Week 5&6 - Cold, cough, and celebrations

To my surprise, I actually got sick the week during  the mid-autumn festival with a small cold. For the first few days, I tried to brush it off and take the medication I brought with me from home. This didn't work however and I ended up going to see the doctor.

​CityU has a medical clinic located within their university called the Young Chung Yee Health Centre otherwise known as "13 doctors" by the locals. For a standard visit it costs 150HKD per visit, but if you decide to purchase the insurance provided by CityU it only costs a simple fee of 13HKD. It may also help to call-in for an appointment if you have time as it can get quite busy of some days. In my case, I had to wait around an hour before I actually saw the doctor. I guess it was flu season? Anyways, the check up was fairly quick and short as it only took 5 minutes for the doctor to write up a prescription for me.

This however wasn't the end of my suffering as I started wheezing somehow after all that medication. My coughing became quite severe and I ended up being in the care of my auntie. I had to find a different doctor as I needed an inhaler of some sort to quell my sickness. Thankfully, she helped take me to a clinical doctor and I got better within the next two days. Moral of the story: Seek help when it is needed.

This experience also showed me something I didn't expect at the time which was the friendships I have made throughout these past few weeks. Continually, I had my friends ask if I was OK or if I needed help getting anything which was very kind and helpful. While I was resting, I was offered by my friends to buy me medication or bring me meals which surprised me quite a bit. It showed me that friendships cannot be measured by time but rather by the moments you share together. In these past few weeks I have had many memorable moments with all sorts of people and I hope remember them for the rest of my days.

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