Cold

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Going up to SNU everyday to read site reports in their museum library has had the inevitable consequence - I caught a cold from the students. I thus went out only once today and had the longest conversation in my life in Korean with a pharmacist about my symptoms (everything is behind the counter here so you have to talk to the pharmacist), then I went around the corner to another pharmacist and did it again because I was curious to see if I'd get the same medicine. I didn't but they do seem to roughly have the same purpose. Also, I found the equivalent of Theraflu *score!*. Then I went to emart looking for fresh ginger because grated ginger and honey is my go to drink while sick (and my throat hurts so much it's hard to swallow). I found it, but also found a huge 2000g jar of ginger tea which I was curious enough to buy and take home. It's kinda awesome because you just put the kettle on, spoon a few spoonfuls of this stuff into a mug, then pour the hot water in, and voila, you have the same thing I grate fresh ginger for (though it's probably honey mixed with sugar since honey is so expensive here). It even has tons of actual pieces of ginger in it. My throat feels so good right now compared to before the tea.