Yesterday was a lot of fun. I went on the outing with the church they had a lot of games for the children, which the adults were forced to participate in as well. Actually, I think I was the only one who didn't participate rather willingly, but I had fun with most of it. We did things like a potato sack race, racing blind folded, doing the limbo, and other nonesensical stuff like that. They also tried to force me to participate in the relay, but there was no way I was doing that the way that I felt.

 

I still had some illness left over. THe medicine the doctor gave me was only for my throat. He stated today that it is tough to get over an illness if you don't clear up the throat first. I just sort of nodded and let it go. He did give me some more medication this time though it is for my, what I think is a, sinus infection. I told the doctor about my slightly sore ear, my stuffy nose, and the pain around my eyes. He let me see the picture of my ears, the one that sounds echoey was a little red the other was fine.

 

THe doctor did tell me that the reason for the echoing was not my illness though, it was do to the equilibrium of the preasure on either side of the eardrum being upset by not getting enough rest. Perhaps he is right, but I am not sure if that is going to change any time soon. He also looked up my nose and said that I had an infection this is why he prescribed this other brownish powder, the tast of which I have yet the pleasure of experiencing. When I finally take it, I will let you know.

 

Of course, as I was in pain at that moment, acupuncture was in order. I was not surprised, but I was a little scared. What type of acupuncture do they do for sinus pain? I found out soon enough. They took me back to the room, had me lie down on the bed, and pulled down my left sock. This is where the first needle went. It surprised me when he put it in as I was not expecting it, but it also hurt! Then he put 2 in my left hand. The final five or six he put under my eyes and around my nose.

Then they covered my eyes with a cloth and put the heat lamp over the area. I felt like I was tanning. THey kept me that way for 15 minutes. Though the pain was almost nonexistent, my eyes watered, and it looked as though I were crying. I was glad when they finally took out the needles. It did help though! My congestion cleared up almost immediately after the needles were in place! How is that for service?

 

Anyway, after the games yesterday I went to a Buddist temple. I talked with one of the monks for about an hour and a half while we drank tea. We talked about some of the differences between Christianity and Buddism and the interesting practice of praying that Buddists do even though Buddah believed that prayer was useless.

 

Today I named my new kindegarten student: Haily. She is very smart and fits in so well that I don't feel like I have a new student at all. I am pleased with the results. I was not so pleased with my 4:30 class though. We were working on commas, and the directions were to place a comma between the city and state, and between the day and the year. Some of them had a hard time recognizing the cities and states, which is kind of understandable, but most also missed the comma between the day and the year. I was not to happy about that. This just shows the lack of attention they were paying. I became quite upset with them and made them listen to me explain the lesson again. We studied for the whole hour and a half.

 

I decided I am going to do kumdo. It is the Korean version of Kendo as far as I have been told. I have to look it up to get even more information on it. I will start Monday morning at 6am. I need something to do in the mornings since I get up early anyway this is as good a way as any to start the day.

 

Well, that is all for now. I'll talk to you later. Take care of yourselves.