Daily Archives: May 27, 2007

What’s going on at Smith’s School of English, Kyobashi

May 27, 2007 – 11:24 pm

Hello,
Gavin here. We’ve just received our own soap box here at Smith’s School of English Kyobashi. I’ve been working here for about 2 years now and as time passes I continue to enjoy the relaxed, professional environment more and more. Kyobashi is the location of the Smith’s School of English franchise system head office, but [...]

By Gavin | Posted in SSE Kyobashi Corner | Comments (0)

Smith’s Golden Week Vacation - A Welcome Break!

May 27, 2007 – 1:55 am

Smith’s School of English has several vacation periods each year and this year the Golden Week Holiday, which for most Japanese employees corresponds to the first week of May, started about a week earlier for the Smith franchisees. It turns out that this was a blessing as I wanted to go to Hawaii and the [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in SSE Okamoto Corner | Comments (0)

Great Place to Live and Have a School!

May 27, 2007 – 1:55 am

Okamoto is located in Higashi-Nadaku of Kobe, Japan. It is where I have my Smith’s School of English. It is very nice place to live and work. Okamoto is famous for its many bakeries and confectioneries offering a multitude of delicious candies, pastries, breads and cakes. I often have to stop myself from too often [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in SSE Okamoto Corner | Comments (0)

Full time Support!?

May 27, 2007 – 1:54 am

Today is Sunday and I was looking at my email and suddenly the phone rang. “Who could be calling me on this what should be a day off” I thought. Turns out it was Mark Smith, Smith’s School of English founder calling. He said that he was just about to leave for the yacht harbor [...]

By Al Bartle | Posted in SSE Okamoto Corner | Comments (0)