Learning Chinese with my friend!!! This month, I went to meals with my friend who is partner of an exchange language. It had been a long while since I met with her last. It is one of the way to release stress for me to talk with her. I have started a new textbook since last month, this textbook is a little difficult for me, so I sometimes can’t understand my teacher’s explanation. It’s important to meet my friend for review. My textbook is old and there are words which isn’t used in now, so she taught me words in current use.

I went to trip to the southernmost of Taiwan!! I went to trip to the southernmost of Taiwan called kengting, there is resort town and beach is very beautiful. My friends invited to travel there together because I will go back Japan soon. 　We went to the famous aquarium, night market which is sold a lot of alcoholic drink and beautiful beach. Meeting kindly friends at Taiwan makes me happier than anything else. I was so hard when I just came here, because I don’t have any friend and my work and my life were different from Japanese style. However, I met many friend who are Japanese and Taiwanese people, they taught the way of living in Taiwan and a lot of things that I can’t experience in Japan to me, so I appreciate them. I thought that it was the expensive experience that I could know only in the training.

My skill of speaking Chinese Last month, I went to see a movie and thought my listening brushed up little by little. I have just finished the third textbook on July. So my teacher chose a textbook of conversation to improve my speaking. In this textbook, there are practice part that student see pictures, consider and speak stories. There are many contents regarding life in Taiwan and words I usually see. However, when I started to practice, I found out that there were many pronunciation I don’t know. It need many time to solve 1 unit, but I am glad to finish to speak all stories. My life in Taiwan is going to end almost, I would like to study hard.

About my job at Taiwan This month, I went out office several times. I would like to introduce two topics. The first time, I observed Taiwan Taoyuan international Airport. I went to greet offices at airport and watched working view at warehouse. A lot of air cargoes which have been placed on nestainer were so masterful because I have never been to warehouse. I realized that many air cargoes was shipped every day so as not to be able to compare with cargoes of the inventory control (3PL). The second, I visited to A company which is a customer with a manager and local staff. Our company was treating their import shipment so far, but we’re going to treat export shipment from July. So this was a kick-off meeting for it. Chinese was used for the meeting all the while. I could catch only easy conversation…I found the ability of Chinese is necessary for employee from head office stationed in Chinese area.

My life in Taiwan One day, I went to the movies with my friend who is a Taiwanese girl. The tile of movies which we saw is “Mom thinks I’m crazy to marry a Japanese guy”. It’s about international love of Taiwanese and Japanese. Actually I have known it since I had been in Japan, so I had been waiting to see it for a long time. As soon as it released, I made an appointment to see it with my friend. But I forgot the most important thing. It means that I’m worried whether understand the story if spoken language is all Chinese… That day I talked to her about my worries, but she told me “it’s no problem. You can listen Chinese, but if Taiwanese you might not listen it”. Fortunately almost all of the spoken language which the movie was used are Chinese and Japanese. There were many Chinese on screen, however, as her mentioned, I could catch Chinese and got the overall gist. Unfortunately Taiwanese was used too…. Though of cause I had no idea, due to Chinese subtitles I was possible to understand the scene. About the movie, it was great, so cute and I found it heartwarming. I am good at Chinese now than the first time I came to this country.

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My recently job On this month, I went to meet our customer with my manager. They are the customer that Taiwan trainee is in charge of and I have started to contact with them since I came Taiwan. At first I didn’t any have knowledge of forwarding, so I couldn’t understood what customer, manager and local staffs said and emails that they sent to me. Though I referred to emails that previous trainees wrote and made, I have absolutely no idea. Because I bothered to them, I would like to meet and talk with them directly. I met them, I felt they are good people. Taiwanese staff speaks very fluently Japanese. As well as emails and telephones, I felt that it was important for meeting customers directly. And I learned a way of sales pitch from manager. Although it is really nervous to meet customers directly, I’m sure that there are many things to learn.

Taiwan trip One day on April, my co-worker came to Taiwan. I used to have dinner with her when I was in Japan. She belongs to Narita airport department. Though she is different from the section where I belong to, we are in charge of the same customer. It is the first time for her to sightseen at Taipei, I decided to take her around the most famous tourist spot in Taiwan. At first we went to Shifen. This place is the famous spot where Lantern Festival is held on February. Even except for a festival period, it is possible to release lanterns in the sky every day. So we wrote us wishes on the lanterns and released them in the sky. Then we went to Jiufen that I wonder almost Japanese people who visit Taiwan know. Because a famous Japanese comic movie is set in this place, there were so many Japanese people on that day too. We have talked over a cup of tea for a long time. While she stayed in my house, I was able to spend very happy time and glad for coming here.

Language exchange I want to become able to speak Chinese more fluently so started language exchange. My partner is a Taiwanese girl who is 2 years old younger than me. The time when we speak English than Japanese is longer because her Japanese is better than my Chinese. I began language exchange to try to speak it but it is embarrassed for me to use wrong Chinese… However I found the differences between Japanese and Taiwan culture. For example, if you make date with a boyfriend who is Japanese, he would pay for the meal fee. But my partner said, the most Taiwanese would share the cost of the meal fee. (There may be such a Japanese too.) In this way, I’m sure that I have fun studying Chinese. It is the good opportunity which I can learn Chinese, Taiwanese culture, Taiwanese idea.