THE MEDICAL!!!

7th September
This morning we got up early again for have our medical examination. It was such an invasion of our privacy. First of all we had to fill in a form and we had to write our weight and height and i didnt know so the woman told me to make it up. And then we had to have our blood taken which wasnt very nice because she tied elastic really tightly round the top of my arm and then she started flicking my vein for ages, doctors in england never seem to have any trouble finding my vein, but maybe its different in china. After the blood test we had to go outside onto this special bus. In the first cubicle on the bus I had my blood pressure taken, and then the woman kept poking my stomach really hard and it was quite painful. Then I had an eye test which was ok, although the woman was a bit confused about why I could read really well with one eye and not the other.
In the next bit of the bus I had to lie on a bed and a different woman put these clamp things on my ankles and wrists and 2 sucker things on my chest and then she did something on the computer, but Im not sure what. After that I had an ultrasound which was quite interesting cos I got to see the screen. And then finally in the last bit of the bus I had a chest xray.
It was not a pleasant experience and it cost 380yuan (altho thats only about £28).
In the afternoon we met vanessa (frankie's tandem partner) and she took us shopping and we went to this massive market underneath the peoples square - it was amazing!! I need to stop shopping tho, ive been spending far too much money.
After the shopping vanessa took us to this fruit bar place to get something to eat. I had sago with mango and mango juice which was soooooooo nice, it was really good to have a healthy meal for once!