Annnnnd this is how it started: "Talk to the patients."
errmmmm.....I don't speak Japanese? It was pretty rough, but we managed to pull off a little conversation with a very patient (no pun intended) and very kind Japanese woman. So many people; patients, doctors nurses and care workers have been so welcoming and accepting of us being here as volunteers despite the very obvious language barrier.
Bell around the ankles towel around the head man who calls me "Miss Canada" is becoming much more of a friend to us. We now call him "beru san": Mr. Bells. We wave when we see him in the mornings and spend more time throughout the day sitting and talking with him. Today, we looked through a magazine while he spoke something about his cat and dog at home while making faces at a male model with long hair. He also referred to his wife as "mamma" because she was nagging him to get back to bed. Beru san never ceases to surprise me. Thinking of him, I decided to make him a few paper pets to keep him company when "mamma" isn't around.
Japanese words for today:
ii nioi - "smells good". Inspired by the unbelievable lunches we deliver at noon. I wish they'd feed me!
kusuri - "medicine". Despite medicine being in pill form, you're told to drink it. "Nomimasho!"
Daijoubu desu ka = "Is that alright?/Are you alright?" in which the answer is easy: daijobu "I'm fine."
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