Sick

Looks like I have another cold. But, considering I only had 1 for all of last year, that's not too bad.

Restless

I'm extremely restless after my trip and I have a case of minor food poisoning, wonderful.

False alarm maybe?

Maybe it was just a false alarm, I feel ok today. The ol' immune system must be on high alert after that last cold. I guess I'll find out in a few days.

Not again!

Oh I'm so lucky! Cold number 2 has arrived. Either that or my immune system is overreacting to some minor irritant.

Sick..

Got my first cold finally...took long enough!

My health

My health has been great lately. I haven't been sick the entire time I've been here. I'm quite surprised at this considering I was sick every single month in Korea. A few weeks after I'd get over a cold, another one would hit. It probably has to do with the age groups I'm teaching. Primary and middle school students are little disease spreaders, while young adults are usually more healthy.

Spitting

Spitting is pretty common here and to tell you the truth it is REALLY starting to get on my nerves. I live next to an older couple who are probably in their 60s. One day I walk outside my door and see the old lady leaning slightly over the balcony on our sixth floor. She seems to be looking into the distance when all of a sudden she starts hocking up the biggest, nastiest lugie you ever did hear. Then she lets it fly, sailing over the balcony onto the ground below, while trying to see how far it went. Every morning as I'm getting ready for the day I can hear her come outside to hock up another one. It even happens in fancy restaurants. One of my ex-friends used to take me to her business meetings. One day we went to a super fancy restaurant with a private room and our own personal waitress. All of a sudden one of the super rich businessmen hocks up some phlegm, and without even hesitating, deposits his phlegm right onto the floor of the restaurant...

Think about that the next time you're eating pigs tongue and raw fish at a super fancy restaurant.

Bon Appetit!

Health Exam

I passed! Woohoo!

Because I'm going to live here longer than 6 months, I needed to get a health exam.

What did they find? Everything is normal! What a relief!

For the blood tests they looked for (and found nothing I might add).

Anti-HIV
Syphilis Serology
HBsAg
Anti-HCV
HBsAb
HBeAg
HBeAb
HBcAb

Google tells me the HB stuff is for Hepatitis. So is HCV but thats Hep C. I'm guessing 'Anti' means they are looking for antibodies against the listed infections. Why am I sharing all of this with you? I don't know, maybe it will shed some light on people coming to China on what kind of tests to expect. Actually, I'm just too tired to post any pictures so I had to think of something to write about.