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Last Friday I woke up with a sore throat. After a few hours at work I started getting all sweaty and felt a fever coming on. During lunch time, we tried a new restaurant. None of us could read the Japanese menu, so I did a lucky dip approach. This is what I got:

It was rather scary looking but was surprisingly tasty. I didn’t eat the lips or eyes though. Just glad it wasn’t moving at the same time!

Anyway, I’ve been ill since last Friday. Much better now but got an annoying cough that’s causing pains in my abdomen and disrupting my sleep! It’s nice to be ill in some ways… I managed to get a few things done around the house. Visited the post office. Paid several bills. Bought a rice cooker. And even went to try out the Japanese health care by seeing a Doctor, who thankfully spoke English. They are typically Asian when prescribing medicines as I ended up with several different kinds of pills. I don’t think any of them did much except act as a placebo but at least I’m better now.

The annoying thing in Japan, or at least with my company, is that we don’t get paid sick leave here so it’s kinda expensive. Every day off sick is deducted from my holiday allowance. Dang!

Even still, I managed to organise a day trip and a camping holiday towards the end of April and during Golden Week in May. Most of it through my Japanese cellphone since I still haven’t got internet installed in my apartment. Lastly, during my sickness, I purchased the Apple iPod touch 32GB from amazon.co.jp for comfort and it was delivered next day! (Quite admire the level of customer service in Japan.) I needed a new gadget or two