Poorly

Whenever I detect the onset of a head cold/sore throat, my home remedies are megadosing on vitamin C, rubbing tea tree oil into the neck lymph node areas, and prolonged gargling with Listerine. I've done all that and I still feel poorly.

Blame a temperature drop of seven degrees (Celsius) in a matter of days. The chill winds flowing between the skyscrapers evoke the flawed sci-fi movie "Slipstream". Or, as it's known in the Philippines, "Slipstream: Bounty Hunter 2000".