Pain's Usually a Prerequisite...

The focal point of this afternoon's Chinatown visit: visiting a language school, rather than having acupuncture done as a means to learn about the area's flourishing alternative medicine culture. I decided to go this direction after chatting with my mom this morning.

Her comment (while suppressing laughter, i'd imagine): 'acupuncture's not really something you do just to do; usually you need a reason to do it, some sort of physical problem.'

So we'll wait till my knee flares up again before going under the needles.