ChanomiTalk

I am excited that yesterday I got the approval for studying abroad in Korea. I will be heading to Seoul in August. I will be studying various subjects as well as the language and culture, until January.

今日も疲れた。
爽やかな疲れじゃないところがイケテない。
眠い。。。

去年もそうやったけど、２月はヘコむ時期なんかな〜。

この間、回復期病棟へ移動した受け持ち患者さんに書類のサインで伺ったら、
嬉しいことに笑顔で迎えてくれた。
「笑顔」ってとこがみそ。
だって、前はしんどいせいか笑顔がほとんど見られんかったから。

笑顔で「久しぶり！！鼻の管抜けたで！」と報告をしてくれました。
そして、「バレンタインチョコは！！？」と唐突に催促されました。
その時やっと「あ、今日バレンタインでチョコ意識する日だったんや。」と自覚しました。
女度ダダ下がりな自分に少しため息です。

でもまぁ何はともあれ、患者さんの元気な姿が見れてよかったです。

今日も疲れた。
いかんな。
気分が下がって下がって。

ということで同僚に誘われ、焼肉屋へ。
同僚がおもろいです。
さすがおねえさん、人生経験豊富やわ。
きゃぁぁーーーっ！

テンション上がってそのままカラオケへ。
私だけ明日も日勤なのに大丈夫でしょうか。
だいじょーーーーーぶ！！
次の日めっちゃ早起きしました。

I thought that I should write about another event I had the other night at the restaurant. 6 Japanese ladies came in for dinner and when they sat down, I could tell right away that we weren’t going to be speaking any English. Again, I thought to myself these ladies must be brave, they speak little to no English, but their in Hawaii at a nice restaurant and must feel like they will be able to get their wants and needs across successfully. Of course they did the old “sumimasen order ii desu ka?” and I responded by saying “sumimasen, demo watashi wa nihongo shaberahen, gomenasai zen zen wakarehen!” They immediately were struck with surprise and aww and were trying to figure out if I was being serious or just joking with them. I was just joking of course and they ended up having an amazing meal, followed by a monster photo session after dinner with all the girls. They asked me “deibido sashin tottemo ii desu ka?” to which I responded “hai, demo 500 yen desu!” they responded “Eh, yasui desu ne!” to which we all laughed together once again.

Today Shuzo and I were going over the importance and power of using “sumimasen”. I found it interesting that it is used all the time in the restaurant that I work at. I often wonder do the Japanese just naturally say without thinking. For example they are sitting at their table and decide that it is time to order, then immediately someone raises their hand and says “sumimasen, order ii desu ka?”. I look at them for a moment with my blonde hair and blue eyes and think is this “ishin denshin” do they know I understand them or do they just assume that since their in the magical Japanese speaking land of Waikiki they can speak Japanese. I mean if they were in a restaurant in Seattle, would they do the exact same thing?

今日は大量メソトレキセート療法を行う患者さんを受け持ちました。
緊張します。

先生にやや叱られながら、自分の管理の悪さを実感して反省です。
明日は今日も教訓にしてきっちりやろ。