なんとブリスベンに到着してからほぼ1ヵ月が経ちました。時の流れがめちゃくちゃ早い…。ぼんやりしてたら一瞬で帰国の日を迎えそうです。そろそろ仕事もシェアハウスも本気出して探した方が良いよね。
面接＆トライアルの結果
一週間経っても連絡がなかったので不採用だったんだろうなと思いつつ、わずかな希望も込めて結果を知りたいとメールしてみました。返信は、
「You have done a good job on the trial day, but we have found another suitable candidate for the position. Thanks for interest and try working with us. If we have some vacancies in the future, we will contact you.」
残念ながら他の人に決まったとのこと。社交辞令かもしれないけど、もしまた募集する機会があったら連絡します。って添えられてて、やっぱりいい感じのオーナーさんだなと思いました。不採用だったけど、本当に良い経験をさせてもらえて有難かったです！
これからはアプリ経由よりも、直接メールかレジュメ配りしてみよう。今回の経験で少し勇気が出てきた。
After the trial, I didn’t receive the result, and I thought I had been a failure, but I wanted to know the result obviously and sent an email to the manager.
Then, his reply told me the result was a failure. However, I felt his kindness and honesty, so I believed I was lucky to find this restaurant where I applied for the first experience. It was a very good experience.
From now on, I will send a resume or an email directly because this experience made me encouraged.
語学学校
今週新しく来た日本人の女の子が英語すらすら話してたから、「すらすら話せてすごいね、同じクラスなのが不思議」って話したら「適当だもん。考えたら話せないから適当に言ってる。外国の人が雑談で完璧な日本語で話しかけてきたとき緊張感あって話しにくかったから、完璧じゃなくてもリラックスして話すようにしてる」って言ってて参考になった。でもまだ一生懸命頑張らないと英語が出てこない。道端でSorryって言われたときとか、いまだにうっかり「すみません」って日本語で言ったりしてる。
A new classmate, who is from Japan, was speaking English fluently, and she said, “I don’t think grammar while speaking English. When I was in Japan, a foreigner spoke the perfect Japanese language, and I was uncomfortable because I felt I had to speak perfect Japanese too. So now, I try to focus on relaxing, being comfortable, and just telling my thoughts.”
Her thoughts are cool, but relaxing is the hardest challenge for me. When someone talks to me on the street at a moment, I speak Japanese accidentally, even though I’ve been here for about one month.
放課後、休日
今週はちょこっとお酒を飲みました。こっちに来てから初めて！フラットメイトがハイネケンくれたのと、友達の送別会でソジュを数口。お酒好きだけど、まだ酔っぱらうほど飲む勇気がない。
These weekdays, I drank an alcohol a bit. It was the first time when I came to Brisbane. I love drinking but don’t have the bravery to be a hangover. Friends say, “Today is today, Tomorrow is tomorrow.” Everybody is younger than me. I wanted to tell them that you’ll be worried about your health when you are closer 30yo.
あとは、友達が人生相談してくれて嬉しかったけど、英語力が追いつかず、まともなアドバイスできなくて申し訳なかった。年齢や国が違っても悩みは一緒だね。
One of my friends asked me how to cope with life’s challenges. At that time, I was happy because I felt I had become a closer friend. But I couldn’t give helpful advice because of the language barrier. I know we have kind of the same challenges or problems even though our ages and nationality are different.
そういえば、友達と韓国料理食べてたら、インスタで同じお店にいましたって知らない人から連絡きてびっくりした。台湾の人だけど、英語の練習に付き合ってくれるのでラッキー。8月にまた出張でブリスベンにくるらしい。
By the way, I had dinner with friends at a Korean restaurant one day. And I got one message on Instagram from one guy, who had been in the same restaurant and had wanted to talk to me. After I had left the restaurant, he seemed to be looking for me on Instagram. I was surprised that SNS’s power? force? because basically, I hide my face on SNS. Anyway, he is Taiwanese and practices speaking English with me. So I might be lucky.
Meetupのアプリ使ったことある？って聞いてもみんな知らないっていう。有名だと思ってたけどそうでもないのかな？２つイベント登録して会場まで行ったけど、入り方わからず断念。今週末は私とホストの2人しか参加しないリーディングクラブに行く予定なので、今度こそ参加できるように頑張る。
I think the Meetup application is famous and popular, but nobody knows in my people. I wonder why…
Lately, I registered for 2 events and went to the venue, but I didn’t know how to enter, so I gave up. It was sad, but I’ll attend another small event this weekend, such as the reading club. I hope I join that.
学校行って遊びに行っての繰り返しなのにこんなに時間がないのは何故だろう
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