I met Yumiko Kubota-san in Addtech. She is a cute girl who is around my height (around 5 ft).
She is also of the same age as me. I was walking alone towards to office one morning and
she tapped me on the shoulder and greeted me. I was surprised but in a good way so I smiled and greeted her back. She was hesitant tap my shoulders at first because she wasn't 100% sure of who I was. But it turned out to be me so she was relieved. We got on the elevator together and that day marked the beginning of our friendship.
I think Yumi-chan has always been interested in learning English. I can see her eyes sparkle and her sincere smile everytime she learns something new like new phrases and new expressions. It makes me happy to be able to teach her stuff because I can see how much she appreciates them.
The only regret I had about talking to her was that it happened too late. The time we became friends, only 3 days were left before she had to leave the company.(Her contract period ended).
So we only spent a few days eating lunch together. But I was quite happy during those lunches.
One time she danced the moonwalk dance for me and I thought she looked really cute then
and I couldn't help from smiling. I had the chance to go to her house.(I forgot the name of the place but I still know the way to get there though, it's 4 stations via subway from Sannomiya).
I met her boyfriend who gave me a Linkin Park/Jay-Z CD. I think they broke up the day after I went to her house, it was a shock to me but then she already told me before that her relationship with him has been ON and OFF, ON and OFF for a long time.
On her last working day in Addtech(Friday), we decided to have dinner together. We had pasta and talked about a lot of stuff including the people in the office. We also ate at some places near Sannomiya when we had the chance to get together.
We also had a chance to go to Karaoke once just the two of us. There we practiced Japanese and English songs. It was a refreshing activity for me. From the few conversations I had with her I learned that she loves SNOOPY, she has a lot of snoopy stuff in her house. She likes to dance and go to karaoke which is good because I do too. And she likes ----------san. Hehehehe. Lucky guy! So many girls like him!
Although Yumi-chan is great with people(I think she is extremely friendly and it's contagious). Sometimes I worry about her because she often feels pressure from her family and I think sometimes it makes her feel alone.
Don't worry Yumi-chan, I believe in you. You can do anything! Anything you want, anything at all.
