Health Check
This tuesday we had an obligatory 'Health Check' here at the University at 4 p.m.
40 or 50 or more foreign students lined up to get their weight (yes I lost a few pounds..), fatty tissue measurements (too low on that one also), urine sample (OK) and X-ray (no result as yet) checked and done. Absolutely useless...since we were informed afterwards you will need this in case you aspire to a highly qualified job in one or other ministery or want to proceed to take part in higher education ???.
We all did have a lot of fun though doing all this...standing in with our urine samples, taking our clothes off and then putting them on again and all the while little japanese people in white coats running around shouting things nobody understood.
Today boring lectures (wednesday again) and here on the campus too people are collecting money for the earthquake victims in Pakistan. Laudable cause if there ever was one.
Will buy a printer cause up till now I have to ask really friendly at the administrative office when I want something printed and ,nosy as they are, they want to know what it is, what is for and why I want it printed.
Must dash now as I'm doing this bit in between lectures...
By the way Bob...your picture is in the picture collection of friends etc...go have a look.
And Zoran I will take you to Liberty bar...(n.b. streetcar is a tram)
40 or 50 or more foreign students lined up to get their weight (yes I lost a few pounds..), fatty tissue measurements (too low on that one also), urine sample (OK) and X-ray (no result as yet) checked and done. Absolutely useless...since we were informed afterwards you will need this in case you aspire to a highly qualified job in one or other ministery or want to proceed to take part in higher education ???.
We all did have a lot of fun though doing all this...standing in with our urine samples, taking our clothes off and then putting them on again and all the while little japanese people in white coats running around shouting things nobody understood.
Today boring lectures (wednesday again) and here on the campus too people are collecting money for the earthquake victims in Pakistan. Laudable cause if there ever was one.
Will buy a printer cause up till now I have to ask really friendly at the administrative office when I want something printed and ,nosy as they are, they want to know what it is, what is for and why I want it printed.
Must dash now as I'm doing this bit in between lectures...
By the way Bob...your picture is in the picture collection of friends etc...go have a look.
And Zoran I will take you to Liberty bar...(n.b. streetcar is a tram)
posted by 狩人 (Hunter in Japanese) @ 10/26/2005 12:35:00 pm
2 Comments:
At 7:14 pm,
Anonymous said…
I know what the Japanese are like. They just made you have a health check so they can look at naked western bodies. Hope the lectures are going well and that you can now swear fluently when the need arises. Having a financial crisis at the moment but - hey - payday is only a week away.
Take care and lets speak soon
At 7:15 pm,
Anonymous said…
The above was from Chris by the way in case you didn't guess!!!
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