It's the Tet (Vietnamese New Year) holidays here, and as is now traditional on such occasions, yours truly has been put on antibiotics because of some sort of throat virus.
Went to the doc's this morning & told him I'd had a sore throat for six weeks. "Six weeks! Oh my God!" he said. Now I don't know about you, but the only time I want to hear the phrase "Oh my God!" is when removing my underpants in front of a woman, and I certainly don't want to hear it from a doctor. He then proceeded to have a look at the throat in question, before saying "My God!" again, followed by "It looks like it's been bleeding!" Bloody hell.
Anyway, he finished up by coming up with the time-honoured diagnosis of "a virus", doctor-speak for "I don't know what the fuck it is but I want it as far away from me as possible, so here's some antibiotics and now please leave with all speed."
The Tet holiday is a marvellous time, a period when the whole city seems intent on driving as dangerously as possible, buying as much bed linen as they can fit in their houses, and trying to get yours truly thoroughly drunk. If I'd accepted all the drinking invitations I've had this week I'd have been, er, very drunk indeed.
The high spot of the week was my school's New Year party which, despite being an alcohol-free affair, was very enjoyable indeed, as the staff & students are a lovely bunch. The most amusing moment of the evening was one of the games, when the MC announced a prize for the first girl who could hand him my right sock. Within seconds I had half a dozen young ladies attached to my leg trying to rip my shoe off, & then when the sock finally came off, four of them were tearing each other limb from limb to get it, with the result that it's now about 6ft long. I like to think it's my popularity as a teacher that led to such enthusiasm, but I suspect it was more to do with there being a box of chocolates on offer for the winner. The evening ended with me, responsible longest-serving teacher that I am, taking half a dozen of my students to a German brewery.
Anyway, time for me to head out on the town before going down to see the in-laws tomorrow, so happy Year of the Dog to all!
Went to the doc's this morning & told him I'd had a sore throat for six weeks. "Six weeks! Oh my God!" he said. Now I don't know about you, but the only time I want to hear the phrase "Oh my God!" is when removing my underpants in front of a woman, and I certainly don't want to hear it from a doctor. He then proceeded to have a look at the throat in question, before saying "My God!" again, followed by "It looks like it's been bleeding!" Bloody hell.
Anyway, he finished up by coming up with the time-honoured diagnosis of "a virus", doctor-speak for "I don't know what the fuck it is but I want it as far away from me as possible, so here's some antibiotics and now please leave with all speed."
The Tet holiday is a marvellous time, a period when the whole city seems intent on driving as dangerously as possible, buying as much bed linen as they can fit in their houses, and trying to get yours truly thoroughly drunk. If I'd accepted all the drinking invitations I've had this week I'd have been, er, very drunk indeed.
The high spot of the week was my school's New Year party which, despite being an alcohol-free affair, was very enjoyable indeed, as the staff & students are a lovely bunch. The most amusing moment of the evening was one of the games, when the MC announced a prize for the first girl who could hand him my right sock. Within seconds I had half a dozen young ladies attached to my leg trying to rip my shoe off, & then when the sock finally came off, four of them were tearing each other limb from limb to get it, with the result that it's now about 6ft long. I like to think it's my popularity as a teacher that led to such enthusiasm, but I suspect it was more to do with there being a box of chocolates on offer for the winner. The evening ended with me, responsible longest-serving teacher that I am, taking half a dozen of my students to a German brewery.
Anyway, time for me to head out on the town before going down to see the in-laws tomorrow, so happy Year of the Dog to all!
posted by Tim at 12:40 AM
3 Comments:
If you're taking antibiotics for a viral infection, you're in deep shit, Tim. They work on bacteria not viruses.
Are you sure that was a doctor you were seeing or the first good loking woman prepared to take $20 off you - of which I hear there are a few in Saigon?
Gareth
I've had the same affliction, but a different doctor. Actually I didn’t even get to the Docs, I stopped off at Boots to get some Strepsils and the girl behind the counter diagnosed me. Not sure what her qualifications were, but she looked healthy enough :)
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