel very empowered after learning those skills and I can take myself to further destinations if needed for work. I was also learning English at the time and I took an IELTS test.

Now I feel that WLB is very important to me, if the work takes a big part in your life, you will feel meaningless if you encounter failures. So you discover that the things that used to be very important can destroy you more. Hence, finding the right balance in life is essential for achieving better results at both work and for leisure.

Introduce some of your learnings in your Chinese meds podcasts 

To what extent would you recommend CM to your friends!!!

Chinese meds – effective? magical? mystical? mysterious?