(Continuation from yesterday)

After continuing to listen to the lecture from the previous day, the memory of the "engineer unloved by the English language" in me came back.

That is,

"What is important in a question and answer session is not communication. It's the groove and momentum"

After the 15-minute presentation, the 5-minute question and answer period was coming.

The English questions from the administrator (chairperson) were relatively easy to understand, so I consumed a lot of time by blabbering on and on about more than the answers to the questions.

However, I could not understand any English from the contributors (other presenters) of the session.

The only thing I could understand was the term "dissatisfaction" in the title of my conference paper.

But from there, I "guessed all the questions," and "built a story based on that guess," and just kept blabbering on -- phrases that were just a bunch of words with no grammar.

When I finished speaking, I could see that all the participants in the session were smiling wryly, saying, "It can't be helped now," and the administrator gave me a look that said, "That's enough. presentation....". And she said. and she said "Thank you, Tomoichi. Any question? O.K. Let go to the next presentation...."

"Where there is a will, there is a way" is not matter for me. "Where there is a matter, there is the matter" is correct.

My presentation at the international conference ended with a "matter" of surpassing five minutes.

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"I've acquired the rare ability to carry on a conversation without understanding what the other person is saying.

An engineer, unloved by English, has returned now.