prescription this.

so, i was really sick this week. nothing serious, just head cold - for the second time since we've been here. i could feel it coming last weekend, and by wednesday i woke up with a raging headache+face pain+gross phlegmy cough. ugh.

we'd had a meeting at work and our boss voiced his concerns about the "foreign teachers having the viruses" and parents being worried about us westerners infecting their little ones with swine flu ( really? pretty sure it was all the germy nose-picking kidlets that infected me, but anyway ... ). so, as recommended, i decide to be proactive and get myself checked out, mostly to ease my concerned boss's conscience. what does one do when requiring medical attention (or more so medical relief) in korea, you ask? you head to the hospital.

skip that pesky walk-in clinic/doctor's appointment middleman and head right to the big guys. makes it sound much more serious than it is, really. don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining. in less than thirty minutes i'd been thoroughly examined, cleared for "pig inpluenza", and diagnosed with a cold and a mild case of sinusitis. now, all i had to do was take 6 pills three times a day for three days and all would be well again. no big deal. they even walked me to the pharmacy!

18 pills a day cures the common cold in korea. and i fully support the heavily medicated zombie alex teacher approach to health and wellness.