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Hello again. Thank you for giving my dog such a nice compliment. Do you have any pets?

I’m just getting use to blogging and posting so I just entered another blog. Please read it if you can.

I’m glad to see that one of your hobbies is reading. One of my hobbies is writing. Maybe you can read some of my work and let me know what you think. I also like to play drums, even though I’m not that good yet, and I like to play the congo. I would like to learn how to play piano and the Saxaphone. I like movies, too. What is your favorite medical movie? My favorite movie is, “Gladiator”. I also like to watch Japanese movies and Korean drama. One of my favorite Japanese actors is Ken Takahara. Do you have a favorite actor or actress?

Hello all,

My name is Cedric. I live in Hawaii where I work as a CNA. I work with in-house patients as well as hospitalized patients. I’m also a writer. Now-a-days,I write short stories, mostly drama and some comedy. I plan to begin writing scripts at some poiint because I love movies and would someday like to see my writing on the Big Screen. I’m also attempting to write a novel based on relationships.

I’m a simple guy who likes to travel. I’ve been to Japan, China, Tahiti, Bermuda, Canada and pretty much all over the United States. So far, Japan is my favorite. I visited Osaka in 2005. I lived there with a family for two months, helping to build a playground, go out in the community to help feed the homeless and to get to know as many people as I could. I went to Kyoto with a friend and actually saw a television drama being filmed. It was so exciting! I really liked that fact that one of the actors, after undergoing several takes for a scene, spent some time talking to my friend and I about his likes and dislikes about the scene and how hot he was in character. He wore a lot of clothes for this scene so I could imagine he was uncomfortable. I thought every scene went well though. Would you believe, not too far away from the studio, Tom Hanks, an American actor, was having tea at a cafe. It would have been nice to meet him as well.

I really enjoy the Japanese culture. I think citizens in Japan are really nice and openhearted. Whenever I got lost, no matter where I was in Osaka, I was always helped by a pedestrian either at the train station or walking along a sidewalk. I was always greeted with a smile. Making friends was very easy which made me feel right at home. To tell the truth, I didn’t want to leave Japan and come back to Hawaii. Hopefully soon I will be able to visit Japan again; which is the reason I am trying to learn the Japanese language now. I can understand very little Japanese, but I know that someday I will speak it fluently.

I also have to say, I love Japanese food. i went to a Sushi bar at least two times a week. I like the way the food is portioned in small dishes. They keep me from over eating. I also think Japanese fashion is pretty cool. And the cars I saw there, wow, I was impressed. One car that I would like to own at some point in my life is a Lexus. My friend and I went to a Lexus dealer and I must have sat in every car in the showroom. I wanted to test drive one, but I didn’t have an international license. Next time I will and I will drive a Lexus. I will also try a hot spring and go to Mt. Fuji. I didn’t have much time on my last visit to do this so they will be on the top of my list next time. Maybe I’ll even fly first class, too: -)

Well, I’d better stop here. I know this must be too long by now. Hey, check out my next blog, it should be posted in the near future. Sayonara for now.

Cedric

今日の四字熟語は、一知半解です。辞書には、「知識が十分に自分の物になっていないこと、生かじりの知識」と記されています。例えば、「彼は、一知半解の知識を振りかざし、口角泡を飛ばして議論する」などと使います。アメリカ人は、アイロニックと言う言葉を使うのが好きです。そんな人が多いです。しかし，大体、一知半解の理解に基づく使い方です。本当の意味が消えるほど、新しい使い方が広がってしまいました。

Today’s yoji jukugo is icchihankai. It refers to someone having insufficient knowledge of a subject, or to someone doing or saying something without fully understanding it. For example, you could say “during the discussion, he was throwing around icchihankai technical terms.”

A very common case of icchihankai in the US is the word ironic. People love to use this word, but they don’t really understand what it means. The usage has widened to such an extent that the real meaning has almost disappeared, and even educated people may not be able to explain it.





Flash back Card 2

This is a photo of my dog, Kaika.
He is handsome huh?

Today I was much more focused. I started the lesson writing a new story that Michiko will eventually translate into Japanese for me. Then we reviewed some of the basic questions, focusing on my intonation and length of each sound. Today I learned a new word しゅっしん or 出身. It means “where from”. We reviewed the first and last paragraph of my self-portrait and then began to work on the 2nd paragraph. I am slowly understanding sentence structure. I am able to recognize particles and beginning to become more familiar with specific hiragana characters.

Yukiyo-san, it is nice to meet you as well. Thank you for your comment. It is very good that you are a Speech Therapist. Do you enjoy your work? I work as a Certified Nurses Assistant. I’m also a certified Phlebotomist and Clinical Medical Assistant. One of my hobbies is, writing short stories and scripts. What are your hobbies?
Cedric

I was born and raised half of my childhood years on the Big Island of Hawaii. I have always considered this place to be my home. Here I developed a love of island living; enjoying the outdoors, hiking, swimming, diving, and surfing. I also developed a deep appreciation of the flora and fauna on land and in the ocean.

