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2024/03/07 English

BGM: The Brand New Heavies - Dream Come True

I worked early today. This morning, during my work, I talked about my dream for a while with the person from outside of my company. Then, she asked me as this - "what is the purpose of yours? You want to become a translator or something else?" and I couldn't answer exactly that question. It's because still really blur to me, therefore I must need to think about this again and again... But also, as you know, I have to move actually to do what I can do something as doing "the leap of faith".

The person also praised my skill of English (once I had shown this journal to her.) and she embraced me doing any work with using English. "I have thought that you must use your English to start something. You shouldn't underrate your ability." Yes, I'm really glad to hear that. But, indeed it's really embarrassing to say this - Now, that ability of mine seems not enough to achieve any works as a translator or an interpreter. I need to keep on learning more and more.

And also - as I have written in this journal many times, I look back at my past days. I have started this learning of English since I was 40. 9 years ago - it is a long span. If the job coach of mine and I had not met, what could happen in my life? Once, when I was in my 30s, I had been recommended to use English to change the current job. But I said as "it must be impossible" because I have never studied English abroad. Oh, literally I "underrated" my ability... Maybe because of my traumatic teenage days.

After that period, I started using Discord to learn English. It actually has enabled me to achieve this level. Once, when I was 30s (as I have written above,) I couldn't believe in any existence of dream in myself. But now, I can feel life is actually, certainly changing. It can be possible.

This evening, after the work, I attended an offline party at an Indian restaurant in my city. There, we talked a lot about my town, and also our future. What can we do to entertain this city? What can we afford to this city's foreign residents? The dinner was really delicious, and I could have enjoyed this meeting very well...