Flu aside, I had a good start this morning. Well two things happened and they made me feel good.
First, I decided to call my doctor to get an appointment because my nose was so stuffed out last night that I almost couldn't breathe. When the line got through, I realised that it was my doctor's voice alright but the "speech" was different. Still in bed and feeling groggy, I had no idea what he was talking about because it was in danish. I panicked for a few seconds and before I could react, the call ended. This time, I sat up and contemplated if I should call Edmund and ask him to get his colleague to interpret what the doctor said or I should just call again and see if I could pick up any familiar words. I decided on the latter.
After two attempts, I got it. The doctor said I had reached the automated answering machine. The clinic would be closed from Friday 28 September to Monday 15 October. If we need to seek treatment between this period, we could go to Doctor Jorgen Hansen at Osterbrogade 53. His telephone numbers, 35380043. He would be back.... (the line went dead before he could finish the sentence. Guess he had exceeded the time limit for the voice recording)
Feeling a little nervous, I dialled the numbers and bingo, the line got through and I was actually talking to Doctor Hansen! In that instance, I felt a great sense of triumph. Suddenly, this country did not feel so alien to me anymore and I thought, hey, I could certainly stay here because slowly but surely, I have managed to intergrate into the culture.
So after I got over the jubilation, I went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. Yesterday, I found a shop in the Asia Market that sells frozen plain roti prathas. It was an exciting finding for me and I bought a packet. The verdict: Not as good as the real ones but definitely a close substitute. Anyway, in a place when such food is scarce, two pieces of prathas even if you had to eat them with sugar and a cup of hot teh on a cold morning will guarantee to make you high. I think I am going to experiment putting a layer of egg on top of the pratha to make it a plaster pratha sometime this week.
Hmm, what a nice way to start the week!
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Hahaha. How precious to find something that you miss huh? I can find prathas here but none beats back home. The last time I was back, I checked in 2 huge pkts of Chinatown brand pratas to be rationed here! Damn good...
Oh yes, btw, tks for the msg you sent me.
Lastly, I hope that you are recuperating well and enjoying the journey towards motherhood! :D
Hey, SaSa! U r def getting too danish. Isn't roti prata spelt without a "h"? - Ms Santa ;p
Hehe... Forgot to compliment u on ur excellent accomplishment in the danish language! I forgot to tell u this the last time I saw u. I think u have a wonderful talent in picking up languages, not to mention the enthusiam. Keep it up! ~ Ms Santa (again) ;)
厉害咯我的三妹 。 Noe 1 more language.
可别忘了你的母语 hor! ;p
Nvr get some instant curry kinda stuff?? N wat is plaster prata? I oni noe egg prata leh..
You are right, why did I spell roti pratas with "h"...... ? It was spelled like that on the packet leh. (it's not the Chinatown Brand, it's another brand bought from a middleeastern shop.
Instant curry - My friend told me I should buy some Yeo's curry chicken.... I better remember to ask my mum to bring some over.
MH, you want to know what plaster prata is? I'll take a picture of it the next time I make it. Watch out for my next post.
when r u coming back to s'pore??
more types of prata here... :-)
but meantime enjoy n appreciate your experience in denmark. not many people here have that sort of oportunity. u have many many opportunities to eat prata for many many years to come... but u can only breathe danish air now when u r there...
The earliest I can come back would be June, I think, since the baby might be too young to travel before then.
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