30 June 2009

I decided to go to the dentist and remove the last wisdom tooth in my mouth today, after careful consideration of my schedule in the coming weeks. This wisdom tooth was the most troublesome one in my mouth, because it grew horizontally towards the roots of the adjacent tooth. They were overlapping in the x-ray film I took half a year ago.

It took the dentist about 20 minutes to remove this tooth. It was scary to hear the drilling come out from your mouth. The dentist finished the stitches and showed me the tooth he took away from my mouth.

As the tooth has been embedded in the gum, it has never been in touch with any food. I found it interesting to discover that such a tooth was not shiny white in colour. The tooth was broken into halves in the surgery. Although the tooth lied horizontally in the gum, its two roots pointed to the Earth at the end, making an interesting 90 degree turn.

I tried to drink a bowl of vegetable soup that evening, but it took me almost two hours. I just couldn’t chew. I wished to smash the vegetables so that I could swallow. The dentist gave me two types of pain killer pills, one is the ordinary one that can be taken every 4 hours, another is a powerful one that works for 24 hours. I took the ordinary one and went to bed, but the ordinary one just did not work… I could still feel the pain and couldn’t fall asleep. Therefore, I took a powerful one. And it worked well!

1 July 2009

My face was swollen. I slept all day long.

2 July 2009

I took a sick leave today. My face is still swollen…

3 July 2009

I went to work today. My teammates said that my swollen face made me look chubby. J joked that I looked like a hamster. D was so kind that she ordered rice vermicelli for me for lunch.

It is FFOTM, so we had a committee meeting.

4 July 2009

Today is a Family Day. We went to Tuen Mun to watch 冰河世紀3. We didn’t expect that it’s a 3D movie. I look forward to “Up”. I bought a pair of jeans in the mall for the summer.

6 July 2009

I am going to perm my hair today. I look forward to removing the stitches in my mouth tomorrow!!

為夢想加油

五月十四日

我們乘凌晨的飛機，一早就抵達酒店。酒店不能即時提供提早check-in, 而且要收附加費。我們放下行李之後，就走到明洞去找個汗蒸幕的地方睡覺。論環境和服務，泰國和國內的一定比較專業。我們在明洞的銀行兌換了韓幣。旅遊之前我們從不同途徑得到一些兌換手續費的折扣劵，只適用於機場的找換店。但我們發現在明洞的銀行根本不收手續費。

早上十一時許，我們路經著名的「明洞餃子」。因為時間尚早，我們找到一個二人位置坐下。餐牌上只有四個菜，我們點了兩碗麵和一籠餃子。

接著我們就去「俞氏家」上韓食烹飪班。網上簡陋的地圖不大可靠，地點有點難找，但我們遇上的韓國人都很熱心。這個「俞氏家」的裝飾很雅致。我們學煮的兩道菜是「炒年糕」和「韓式牛肉」。

昨晚在飛機上睡得不好。Check-in之後我們小睡了三兩小時，之後我們就起程到明洞吃晚飯。今天的晚飯是人參雞湯。這個人參雞湯十分美味。

明洞的商店大多是食肆和護膚品專門店。有同事託我購買韓國品牌的護膚品，售價是香港的五至六五折。還有一些很有趣的masks…

那邊的男生都很愛美，所以護膚品店裡都有男生專櫃。另外，每個地鐵站裡都有幾面鏡子，很多韓國人走過都會駐足照鏡。

五月十五日

是日晚了起床，到了景福宮，中文導賞團還有一小時才開始。我們還沒有吃早餐，附近博物館內的cafe卻未開門。我們翻著自遊行書，找到一間食肆，截了兩輪的士指著地圖、照片，都未能與的士司機溝通。最後，我們只好到不遠處一間café吃西式早餐。

餐牌上大致有一些英韓對譯的食物，但我們有興趣的早餐set卻只有韓文。韓文每個字都好相像，我們二人無法拆解這堆密碼一般的早餐set, 索性走到櫃檯前「求其」指一個。老闆娘會說英文，就給我們一一翻譯，我們才知道自己點了甚麼。

逛了景福宮，再逛博物館。午餐在東大門吃火煱，滿煱都是跟魚類有關的東西，我們不吃魚的朋友一定站在店門就已經不肯內進。

我們到豬腳街吃豬腳。

回酒店小休一會，拿回外套，我們再到東大門附近吃doughnut. 之後我們就看JUMP.

JUMP比我預期好看。整個喜劇是有關一個懂得功夫的家庭。劇中對白不多，就算有都多是英語。演員與觀眾互動很合拍，生動有趣。

回酒店房間前我到商務中心檢查電郵，我收到一封我等待的電郵。要diversify我的生活porfolio才會less risky. 生活有點變化才會快樂。

五月十六日

這天要一早起床，因為我們參加了一個大半天的本地團前往「板門店」。我們吃了一個杯麵當早餐，就出門到樂天酒店集合去。

香港人參加到「板門店」的本地團需要七天前報名，而且報名時要附上護照副本，有關部門核實後才可參加這類本地團。團內似乎只有我們兩個香港人。在進入那個Demilitarised Zone (DMZ)之前，有南韓軍人會檢查我們的護照。當車子再駛入一點，又有一美軍再檢查護照。

在這個指定的房間裡，我們可以站在南北韓的邊界之上。

今天我們一日食足六餐──

第一餐：杯麵

第二餐：本地團包括的bulgogi

第三餐：炸雞翼

第四餐：海鮮火煱 + 炸蝦

第五餐：冬甩

第六餐：韓燒

五月十七日

今早我們到明洞吃粥，A點了雞粥，我點了人參粥。

之後我們去找超級市場逛，但找來找去都找不到一個普通如本港惠康、百佳等超市。逛了一會兒樂天百貨，我們就起程前往水族館，反而沒有去原本打算看的韓式婚禮。