Jeffy

I have been living in Dalian for almost 10 years. I’m from Brazil and Japan, with double nationalities, even though I don’t look like Asian. My native languages are Japanese and Portuguese, and I can speak other languages that I’ve learned by myself. 

我在大连生活了近10年。尽管我长的并不像亚洲人，但我确实是巴西和日本的混血。我的母语是日语和葡萄牙语，除此之外，我还会说一些我自学的语言。

I love Dalian, I have been in many cities in China, but Dalian has some special atmosphere that makes everyone love this city. Even though Dalian is not so big, there still are a lot of things to discover. 

我喜欢大连这座城市，我曾在中国的很多个城市生活过，不过，大连却用她独特的气质吸引了包括我在内的很多人。虽然大连这座城市并不大，但仍有很多新奇之处等着人们去发现。

I’ve been working at JD’s bar as a DJ and a manager for more than 8 years now. I’ve been working in clubs for more than 25 years. I started DJ-ing since I was 12 years old and at 16 I started playing at small events and clubs. After studying sound engineering and computer science in Japan, I decided to go abroad to learn more and make my knowledge useful by teaching others.

我在极地酒吧做DJ已经八年多了。至此我在酒吧工作已经有25年了。我从12岁时开始接触DJ这一行，16岁的时候，我便开始到一些小型派对、酒吧做演出了。在日本学习了音箱工程和计算机技术之后，我决定出国深造，学以致用。

When I first came to Dalian to study Chinese, my good friend took me to visit some clubs, one of which was JD’s bar. My friend introduced me to the manager and he invited me to spin there just for fun. With my knowledge of music and dance floor, I made the club more popular and because of this they decided to hire me as a DJ. 6 years later, they changed my position to manager, and now I’m in charge of almost everything in club.

在我刚来大连的时候，我的好朋友带我去了一些酒吧，其中之一就是极地酒吧。朋友把我介绍给酒吧负责人，之后他便邀请我们去酒吧嗨皮一下。我将我所学的舞台经验和对音乐的见解都用在了这里，酒吧变得越来越受欢迎，也正因如此，他们聘请我担任这里的DJ。6年后，他们提拔我为酒吧经理，酒吧的大小事务基本都由我来负责。

Growing up with music, I can say that music is my life. In Dalian, I decided to open my own studio to teach DJs. I was the first one to do so in Dalian, no one did it before, and to tell the truth it is the only school that makes “real DJs”. More than 100 students graduated from my school, many clubs and events started contacting me asking for DJs. A new business has started, and today, I also recruit DJs, dancers and MCs all around China. In my free time (which I almost don’t have) I just want to sleep! Hahaha… or see my friends and my girlfriend.

在音乐的陪伴下成长，可以说，音乐是我的全部。所以我决定在大连开一家我自己的工作室用来教大家DJ。在我之前，大连从来没有人这样做过，而这家学校的宗旨是教大家如何成为一名真正的DJ。已经有100多名学生从学校毕业了，许多酒吧和活动的组织者联系我，让我为他们推荐DJ。这是一个全新的商机，目前，我一直在全国范围内招募DJ、舞者、以及MC。我的闲暇时间（虽然我几乎没有休息时间），只想用来睡觉！哈哈，当然，我也会见见我的朋友们，还有我的女友。

The first time I came to Dalian, just like many foreigners, I suffered a lot because of the language and, to make it worse, there weren’t many places for foreigners to have fun at. Today, you can see that Dalian has become much better; a lot of Chinese people can speak English, more Western restaurants are opened, clubs and bars are running with special service for foreigners, many foreign companies are on business, and there are a good number of online information services. Even though the progress is slow in Dalian, the city will, step by step, become a better and better place. And that’s why I always choose to stay.

我刚到大连的时候，就跟许多外国人一样，因为语言不通造成了很多困扰。更糟糕的是，外国人找不到什么好玩的地方。不过时至今日，你会发现大连变得越来越好了，很多中国人会说英语，越来越多的西餐厅开业，酒吧或者俱乐部会为外国人提供增值服务，许多外资企业在这里建厂，而且还有很多网上信息服务平台。尽管大连的进步有些缓慢，但是要相信这座城市会慢慢变得更好。这也是我为什么选择留在大连。

Recently, I have been involved in many projects to help both foreigners and Chinese. It is very important to understand the culture of a certain place that you’re planning to stay in, and only then you can teach others there.

近期，我参与了许多帮助外国人和中国人的项目，这对了解你所生活的城市的文化是至关重要的，只有你真正的了解了城市的内在，你才能更好的教授别人。

I like challenges, and Dalian is a big Challenge to me. I want to make this city better with more options for entertainment.

我喜欢挑战，大连对我来说也是个巨大的挑战。我希望通过我的努力，能让大连这座城市的娱乐文化变得更加多样化。

If you are going to visit, study or work in Dalian, I’m sure you will love it here, as I and many other foreigners do.

如果有一天，你选择来大连旅游，或者来这里学习，又或者选择在这里工作定居，我相信你会像我或者其他外国人一样爱上这里的。