When I was doing my post graduation, we knew of a small IT firm that had hired our seniors in college. Majority of their customers where from Japan. It was mandatory that anyone who was hired by them had to learn Japanese language since that would aid in the projects they do.
We got to know that if one already knew Japanese, then chances of being hired by this IT firm was very high. One of my friend had already finished few levels at the institution that taught Japanese. Eager to get a job, I immediately enrolled for Japanese language classes in an institute. I got books for the first level and was asked to attend the classes in the weekend.
I have some vague memories of my first few days at these classes. Remembering the vowels, the symbols that were used was really tough. I tried very hard to understand and remember what was taught in the classes. Let us just say that they went over my head. I remember reading out aloud and repeating what the instructor taught us in the class.
I asked myself if this is what I really want. It was going nowhere. I had no interest (apart from the fact that it would get me a job) and I had a hard time remembering the grammar. Finally I decided that I was just wasting time and I am never going to learn anything. I went back and told the institute that I was quitting. Although they tried to convince me, I had already made up my mind. I returned the books they had given me and they gave back some part of the fees I had paid initially.
And that is how I had bid good bye to the Japanese language. The language was over whelming for me. At the same time it was interesting and was different. I wish I had the patience to learn that language.
I had lasted just two weekends!!!! 😄😄
I had lasted just two weekends!!!! 😄😄
