First time at the nursery!

This week was the first time i was working in the nursery and i was super excited! The nursery is below our apartements so we always see the children going in when we are off to the hospital and they all look super cute! Off Lucy and I went on Tuesday morning for our shift and we greeted by one of the workers here who is really lovely but doesnt speak much english. We had to wear aprons and i was given a bright orange miffy one to match my jumper, not a great look!

We were given stools to sit on whilst all the children lined up infront of us and sang us a song in which they introduced themselves. Once they said their name they had to come up shake each of our hands and give us a hug, it was really cute! Afterwards we took them outside to play where two little girls became obsessed with me spinning them around and one little boy kept trying to run me over in his tricycle! Once we had fed the little ones their lunch they all popped on their pyjammas to watch Tom and Jerry before they were going for a nap and off Lucy and i went for our shift at the hospital. I really enjoyed the nursery and i cant wait to be working there more:D

I also started a new ward this week which is alot bigger than the last one but there is very little for me to do unfortunately. The jobs i am given are just things such as making the beds, serving all of the patients 'ocha' which is green tea, wiping down their bedside cabinets and i just generally follow people around. Sometimes i am given a patient to take down to the xray room which is quite interesting as i get to watch. There is one patient on my ward who is really lovely and she always trys to speak to me and ask me questions. Every morning she writes in her diary and yesterday as i was tidying her bedside cabinet i could see her looking at my name badge. She then showed me her diary and she had written out my name in English, she was very pleased with herself!

Ive been trying my best to cook here but unfortunately i just do not have that talent and have had a disaster attempt at egg fried rice. So mainly i am just cooking myself pasta with grated cheese but hopefully by the time i come home i will be at least be able to cook some dishes! Seeing as we are eating alot of rubbish food here such as i cant stop eating donuts and lucy is addicted to cereal and chocolate milk, i decided to purchase a pair of trainers to motivate us to exercise. So far ive ran up some steps and ate a few more donuts... i will find motivation somehow!

A new nurse moved into our appartement block this week and she came knocking on my door to give me a present, unfortunately when she arrived i was wearing my cookie monstor onesie so god knows what her first impressions were! As she arrived unexpected at my door i was slightly confused as to why she was there and thought she was saying that she was moving into my room and we were swapping.. luckily Lucy came to my rescue to explain she was new and giving me a present.

 

Last weekend we visited the Atomic Bomb Museum and Memorial Hall but i shall be doing a seperate blog on that but it is taking quite a while as it is very long, hopefully i shall post it this weekend:)