November 18, 2005, 9:40pm

I just have to mark this day. I had a cup of coffee this morning.

I haven't touched coffee for 2.5 years already. Yet, I was feeling exhausted this morning. Just hoping a cup of coffee would give me a boost of energy.

Coffee doesn't play magic. Or my Chinese medicine doctors wouldn't say repeatedly it's no good. And I do have to give at least some credits to the wisdom in Chinese medicine.

I was alert for quite a while but many of the symptoms I had during those years when I was an addict came back. Feeling anxious, having watery eyes and all the tension in my stomach... And just now, I'm having a lot more pimples...

I just got to forget about coffee in the rest of my life. It's doing me no good.