sinseh..

i think the sinseh near my house must be crazily happy that i keep getting injured, then they keep sucking my money.. urgh. its like some family business somemore, the two elderly sinsehs with their two middle aged children.

the process would go something like this :
take a number and settle down for some imba long wait in the crowded reception area. head on into the room where a sinseh will ask a few rountine questions about the injury etc etc.. now, sinseh tells you to relax while he/she starts twisting/tugging/pulling at the joint. out comes the needle and you'll feel sharp pricks and prods on the spot of the injury. then some suction cup is applied and its like a vaccum cleaner is sucking you. a little more rubbing and twisting, and youre done! for today..

usually when all this is happening im just lying there on the table messaging or meddling with my phone so i dont notice whats happening. however, today i just had this urge to look. umm well what i saw shocked me a little. apparently, that little needle isnt for acupuncture purposes like i originally thought... it draws blood? then the suction cup is to draw out the blood so that the swelling will lessen? haha. so when i looked down, what i saw was the suction cup just like filling up with my blood.. super imba can, ive never seen so much blood come out of my body before. urgh..