Life as AFAC

Just 3 months in China and I got my first roadside accident. Last saturday after my check up, I was crossing the street and out of nowhere a motorcycle sped on a curve and hit me!!! BLAM! I didn’t know what hit me. It went on running and only stopped because the woman next to the driver got a bit off balanced. I saw that and it was kinda funny and I thought, BUTI NGA! The motorcycle banged on my shin (OW!) I was wearing thick levi’s denim and thermal leggings underneath and my shin still got scraped. They just looked at me, pissed, didn’t even help me or apologize, and sped off. I am still able to walk after, but that night my shin got black and blue and swollen! Now it’s still a bit swollen and bruised but better. I actually considered (briefly) of going back to the hospital to have it xrayed. But I just paid rmb4400 for a rectal ultrasound and gyne check up (another story)!!!!!!! That’s about 28,000 pesoses! Good thing I’m going to be reimbursed because that is almost one month’s rent!
I’ll have an xray done in the Phils when I go home next week, just to be sure there’s no crack. I so miss the tropical climate and food (FOOD!!!!) and company of good friends and family. And cheap(er) shopping. One thing I’m not missing is the kaskasero motorists. I get that all the time (as you can see) it seems like I never left home.