Doctor’s appointment day! Couldn’t be happier to see a doctor, something that usually wouldn’t happen. During Chinese class, we were told what our Chinese midterm would be: interview an ECNU student in Mandarin, write an essay about the interview, and then present it. Not exactly what I was expecting, but in retrospect, it beats memorizing ton of characters for a written test.
In law, the guest speaker was actually interesting, but he took a bit long to finish. I had to rush to my doctor’s appointment and was late by a fair amount. Luckily, everything went by quickly and I got some good news. The doctor examined my bites/spots and agreed with me that they probably were just allergic reactions to the bugs. He gave me steroid cream and an anti-histamine called chorphenamine.
Woke up and saw no improvement in the bites/spots. Nothing was working, so I made a doctor’s appointment to check on them. Nothing particularly interesting happened, except Guo Xiaojie did give me a map of China. I only asked them where they got them so I could buy one, but they gave one to me for free! Yay! I hung it on the wall in front of my desk so I could look at it any time I’m doing work. Nicole Lee also happened to be in town and was surprised when I saw her in the student center.
Contemporary China was pretty interesting this week. We watched a documentary about a family and their housing problems. They lived in a tiny house and couldn’t wait for the government to relocate them. I wasn’t very sympathetic for them though, since they said some outrageous stuff about 9/11. Regardless of the actions of a few politicians, 3000+ people DID NOT deserve to die.
Another Tuesday and it felt a bit more routine with classes as usual. After all that happened the previous weeks, routine days sounded very enticing. Still, my bites/spots continued to bother me and didn’t seem like they were getting any better. In fact, they seemed to had gotten worse! That meant a doctor visit was in store for me. Luckily, class was pretty interesting, so I was able to take my mind off the itchiness.