tomomaru

I'm a 58-year-old male, and I live in Nagoya, Japan .

I speak English, Spanish and some German

Current level: Expert

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• My proudest accomplishments

  Passed the foreign service examination after graduation of college.
  Worked for Ministry of Defense
  Nationally Qualified as licensed Tour Guide in English

• Cities and countries I have visited

  Almost all European nations, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador
  Among the above, Colombia is my favorite place for natural beauty and easygoing life style.

• My interests in other cultures

  Latin music and dances
  German beer culture
  Welfare and education in Northern Europe
  

• I'm an expert at...

  Patent translation
  Language pair: Japanese to English, Spanish, German vice versus

• A personal challenge

  Ran 100kms for about six hours.

• Favourite books/authors/films

  Starwars; Japanese I novels (Ich Roman); Kenzaburo Ooe; Yukio Mishima

• Living abroad for one year

  Colombia or one of the Northern European nations

• I always enjoy talking about...

  chatting about everything under the sun with people from all walks of life

• Making the world a better place

  eliminate dictators

• Personal skills

  Prediction

• Childhood pleasures

  Playing outside

• I recently learnt...

  Ikebana and tea ceremony

• 10 years from now

  Maybe in the grave

• I'm excited about...

  chatting or exchanging letters with pen pal friends including snail mail friends

• Something uncommon about me

  Hairy

• It was better before

  not so many cars or the air was clean

• It is better now

  telecommunication or digitalization of things

• I wish people knew more about...

  no discrimination due to color of skins and races

• As a child, I wish...

  I wish I were born into a commercial-oriented family.

• A career without obstacles

  pilot (civilian or military)

• My parents and me

  religion (Buddhist)

• My feeling about the future

  Yes and no

• My opinion on human nature

  Rather selfish

• I feel concerned about...

  Pandemic and next epidemic to possibly come

• A trick or piece of advice

  Patience wins out in the end!

• Life regrets

  It is too late to be sorry.

• Improving the school system

  A wide range of foreign languages

• Over or underrated

  Overrated: Men's position in executive classes
  Underrated: Women's position

• Something to tell the world!

  Now, let' s chat openly about any topics in which you have interest in any language but as far as I can accompany with you.
  While I'm here on this site, I am going to make as many a friend as possible to become enlightened with different outlook on life.
  Come on in, everyone. Tomomaru is wholeheartedly waiting for you!