Kimberley's blood test came after sending Kristine to her bus stop this morning. The hospital is a different one from that Kristine did her wart. It is 'hidden' deep inside a local residential district, but just 500m away from our home. It took a lot of effort to calm Kimberley down, but eventually she understood the concept of relaxing her arm for the blood sample to be taken, while crying. It took two nurses a while to find the vein. That dragged out her agony, more psychological than physical. Results are to be collected by 2pm, then onto the kinder, pay the fees and hopefully she can start her kinder tomorrow.
Witnessed an interesting event at the hospital. A long queue of parents were reistering their kids for some other physical exams. A woman (not a lady) decided it was her right to start a new queue line with her at the head of queue, literally bypassing some 30 other civic conscious parents in the main queue. Two parents were very vocal towards that woman, in fact scolding her, ridiculing that woman how she could do something like that right in front of her own daughter. The registrar, a young man was also screaming his head of at that woman.
There we had some 30 people who obeyed the queue, and subscribed to the rule of civic consciousness, but all it takes is just one bad apple to discredit the social rules. I would have thought it was a very simple measure to just ignore that woman until she joined the proper queue (the registrar eventually , but sticking one's neck out (in this case, the young registrar's neck) may end up being a career ending measure if that woman knows someone at high places...... I sense most Beijingers want a civil society. It will take time for all to get on board.
Kimberley and I walked home after hospital, buying on the way two pieces of western sponge cakes for RMB18, 3 Chinese 'bing' pastries for RMB2.70, a piece of belly pork for RMB18 (RMB25/kg) to try out our new roasting oven.
Top photo taken on way back from hospital. Her right puffy eye was caused by a mosquito bite. Second photo taken at home showing her favourite hiding hole between kitchen cabinet and fridge.
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