"Go for it! It's free!" the HR manager said.
The word 'free' reverberated through my head. If I were a cartoon figure, my eyes would have popped out. The HR manager was giving me the ultimatum for the medical check-up under company expense: use it or lose it, by year-end. So I used it, the first ever medical exam in my life.
I did the check-up towards the end of the year, when I was home