Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
We've entered Day 7 of the Vietnam series lol (I'm already back home)
I went!
The Annual Home Visits!!
To be honest, I'm really looking forward to this home visit.
Meeting the parents of the children who come to our center really boosts my motivation and sense of responsibility.
Plus, since there are so many super rural areas, I can't wait to explore them!
And this time, at that guy’s request, we decided to have lunch together.
It's a very impressive house.
The living area is on the second floor.
It seems that people started living up high because, in the past, there was a risk of being attacked by wild animals.
What's more, the intern appears to be from an ethnic minority and apparently speaks a language other than Vietnamese,
The interpreter said he didn't understand a word of the ethnic group's language.
That's interesting.
Do you think I'd actually speak the Kagoshima dialect? lol
I have a classmate named Ide (that's his nickname)—he works as a site representative for a general contractor—and his Kagoshima dialect is terrible lol.
I don't think the young people there would understand what I'm saying, lol (I'm an old guy, so I get half of it!)
Apparently, the villages in this area are famous for tea, and they’re said to be similar to places like Shizuoka or Kagoshima in Japan.
It was delicious.
It tasted pretty much the same as Japanese tea.
The intern's mom was simmering some vegetables lol
That's the kind of hospitality I received.
Speaking of chicken, the chicken here in Vietnam is tough! Apparently, they like their meat tough.
Apparently, they don't like tender meat like the kind in Japan, so the trainees seem to be looking for tough meat here in Japan lol
Goya and some kind of vegetable that resembles offal. Then there's chicken.
The food is generally lightly seasoned, and apparently you’re supposed to add your own seasonings—there was something like yuzu pepper that was absolutely delicious!
I heard the soup is made from the broth left over from simmering vegetables, and I enjoyed it with just a little salt added.
It might be a little too bland for Japanese people.
The problem is this sake.
A hellish system where you repeatedly toast with homemade sake over 40 degrees and chug it all in one go!
That was definitely a bit much for the middle of the day, lol.
Since we were having so many drinks, I told them, “I have to go home sometime today, so please cut me some slack,” lol.
It seems to be a system where you place the bones on an aluminum tray, so I've put them next to the sake!
After dinner, I was shown around the house where I used to live.
Here's a video I took on the way there.
This is the house where Grandpa and Grandma live, and I hear that the intern lived here until a few years ago.
My current home is a new house I moved into, located conveniently right off the road.
There was something really nice about the way Grandpa stood there quietly.
It was such a peaceful space—I felt completely relaxed!!
I guess I just like the countryside. I really came to appreciate how nice the countryside is, but I also keenly felt the convenience of the city.
My grandma is desperately trying to talk to me. (Apparently, she thought I was Vietnamese, lol.)
Someone told me, “Please take care of my grandchild!”
It was a moment that made me realize I couldn't afford to be complacent, so I pulled myself together.
By the way, this location is somewhere around the area shown below.
It's quite a mountainous area, but the main roads are paved with asphalt.
The side road isn't paved, is it?
Although I only had time to visit one home, it was a very good home visit.
I got to hear all sorts of thoughts from my dad and mom, and I really felt the feelings of my grandma and grandpa as well.
I'd like to keep doing things like this in the future.
When hiring technical interns, I highly recommend conducting home visits.
See you later.
