I am sitting here at my base school being as strong as possible. I am chanting in my head "don't get sick, don't get sick". So far it is working. Lucky for me. Touch wood.
There are 215 students in this school and 25 are away sick right now. Mostly with flu. Influenza is infuruenza in Japanese. Shortened to infuru. So 25 are sick. 19 of these students are from the 2nd grade. It is a serious problem here. The 2nd grade students went home at 10am on Friday to rest and take care of their health.
Quite amazing!
About Me
- Turning Japanese
- I was living in the lovely sea side town of Hikari in Japan. I had the most wonderful time over two years. I feel so lucky to have shared so many special times with friends and families. I am now home in Melbourne. I have gone back to work and enjoy teaching in a local primary school. I originally come from a small town 2 hours from Melbourne in Australia. One day love to be a travel photographer. I really don't want to stop travelling. Watchout world!
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3 comments:
Since I've gotten a cough and sore throat, my chant's changed to one of denial: "You're NOT sick! You're NOT sick!"
after being sick in bed three times in the few months I've been here (really nasty), I now rinse my throat with that iodine stuff you get from the chemist at the mere hint of a sore throat plus take vitamin sups.
Mind you despite having a temperature and shivering etc. each time i've been ill the dr has described it as a "cold" so i'm dreading finding out what the flu is like.
ps thanks for the spag bol recipe. i made it tonight and it was good, despite using ingredients from the Big supermarket.
mko
my whole 1 nen sei (so that was 1/3 of the school) was cancelled for 2 days due to the flu. as well as the 3 and 5 nen sei from the shogakko. sounds like it's an epidemic
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