Eeeeks!! Don't you just resent those allergies??
I got my very first allergy when I was in Tulsa, OK in spring. Man,
the pollen floated in the air, drifting idylly by the open window
of the beaten-up ol' Cadillac my American friend was driving. I
thought, wow... like some dreamy anime in slow-mo... so
beautiful...
And then, I kena nasty allergies! 
Worse, I was at the tail-end of a flu I had caught here in SG. So,
flu plus allergies, yucks. My nose felt like something inside it
had swelled up. 
Probably some kinda sinusitis. Bad, man!
Does the stress of the job get to me? Yes. It does. And that's when
my support circle of mom and friends come into the picture.
Well, nowadays, my friends are mostly too busy or too far away for
me, so, it's other stuff... like... erm... like... oh hell! No
replacements!! No wonder I'm getting cranky and a bit psychotic
these days! 
