I am not talking about Independence Day.
It is my 4th article for July.
Before July ends, the Thursday just passed, I had 2 interesting meetings.
The guests of both meetings, they both can speak more than 1 language.
The 1st guest, he saw me, and got disappointed, because I am not male.
He asked if I can speak Japanese, but I insisted to speak ENG with him to keep him down.
However, partly also because, my business JAP is not good, right?
And later my boss came, he did all the talking, …
I wish I can do some of those and I think I would feel very good about it …
The 2nd guest, she was just like me, experiencing how JAP locals look at our JAP level.
Through her, I see the mistakes I made while talking with the local JAP.
1 thing I learned/realized is, EVEN THOUGH you have always KNOWN that you level will never be able to compare with the JAP locals, don’t talk like you are skeptical about what you are trying to say or feel shy about what you are trying to say, …
… actually, it is A LOT more 格好いい when you just speak with confidence even though you made shit load of mistakes or even when your insensitive opponents are giving you a horrible expression when they cannot understand your words.
KEEP EXPLAINING like you made no mistake and DO NOT need to feel bad or do unnecessary apologies.
Really, they are NOT needed if you want to make the whole process smooth.
The fact is, you are talking to people that cannot even speak more than 1 language and if they know more than 1 and are sensible, you know they will never do any expressions that made you feel bad and made you not able to continue the conversation smoothly.
なんか、自分の足りないところ、ずーーーーと分かったんだけど、after I met with those 2, it actually gave me reasons and motivations, to … improve.
I can live by just fine with what I have now, and continue making progress sloooooowly, 自然に、でも、それは、本当に嬉しいことでしょうか？
そのまま、このペースで、本当に大丈夫でしょうか？
それを考えてしまって、決心もモティベーションも、突然出てくる 。。。
