What happens when it's the weekend and there's a vaccination schedule available at your local area? Well it becomes a blockbuster! 😂 You know why? Well just like Spiderman: No Way Home ticket lines in Cebu three days ago, the line to get vaccinated was super loooong. Wow I never experienced that in the first and second dose until today. 😂
I don't know why the line was super long that it reached one of the nearby buildings and up the second floor and around the long corridor. 😂 If my phone camera was working I would have taken lots of pics and videos. Sadly it mostly doesn't work anymore. 😅
The venue for getting vaccinated in our district is an elementary school. Once inside the school grounds we were told to fill up a form first. We then get told to go to the open area where there's a big stage or something. When I got there I saw a line so I followed it. I didn't ask where the end was. I just walked towards hopefully the end of the long line but then it went inside a building and up the stairs!!! What?!? 😂
When I got up the stairs I thought that was it. Oh but no... At the second floor, the line goes all the way to the end of the corridor (which is like the distance if you stick two buildings together). I dunno, it was lengthy and I had to walk for a few minutes to get to the end. 😂 Overall it took me almost two hours before I was able to go home.
The first time I was vaccinated against the Corona virus, yes the line was long but just enough. On the second dose there was just a short one, like almost no one around if you compare it to the first time I went there.
Suddenly I experienced such a line like I was watching a blockbuster movie in a mall cinema. 😂 Feels like I also watched Spiderman except I won't be going home as a possible sure carrier of the virus. 😂
Despite the number of people in line we were able to practice social distancing. The sad part is, people cut lines whenever they had an opportunity to do so. Tsk tsk. There was even an older man who thought he "duped" me with his modus operandi. I just let him get in front of me because what the heck we'd all get vaccinated anyway.
Of course I grilled him. He was saying excuses he could not prove. He was obviously older than me, maybe in his 50's and yet he was acting that way. Just this once I let someone cut in front of me, giving him the benefit of the doubt. I could have gone in front of him and let the person behind me deal with him but nah. I am done with arguing over little things. I am too tired of such petty and energy sapping things. Ugh.
I will fight over something bigger and worth it rather than something trivial like that. The old guy was shameless enough to stay put so I let him. The people behind me didn't object so he stayed in front of me until we all got to the screening area. (Ah this is why good people can become doormats and/or accomplices to evil deeds.)
Next time I will just step in front of the person who cut in and not ask them any questions why they're doing it. No arguments or whatsoever if I do that right?
Before that, when we were at the second floor I informed an old woman who looked like a senior citizen to fall in line and pointed her to the right direction. She wasn't aware there was a longer line once she got on top of the stairs where we were in line. The woman in front of me repeated what I said to her and so senior woman turned to go there. As she walked away I kinda felt guilty because if she was that old she shouldn't have gone up the stairs like us. She should have gone to the senior/priority lane where they were giving the shots.
Why did they let her come up and fall in line? We only made loud comments but didn't ask her as she was already walking away. Since I was tired of my life I just let it be. I watched as she went past the end of the line and ended up talking to some random person further at the front of the line. Perhaps they told her she should go down or something. Don't know what happened. I lost track of her since I also looked to see how the line at the ground floor was going.
After I felt the ant bite-like jab, that was it. I didn't feel the usual heavy arms/shoulders thing afterwards. This is so unlike the first two. I don't feel sore at all. Huh, I'm wondering if I was really vaccinated because I do not feel anything. No side effect, no pain or whatever. It's like nothing happened. 😂
I got the Astra Zeneca booster shot and as of this writing it's been almost 6 hours since. And nothing! I don't feel like I got vaccinated at all! Whut the... 😮
The first and second jabs made my arm feel sore. I had Sinovac. This time I do not feel a thing at all. No flu symptoms, no pain, nothing. Was I really jabbed at all? I have no idea. Haha. Anyway I am thankful there is no adverse effect on my body so far.
I ate brunch. Before I went out of the house I decided to drink Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate). And then I also thought of drinking a teaspoon of virgin coconut oil just for the heck of it. You never know, it might prevent me from experiencing any side effects right?
No I didn't want to drink any paracetamol even if have one that's about to expire. Despite the panic buying of many people yesterday because of the widespread seasonal flu, I don't drink medicine until I absolutely have to.
Did that have anything to do with me not feeling any symptoms or pain or whatever? I have no idea. I actually felt hungry while I was still at the school because of course I only had breakfast and didn't bring any food or water with me. Didn't think I would be in such a "blockbuster event" you know.
Well life goes on after getting jabbed. Before going home I went to buy some toasted siopao because I was starving. Oh and I also got a haircut! Finally! No more long hair or pony tails! Oh I feel amazing. Hahaha. I'm back to short hair again.
And then I went and bought some buy 1 take 1 Burger Machine burgers. Yes I still eat them from time to time whenever I pass by their food stands. And remember, I was hungry enough to eat anything I see.
Of course I didn't forget to buy the ointment for that infection/allergy. My gosh this is a stubborn skin disease huh. But it looks like it is almost gone now. Just one more week and I hope it will be gone forever!
A quick trip to the grocery and then I rode a tricycle home. Oh yeah. That's it.
2 hours since I started writing this and I stretched my body which of course includes my arms. Guess what, I felt a bit of the soreness where they put the needle in. Haha!
How about your booster shot story, how different was it from mine?
XOXO,
P. S. Last night I couldn't sleep because I had the chills. Lol. Astra Zeneca side effects is real. 😂 Had to drink medicine so I could sleep otherwise I would be awake and shivering until morning maybe.
Old people photos from Pixabay.
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