serendipity一期一会

大學畢業後，當了美語老師一年。對於小孩及教學頗有興趣的我來說，蠻慶幸自己在一個人際關係不是很複雜的環境下工作，且曾經也認為這可能是個適合我繼續發展的行業，不管個性還是專業都蠻相近的。但，漸漸地才發現許多事還真不簡單。例如，如何確切掌握與孩子及家長的溝通方式，與上司的合作理念該如何取捨與協調。自己認為想給孩子的，不僅僅是死板板的教科書內容、課文朗讀。更想給的是領導他們找到自己的興趣和學習的動力。於是在教學方式上與上司的意見不合與家長給予的許多壓力之下，最終我選擇了退出。認為目前的自己或許經驗不足，於是決定重新認識自己，想著是該做點什麼改變自己，一個能突破自己的事情。於是有一個念頭出現在我腦海，那就是一個人旅行。於是，我開始列出想要飛往的國家，仔細思考過後決定，就是你了-日本！準備了各種文件，寄出了日本打工度假申請書，拿著一張日本許可在留證明，我踏上了日本這個陌生的土地，開啟我一個人的旅行。 很多人好奇，你一個英語系畢業的，跑去日本打工做什麼，起因是什為什麼不選擇澳洲或其他英語系國家？ 其實我並沒想很多，就單純想一個人旅遊，而且日本好像是個一個人生活也能很安全的地方。就決定了！ 就這樣，把當美語老師時存下的一筆錢帶上，一個人提著行李箱與家人、情人和朋友道別之後，我踏上了一段冒險之路。面對許多的困難和未知的未來，我告訴自己，如果再不出發的話，那又要等到何時？ 2017年的夏天，我獨自搭上前往大阪關西機場的飛機，身上帶著些微還能讓自己在日本第一個月過得來的存款，及未來旅費來源的語言工具（大學時在圖書館自學的基本N3日文程度。） 到了日本後，我的第一站流浪點在京都。走在陌生的街道上，我開始尋找任何的打工資訊，並沒有設定自己該做什麼樣的工作，畢竟自己的日文程度也沒有很好，還有挑工作的資格嗎？從飯店的餐廳人員、居酒屋員工、飯店櫃檯、到和服店櫃台人員，一路上的面試我都盡心盡力努力讓面試官聽懂我想說啥，於是就在來日本快滿一個月的時候，終於被一間和服出租店通知錄取！當時還真不敢相信啊！於是，我開始在一間離伏見稻荷神社走路不到3分鐘的和服店上班，當時擔任櫃台服務人員（因為當時太多中國、台灣及歐美客人來日旅遊，所以急需會中英文的人員）。在京都的三個月，有了這份小小的打工收入也就不必擔心基本生活費用的開銷了，心裡也安心了許多。「欸老媽～我做到了！我在日本的和服店打工耶！快點來找我玩呀

Finally I start writing my new updates in Tokyo. After travelling in Hokkaido, I headed to Tokyo on 1 May to start my new journey in Japan. It would be the last destination of my working holiday bucket lists. For the rest of 3 months in Japan, I'll stay in a guesthouse "TOKYO HUTTE",  a lovely place near to Skytree. I enjoyed the stay here with my new friends and dogs. They are こまめちゃん(Komame)とトン(Ton)ちゃん. My lovely roommate, Akiくん テイちゃん台湾人 あざちゃん

離開南富良野後，決定在離開北海道這片美麗的土地之前， 一個人流浪到札幌市區和小樽來趟追櫻之旅。 因為抵達的時間比開花期來的早，於是沒有緣分看見滿開的櫻花群木， 只追到幾棵先偷跑的櫻花樹。 於是走著走著走到了小樽運河，那是個非常愜意的午後。

 It's a big day for the people in Minami Furano. The town holds a party on March 11 every year for memorizing the value of "by your side絆". The sadness which brought from the massive earthquake in 2011 make people be more braver and stronger. That's the story! As you can see on the picture, there is a "絆きずな" presented on the mountain. The "50" means the ages of this town. We got together in the ski court and shared hot venison soup and waited for the firework to be lit. Everyone enjoyed this precious moments. And I was glad I was in this big party in my life as a Taiwanese where my country gave much of cares and love to the country when it need help. So proud of being here for experiencing so many stunning things.   

 This must be the very first and the best picture I've ever taken in my life! Check it out for this lovely fox with curious expression, staring at me when I made an coincidence with him.

It has already been a month I stayed in Hokkaido, working in a restaurant located in "Minami Furano".  Everything is so different from the life in Kyoto. It's a tiny little town with only 2500 people. Though is small, everyone here is kind and friendly. The restaurant serves the best venison cuisine in the town, called "Nanpu curry". It was served with venision meat and curry on hot pot. Doesn't it look great? On my first off day, I went for a ski with my colleague near to our house. It was breathtaking when I saw this view at the top of the mountain. Can't believe my eyes...just like a fairy tale. Sometimes, I saw foxes when I was walking home. And these are their footsteps I caught one day night near to my house. Then, two days later, I saw them in person! How cute it was!