“If you take medicine the cold will go away in 7 days, if you do not it will go away in 1 week” – My 12th Std Biology teacher. That was the only time I smiled in his class, rest of the time I would be sleeping or keeping myself awake dreaming of college just a few months away and how liberating it would be.
Anyway this post is about my cold. It always hits me when I least want ( as if anyone will want to get cold ). A big release, an important interview, a vacation, a family get together – it is always there to give me company. I have tinnitus ( like everyone’s hero Guy Kawasaki ) and it gets worse during cold – meaning – 1.5 of my hearing will be out of service for this period.
I have tried all things. Pranayama, Running, Walking, Japanese shower, Orange juice, Nuts, Fruits, quit smoking ( even though I don’t smoke 😉 ) – and also doing none of these – still the cold gives me a visit without fail. I have been fighting this battle since my earliest memory – still no respite.
I have decided what legacy I want to leave behind to this world. You would have guessed it by now. I will create this wonder drug. I have even named it : HAWT ( hawt always work terrifically – recursive name 😉 ). However it will not fight cold – it is useless to fight cold. It is like writing a software to replace Excel.
Instead, HAWT will fight all the symptoms cold brings – headache, loss of apetite, stuffy nose, runny nose, itchy nose, mild cough, dry cough, teary eyes, sore throat, mild fever. HAWT is designed to do precisely drugs are not supposed to do : that is to just take care of the symptom.
So where do I download cold APIs – want to start working on my legacy.
