DAMDINSUREN ISHINKHOROL AND BATGEREL ARIUNGEREL FROM MONGOLIA

When I was in Mongolia, reading a book made me want to go to a different country, meet more people, and learn more. At that time, Japan felt closest to me, maybe because Sumo wrestling is similar to Mongolian wrestling. I was also intrigued by Japanese history and medicine when I heard that Mount Fuji connects underground to Mount Otgontenger in Mongolia. So I decided to go to Japan and start learning Japanese. 

I am a nurse by profession. I grew up with my grandmother, but unfortunately, I couldn’t be with her when she died eight years ago.After that I decided to work in nursing care, because I wanted to help other older people live a more peaceful and happy life until they die. 

Because my job is to interact with people, I become happier when I see that the users are delighted. Also, it cheers me up when they sleep well at night and wake up full of energy.When you work long enough, you can sense your user’s physical condition, just like a family. That is what inspires me the most from my work.

I can’t compare my facility to other nursing care facilities because I don’t know about them. My colleagues are very friendly, helpful and always support each other. In addition, the green area in our facility is very impressive and, I like it a lot.

One of the advantages is that my region is close to Tokyo. However, because of Covid-19, I haven’t been to Tokyo yet. I am looking forward to going there. Also, I heard that Tokyo is one of the safest places for natural disasters. 

I went to the Uchiwa festival of Kumagaya city in July, 2019. It was my first time to attend a festival in Japan, and it was impressive for me. 

I am aiming to improve my Japanese skill in a short time. In the future, I want to study social welfare and public health in Japan. 

I will advise people who want to work as a care worker to listen to your heart. If you do this job only for the sake of salary, then you might get discouraged. It is not a difficult job if you treat people properly and kindly.You should study the physical and psychological characteristics of elderly people and improve your listening ability. Listening to Japanese podcasts and watching movies in Japanese are excellent exercises for learning Japanese.

It makes me feel happy when user’s constipation is relieved or they eat and sleep well. I felt overwhelming happiness one time when my hands were cold, one of the users held my hand and said that “you have cold hands but a warm heart”. 

I am learning from my colleagues that even the smallest things are also important. 

When I first started to learn about nursing care work, I didn’t exactly get the right information. It was all new for me. For example, what I will do, who are the users,what is the difference between caring for elderly in Mongolia and in Japan, what is the dementia disease and so on.In Mongolia, there are not many people with dementia disease, therefore I didn’t know how to communicate and care for them. Since coming here, I have learned a lot of things.

I did a lot of self-preparation exercises, especially for listening, because I thought it would be difficult to speak with and understand Japanese people.

I am learning how to work in a Japanese organization. It is a great experience.

I learned how to communicate with older people and understand them very well. Also, I learned to control my emotions. 

I hope that once the COVID-19 disease is over, a more interesting and fun part of my life will begin. Japan has a lot of fun things to do with the ocean and the mountains.I also want to eat traditional Japanese cuisine and take the Shinkansen, which is a modern train. I heard that there is a snowy place like winter even when it is a hot summer.The summer is sweltering outside, meantime here inside the office it is cold.

Japanese yogurt is similar to Mongolian plain yogurt. Therefore I became a yogurt fan here. 

The nearest park has beautiful nature and trees. I like to go there during the weekends.