Can you feel the pain?

Pain....moving to a place that has a very different environment that you are used to can be painful. Your body has to adapt to the the change....it has to "get acquainted" with new viruses....you lungs have to compensate with less oxygen due to the higher altitudes. But, praise be to Allah....I had endured that. May be I'm one of those people who have a high pain threshold. May be it's one of the gifts that Allah has given to me....and of course, I'm really, really greatful.

I have felt pain all through my life....from falling off my bicycle to falling off trees. I got thrown off my cousin scooter once (I have the scar on my chin to prove it) and post-circumsicion traumas? (heh, heh)....not to mention paper cuts, knife cuts?.....May be, the most pain I felt was when I busted my knee playing soccer in the US....but somehow I felt that that was not a physical pain....it's more of a disappointment....because I knew that I might not play again....

Here in Tehran....I have to endure severe head-aches....stuffy nosed (I usually blow out dried mucus and blood out of my nose....some are the size of our finger nails)....and the skin gets itchy each day as it dries up in the low humidity surrounding. But somehow, I managed to separate the pain/sensation from my concious mind.....I don't know how to do it...may be when you are not focusing on something.....you will not feel it....

Anyhow....I know, it's all in your mind....and I hope I can endure this for another week or two...before coming back to Malaysia.....