Always be myself :)♡

ゆるゆる、ひっしな自由だいすき人間のおはなし。

【いちばんオーストラリアを感じたのもの】

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なつかしい街並み。

オーストラリアに戻ってきて、いちばんオーストラリアを感じたのは、

コアラでもカンガルーでもなくて、

【人と距離感の近さ】【フレンドリーな分け隔てなく接するおおらかさ】


銀行いったら、長髪のオージーが、

「日本人?今度日本行くんだけどおすすめの場所教えて!」

とか他愛もない会話しながら、私の口座開設したり(ちゃんと開設できてたよw)、

Simcard 買いにいったときに、対応してくれたフィリピン人の店員さんは、こっちに移民した自分の家族のヒストリー語るし、

ダイソーで日用品を大量に買い出した帰りに、久しぶりに使ったUber(eatsじゃないほう、ふつうの個人タクシー)で、運転者のオージーは、私のいない間の最近のブリスベンの近代化を話してくれた。

国と国、人と人との距離が近くて、仕事中であれ、プライベートであれ、気軽に会話してて、
みんながこのまちと、そこにある小さい幸せと、平和な毎日をシェアしながら生活している気分になる。

うまく言語化できないけど、たぶんこれが、ずっと懐かしんで、恋しかったものなのかも。

 

I arrived in Brisbane, the place I longed for yesterday. It's for the first time to come back here in 2 years, after I left Australia. The place is almost exactly the same as before. I feel like I got back to the old days studying here.
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Interestingly the things that I gave the feeling of Australia is the friendly attitudes and open-mindedness of people equally talking to everyone, regardless of their nationalities and position, either in their private time or in working time.
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When I went to the bank to open my account, I was served by a pretty laid back Aussie clerk, who tied his long hair and kept talking about his trip to Japan and asking me some advice while he was setting my account.(My bank account was safely opened.lol)
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At the mobile shop, a Filipino staff helped me out to buy and set the simcard while she was talking about her family immigrating to Australia.
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When I took Uber( not Uber eats but the private taxi, which is hugely popular in Australia), the Aussie driver asked me about why I was here and had some conversation about Brisbane city.
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It's difficult to explain but the boundaries between culture to culture, people to people is quite less here. I feel like we are in the same community which share the daily little happiness, sounded peace and the quality of lives. Maybe this is something I longed for, and always miss, and making me back to Australia.