Susan's Stories

 We four had a new breakfast experience; we decided to try the hotel buffet.  The price was reasonable and the choices and tastes varied. We discussed our remaining Japanese yen and the funds still loaded our Suicacards. Karin and I shared that we had decided to cancel our visit to the Imperial Gardens due to the heat, around 95 degrees and humidity, around 70%. We ill, instead do some requisite shopping for a friend at home. The breakfast and conversations were satisfying and good.  Kenji and Leo left for a place that would develop the film in his, Leo's, camera before undergoing X Rays at the airport on Tuesday.  I told Karin that we need to be back at the hotel to watch on tv the final day of the Sumo wrestling tournament.   After resting and reading Karin and I toom the Metro to a location to make a purchase for a person back home, a d what we found was a very long line, so long that it doubled back on itself.  Talking with English speakers who jus...

The day is bright and sunny. The temperature is predicted to reach the mid nineties and the humidity to 70%. In the hotel lobby we went to Lawson convenience store to find food to bring to our rooms for breakfast. I ate  edamame and a teriyaki and egg sandwich. We ate at the low table by the large window and enjoyed watching activity around the park as well as the monorail.  Then we packed for our move, more challenging than earlier with purchases needing to be packed. With one shuttle we were at the train station. Kenji and Karin had researched our transfer stop. From that point we surfaced, and Kenji called an Uber which brought us to the Asakusa Central Hotel. Karin and Ke ji checked us in, but we needed to wait a little over an hour before accessing our rooms. We went to eat lunch at a popular restaurant down the street. Karin wrote Kenji's name on the clipboard, along with around 20 others. We noticed they were placing their orders with the clipboard manager, so Karin req...

 After a good night's rest we saw a sunny day outside our window. Getting ready for the day and eating the food we purchased yesterday Leo left his luggage at the Mira Costa and to be moved to the partner hotel at the close of the day. Kenji brought has luggage next door to our room.  They left with early entry  passes forthe Disney Sea portion of the park. I communicated with some conference friends while watching Disney cartoons on TV until Karin and Kenji arrive to check out of the room and move to the partner hotel where I plan to find a comfortable  spot in the lobby to relaxation and read. Karin and Kenji arrived before noon, and we left the Mira Costa which Kenji described as the best hotel in which he has stayed. We took the Disneyland monorail from the Disney Sea station to the Bayside station. The ride is very smooth and the train car is large and clean, plays music from Disney films as does the station. That is calming and distracting fron the high tempera...

 I packed Wednesday evening while watching weather, international news  sumo wrestling, and baseball. I shall miss the Rembrandt hotel buffet. ,lively conversation with luggage accompanied us for the final, shuttle ride to the Kogen, the conference hotel. After a few more photos were taken we brought our luggage and joined a presentation of students who volunteered in earthquake and tsunami rebuilding as well as in Cambodia. I was glad to hear and learn additional information from these students, as I attended their presentation yesterday afternoon. As we were settling in for the 9 am panel of conference speakers Jenny informed me that Leah had ordered a taxi to bring us to the Gotrmba station at 9. 10 and did I want to join them and leave the conference early.  I thought only momentarily and elected to join them and Thisbie. A,though I had wanted to remain until the end of the conference and say more goodbyes I elected to remain with Jenng and Leah. The gour Japanese of ...

 I enjoyed the usual yummy buffet seated on a stool by a window and by one of our Rembrandt seven. We communicated using Google translate which was fun. After photos of us and two more persons who came we for the day we took more photos at the hotel as well as exchanging contact information before our plenary sessions. The first of three was about virtual reality and its use teaching CPR. MG friend Maria from Indonesia volunteered to wear the visual face gear. It was fascinating.  The second speaker  described the history of school nursing in Japan. From the description Japsnese communities responded to wide spreading diseases and the two world wars when strong and healthy soldiers were needed.  Then the population increased and concern for clean water and sewage disposal were important.  Social concerns such as STDs and alcohol and drug use and HIV needed attention.  Since that time social issues such as student mental health have been added to the school ...

 It was the noodles and potatoes and  bananas that hit the spot with coffee latte this morning at our Rembrandt hotel. Our driver deliveredus seven to the conference hotel soon after 8 am, before the other 100 attendees had finished their breakfast. The surroundings outside the large were there to be admired, and I had time to do that. Our two plenary sessions were fabulous. The first speaker described her work for school health in the 37 countries of the WHO western region. Her presentation was lively as she described her work with schools to promote healthy school environments and communities.  The second speaker was a school doctor. He came costumed as he stated he often does when he is at schools. He stressed the importance of the collaboration of the school doctor,  the school yogo teacher, and the school nurse. The yogo teacher is a health teacher who may provide first aid and who collaborates with the nurse and doctor on school health concerns.  His prese...