Acupressure

Carrie took Alex and me to an acupressurist that she has been to several times. Alex said she wanted him to look at her back and I wanted him to look at my knees because I think I have weak knees. So we both get on the table, Alex had some four or five people working on her and I had one. It was so bizarre and I definitely need to go back. First of all Alex kept yelling in pain, then I made the mistake of wearing a skirt and tights, so when the guy was doing all of this stuff to my knees my skirt was going all over and everyone could see everything. Luckily my tights were very opaque black, so it was basically like wearing spandex or something. But still, it was not cool. So Alex, Carrie and I were cracking up while this guy was twisting my legs around. When I was lying on my back he told me my legs were uneven! He did all of this crazy twisting and pulling and then they were straight! This is no lie either. When I was first on my back I noticed how my feet fell, but I didn't even know yet what he was doing. After he did his voodoo, my feet rested differently, a little straighter. He also was kneeding my bum and basically smacking it. I am not sure what this does but I asked if it would make my butt smaller. Carrie and I started cracking up and then Carrie said he didn't know why we were laughing. The funny thing is, I am sure we were supposed to be quiet and relaxed, but we kept laughing and whining in pain and saying stuff that we probably would not have said aloud if they understood English. They probably do and we looked like total asses.

I thought everything was ok until he start digging around in my stomach and rearranging my organs! I felt some incredible pain and out of nowhere he said something about me eating too many sweets and too much chocolate!!! Oh holy hell, if that isn't some psychic power I don't know what is. He told me to eat more spicy foods? I think. Mind you all of this was being translated through Carrie who wasn't entirely sure, so he could be telling me "Eat more chocolate!" and I wouldn't know. It was really weird too because not long after that I started crying. Carrie and Alex thought I got offended and was crying because he said I eat too much chocolate, but that was not it. I have no clue why it happened as I was not sad or offended, I actually thought the comment about chocolate was pretty funny and probably very true.

He also told me I have problems with my lungs and spleen? Not sure what's wrong with my spleen but I know I run out of breath easily. I just thought that was because I was out of shape, but who knows. So overall it was an amazing experience and I need to go back with someone who is fluent in Chinese so that I make sure I know what's going on. This really fascinates me and I am tempted to learn more about it at some point in life.