sicko.

i've been going thru the general routine of waking up ok, but as the day goes by, as i eat local food of different sorts (usually the kind my work orders from across the street that is like 10rmb per big bowl of beef noodle that i can't resist or baozi, which i have now laid off), i become sicker and sicker. by the time it's dinner time, i eat something non-local courtesy of mealbay, then i can feel my intestines inflate with gas and poop that has not traveled thru my colon-it's awful. by the time it's like 8pm, i am immobilized and laying on the futon or bed totally feeling like a dirty balloon that can't be burst and if i push my stomach, i can feel the gas move in me. ok, i know i need a doctor but i haven't exactly signed up for expensive health insurance and i will only see a western doctor. dave says i need to get antibiotics to clean out my system so that i can eat and not get sick. i asked him to go see a doc for me and get antibiotics but he said they make u give stool samples on the spot. i'm thinking, what if i can't poop?? stool samples have always been given the option to be taken at home! so i decided since i'm not getting any better, i will sign up for health insurance tomorrow. i am dreadful of eating ANYTHING now. dave says i can't eat anything of carb value-that means rice, noodle, baozi, all the stuff i love and have been eating. i can only eat veggies and meat, but i don't trust meat here. so by default, i need to become vegan. today all i had was dried calamari in a bag, my usual red bean green tea and i had this salad and chowder i love. no carbs right? ok well the chowder was pretty carbalicious..

this is the ultimate china induction. you aren't considered living here til you get food poisoning, which usually happens within the first week.