Today I only had one class so we made a group trip to the dentist to have my cavity filled. Mary is in the corner, she couldn't look because I kept screaming. I have heard that most chinese doctors do not understand pain so we made it very clear in the beginning that she needed to be sweet. She nodded her head and proceeded to drill through my tooth to get a shape fitting to her. Despite my screams and dramatic cries for help, she continued on telling me to "hold on" in chinese. The process was way than an hour, cost 52RMB and was very successful.
It was a bit strange that I did not have to fill out any paperwork and I was not asked a lot of questions; I paid 5RMB just to see the dentist and then she worked on me and gave me the bill after. The only time she asked my name was when it was time to pay; but go figure there are 600,000 people in my city alone- imagine doing paperwork for everyone who visits for just a walk in...
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