Korean Medical Experiences

My second week here, I had to undergo a medical exam at the local hospital. This exam was the closest thing I've ever experienced to being abducted by aliens and experimented on.
First, I was transported against my will to a highly advanced medical facility; everything there was bright and sterile, and nobody looked even remotely like me. These beings seemed harmless enough, all going about their business as if I weren't even there.
Next came the tests, a barrage of medical probing the likes of which I have never experienced in my entire life: blood pressure, heart rate, height/weight, vision test, hearing test, blood sample, urine sample, chest scan, electrocardiogram, breathing test, question period. After I had been sufficiently violated, I was picked up and dropped straight back into the mix. A strange thing, being intensively tested in a foreign hospital.

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After being sick for almost a month, I went to a local clinic to see what the deal was. It was pretty standard--waiting room, doctor, prescription, return visit, (my boss translated). However, on my second visit, I had to get a shot “here” as my boss said, pointing to her backside. “Oh” this would be a new one, I thought. It sure was. I was led into a room by a young Korean nurse and instructed to lay down on a bed behind a curtain and pull my pants down, I did. Next, a little prick, and, (whoa!) the nurse was giving me a spanking—slap, slapslap, slapslapslapslapslapslap. This was entirely unexpected...but not entirely unwelcome. I wasn't sure if this was normal, but I didn't really care, I figured this type of thing probably cost 100,000 won in Seoul, and I just got it for free. I felt better already.