One of my hobbies are lei making and cooking/baking. I like to hike into the mountains to pick “liko” for haku leis or wreaths for family & friends. I have learned to make various dishes from locally grown products. Lilikoi butter and “ulu” breadfruit doughnuts are my favorites. I hope that I can continue these hobbies when I move to Okinawa.

I also enjoy to sew small projects. I hope to meet an elderly seamstress in Okinawa, who can mentor me in alterations. Scuba diving is another hobbie I’d like to renew. I received my certification while in college, but haven’t done much diving since. I look forward to all the new experiences awaiting me in Okinawa! I feel the most free when I’m outdoors enjoying God’s creation & sharing these moments with others!

Hello, my name is Cedric. I’m a new student here on Nacos. i joined Nacos because I plan to visit Japan again and would like to be able to communicate in proper Japanese. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii. I’ve lived here now for nine years.

I work as a Certified Medical Assistant and plan to go in to nursing. I hope to someday work in a hospital in Japan and help to take care of as many people as possible.

新しい病院に勤め始めて3週間ほど経ちました。
最初は病院内で迷うし、時間の流れも、システムも、何もかもわからず心細い思いをしました。
だんだんと、スタッフや患者さんとお話できるようになってきたところです。
リハビリに関しても、ようやく勘を取り戻してきました。

経験者である、というプレッシャーもありました。
なかなか状態が良くならない患者さんに関しては、自分が正しく関われていないから患者さんの状態が改善しないのではないかと思い、自分を責め、悩みました。
ご飯も十分喉を通りませんでした。

そんななか、同僚や、上司の方が声をかけて話を聞いてくださったり、食事にさそってくださったりしました。
きっと私の焦りや不安をすごくわかっていてくれたんだと思います。

そして今日、とても嬉しいことがありました。
始めて担当した患者さんで、入院してから状態が悪化し寝たきりとなり、それが原因で飲み込みの機能が低下していた方が、始めて昼食を完食することができたのです。
最初は意識もないため口腔や顔面のマッサージや、とにかく意識を改善するために様々なリハビリをしました。ようやく意識がはっきりとしたところで、ゼリーを3口ほど食べれるようになりました。徐々に改善してきましたが、一つのゼリーを、ベッドの上で、30分かけて食べさせてあげなければならない状態が長く続きました。
そんな経過をたどった方が、とうとう椅子に座り、自分で食器とスプーンを持ち、昼食を平らげたのです。
もちろん手の運動機能も衰えていますから、こぼしたりしてきれいな食べ方とはいえません。
でも、本当に頑張って食べてくださったことが、とても嬉しかったです。
そして、少なくとも、自分が介入したことが、患者さんの回復に良い影響を与えたと確信しました。

スタッフルームに戻ってそのことを上司や同僚に報告すると、みんな自分のことのように喜んでくださいましたし、少し涙さえ浮かべて喜んでくれました。拍手をしてくれた方もいました。

本当に嬉しく、これからの励みになるできごとでした。
みんな、私がぶち当たっていた壁が、一枚崩れたのを感じてくれたようです。
わたしも、今日は本当にぐっすり眠れそうな気がします。
ようやくスタートがきれたという感じです。

見守ったり、応援してくださった周りの方に感謝して、何より患者さんのために、これからも頑張ります！！

おなじ月あるいは季節でも昨年と今年とではまるで違います（What a difference one year makes!　を和訳しましたら、いささかぎくしゃくした日本語になりました）。昨年と一昨年は暖かく、春が早くやってきて、ライラックも木蓮（マグノリア）も４月半ばには満開でしたが、今年はライラックはやっと葉が繁ってきたところで花はまだまだ先になりそうです。木蓮の花は咲いていますが、３月４月が寒かったためか、昨年の華やかさはありません。

昨年、柳の木を植えました。立派な陰を期待してのことですが、４月に入っても新芽の出る気配がありません。昨年、米国中央部は旱魃におそわれましたから、ひょっとしたらダメかなと心配していましたら、昨日あたりから、やっと新芽が見え始めやれやれと胸をなでおろしているところです。しこうして「やきもき柳」となずけました。





家から１０分ほどの距離にある公園の柳をご覧に入れます。よい天気でみな屋外で楽しんでいます。





昨年或はそれ以前のことを確かめる際に使う奥の手をご紹介します。この長屋に入れたブログは皆プリントしてプラスチック袋に入れてファイルしています。勿論、長屋アーカイブも使えますが、数年分遡るにはプリントの方が速いようです。