Crowns

I was told that I needed to be crowned. I checked the details for 2 crowns and it shows: Total cost: 1500 Euro (90,000 pesos) Insurance coverage: 400 Euro (24,000 pesos) Remaining balance to be paid out of my holey pocket: 1100 euro (66,000 pesos) And to be honest, I do not know anyone in…

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Ultrasound and Gyne

A visit to Frauenazt/gyne is something I would like to postpone forever but because we have a history of breast cancer in the family, I make an appointment for a check-up during Women’s International Day. What better way to celebrate the day than making sure those parts that is identified as a woman’s part is…

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Eunuch

We took our papa rabbit to the animal doctor to be castrated for 118 euro. If this is in Philippines, my father would have become a quack doctor and do the surgery by himself. Without anesthesia too just to save some money. But then again, they would not have a rabbit in the first place…

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Working Hours

A proposal to work 69 hours per week in South Korea is met with a protest. Must be a stressful working life there. To think that they already have a problem with low birth rate, high suicide rate and serious sleep deprivation. Back in Philippines, I do 48 hours per week and it was a…

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