Category Archives: Daily Sketch

 
今日、病棟のあるNs（看護士）に、Kounoさんはいい人だねって周りのNsがほめてたよって言われた。 他のリハスタッフより好印象らしい。 なにがそう思わしたのかは分からないけど、純粋にうれしい（＾ー＾）。 私はかなり口下手で、うまく自分の気持ちを伝えるのが苦手。 でも担当患者さんのことはできるだけ病棟スタッフと連携をと、口下手なりに苦戦しながらやってきた。 認められたみたいで嬉しい。
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多分彼は夏に働かなければならないかもしれませんので、今年京都へ行くかわかりません。でももう一つ行きたい所をわかりました！そこがどういう所か、わかりません。。。でも多分、ビデオゲームか何かのとってもきれいな博物館みたいです。

I don’t know if I’ll get to go to Japan this year, because my boyfriend might have to work.  I found a place I want to go to, though!  I’m not sure what it is… it looks like a really pretty museum that has something to do with video games.  Ooh!

Nintendo finds Tradition in the Hills of Kyoto
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Recently on business I went to Seoul, Korea.  I was there for New Year’s Eve and was really looking forward to seeing what Seoul had to offer as for New Year’s celebrations.I woke up early and headed out to see some of the sights planning on staying out sometime well after midnight.

I visited the Seoul National Museum, Kyongbok Palace and then went to Seoul City Hall where various traditional New Year’s festivities were taking place.  I was really impressed by the tradtional dance and music that was performed there.  During the performances a Korean man in his 50’s kept commenting on the performance in an almost inaudible tone and then would laugh hysterically.  I really don’t know what it is but it seems where ever I’ve traveled (Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, etc.) I always seem to run into someone who insists on talking to me even though I haven’t a clue what they’re talking about.  I guess it’s a gift. Continue reading →

   
Today I learn how to write shyodo,which is a Japanese scripture writing. I wrote a new years resoluition which is to keep bettering myself as I go on through life. It was very stressful to write at first, because my hand kept shaking and I had to keep focusing on my writing. But after I did it, I felt like I accomplished something and I felt good inside. The new year is like a present, it is waiting to be opened and enjoyed.   

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水曜日の夜、カリフォニアから帰りました。先の高校のスピーチコーチの学生達はカリフォニアの高校のトーナメントを出席しましたので、サンフランシスコに私は運転するのを手伝いました。貴重なものを乗せて運転するのはストレスです！トーナメントの後、Yosemite National Parkに運転しました。かたみちは四時間かかりました。長時間車に乗っていると、眠くなりますので、おき続けるために、二つカフェインピルを飲みました。一つめのピルと二つめのピルの効果はかさなりましたので、少しカフェインの飲みすぎでした。しんぞうは急いで、手はしびれました！

I just got back from California — I went to help my former speech coach drive his students around San Francisco, because they attended a tournament at a high school up there.  It’s stressful driving around such precious cargo!  After the tournament, we drove to to Yosemite National Park, and it took about four hours each way.  I get really sleepy when I’m in the car a long time, so I took a caffeine pill in each direction to make sure I’d stay awake.  The second pill overlapped with the first, so I had a little overdose of caffeine for a little while — my heart was racing and my hands went a little numb!

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Elisa and Garrett got 5 horseback riding lessons each for Christmas. Elisa has always loved horses, but through her excitement, Garrett has become interested as well. The lessons are quite expensive, so getting 5 each as a present was a big deal.

They used their first lesson the other day. The horses at the stables are old, but reliable and good with kids. Unfortunately, they are also somewhat slow. Too slow, I’m afraid, for my burgeoning cowboy Garrett. He wants to ride the wind already, and is sort of bored with the dry instruction and slow-paced lesson. Elisa is more patient. Just being on her favorite animal is enough to satisfy her. Getting it to obey and/or go fast is just secondary.

The instructor at the stables confirmed what I’d thought was going on. He said that boys are often too interested in action and adventure for the lessons to engage them. Girls are just so in love with the horses, period, that they don’t care what they’re doing, as long as they’re around them. Continue reading →

　私は旅行が趣味です。 今までいろんな所にいきました。 ハワイを始め、韓国、中国、タイ、シンガポール、マレーシア、ベトナム、カンボジア、台湾。 とりあえず学生時代はアジアを攻めてみました。 お金もないしねF（＾＾；貧乏旅行ですわ。

　日本を離れて各国を旅すると、新しい発見がたくさんあるのが醍醐味。 日本とは全く違う、人種、風景、文化、料理、思想、宗教、、、。 いろんなことを考えさせられる。

　特に風景、、、　私はこれに一番感動する。 広い広い世界。日本ってなんて狭い中にいるんだろう。 自分ってちっちゃいな。もっと大きな心を持って生きようって思う。 Continue reading →

 
今日仕事に行くと、インフルエンザで2人が休みでした。 1人は昨日一緒に研修会に行った同期の男の子。 もう1人は一昨日熱がでたというのでお見舞いに行った同期の女の子。 おかげで今日私には誰も近づかず、職場のみんなに病原菌あつかいですよ（。。；） 医療職なので患者さんに菌をうつしたらだめだとマスクして仕事頑張りましたよ。 休んだ同期の分まで。 そういえば私もなんか朝から気分悪い気が・・・ いやいや「病は気から」ですよ。気のせい気のせい。 明日私が熱がでないことを祈ります。
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