You probably heard of the famous saying "An Apple A Day, Keeps The Doctor Away". But a funny thing happened to me today. well it wasn't funny at the start. I tell you that. Anyway, I was done checking out new articles on Publish0x for today and I started to tidy up my space. And half of an apple was in my hand. So while tidying up the place, I started to snack on it. All went fine until I picked up my fan to move it to a different place. I don't know how, but that motion made the apple in my mouth go through the wrong pipe. the windpipe. the trachea. You know.

The worst part was that nobody else was in the house at the time to perform the Heimlich maneuver and get the food out of my windpipe. The only possible thing to do at that time was to cough and give some back blows with the heel of my hand. So I cough and cough until the majority of the apple came back. then drank a bit of water and coughed again. nothing came, only the water I just drank. I thought it was over, and started to write this story, but boy, was I wrong? Tiny bits and pieces of apples still come out when I cough at the time of writing this.

The lesson of the story is never do unnecessary activities when you eat. Just sit down and eat. No playing, no talking. Just take your time to eat peacefully. That's it. Well, nothing bad happened. I lived to tell the story. But boy, ain't I happy it wasn't something spicy.

By the way, apples are very expensive these days in my country, so it's like a luxury. Because of that, I don't get to enjoy as many apples as I would like to. How about your place? Are they affordable?