I’m sick
and it’s bad, but not really bad enough to keep me home from work, which is annoying. Even if it were that bad, though, I might end up going to work anyways because taking sick leave is such a pain here. You have to get a doctor’s note to take sick leave, which means you have to pay to go see the doctor, then you have to pay extra to get an actual doctor’s note from him/her, and after spending all that money it’s just not even worth it unless you have, like, leukemia or something.
Long story short: I’m at work today, and I’m not happy about it.
About Me
My name is Lawrence Denes.After spending 5 years studying Japanese language, culture, literature, and history in St. Louis and Kyoto, I now live in Japan, in a town that most Japanese people have never even heard of, lost amid the rice fields and vending machines.
Please feel free to ask me anything, or send me an email.
