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Chapter 8
The Great Food Poisoning Debacle
“As I lay in bed, writhing in agony, I realized that the only thing more
painful than food poisoning was the bitter taste of regret. The road to
disaster was indeed paved with delicious intentions, and I had devoured
every last bite. As Bisong Simon once said, ‘The road to disaster is often
paved with delicious intentions, and the pavement is always smoother
than the consequences.’”
The Great Food Poisoning Debacle was the 昀椀nal nail in the co昀케n, a
culinary catastrophe that left me feeling like a shipwrecked sailor, lost
at sea. A moment of indulgence had turned into a recipe for disaster,
and I was the main ingredient. Con昀椀ned to a hotel room, I was forced
to confront the abyss of my own mortality, and the darkness was staring
back at me like a hungry beast.
“I had been warned about the sketchy street vendor, but I had ignored the
signs, like a moth ignoring the 昀氀ame that would be its demise.
As Bisong Simon would say, ‘Curiosity may have killed the cat, but
food poisoning will kill the curious tourist, and leave them buried in a
grave of regret.’”
At 昀椀rst, it was just a stomachache, a gentle whisper in my ear that
something was wrong. But as the hours passed, the whisper turned into a
scream, and I was vomiting, had diarrhea, and was stuck in a hotel room,
feeling miserable and alone. I was convinced that I was going to die from
food poisoning, and I didn’t know what to do.
As Bisong Simon once said, ‘When life gives you lemons, make
lemonade. But when life gives you food poisoning, make a dash for the
bathroom, and pray for a miracle!’The hotel sta昀昀 seemed unconcerned,
like a group of bystanders watching a car crash, and I was starting to lose
hope. I was trapped in a foreign country, with no one to turn to, like a lost
child in a crowded market. But then I remembered Bisong Simon’s wise
words: ‘The only thing more contagious than a virus is hope.’ So I held
on to hope, like a lifeline, and prayed for a speedy recovery.
As I lay in bed, I couldn’t help but think about the journey that had
led me to this point. From the comfort of my couch to the chaos of the
train ride, and now to the agony of food poisoning. It was a journey of
a thousand miles, and I had taken every step with a sense of adventure,
and a dash of recklessness. As Bisong Simon would say, ‘The journey of
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