The Blood Test
This morning I went for a medical check up. I haven’t done one in years. I hate medical check ups. There are two things I hate most about medical check ups:
1. I hate the blood test. I dunno why. Everytime I do a blood test – I feel extremely giddy. Almost to the point of blacking out for about 5 minutes. I hate that feeling.
2. I hate the nurses. No, don’t get me wrong. I’m sure they are very nice people. Unfortunately, they are also very nosy. And unfortunately, they’ve watched my TV program. And they keep asking me for freebies while I’m busy fainting after my blood test.
I can’t understand their fascination with me going to get a medical check up. They seem to be under the impression that Joey Yap doesn’t need to see doctors. What’s wrong with these people?? - they actually think Feng Shui masters are supposed to live forever. She actually said to me in her broken English - ‘I thought you good Feng Shui? - Won’t get sick right?’
I’m wanted to tell her … hey I’m mortal too! In case you don’t know – I also fall sick and may actually die just like the rest of you nosy people. But of course, I was too scared to say anything … just in case the needle is more painful. Yeah, I have a major weakness for blood tests. I see blood – I faint. I’m pathetic.
I think the average person seem to have a very unusual impression of Feng Shui practitioners. They seem to think that we are from a different planet. (Sometimes I think if I told them my shit is green they’d probably believe me). They perceive us as being mysterious. And they are always curious to see us at clinics.
Hmm - just because I’m a Feng Shui practitioner doesn’t mean I can’t get a medical check up right? While Feng Shui can certainly help with our health and improve our healing abilities - it does not mean that we are totally immune to all illnesses and it certainly does not mean that we can live forever. Can doctors live forever? Can doctors get sick too?
I think the problem is the major public don’t have a good understanding of what Feng Shui is and isn’t. Guess I just have to work harder in bringing Feng Shui literacy to the masses.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:29 am
Hi, Mr. Joey Yap. Before I knew anything about Feng Shui, I used to think that it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. Like you are having good Feng Shui if you feel good and satisfied living in a place. But when I felt that way, others around me felt the opposite. So I figured that if everyone in a same place doesn’t feel things the same way there then Feng Shui must be more than just a gut feel.
After reading your books, I found that Feng Shui is a rather abstract yet powerful thing. From that, I thought that a Feng Shui practitioner, who could possibly do something to a person’s Feng Shui to change that person’s luck, would really be a somebody. That really made me look up to Feng Shui practitioners like they are the ‘chosen ones’ who are connected to the energies of the universe. Like they know more than what normal people do.
Now that I’ve been through your books about Feng Shui, Mian Xiang and Bazi, this whole Metaphysics thing seems more like another subject to study in my life and there’s not much mojo about it. The way you write them really explains a lot, and not to mention, your writing style entertains readers like me in some way. And because of that, I read your books like how Harry Potter fans read their Harry Potter volumes.
Well, for a Feng Shui practitioner like you to write books that way, Feng Shui master or not, we are just humans anyway.
P.S.: Sorry if this comment is too long.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 am
Sorry but I don’t mean to spam you with comments but about medical check ups, when you hadn’t had one in years, I haven’t had one all my life! (if BCG’s and consultations for flu don’t count). No offense but I feel down right lucky! Anyway, just to let you know that I honestly don’t trust Western medicine when it comes to diagnosis and treatment. Not any more. When I feel ill, I turn to Traditional Chinese Medicine a.k.a. TCM.
Like Metaphysics, the main aim of TCM is to maintain optimum balance in one’s health using the theory of Yin and Yang. According to TCM, if you’re ill, your body is most likely having imbalances. And if you treat those imbalances, you’re all good! But it would require TCM knowledge to treat them of course.
Oh, and there’s one more thing about TCM that you’re gonna love, Joey. From all that I’ve read about TCM, TCM diagnosis ain’t gonna need no blood tests.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
In Msia, people are still not so develop in knowledge, so they see Feng Shui master as semi-God or God messenger. So their expectation is you live forever and immortalise by them. Ha ha ha .. enjoy the privilage.. Joey ..:)
October 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
You are absolutely correct Joey,
Just because if someone’s a lawyer doesn’t mean he can’t be committing any crime and likewise a doctor who can’t get sick and die.
Bottomline is we’re all humans.What distinguish every individual is the knowledge and skills that one possesses in his/her respective profession.
Have a wicked time in NY
BC
November 10th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I read your “blood test” ordeal with amusement. A good laugh after a hectic day at work.
You can really whine, Mr Joey Yap!!
Technically, your shit can be greenish hue due to high amount of indigesting green veggies. (ref. Gut Wisdom by Alyce M. Sorokie, 2004, 1st edition, pg 58)
Take care!
November 11th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Hi, Joey, is good dat u go for blood test and medical check up annually. Prevention is better than cure and Health is wealth..rite? If ur check up result is good then is a peace of mind..rather than do nothing if u oredi hav some symptoms and keep thinking about it..Law of attraction will eventually cause something to happen…
I hav read few of your books and dvds, and i really enjoyed them.. i m waiting for your Bazi 10 gods book..wondering when is it going to be launched?
Thanks