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The unthinkable has happened. Haha. Anyway it's Saturday and we don't have (as far as I know) any plans of going out today. Baka mamaya yayain ko na lang si Jim at si Jeff tumambay sa ilog or something. In fairness ang wholesome namin, di ba.

Yesterday Boss Anjo mailed me to ask me to explain my bug fix for his review. So, being the obedient, diligent, and hard working person that I am, I explained my fix to him. He speaks basically no English at all so I spent a couple of hours composing my reply mail in Nihongo. My Master Plan is to minimize talking directly with him for the next five months and interact with him through mail na lang where I have the time to translate what we're saying to each other. Dumudugo kasi yung tenga ko pag kinakausap nya 'ko e. Tapos nauubusan na 'ko ng Nihongo, nauutal pa 'ko kasi pota di ko mapigilan, bumababa talaga yung IQ points ko in the presence of raw hotness. So mail na nga lang. Good plan, di ba? Ingenious! Galing na galing ako sa sarili ko e.

Nung nag-reply sya dumilim yung mundo ko.


ジェイミーさん

お疲れ様です。Anjoです。

特に問題ありませんが、
1点だけ。

この原因や対策を、日本語を喋って説明することはできますか？
今はまだ、書面でも問題ありませんが、現地メンバの立ち上げが
終わり、現地メンバによって対策が開始されると、書面レビューではなく、
ちゃんと喋って説明していただく必要があります。

お客様とのやり取りも発生してきますので、
今後は必須となってきます。

難しいと思いますが、宜しくお願いします。

以上、宜しくお願い致します。


Basically he said he had no problem with my explanation, it was the greatest single piece of technical email he had ever received, yada yada yada (kung ayaw mo maniwala i-translate mo mag-isa yung sinabi nya, pakshet.) Ang galing ko pala talaga sa mga written docs, akala ko English lang e. (I can write it!) Anyway he goes on to say that he has just one point to say.

"Kono genin ya taisaku wo, Nihongo wo shabette setsumeisuru koto wo dekimasu ka?"

Translation: "This cause and fix, can you explain it verbally in Nihongo?"
Translation, without the Japanese bullshit politeness: "MAG-ARAL KA NGA MAG-NIHONGO!!!"

He goes on to say that right now it's not a problem pa naman, pero when the actual debugging phase starts I'm not going to be explaining my fixes through damn documents. So magiging importante na raw talaga that I learn to speak in Nihongo. In all fairness he's really polite about it, sa dulo sinabi pa nya na sa tingin din nya mahirap nga, pero kailangan talaga.

Feeling ko ploy lang 'tong sinasabi nyang kailangan ko matutong i-express ang sarili ko in Nihongo e. Para siguro maka-reply ako ng maayos pag nagtapat na sya ng feelings nya sa 'kin. Either sya or si Boyfriend. Or si Matsujun!

Hmm. That's enough motivation for me. Sige na nga mag-aaral na 'ko. Harharharharhar. >XD

Baka naman iniisip nyo sobrang zero ng Nihongo skills ko a. (I can speak it!!!) Napagsabihan pa nga kami ni Sir Butch kasi nagni-Nihongo kami nina Jim at Jeff sa office e. Kaso yung mga tipong "Maji ka yo?!?" ("Seryoso ba yan?!?") saka "Warai koto ja nee yo!" ("Pota hindi nakakatawa!") yung mga sinasabi namin. Hindi appropriate sa office kung saan ang lahat ng mga Hapon puro "arigatou gozaimasu" saka "sumimasen" ang maririnig mo buong araw sa sobrang politeness nila sa isa't isa. Kami kasi bastusan mode kahit anong lenguwahe e. Hahahahaha XD

Nagtataka siguro si Anjo bakit balu-baluktot ako mag-explain sa kanya pag nag-uusap kami, pero pag kausap ko sina Jim in Nihongo ng katarantaduhan parang native Japanese speaker ako.

Haaaay. Programming work + Nihongo study. This is going to be interesting.