The new flu has been rampant throughout Japan. Many classes or schools, which are around my son's kindergarten, have been closed due to the flu, so all the kindergartners and parents must wear masks when we go to kindergarten.
My family haven't come down with the new flu so far, but I'm really fear they might be infected this winter.
Not only the new flu, but the seasonal flu also scares me. We can't deny the seasonal one won't be spread this winter. That's why I took my son to our family doctor to have him inoculated against the seasonal flu this afternoon. As a shortage of the vaccine against the new flu has been reported, I had decided the seasonal vaccination was first until the new flu one was available. ( In fact, parents who have preschoolers will be able to make an appointment for the vaccination late this month, according to the order of ascending priorities.)
It'll cost too much, though...^^;
When it comes to winter, I'm eager to have a Japanese hotpot, what we call 鍋 in Japanese. These last few days, the temperature has been low, so my family decided to prepare it. (Every weekend and holiday, my husband is on assignment for preparing meals. ;D)
There are many varieties of Japanese hotpots such as ちゃんこ鍋, みずたき or キムチ鍋. I left it up to him. Now, he's out to buy ingredients. (Yes, I'm writing this journal while he's out. lol)
I'm looking forward to the dinner...hehehe
Last Saturday, our family took part in a bazaar. Our son's kindergarten regularly hold a bazaar.
I was on assignment for a food sale. Almost all of the parents had bought the tickets in advance, so my work was just exchanging dishes and drinks for these tickets. To be honest, I wanted to sell them without those kind of tickets as I used to work as a salesperson. lol
Well, It was the first bazaar for us since our son entered kindergarten. :D I was able to have chances to interact with the parents that I seldom meet, so I felt uplifted through our conversations as well as they livened me up.
Ever since I decided to brush up on my English skills, I've kept taking down new words through reading English newspapers, posting my journals and so on.
I used to review them at first, but these days I'm apt to just take notes. ^^; You can say "Mottainai!"...yes...I know...That's why I determined to make use of these words and idioms to build up a bigger vocabulary.
Right away, I buckled down to reviewing idioms this time while my son was at kindergarten. Although I've not yet to finish reviewing all of the idioms nor to get down to the new words, I'll keep at it. Because I set my sights on an advanced level. ;D
I took part in a free English conversation class this morning. Luckily, there were only 3 of us this time, so I enjoyed talking in English to my heart's content. (I admit I'm garrulous. lol)
Whenever I visit the class, a person makes me happy and rejuvenated. The person is the teacher's 4th daughter, who is a 10-month-old girl. She's always smiling. To my surprise, she never bothers us during the class. According to the mother: our teacher, her daughters, including the girl, never annoyed her when they were babies. ( On the other hand, when my son was a baby, I couldn't rest at all because he was so sensitive to sound. For example, when I closed a door, the closing sound made him bothered and scream....--; )
Anyway, she was playing peekaboo while we were talking. :D She's so amiable. XD
