I'm sure Taso Diso is a lovely name

Time for another visit to the hospital, this time the problem was my left eye. I had discovered last week that there was a small amount of blood on the eye ball, which seemed to be getting bigger much to my alarm. I called George as I always do when such emergencies arise and we made our now-regular hospital trip, but this time to Sugita Eye Hospital in Sakae, the most prestigious one in the city.

They had a difficult time reading my name even though I had written it in katakana. They interpreted as タソ　ディソ, even though it should have looked like　タン　ディン. Can't see the difference? In written form, the only difference is in the direction of the strokes, and the 'n' sound of my name is an upward stroke whereas the 'so' sound is a downward stroke. My hospital card was made out for Taso Diso, rather than Tan Din.

We were listening out for my name, but apparently that was not my "name" at all. The nurse came out to call someone in, one one came forward and we looked around to find that no one else was in the waiting room. Ok, so that had to be me then. George pointed out the error to the nurse, a lot of bowing and apologies later she rushed to print me another card, but even then the card was made out to Tan Diso. Oh well, I'm sure I'll grow to like Tan Diso with time.

The eye is fine, its healing well. Apparently, it was just bloodshot but I've never had that before and it looked awful. Plus, Kevin, the little rascal, struck the fear into me when he said I might wake up the next day to discover that I have lost my eyesight. I could barely sleep that night, thanks Kevin!