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Me these days!

Posted on by Abi

G’day mates! It’s Abi!

I haven’t posted a blog for a long time. In fact, my health got so bad that I couldn’t write blog posts, study English or do the things I like to do. This is a very painful thing to do. I am sure those who have experienced this will know how hard this is.

I am now resting at home, not working. It would be nice to rest at home, but I have a lot of free time and nothing to do, so all I do is sleep. But when I sleep all the time, I get very swollen this time, which is a problem. And I’ve gained three kilos. It’s the worst, isn’t it? So I’m thinking of going to the gym, but there’s no gym near my house, so I’m thinking of walking around my house.

Now, how shall I spend this tremendous amount of spare time? Doctors tell me to just rest, but isn’t that too much free time? I should study and exercise now. And my English is dropping day by day. It’s really bad. I have been feeling it a lot lately. I’m going to study it properly.

Yes, what should I do for my next job? I’ve been selling cosmetics all my life and I still enjoy that job and would like to do it again. But it’s hard to find a place where you can do it part time and I think it’s hard to find a place that accepts people with disabilities. I’m actually disabled, I’m a sexual minority and I’d like a company that recognises this kind of individuality. That’s why I liked my old company so much. I would have liked to work for a long time if power harassment hadn’t happened. I still very much want to go back and work, and I wish they would give me some kind of position. Well, I’m sure that won’t happen! But I think it was a great company and I hope they continue to revolutionise.

It’s been a while since I blogged and it’s been a long time! That’s all for today. See you again!

Love,

Abi

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Small Talk in English is hard?

Posted on by Abi

G’day mate! It’s Abi! I will write about small talk and how to speak different languages better. Can you speak a small talk naturally? Most Japanese people find it hard to speak naturally because they don’t have the culture.

Do you talk with a stranger on the street or in the store? Me? If you had asked me five years ago I would have said no, but now yes. I got into the habit of doing small talk when I went to Sydney, but I don’t think I would have been able to do it at all naturally if I had stayed in Japan. As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, most Japanese are considerably more reluctant to talk to strangers than in other countries. People would freeze up nervously if the cashier staff spoke to them momentarily. If I faced that situation, I could now talk straight through it and happily finish shopping, but I couldn’t before. I am sure you English-speaking people can speak well. Why is that so? Well, When I was in Sydney, some strangers were talking to me and naturally, I started talking to them too. This lack of small talk prevents them from speaking English. It is a great waste of time to speak well because of this, even though you can probably speak it. Just tell me why you guys talk to strangers perfectly normal. This is my huge question.

　Different cultures and countries have different ways of speaking, and even different languages have different personalities. It’s very interesting. I think I have a different personality when I am speaking English and when I am speaking Japanese. How about you? I want multilingual people to ask this question!

I would like to write another article about these things. I want to know more about cultural differences.

God bless you!

Love,

Abi<3