As I mentioned
earlier, my allergy was back since Friday night, and I thought it was because
of the weather. Somehow it got better in the morning, so I went out to have
fish cake for lunch with a friend again. And that’s how I found out I was
allergic to the food, not the weather. Redness was all over my neck, stomach
and back and was worse than the night before. Hospitalization seemed to be the
only solution. It took me a while to figure out where to walk to the only, open
clinic in the close by region. Here, special thanks to Mr. Choi, the old
security guy of the dorm, Miss Lee, our housing assistant, and the Seven Eleven
store owner who happened to be a Chinese Korean. No one spoke English in the
clinic. The female doctor knows limited English words like me speaking limited
Korean words. Somehow everything worked out fine.
“Ah, your insurance
not working,” said the doctor.
“Hmm, is it gonna
be expensive without the insurance?” asked me.
“내 (yes), expenser,” stressed she.
I guess I should be
upset by now because I know now I can never have fish cake again because of my
allergic reaction, but learning a new English word is quite an interesting
experience to me. “Expenser,” I am so gonna remember this word forever for
“more expensive.” Laugh my ass off. Everything went well. The cost of hospitalization was cheap, unlike the
U.S. Excellent service as well. This unexpected event definitely made my trip
unforgettable.
Without getting any
rest after injection, I went to meet up with my old friend, JiYeun, in GangNam.
I knew her since four years ago, but we stopped hanging out after she
graduated. Such a long-time-no-see, and I suddenly feel old. We went shopping
and walked around the area. It was awesome, but I have spent too much money. I
need to save for the next three weeks from now on. Good luck to Zixin.
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