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July 27, 2007

one of the most amazing things about language is...

that if what you want to say comes from the heart, everyone can understand it, regardless of the language it's spoken.

tonight i had my farewell enkai from my teachers at yoshi shou. though only 5 teachers showed up, they were 5 teachers that i was incredibly close to; fukushima sensei, tajima sensei, tomono sensei, oya sensei, and goto sensei.

now most of you may know them from a lot of my stories, but tonight was different. they all said thank you for the last two years, but that wasn't the thing that got to me the most, and i can't quite place my finger on it.

after awhile, and a few pints, i said that i wanted to say something. i told each one of them why they were special to me, why they meant a lot to me, and more importantly that because of amazing people like you, i could have come this far. i don't really know how to describe in words how i felt, but i had to pause many times to stop myself from crying. i once thought of how happy i would be to leave this stinky little town of mine, but tonight i found it so impossible to tell them that i'm leaving even though everyone knew.

even though i knew.

i'm really am glad to have stayed a second year. i'm really am glad to have had the opportunity to meet these wonderful people. and i'm really thankful that these people were the group of japanese people that i was able to meet during my tenure here. it may not have been perfect or ideal, but what situation is you know?

so, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. i know that i've been saying it a lot, but i've meant it everytime i say it.

thank you. i wish you all the best in your futures, and thank you all for the wonderful experience that i will forever remember as my time in japan.

i never liked 'goodbyes.' i never will to be honest. but i guess way to put is this:

this is not 'goodbye,' this is 'see you later.'

Posted by Jeff at July 27, 2007 09:27 PM

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