Daily Archives: February 6, 2008

Musings on Flyering 1

I went out to do some flyers the other night, and during the lulls between the express train hordes I got to thinking about what I’ve learned over the years of promoting my school by handing out flyers.
Beyond the common sense questions of where to stand at the exit, how often to vary locations and [...]

Setsubun festival

I’ve noticed that every year around the end of Jan and beginning of Feb, the local supermaket I frequent will have a special corner for dried soybeans and sushi rolls. The big Chinese characters on the promotion tag mention some sort of festival, but it took me a while to finally decipher what they meant [...]

Diving into English

Today’s first class started out phenomenally well considering that the weather outside was dreary and not so inspiring. One of the students brought in a folder of photos that he’d taken during one of his scuba diving expeditions. Before seeing these pictures, I had no idea that he was such an avid diver. [...]