Soup? "You know, honey, I'd like to eat soup today, could you make some?" "With What? Don't have anything to put in the soup." "Don't you have any meat and veggies? Ok, I'm going to the store. What do you need?" "Bone meat, sweet potato, tomato, carrot, onion, garlic, salt, ... I guess that's all." "Fine." "Bring some food for the dog."

Shiftwork I work in a rotating 8 hour shift schedule such that in each cycle of 35 days in a row I work a total of 7 days in each one of the three shifts and have 21 days off. The shifts and days off do not follow up a simple sequence. So for example, it's 3 days in the first shift, 1 day off, 4 days in the second shift, 1 day off, 3 days in the third shift, 4 days of, and so on. The worst shift for me is the night shift, wich goes from 23pm to 7am. It's really bad. I feel sleepy at work, can't get to sleep at home, eat too much, exercise too little. I feel terrible. But the pay is good and there's a lot of days off, so I think it's worth it.

At the Pharmacy Store "Good Morning. Do you have this medicine here?" (showing prescription) "Just a moment, sir. Here it is, sir." "Is there another cheaper brand? Generic?" "Lemme see" (looking up on a computer) "There's this one, sir." "Fine, I'm taking it." "Are you registered with us, sir?" "Do I have to? What's the use of it?" "Well, you have a discount if you register, sir." "I'll pay the full price then, thank you"

A Pain in the ... Knee How could this dialogue feel more natural. Feel free to change anything. Thank you. (at work) "Hey bro, do you know a good orthopedician. I have this pain in my knee and ankle." "I know one but he doesn't attend by the health plan. Nakagawa his name. And he charges an expensive bill." "Well, maybe he's worth it, thanks." (at the doctor office) "Hi, how are you today? What's the matter with you?" "Well, I can't run and do exercises 'cause my knee and ankle hurt." "Lemme see. Take off you shoes, please." "Ok. Take this prescription and go talk to the assistant next door to schedule physiotherapy sessions." "All right, thank you." (at the physiotherapy waiting room) "Hey, miss, I've been waiting here for almost an hour." "We're very busy at this time of the day, sir." "Ok, what's the best time of the day then, least busy?" "It's best early in the morning, sir." "How long 'till it's my turn now?" "Not too long, sir. We're gonna call you very soon." "All right, thank you." (at the physiotherapy session) "Sir, seat down here, please. Where does it hurt?" "Right knee and ankle." "Ok, sir. I'm gonna put this gel on your skin and you may feel some disconfort because it's cold. I'm turning on the electrodes and you're gonna feel a small electric shock, so tell me if there's too much disconfort, ok?" "Yeah yeah" "We're done for today, sir. 'Till tomorrow." "Thank you"

Saturday Morning Program I and my daughter went to a park today in the morning that we hadn't been before. It was very large and there were a lot of people there having picnic, playing with their kids and playing soccer. There were some ancient uninhabited big houses there, I think it used to be a farm. There were some dirt tracks beneath the trees, around a lake and people were walking and running there. We carried her bicycle and skateboard in the car but she didn't feel like playing with them. It was winding a lot and I felt cold because I was wearing shorts and a T shirt only. We had to leave earlier than we would like because we were feeling hungry and there were no nice place to eat there. Next time we'll carry a backpack full of snacks and water.