あいにく、試験が済んで、僕の留学年間が終わっていて、スタッフを包んで、帰国しなければなりません。再来週の翌週に帰国の国際便が予約されました。
もちろん、友達や家族に会いたいし、パブへ飲みに行きたいし、美味しい食べ物を食べたいですが、実は母国のイギリスにまだ帰りたくないです。日本に住んでいる間、僕の留学年間を楽しく過ごして、日本語レベルをだいぶん上達しました。
残念ですが、猛勉強のせいで機会をたくさん逃がしてしまいました。たまにはお酒にでも酔ってはじけて日頃の鬱憤晴らしたほうがいいんじゃないと忘れなく。
日本人の先生や友達や日本での生活に別れをつげたくないです。東京からロンドンまでの国際便は全然楽しみにしていません。ひどいでしょう。新年度のモスクワでの留学年間を楽しむように頑張ります。来週と再来週に、京都と東京に行って、お土産を買って、卒業式に福岡へ帰ります。日本、リベンジします。
My year in Japan is coming to a close, exams are finishing up and it is time to pack up my things and return home. My flight home is in about three weeks’ time and I’m not looking forward to it at all. Other than seeing my friends and family, eating some good food and going to the pub, I am not looking forward to having to return home.
I’ve really enjoyed my time here in Japan and feel I have learnt a lot about myself and considerably improved my level of Japanese. I feel there are many opportunities I have unfortunately let slip because of studying too much, and have learnt the lesson of not forgetting to take a break once in a while, grab a beer and remember to live life. At the moment, I don’t feel ready to say goodbye to my Japanese friends and teachers I have met here. Definitely not looking forward to the savage flight home from Tokyo to London, and as I won’t have the excitement-factor I did on the way here, I can tell it’s going to be knackering.
However, I do feel I have learnt from my mistakes from this year and will try my best to make the most of my second year abroad next year in Moscow.I will spend my last few weeks visiting Kyoto and Tokyo, buying some souvenirs, then return to Fukuoka for my graduation ceremony and the last of my packing.
Japan, I will see you again.