彼岸中日の今日、父親の実家土佐清水市までお墓参りに帰っていた。私には父方のいとこが１５人いる。（母方は５人。）その中の一人Reikoさんは、私より２０歳くらい年上で、教師をやめ、地元土佐清水市で喫茶店を始めた。
とても明るくて気さくなReikoさん。辺鄙な場所なので、大丈夫かな、と心配された喫茶店オープンも、彼女の人柄でお客さんがよく訪ねてくれるようだ。
その彼女、今年の２月に１ヶ月ほど喫茶店を休んでニュージーランドに語学留学していた。昔からいろんな国々を旅行していた。今回は１８年くらい前に一度訪れてお気に入りのクライストチャーチに再度渡航したのだ。「前に比べたら随分都会になっていたけれど、あののんびり感、好きなんよね～。」彼女は１ヶ月フル稼働で大いに楽しんだようだった。
「ホントはもっと長くいきたかったけど、そんなにお店も閉めておけないし・・・でも今度は１年行きたい」とReikoさん。そして言う。「いろんな国の人と話したり、英語を使うことがホントに楽しくて、今回行って改めて自分はこういうのが一番好きなんだなあと思った。人からは好きなことを仕事にできてこうして喫茶店を開いていいね、って言われるけど、私は今の仕事は２番目に好きなことだなーって思うわ～。」と。「好きなことがいっぱいあって、いいねえ。」と私。まだまだ夢は無限大のReikoさん。人生をとことん楽しんでいる、そのうきうき感がとても伝わってきた。
「石の上にも３年。何事も３年はやってみないとね。」と笑う。喫茶店も３年目に突入した。
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The equinox, we went to Tosashimizu-City to visit my father's relative tomb.I have 15 cousins on my father's side( 5 cousins on my mother's side).One of them, Reiko , is 20 years older than me and runs cafe there after quiting teacher.
She is so friendly that many customer come to her cafe in spite of that the place is a remote town.
She went to NewZealand last February to enjoy studying English for a month.She has been to many country since she was young and this time she chose ChristChurch because there was the place which she went about 18 years ago and loves very much.
"There was a little different from before but I still like such a peaceful place." she said.She totally enjoyed everything she did there.
And she said that she wanted to stay there more and more if she could keep closed her cafe....but she would try to live there for a year next time.
In addition,she said. "I really enjoyed to meet many foreign friend and stay there and I found that is what I love the best, you know, I like present job the next best ,although some of my friends and costomers say to me I am so lucky to open cafe and get job I like.
I said to her "you are lucky because you have many interest."Her dream is infinite. I felt she really had fun on her life.
"It takes 3 years to master it if people begins something.(proverb:Patience wins the day.)I think to need 3 years for everything."she smiled. Her cafe is into third year.
とても明るくて気さくなReikoさん。辺鄙な場所なので、大丈夫かな、と心配された喫茶店オープンも、彼女の人柄でお客さんがよく訪ねてくれるようだ。
その彼女、今年の２月に１ヶ月ほど喫茶店を休んでニュージーランドに語学留学していた。昔からいろんな国々を旅行していた。今回は１８年くらい前に一度訪れてお気に入りのクライストチャーチに再度渡航したのだ。「前に比べたら随分都会になっていたけれど、あののんびり感、好きなんよね～。」彼女は１ヶ月フル稼働で大いに楽しんだようだった。
「ホントはもっと長くいきたかったけど、そんなにお店も閉めておけないし・・・でも今度は１年行きたい」とReikoさん。そして言う。「いろんな国の人と話したり、英語を使うことがホントに楽しくて、今回行って改めて自分はこういうのが一番好きなんだなあと思った。人からは好きなことを仕事にできてこうして喫茶店を開いていいね、って言われるけど、私は今の仕事は２番目に好きなことだなーって思うわ～。」と。「好きなことがいっぱいあって、いいねえ。」と私。まだまだ夢は無限大のReikoさん。人生をとことん楽しんでいる、そのうきうき感がとても伝わってきた。
「石の上にも３年。何事も３年はやってみないとね。」と笑う。喫茶店も３年目に突入した。
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The equinox, we went to Tosashimizu-City to visit my father's relative tomb.I have 15 cousins on my father's side( 5 cousins on my mother's side).One of them, Reiko , is 20 years older than me and runs cafe there after quiting teacher.
She is so friendly that many customer come to her cafe in spite of that the place is a remote town.
She went to NewZealand last February to enjoy studying English for a month.She has been to many country since she was young and this time she chose ChristChurch because there was the place which she went about 18 years ago and loves very much.
"There was a little different from before but I still like such a peaceful place." she said.She totally enjoyed everything she did there.
And she said that she wanted to stay there more and more if she could keep closed her cafe....but she would try to live there for a year next time.
In addition,she said. "I really enjoyed to meet many foreign friend and stay there and I found that is what I love the best, you know, I like present job the next best ,although some of my friends and costomers say to me I am so lucky to open cafe and get job I like.
I said to her "you are lucky because you have many interest."Her dream is infinite. I felt she really had fun on her life.
"It takes 3 years to master it if people begins something.(proverb:Patience wins the day.)I think to need 3 years for everything."she smiled. Her cafe is into third year.
