Japanese

yesterday I saw in the news that the Japanese government has launched a massive deployment of personnel in finding victims of tsunami. suddenly I remember that more than 20 years ago I was taught Japanese language by two Japanese teachers. I couldn't remember their names but I really wonder their whereabout.

they were very dedicated teachers in teaching Japanese to us. but it were us that, at that time, never realised the importance of learning new language. I was once expelled from the class for making noise! I learnt the language for 4 and a half years but it was a missed opportunity. The teachers and the Japanese government are, as far as I concerned, were very keen to get us to learn Japanese. I remember that there was a language lab in the school which was, someone told me, donated by Japanese government. we were also shown animated movies in Japanese (at that time Japanese animated movie was not as popular as it is now) and then we got a crew of Japanese television visited us and taking picture while we were learning. some of my friends who were good in the language were even invited to the Japanese embassy.

I hope that my Japanese teachers are in good health. and I want to tell them that "arigato, sensei" for teaching me the knowledge. I never had the opportunity to say that during that time.