Question 1

I've never been in an accident where I had to ride an ambulance, but I did have to be rushed to the hospital using my family's car a couple of times. The first time was when I got a really bad asthma attack at home. I started to trun blue and my mom and dad had to rush me to the hospital. I started to recover on the car ride and was feeling better by the time we got to the emergency room. There's a lot of traffic in the Philippines! The other time was when I was training for Judo and my opponent fell on my foot when I threw her. She was very heavy, about 2 times heavier than me. I dislocated 3 toes. My coach realigned my toes while we were waiting for my parents to take me to the hospital. My foot swole up to twice its normal size.

Question 2

The worst injury I ever had was during a Judo competition. My opponent pulled me down really hard and didn't execute the move perfectly. It made my knee bend 90º outwards. I completely tore my ACL (Anterior Cruxiate Ligament). I had to get surgery to replace the ligament and did 9 months of physical therapy.

Question 3

Early this year, the famous basketball player for the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, died in a helicopter accident with his daughter while they were traveling to get to a basketball workshop together. It was really sad. So many basketball fans on Facebook made posts about it.

Question 4

I think one of the most dangerous jobs our there are Alaskan king crab fishers. They have to go to very dangerous seas to catch king crabs. They can get thrown overboard or get crushed under the heavy equipment used on the boats.

Question 5

I think the worst injury I've ever witnessed was my own injury! Haha!

Question 6

I think I'm accident prone. I usually have bad luck in most things. The only time I'm lucky is when I'm trying something for the first time, it's called 'Beginner's Luck.' I have very good beginner's luck.

Tough Vocabulary

Question 1

Yes, I fell out of a tree while I was at an elementary school cricket match. My team was batting and some friends and I climbed a tree for a better view. Then a strong gust of wind blew and I fell backwards hurting my neck and shoulder. So an ambulance came and I had to go to hospital for scans. It was nothing too serious, although I missed my classes graduation from elementary school ceremony and most of that years summer.

Question 2

Yes I have, many times :(. The worst from playing sports was breaking my jaw playing rugby. It hurt a lot and I still remember the sound, it was like many potato chips being stood on at the same time.

Question 3

I remember watching a rugby match and a player jumped, caught the ball, then landed and was tackled. The problem was that his boot spikes got caught in the ground and after the tackle was completed, his ankle was facing the wrong way.

Question 4

I think cooking is a dangerous job as you are in a small space, performing quickly, with a lot of pressure, surrounded by fire and knives (and sometimes crazy people).

Question 5

I think the worst thing I witnessed was when I was working as a chef in England. I saw an apprentice slice the tip of his fingers off. He was only 16 years old and had no experience. Luckily the doctors could re-attach them. I do not know whether he became a chef or not.

Question 6

Yes, I think that I must be cursed or I have weak bones. I have broken a few things, usually doing mundane things such as playing with my dog (he broke my thumb), exercising (I dropped a weight and broke my foot) or doing laundry (I broke my ankle).

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
gust	風
jaw	齶
mundane	地上

Question 1

Yup, many times. I was an American football player. I dislocated my left hip, broke my right tibia bone and had many concussions. I also had to ride in the ambulance twice in Japan. Once, I was hit by a car on my bicycle.

Question 2

Again, yes many times. I was in a really bad car accident when I was 16. My friend was driving a truck and I was sitting on the rear cab of the truck. He rear-ended a lady that was stopped at a traffic light. I flew many meters in the air out of the truck. I luckily landed on soft grass next to the road. I wasn't injured at all, but my friends were badly injured.

Question 3

Stevie Ray-Vaughn was a very famous blues guitarist in America. He died tragically in a helicopter crash in the 1990s. Very sad as he was such a talented guitarist and he died very young.

Question 4

Firefighter. I was an EMT/Firefighter after I graduated from university. It is an extremely dangerous and stressful job. There are many ways that you can get injured or killed. The number one way is through smoke inhalation if you are trapped in a fire.

Question 5

I have witnessed many. When I was an EMT I witnessed many people die. The worst injury that somebody actually survived was a drunk-driver who hit a tree head-on at a high rate of speed. His chest hit the steering wheel and the pressure of the impact pushed his intestines outside of his stomach. This is called evisceration. We had to gather his intestines and put them back in his stomach. The emergency doctors had to wind them back into his body. He survived. Incredible.

Question 6

I am accident prone for sure. I have so many scars and bruises from being injured. I'm not the only one in my family. All of my brothers have been to the emergency room many times as well.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
concussion	脳震盪
inhalation	吸入
evisceration	内臓