The morning started with a debate with myself as to whether to go to the doctor for an MC. It's not that I felt super ill.. Neither did my throat hurt. It's just that I've been experiencing throat dryness for the past few days and can feel a cough developing this morning. Secondly, I have a lot of marking to catch up on. *dry laugh* *pardon the pun*
Ironic isn't it? That teachers use medical leave to try to finish with their marking instead of having a full, uninterrupted rest? No choice I guess. In the end, I finally decided to go ahead with going to the Polyclinic because I might as well make use of my entitlement to medical leave right? Since leave is not allowed to be taken. "-_- It's good that I managed to catch about 3 hours of sleep since I only slept 6 hours last night because of marking.
It was quite dramatic at the Polyclinic because there's a middle-aged couple sitting behind me who kept arguing. They weren't shouting but it's kind of loud at an enclosed place like the clinic. The man's a local while his other half's a China woman. Initially I had thought that she's his mistress *isn't it the norm these days? ;P* But eventually I found out that she's his fiancee. He's telling her off for touching another man's face infront of him and not treating him with respect given that he's her fiance. She flatly denied it and said it's a misunderstanding but her tone was like take it or leave it kind. Finally he said that from today onwards, he's not going to buy anything for her and that if she wanna touch people or let people touch, she's free to do so. Earlier on, she even said that his mother's his mother and not hers. It's such a turn-off but they were talking too loudly to be ignored. The man was scolding "ta ma de" repeatedly too but I could tell he's a good person because he's very concerned about her, even wanted to touch her forehead to check for fever and asked her if anywhere else hurt. I know it's non of my business but why do local men like to subject themselves to such humiliation? There have been reports after reports - negative ones - about China women and yet, these men always think their cases would be the exceptions. This lady's not even the pretty and sexy type and by touching another man, she didn't even give him face.
I guess these men just have to learn things the hard way.
Serendipity believed today at 3:42 PM
