Ok, so I was teaching a class on various health ailments today. I was explaining runny nose, stuffy nose and then nosebleeds. Literally within two minutes of explaining this, my nose started bleeding out of the blue. I don't normally get nosebleeds (even though I am a huge dork) so this was very unexpected and awkward for me. I pointed to the blood that had dripped on the floor and said "See. That is a nosebleed." And then I ran out of the room. How is that for a teachable moment? Good thing I wasn't explaining diarrhea...
So I think that the bloody nose may be from Yellow Dust, which is dust that is blown over from Mongolia or something like that. It can kill you, at least that is what they say. I don't know who they are, but if they claim that you will die, maybe we should all listen to them. They also say that fans may kill you. For all of you uniformed folk (that being any person not from South Korea), fan death is something we should all think about before going to bed each night. Simply ask yourself these two questions: Are the windows and doors closed? Is there a fan on in the room? If you answered yes to both questions then you will not wake up in the morning. In Korea, there is a widespread belief that if you sleep in a room with the windows and doors closed and a fan on, then you will DIE!!! Don't ask people to explain the physics of this to you because they won't have an answer, but they surely believe it.
There are things that are killing me slowly, that I think they should look into. First off, there are the parasites that I am 97% positive have been inhabiting my intesstines since New Year's. Then there is the lack of soap in the bathroom at work (which is really bad when you have snot-nosed kids hanging off of you all day long) and the lack of variety of vegetables and nutirents in my diet (you mean that eating cabbage, rice and eggs everyday is not good for you?!?!?!!?). Let's see, that was the Yellow Dust, worms, non-existent soap and nutirents. Yup, that about covers my health right now. Oh yeah, and my washing machine has also been sitting in the middle of my kitchen (not hooked up) since I moved in so I haven't had clean clothes in two weeks.
Korea is great. I can't blame any of my ailments on the country. Or can I?
About Me
- Cute Girls
- We are Rachel and Paco and we are funholes. (if you don't know what that is, you might not be one, so it is dangerous to ask). We are traveling bums aspiring to become travel writers. After reading this, let us know if we should continue or just quit before we even start. Paco is from Taos, New Mexico (which is kind of like the real Mexico except they use dollars), and that explains a lot about why she is the way she is. Paco fell in love with Corvallis, Oregon when she went to OSU. That is where she met Rachel, who is sort of from Oregon. Rachel is kind of like a cabbage patch, but not quite as creepy. Rachel and Paco became instant DLP's (domestic life partners) when they went climbing at Smith Rock and then almost got arrested in Black Butte. The two Cute Girls have been creeping people out ever since that fateful trip. They will keep on being wierdos in Asia, and trust me, you will want to hear the stories. So take a look at our blog when you are bored. Or when you are having a bad day (because it will probably make you laugh). Or when you miss seeing those beautiful Cute Girl smiles. We may be in Asia, but you can still keep up with our adventures!
No comments:
Post a Comment