I went to Brazil for a business trip around 20 years ago. Then, I was taken to this karaoke bar and met a woman working in that place.

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2025/11/08

I went to Brazil for a business trip around 20 years ago. Then, I was taken to this karaoke bar and met a woman working in that place.

I stayed there like for one hour or so. I was practically left alone among some local women talking in Portuguese loudly. I was like an invisible person, staying there quietly without issuing any words. I didn’t speak Portuguese but only Spanish. But that woman kept talking to me in Portuguese. I just returned some words in Spanish wondering if she was understanding me.

At the time of leaving, I gave her my business card where my email address was printed. Several weeks after I returned to Japan, I was very surprised to see her email in my inbox. It was written in Portuguese and so I used machine translation to read it. I think I replied in Spanish. Then, she returned back again. We exchanged a couple of emails, but I eventually stopped it for some reason.

Several years passed and I got the contact from her on my Facebook. I was taken aback again. She messaged me once or twice. But that was it.

About five years ago or so, she suddenly called me on messenger. I think I was busy at the moment, but accidentally hit the button to take in the call. She kept saying something in Portuguese and I just kept saying I don’t understand. And I hung up.

A few hours ago, while I was FaceTiming with some one, I got a call on messenger and it was her. I didn’t take it this time. She sent me some words wondering how I’m doing. It’s unfortunate that we don’t share a common language all the time.