This post has nothing to do with Japan, except that I have the tendency to fall sick during long Japanese holidays like year end and golden week. So with weak Japanese medicine not working, and even with kiwis and lemon honey drink all failing, I resorted to my friend's advice: coke and ginger . It sounded unusual so I googled and found the recipe. Amazingly, many people swear that it works wonder to cure their coughs and sore throats, so I decided to try out of desperation because I had already been coughing for four days and four nights. Preparation: Put a can of coke (around 350ml) and sliced ginger into a pot and bring to boil, simmer for 10 mins. You can either add lemon when it was simmering or squeezed lemon juice after you pour into your mug. *I couldn't get old ginger from my Japanese supermarket so I used young ginger that was not so spicy. Verdict: I couldn't believe it, but it tasted rather good! Even my friend who disliked ginger said this remedy taste...
Never thought it was going to be like that where I live, but I guess I was wrong. It is getting tighter with passing days, today I had to ignore 2 packed buses and on the thrid, packed as well and running late, just cram myself in there...and I hate it when I see the seemengly empty one and I am still far away...start running like a mad man to see the damn doors sliding shut :D
ReplyDeletecreepo: WOW! 2 buses!? You have great patience. I always run late for work when I was in Singapore and had to run on my wedges. Fell down twice because of that XD
ReplyDeleteBut Japan is the true "packed like sardines" train...... U even have the contactors getting ready to push U in!! Hope U wont hv a chance to exprience it. Hahaha!
ReplyDeletehui: Actually I had... it was damn funny at first. But later it becomes annoying... ...
ReplyDeleteHey Eva...found this french cartoonist that made a strip that reminded me of this subject, another annoying thing that happens with trains.
ReplyDeletehttp://english.bouletcorp.com/2012/03/02/
creepo: Lol, happens to Singapore too, people rushing to get in before people inside the train gets out! Absolutely irritating if you're that 1 poor person trying to get out~
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