For a few days now Emily and I have been a little under-the-weather. Its interesting because here health care is nationalized and everyone is part of a national health insurance program. Because of this everyone always goes to the doctor for anything. Nothing is too small to warrant a doctor’s visit, especially when it costs around $5 USD….don’t quote me on that but I know its a tiny amount. Therefore everyone has been telling us to go to the doctor. However we aren’t allowed to enroll in the national health insurance program until we’ve been residents for 4 months so thats still one more month away. Luckily MCU has a campus doctor that we went to and got some pills to make us feel better. Its funny because at the grocery store we were looking for a pain reliever and couldn’t find anything. The only thing they’ve got at grocery stores are bottles and bottles of vitamins.
I felt funny going to see a doctor with only symptoms of sneezing, runny nose, sinus pressure, and an itchy throat. Growing up as a Jefferies I think I can count on two hands how many times I’ve visited our family doctor. He was a really nice older man though who I think was tickled to use his English. He asked me where I was from and relayed it to the 2 or so nurses in the office as well who both let out an “oooohhhh, how how how” (“how” means good and is a constant filler word). Taiwanese people are so nice to Americans its incredible.
For the past week or so I’ve been sort of sick of school. Seeing Finals looming and all the teachers giving their big test talks always does this to me when I have nothing to really be concerned about. I did fine on mid-terms and I’m on track to pass everything I think. I’ve got a group presentation in a class this week that has been a constant project for the past month and a half so hopefully with that out of the way I can have some relief. The moment of truth will be after the end of the break between semesters and seeing if I’m ready to go again?
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