Health Risks for Japan Workers

When summer was about to end, I decided to do something that might lend me a job in Japan. Unfortunately, it did not end well because my string is too short for the year-long training.  When I visited Japan, what I noticed was that they do really have a fast-pace way of life. They walk fast, they act fast, they follow the schedule and others including foreigners are expected to do the same or they will be left behind. Among our group, our Japanese coordinator who was more than 50 years old walked really fast and always end up waiting at the train station.

Just today, I read an article from Telegraph.co.uk that says

Japan is least healthy place in the world to work

The workaholic nation of Japan has been crowned the most unhealthy country in the world to be an employee.

A survey conducted from 115,000 participants in 33 countries ranked Japan as the highest in terms of workers with the most work-related health problems. Canada ranked second. Both countries have only ten (10) days leave annually. Karoshi (death from overworking) is one of the problems that Japan is currently experiencing. Japan also has a high rate of work-related fatalities.

If Japan and Canada ranked as the least healthy place to work, New Zealand, India and Australia emerged the healthiest place to work having the fewest complaints of work-related ill health.

Sometimes, even when not in Japan or in Canada, people without realizing tend to sacrifice health when it comes to work. I do sometimes (but mostly home-based projects ).

Am I still hoping to work in Japan? Maybe, but I will always prefer to work at home than anywhere else given the same financial benefits.  But I would really like to go back there in the future especially during winter. I like to watch the colorful leaves and the trees covered with snow.

54 Products Included In BFAD Partial List to be Tested for Melamine Content

The issue of China’s milk products containing Melamine have been a household scare in the Philippines especially for mothers with infants. In relation to the Melamine issue, Philippine Daily Inquirer issue for September 27, 2008 has published the partial list of milk and other milk products collected by Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) for testing.

Included in the list are the following products

1. Anchor Lite Milk
2. Anchor Warm Frootmilk Drink Mango Magic
3. Anchor Wam Frootmilk Orange Chill
4. Anchor Wam Frootmilk Strawberry Spin
5. Anlene Milk
6. Anmum Materna 180g
7. Anmum Materna Chocolate
8. Dutch Lady Pure Milk
9. Farmland Skim Milk
10. Greenfood Yili Pure Milk
11. Jinwei Drink
12. Jollycow Pure Fresh Milk

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Unbearable Toothache

This weekend, I really wanted to rest so I worked on our diagrams for Software Engineering even during lecture hours. I was able to finish one when an instructor did not show up. Unfortunately, the file got corrupted so I have to redraw everything again. I wanted to work last night but my eyes won’t open anymore. As if they have their own mind and went to sleep on their own.

Then, I woke up with a terrible toothache. Worst, I can’t force my eyes to open up. My body is still very tired. I have taken up some medicines but the more I became groogy. I even did some blog posts to wake me up since it’s the only thing I can do without using too much of my brain but my toothache is still bothering me.

I have to take more medicines as the toothache became unbearable but it made me more sleepy. Then, I went to sleep for about 2 hours. It is still bothering me but I need to start studying and working (which one should be first?)

Our neighbor has given a suggestion on how to cure it but I am not sure if I am going to follow her advice and whether I know how to do it. It’s a herbal/home remedy involving coconut.

I have already opened the unfinished diagram but I received an update from Alfa that our pictures were already uploaded. Not being able to remember my Multiply account, I created a new one and spent a few minutes viewing the pictures. Saw the picture of BYJ (know who he is? If not, just wait for future post from me :D)

Reading her blog, I got an inspiration to blog more and enjoy. So, I started writing another blog post. I really enjoy writing and I wish I have more time doing this…