Gloomy data are known that testify to the departure of citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to other countries in search of a better future. In 2021, about 170 thousand of its citizens left BiH, but many foreigners also came to live and work in our country.
Nozomi Miyanoya, a Japanese language teacher at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, spoke about her life in the BiH capital.
“I moved here from Belgrade in 2016. Before that, I taught Japanese in several different locations in Belgrade. Until I moved to Sarajevo, I lived in Serbia for three years. When I received information that they were looking for a Japanese teacher in Sarajevo, I moved here, ” Miyanoya emphasized.
Miyanoya has been talking about her love of language since she was a child but said she wasn’t sure if she would be able to teach the language. She mentioned she learned a lot about Bosnian culture through her teaching work with students.
“I’ve noticed that a lot of people here know a lot about Japanese culture. Through manga comics and anime, Bosnians and Herzegovinians are really very knowledgeable about Japanese culture,” Miyanoya said.
“What I really liked about BiH is the relaxed atmosphere in everyday life, both in business and in the private environment. In Japan, everything is somehow planned and programmed. There is not much room for improvisation,” Miyanoya noted.
Lyudmila Chistova, a 27-year-old Russian woman, also spoke about her life in Sarajevo. She works as an economist in a Russian company that has a branch in Sarajevo.
“I have been living in Sarajevo for two and a half years. During that time, I enrolled in a master’s degree at the Faculty of Law. I completed a bachelor’s degree in economics in Russia,” she explained.
A teacher from the United Kingdom (UK), 34-year-old Briton, Eisam Fattal, said that BiH is a country of great opportunities and hardworking people.
“My first encounter with Bosnian culture was when I went to Malaysia to study. My first roommate was from BiH and I can say that he is a great representative of your people, he was always cheerful, and smiling, ready to help,” Fattal said.
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Source: Klix.ba
