Tan Kuang Hong! I know you came and you had read my whining entries! If not, you wouldn't have been able to talk to me the whole afternoon on the so many topics that i found ever so familiar. Namely, career, religion and conversational english. I only feign ignorance. >.^

Anyway, thanks! For taking time to update yourself a little about your dear friend before meeting him, for accompanying him to Tui Na and of course also for passing him so many DVDS to watch. (He have thus finished watching DOA, and thinks its nice!)

Anyway, i went Tui Na today because i sprained my ankle like 4-weeks ago... And it still haven't heal, so i thought i better have it checked...

This clinic, located at Kovan, has got at least 30-years of chinese physician experiences (according to my mother), and have even treated my uncle (who has now became a grandfather already).

This visit is nothing short of excitement!

Now, my idea of the chinese treatment for injured ankles was... well... to have my sorry leg twisted and turned and for me to be yelling "Oh god, save me!". Nothing came close to that, the whole time, my wonderful physician was massaging my ankle with this "warm rock" which made me feel oh-so-wonderful, all the time...

Now, forgive me for being ignorant about the chinese-style of treatment, but i seriously did not know that you can bake chinese medication before applying them! And forgive my poor observation skills that i actually did not see this big antique oven right in front of me until i saw my medication being hoarded in to bake... He was going to bake a cake and wrap them around my leg! Now isn't that exciting?

Tink

My "cake" is ready! He took it out of the oven and my mind when "Oh my god, please tell me you are not going to apply it to me now!!" The goddamn "cake" was steaming! I could see smoke protruding from all its surfaces, and mind you, it wasn't exactly a small piece of "cake" you're looking at. Its at least 15cm by 7cm.

Phew

He continued to massage my ankle while the "cake" cooled. And finally, after he applied the "cake" to my ankle, i felt good. It has got a warm, fuzzy feeling. And i smiled.

Yup, thats my (not so much) experience with Tui Na, for now, here's a picture of my poor poor leg: