Language…
For the past months, we had this Nihonggo class in our company.. As an employee of a Japanese company, learning Nihonggo is a necessity.. I had my nihonggo in college but gosh, i could only remember counting and introducing myself as well as some words… but it is hard to speak the language..
So there we were, sitting in the conference room waiting for our teacher to arrive.. according to them she is level 4 certified (highest level of Nihonggo Language study) to my surprise, she was a spanish-looking mestiza.. When she started speaking, she really speaks like she is a japanese minus the controlled voice.. and there started our months and months of study on reading, writing, listening and speaking.. it was quite hard to juggle work, travel and language lessons 3 times a week. I usually end up groggy from an out of town trip hurrying back to the office to attend my classes.. but yes, it paid off… i can read a bit, understand a bit and well, still trying to speak a bit of nihonggo.. speaking is the hardest part for someone who has been speaking cebuano, tagalog and english all her life.. but i am learning.. and with this learning is the hope that language barrier will be minimized.. i look forward to expressing my thoughts in pure nihonggo soon.. for the meantime, i just have to live with the japanese dictionary, online translator and my japanese OS that helps me type japanese characters to remember them..
learning.. a continuous process that i would always want to undergo.. i earned my first nihonggo language profeciency certificate and i aim for higher levels.. Gambaremasu!
