{"id":8571,"date":"2013-12-20T18:42:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T09:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/?p=8571"},"modified":"2013-12-20T18:42:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T09:42:16","slug":"life-changing-experiences-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/life-changing-experiences-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Life-Changing Experiences (Feedback)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks for all your comments. I was quite surprised that you thought it was a difficult topic, though. I thought it would be quite easy. <\/p>\n

I guess the title “A life-changing story” made you think that it had to be something very dramatic, but all I was after was a simple story along the lines of “X happened. If X had never happened, I would not have done \/ become Y,” or “When X happened, it completely changed my thinking about Y.”<\/p>\n

To give you another example, I had a friend in university called Genny. Her mum used to work for a big Japanese bank in London. Genny told her mum that I was interested in working in Japan, and her mum offered to introduce me to the boss of the English school that her bank had a contract with. When I met that man, it turned out that he had a brother who owned a language school in Singapore, and that they were looking for a new teacher. That is how I ended up working in Singapore. When he first told me about it, I didn’t know whether Singapore was a city or a country, and I probably couldn’t even have located it on a map. <\/p>\n

It’s interesting how the patterns of our lives are changed by chance meetings and coincidental circumstances. And by the way, I would love<\/em> to hear everyone’s stories of how they met their partners!<\/p>\n

Here is some feedback on your comments. <\/p>\n

When I was a junior high school student, my teacher invited me sailing.
\nHi Gui. Thanks for your comments. It’s nice to have you with us.
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\nThis was a first experience in my life.
\n“This was my first experience of sailing” or “I had never been sailing before.”
\n<\/strong>
\nWhen I finally got my own skis, I was so happy that I even slept beside them!
\nYou mean you put them in your bed?? I hope they were clean!
\n<\/strong>
\nYou work as a waitress for a very low-wage, but you get to ski for free on your free time.
\nNice sentence. Does everyone know the structure “you get to ski for free”?
\n<\/strong>
\nHowever, skiing with your family is rather like playing in the snow than actually skiing
\nHowever, skiing with your family is more like playing in the snow than actually skiing.
\n<\/strong>
\nOne day, I heard that my living place held free Japanese classes for foreigners on weekends
\nOne day, I heard that the place where I was living held…
\n<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t think any of you\u2019re interested in how we got closer later,
\nI am!
\n<\/strong>
\nI had been thinking about it.
\n“I’ve been thinking about it” or “I’ve been giving it some thought.”
\n<\/strong>
\nI can\u2019t think of a life without them!
\nI can’t imagine life without them!
\n<\/strong>
\nIs this your first comment? If so, nice to have you with us!
\nNice sentences. Very natural.
\n<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve been always wondering why.
\nI’ve always wondered about that.
\n<\/strong>
\nHowever, my English classes became busier, so I gave up on the idea of taking that course.
\nNice way of expressing akirameru<\/em>.
\n<\/strong>
\nThose days, she couldn\u2019t walk and had mild dementia.
\nAt that time, she couldn’t walk and had mild dementia.
\n<\/strong>
\nI longed to live in a foreign country once in my life and I chose Germany because I learned German at my university and I knew that the cost of living was lower there compared to other European countries like the UK or France.
\nVery nice.
\n<\/strong>
\nI just came up with another one that had completely changed our life.
\nI just thought of another thing that has completely changed our lives.
\n<\/strong>
\nHere in Japan, winter season is a good time for sailing because of the steady wind from north west.
\nI cannot imagine how cold that must be!
\n<\/strong>
\nbut I find it a very interesting job.
\nNice.
\n<\/strong>
\nand were awakened to teach Japanese to foreigners there.
\nand became\/got interested in teaching Japanese to foreigners while they were there.
\n<\/strong>
\nI didn\u2019t want to (or couldn\u2019t afford to)to pay such a huge money
\n“so much money” or “such a huge amount of money”
\n<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s this blog. This blog changed my life.
\nHi Tomo. It’s great to have you back! We have missed your comments.
\n<\/strong>
\nI can relax now, so I\u2019m catching up with things I wanted to do but couldn\u2019t find time to.
\nVery nice. Most people would forget the “to” at the end.
\n<\/strong>
\nI know what you mean very well.
\nI know exactly what you mean.
\n<\/strong>
\nThat’s it for today. Have a great weekend, and let me know if you have any questions. I think next year’s topic will just be Christmas, so get ready to tell us your plans!
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