These Days

Since I quitted my part time job in April, I've been attending free English classes. It's “first come first serve”. So I should be there approximately 40 minutes before the class and wait until it starts. I spend this waiting time chatting with my class mates. Sometimes I talk too much before the class and am quiet during the class.

Japanese students usually try to answer correctly. I try to find the answer that the teacher expects to hear. Because I take a long time to answer, I miss my chance to speak in the class. Other students speak out whatever they think. I don’t think I could speak anything in the class, but I should speak if I have some ideas. Anyway I am happy to see people and listen to the stories about their countries. We have a different six teachers every two weeks. Every teacher has a different accent. Thanks to this class, I’m getting used to British accent. Once I start to like British accent, I like British people. Although, I still have many things to complain about. For example after waiting eight months, I'm still on the waiting list for the dentist. The registration procedures for the dentist never end. In my flat, one of three lights in the kitchen is broken and one of two rolling curtain is also broken. I have complained about these problems twice, however, they have not been fixed yet. I dislike these things. Of course I still can't say I like this, but now I can accept this.

In Japan, things are efficient. On the other hand, I always feel pressure that I should do everything people expect of me. If anyone waits after me, I automatically hurry up. Here, no one would hurry for others. And no one would let me hurry. It might be hard for me to adjust to the Japanese style after coming back to Japan. So far I enjoy the British style.