Despite a lack of new experiences in my six months here in Seoul, I just had three this week. First was on Monday when I visited the ENT (Ears, Nose, Throat) doctor. Yellow dust has been causing me lots of problems with congestion and stuff. My new experience was a camera stuck up (way up) my nose with a live video feed to the big screen in the room. Although it was interesting from a biological point of view to see my inner nose, I did not enjoy the pain and vulnerable feeling. Actually it was kind of like torture, but I clenched my jaw and pretended I was in Vietnam (though I don't know why) and tried not to show my discomfort.
Second new experience was at the same doctors four days later when my condition had not improved. After spraying anesthetic up my notice (which apparently didn't work) he 'rammed' a little hoover waaaaaaaaay up there and sucked out mucus and stuff. This was deeper and much more uncomfortable than the camera. And didn't have the distraction of "look, it's your brain" on the live video feed. I didn't cry ('cuz I'm a man, right!) but my eyes streamed water and I was tempted to punch the kind doctor right in HIS nose. Admittedly, I did feel less congested afterward and he prescribed me some antibiotics (probably knowing if I had to come back again someone would get hurt).
And the third new experience was yesterday at a jimjilbang (kind of bathhouse/spa where Koreans hang out/pamper themselves). I've been to many before, but yesterday's place had a little pool full of those fish that eat the dead skin off your feet. Wow! What a bizarre sensation! Now, I've swum with piranhas in the Amazon (just reiterating how much of MAN I am), but when these things latched onto my toes and soles with the 'teeth'(?) I shrieked like a girl and nearly jumped ten feet high. It took a long time to get used to it and I can't say it was actually pleasant at any point, but certainly became bearable and I would do it again. A Canadian friend I was with didn't hold up so well and alternated between five seconds of girly giggling as his feet were submerged and several minutes of knees tucked up to his chest, feet out of water, saying 'I can't do it, I can't do it'. He says he's got super sensitive feet, but I say he's just not very MANLY.
Second new experience was at the same doctors four days later when my condition had not improved. After spraying anesthetic up my notice (which apparently didn't work) he 'rammed' a little hoover waaaaaaaaay up there and sucked out mucus and stuff. This was deeper and much more uncomfortable than the camera. And didn't have the distraction of "look, it's your brain" on the live video feed. I didn't cry ('cuz I'm a man, right!) but my eyes streamed water and I was tempted to punch the kind doctor right in HIS nose. Admittedly, I did feel less congested afterward and he prescribed me some antibiotics (probably knowing if I had to come back again someone would get hurt).
And the third new experience was yesterday at a jimjilbang (kind of bathhouse/spa where Koreans hang out/pamper themselves). I've been to many before, but yesterday's place had a little pool full of those fish that eat the dead skin off your feet. Wow! What a bizarre sensation! Now, I've swum with piranhas in the Amazon (just reiterating how much of MAN I am), but when these things latched onto my toes and soles with the 'teeth'(?) I shrieked like a girl and nearly jumped ten feet high. It took a long time to get used to it and I can't say it was actually pleasant at any point, but certainly became bearable and I would do it again. A Canadian friend I was with didn't hold up so well and alternated between five seconds of girly giggling as his feet were submerged and several minutes of knees tucked up to his chest, feet out of water, saying 'I can't do it, I can't do it'. He says he's got super sensitive feet, but I say he's just not very MANLY.
3 comments:
This blog is very manly, its just oozing with manliness! Keep up the work manly man of worldly manliness!
Haha Ronan and David should go there, David's had dead skin on his feet sincce I 've known him and Ronan is complaining about the pumice stone which never rids his feet of its dead skin!
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