June, 2005 Issue | ||||
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Coming to Ritto from His Own Country | ||
We have a student of RIFA’s Japanese class here. |
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An Event That Changed My Way of Thinking |
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Niu Juanmin | ||
I am Niu Juanmin. I came from Xian City. I am 23 years old. I came to Japan last August as a trainee. I study processing plastic. I live with five people who came with me. I have been living alone since I was 17 years old when I left my home town. I thought I was used to be loneliness, however, I felt anxiety and loneliness that I had never felt until then as I was determined to come to Japan. It was because it was my first life abroad and I knew I wouldn’t be able to come back for three years until I finish trainig. I came here with such mixed feelings and my new life began. Actually, I didn’t feel as lonely in Japan as I had thought before, because I was always with the five people who came along with me, going together to the company and living together. Two or three months later, I began to be uneasy. I noticed I had no chance to have relationship with Japanese people in spite that I was in Japan. Before I came to Japan, I was thinking I would have good terms with Japanese people and get taught Japanese culture and language, however, I had the same life as I had had in China. I didn’t how to make friends with Japanese people.
One day I found my shoes clean, which had gotten wet with rain and I was supposed to wash afterwards. I knew the wife living below our floor in our dormitory had washed my shoes and dried it out. It was the first time that I touched such kindness in Japan. It was also the first kindness since I left my hometown when I was 17 years old. I was really moved, because I had never thought that there would be such kind people in Japan. Until then I had prejudice that Japanese people were cold, however, it was all gone. I noticed that I had had various kinds of prejudice and hesitated to have relationships with them somewhere in my mind. With this as a start, I have come to be able to relate well to my neighbors, participating in events or cleaning in the area, and talking a lot with people I met on the roads. Moreover, I found that they are nicer than I thought. Now I have been having a good time here in Japan. I think it must be
owing to the surrounding people who encourage me. I’d like to be a human
resource who contribute to my surroundings, leading useful life in Japan,
interacting with many people, and learning as many things as possible. |
−We are waiting for your contribution.− |
We are waiting for your manuscripts; an essay, a travelogue, a poem, a tanka(Japanese traditional poem consisting of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables), a haiku(Japanese traditional poem consisting of 5-7-5 syllables) and anything you like. We will present a small gift for the adopted contributor. Please sent your manuscript to RIFA with your postal code, address, name, phone number, and fax number. |
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