The Least Useful Guide to Fukuoka

Despite wearing the brand new snowshoes and walking carefully, I already slipped on the icy road on my way back from shopping this morning. My left rib and hip joints are now in pain. I have got a break from cooking today, as this is an injury on duty (=shopping for food). 

But this incident has also allowed me to experience the kindness of the local people. A gentleman ran up to me (even though he was on the same slippery road) and lent me, as flat as a frog that had been run over by a car, his shoulder to help me get up, even though he was smaller than me. And the lady of the house along the road where I fell came out of her house and tried to rescue me, too. 

But their kindness did not ease my pain. I will probably have to see a doctor if the condition gets (I would love to use "got" here, though) worse. And I might have to learn how to fall over safely.