Au Pair

Short 'Dear Family' letter
Present yourself briefly.

Dear Family

This is Toshio Takikawa from Japan.

I mostly grew up in Yokohama, Japan next to Tokyo.

I have played soccer since 6 years old.

I like sports, dancing, and taking pictures.

My hobby is to keep a diary since I was 10 years old when I got a notebook of Harry Potter from my father.

As I grew up in company housing, I love playing with children. When I was a child, there were lots of brothers and sisters played with me. Then, when I grow up, it is me that who plays with younger children in front of the house.

I have worked two years at a group home where people with disability live like a mother. My job was basically what mothers do in their house such as cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, and helping to bathe and to go toilet.

Now, I am working for children with disability from 6 to 18 years for a year. I love playing with them as they are the best. They are so pure. One boy, my favorite, does not speak words at all but he likes taking a walk. As we walk outside (we usually stay in a room; sometimes we go to karaoke, bowling, and library), I keep talking to him believing that he does understand what I am telling him. I believe working with children is my ideal job in the world.

I like listening to stories of other people.

Thank you,

Toshio Takikawa

About you
Describe your own person, family, formation, experience abroad / with children and hobbies.

The first son with a younger brother and a younger sister.

I went to private high school after passing one of the difficult entrance examination in Japan. However, since I do not like the system of Japanese society, I quit Japanese university and transfer American university in Japan.

It has been over a year to study at an American university. I have confidence in speaking up in classes now even though my English is not perfect.

My favorite activity is dancing. I dance everywhere.

When I start dancing at a park, children wonder what I am doing. Then, I invite them to dance together. They mimic my movements and follow each action I do. The last time I danced at a park in Yokohama, parents gave me a bottle of tea. I even did not 'know' them. I just met there.

There is my favorite saying in Japanese.

It's called 一期一会 (I-chi-go-i-chi-e) showing the importance of one chance in a lifetime. I may not see them in my entire life, however, I somehow met there and spent awesome time with lovely children.

Why you would like to work as an au pair? 
Explain why you wish to become an au pair abroad to take care of children.

I am a junior year at Temple University, Japan campus.

Before working, I would like to explore the world more.

My mission, my dream, my goal is to marry a girl having a totally different culture. Furthermore, I would like to work in another country.

Therefore, au pair system is attractive to me in terms of seeing a married couple having lovely children like you. In addition, I want to know how two of you treat their children at home. I assume that I can learn lots of new Engish expressions from your children that I never know.