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I’ll show you where you can stick it…

Posted on 21. Sep, 2003 @ 12:48 pm by harvey in Culture Views: 33

Being sick in Japan sucks.

I don’t know what did it, but since Thursday my stomach has been giving me crap. No pun intended.

I thought i t was from the ‘Suubuta’ in the workplace cafeteria… Suubuta is a Chinese dish, like vinegar and pork. I should have known better than to eat Pork…

Anyway, now I’ve got ‘geri’, my stomach hurts, and I’m pretty much disabled.
A friends birthday party is tonight though, so I’m going to drag myself down to Harajuku whether my body likes it or not. Apparently there is some Mexican food place down there we need to check out.

Yeah. Great huh? Stomach troubles so I’ll go eat Mexican. Insanity. The place is in Harajuku, and is called Fonda de la… something. Check it out.

Anyway, I noticed a few things you might find interesting if you’ve never been to Japan.

Fushigi item Number 1. Taking my temperature.

They use something like this to take temperature. It’s a digital thermometer that you stick under your arm. 36 degree Celsius is normalish for us metric system impaired. It beeps when it’s done.

Number 2. Gotta Eat

Here when we’re sick we eat ‘okayu’. In America we eat Chicken Noodle Soup btw. Or Twinkies. It’s a rice soup kinda thing. This one has ‘Umeboshi’ in it, so it’s really sour.

Number 3. Medicine.

When I went to the doctor they sold me a buncha medicine. More than I need I’m sure. I got cold medicine, ‘geri’ medicine, stomach ache medicine, the works.

They actually offered me “おしりから入れる薬は取ったことありますか？” “Have you ever taken the type of medicine you take from your rear?” and he showed me a big white pill. No way. Hose. I says. I’m not sticking any kinda pill up my butt. Never. Let alone four times a freakin day!

I’m curious to know if anyone reading this has ever heard of, or taken the stick-it-up-your-rear pill… Please comment if you have. Tell us what it’s like. Cause I sure won’t ever experience it.

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