Going to school - Massage

Massaging and tuina are different things in TCM. Tuina can only be practised by qualified doctors, whereas massage can be practised by anyone (eg, beauticians, blind people). Here, I'll refer to all massaging as tuina cos it sounds more professional ;)

I felt the most connection with tuina teacher, Prof Zhang Jian Bao (张健宝). Know why? Haha... Cos he has a typical Cantonese-Singaporean slang. Whenever he lectures, I feel like giggling, cos he sounds so much like one of my uncles. Eversince I came to China, I've been looking for people that speak with the same slang as I do, but they are really difficult to find. Prof Zhang is the only closest match. He's from Fujian Province, same as my ancestors.

This is Prof Zhang showing us how to "adjust" (搬) a patient's spine. He looks so cool and sporty! ^__<

We were assigned beds for tuina practice. 

In this picture, Ping and I looked as if we were molesting Wei's buttocks.... hahahaha.... :D

Nobody will smile like that when being 'molested'... hehehehe.... (^__^) 

Clockwise from bottom left: Wei, Yi, Ping & Ah Min