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Today had been much cooler than the past four days. It wasn't cold but it was chilly and although the sun did shine a little bit for most of the day, it had been quite windy.
As planned yesterday, Maddie took me to the Medical Centre in Brimington to get me registered at the Doctor's and to get me a set of contraceptives. After giving me a prescription for my pills, the doctor said I should book an appointment with a practice nurse so they could get me a complete medical assessment/history for NHS record. So I did as soon as I came out of the office, and the receptionist booked me for 30 May.
Just next door to the Medical Centre was the chemist. I just handed in my prescription and I got them for free. It's great because back home, it cost me 500 pesos for a month long strip.
After that, Maddie and I went to Chesterfield Town Centre and got me shoes repaired. And then we popped in the Asian Store and there I met Emy. She is a Filipina from Bacolod City, I'd say she looked about 40ish. She invited me to join the Filipino Club in Chesterfield which she said had about fifty members. She showed me a photograph taken in one of their gatherings and I'd say the average age of the people who were there was 40. I'd like to meet them because it's nice to know someone from the Philippines but I doubt I will have fun in their gatherings. I will pay for the membership of £3.50 and take James to their Independence Day celebration on the 21st of June (it's really on the 12th but they are celebrating it on the 21st, probably to work around people's schedules), and see how it goes. She warned me not to trust the other Filipino living here especially the men, she said if I was going to do something behind my husband's back, I should just be careful and that really put me off. Is that what people she knew here did and she thought I was going to do the same? Truly, it disgusted me. But well, she said she will get me some Del Monte Italian Style Spaghetti Sauce and that'd be great because James likes that stuff. The best part of the trip there was that I got Century Tuna (hot & spicy), Nestle all-purpose cream, fruit cocktail and pancit canton (the only thing I am missing is Elena to cook it for me haha).
After going to couple more shops with Maddie, we went home to have dinner, and away she went again to collect her sooty boxes. While she was away, I decided I deserved some pancit canton (man, i was dying to eat that stuff) and then I tidied up and did some chores. I made fruit salad (remember the fruit salad and cream from the Asian Store?) for Chris and Maddie which they had for afters, and I made a hefty serving for James with his chocolate cheesecake, which he had after his chicken casserole that I had cooked for tea.
Just as James and I were sat and watching 'How to Look Good Naked' on telly, Wendy rang and said she pulled a muscle on her leg and so we had to go over and help her out. I thought I was going to pull a muscle of my own walking up the hill to get to their house because my right leg and hip were hurting since yesterday. I think my muscles are all stressed out from all the walking that I had been doing, and it is just getting used to all the work that I have never done before. Trust me, I NEVER walked in the Philippines. It's always a jeepney or a trike. Or I rented a car or van if I needed to go to Manila. But around the town, it's jeeps and trikes. Halfway through Wendy's house, James rang his mum and about two minutes later, she drove past us and we got in the car. It was very chilly out there and it was 8:30 at night so it's a good thing she came. It was much, much cooler in the car :D
After fifteen minutes, they decided to take her to the hospital so we drove her there and waited about forty minutes until her name was called out. Ten seconds later, James's dad arrived and collected us and now we are home and I am typing this on Works because the internet is not working at the moment. So let me try and restart this computer to get this online :D
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