Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Go Get Some Breakfast! - 朝食の調達訓練!

Juan and Me Outside House for Breakfast


Usually, Juan gets some breakfast for us, so I never go outside in the morning, but it was different this morning...

Okay! Get ready! Let's go get some breakfast!

He told me we are going to a donut shop nearby and get some croissant breakfast sandwich, and we started rolling on the street.

I click my tongue more frequently than Juan does, and we proceeded to Long Beach Boulevard with lots of traffic... then, I am so confused by the traffic noise, I keep walking close to the building all the time!
I totally forget about using echolocation to veer myself. Though my cane does its job telling me there is a pole ahead, and bushes on my left, I am not getting much echo feedback from my tongue click if I am distructed by hunger and other noise!
I managed to cross few streets and arrived at the corner store with some parking space.
Without thinking about hand clapping and tongue clicking, I approached to a shop, thinking today is not my day.
But, I could find the donut shop! My hearing is not so good but the sense of smell is working!

いつもは、フアンが近所のスタバやドーナツ屋で朝食を買ってきてくれるのですが、この日は違いました。

「朝食が欲しければ、出掛けるぞ!」

ということで、ドーナツ屋でクロワッサンのサンドイッチを食べるための旅に出掛けることになりました。

お腹が空いていることもあり、エコロケーションに身が入りません。車の多い通りに出ても、車の音に圧倒されて、建物の壁際を歩いてしまう始末。舌打ちをして、建物に平行になるように方向を取る必要があるのですが、それをも忘れて、とにかくドーナツ屋さんに。

そして、店の近くに来たときには、反響定位より嗅覚定位。匂いで探せば、ドーナツ屋さんなんて、見つけるのは簡単!


Juan and Me at a Donut Shop

We got some food!

朝食ゲット!

After breakfast, we walked back to Daniel's house. I am a bit more confident and somewhat better at perceptual mobility than on my way to the shop. There is no hesitation to cross the parking lot, and started clicking my tongue finding my way back home... with no problem crossing streets and finding light poles and bushes!

朝食を終えて、ダニエルの家に戻ります。
お腹が満たされたとたん、エコーロケーションの感度がアップ!
駐車場も堂々と歩けましたし、道を渡るのも苦労なし。
歩道にある街灯や茂みなども舌打ちだけで見つけられるまでに気力が回復。
やはり、朝食はしっかり取らないとだめですね!

Juan and Me Walking Away from the Donut Shop

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