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Do you wanna know about yummy restaurants in Hawaii? I introduce wheelchair accessible places I visited and recommend! I haven’t checked the bathroom at all places, so I write its information only where I found. 1. Eggs’n
I took “The Bus” or “Waikiki Trolley” to go to downtown and a shopping mall. The Bus is completely wheelchair accessible. A bus driver activates an equipped ramp for you at a bus stop. Also he makes space
Jeff, my mother and I went to Taiwan, Jeff’s home, last week.It was my first time to go there as his wife.
Rainy season has come in Japan.
People always ask me if I brought an umbrella with me on a rainy day.
However I cannot use one because I use a manual wheelchair.
As I use a wheelchair, I’m often spoken by a stranger in the street.
Many people give me encouraging words, but some people just say negative words.
And I remember negative ones longer than encouraging ones.
Almost 2 months have passed since we got married. I finished my work last month, so I am a housewife now. I was not good at doing house chores, therefore I didn’t do much although I lived by myself from 18 to 24 years old. It was not because I’m a moon rider, but just a lazy person. hahaha.
I’ve used a wheelchair since 7 years old. My parents always told me “you can do anything besides walking.” But as I grew older, I found the things I can/can’t do by wheelchair. One of the timings was when someone asked me about my dream.
When I was 18 years old when choosing college to apply, I didn’t care much about the curriculum as long as I can study English. The high school I attended was not like the top high school in Kyoto, but my class had advanced English programs for students who want to prepare for college study. I had the programs for 3 years in high school. So I thought those study environment was normal, and studying in junior college would be more advanced. However, once I entered the junior college, speaking/listening English classes were just 2 times a week, and other classes were reading and discussing about English novel.
When taking a train by myself, I always ask a station staff to bring a ramp to get in the train.
I really appreciate station staffs’ hospitality.
But I don’t like that some station staffs go behind me to try to push my wheelchair without asking me anything.
Since I’m going back to US for my research as I wrote in my previous post, I amicably resigned the company. I’ve worked almost for 2 years and yesterday was the last day of work. Many colleagues gave me support message for my next step. Now I really feel that I gotta work hard on my research in US!