From Super Famicom to Language Passion

When I was young, I loved the UK and never thought about moving. When I was 8 years old, my friends started to play video games. I started too. Video games showed me a different world. That world seemed different, interesting and strange.

When I was 10, the Super Famicom came out in Japan, but not in Europe. That made me angry and I decided to learn Japanese so I could play video games sooner! I forgot about that idea, but two years later the Super Famicom came to Europe and I got one! I loved it... but the 2 year wait before it came to the UK another country was still somewhere deep in my mind though.

Some years later, I saw a book in the library. It was "Teach Yourself Japanese". I was drawn to the book and I took it home. That book taught me some words. I was hooked. My mum found a Japanese teacher. I went to classes. That teacher showed me wonderful things from Japan. Music, art, food,... Thoses classes showed me that I can be passionate about something. They showed me that I can be good at something! That gave me purpose. That book and that teacher and those lessons gave me a love of languages.

Language gave me the ability to talk to many people. It showed me that I can make people from all over the world smile. Languages taught me that you will find something you love. Everyone has a passion. You just have to find it, perhaps on a shelf in a library....

Good luck x

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moving: お引越し

seem, seemed: 思われる

different: 違う

come out, came out: 発売(した)

decide, decided: 決める/決めた

another country: 別の国

still: まだ

somewhere deep in my mind: 私の心の奥底のどこかで

draw, was drawn: 引っ張る、引っ張られた

hook, hooked: どっぷり、夢中

passionate: 情熱的

something: 何か

purpose: 目的

language(s): 言語

find: 見つける

passion: 情熱

perhaps: 多分