I was reading a photography magazine recently and came across an article about digital double exposures. The idea was quite simple but unfortunately I don’t have the necessary software to do it as they suggested. So I did my own thing (as usual). Now, in the pre-digital days, a double exposure involved taking a picture, [...]
The summer heat and humidity has once again forced the air-conditioners on in homes, offices and schools across the nation. Every year at this time I think about how we can save on energy and also help the environment. Are my home and school as eco-friendly as they could be? Are we doing everything that we can [...]
As most of you know I’m big into the web…I spend hours each week shopping, checking headlines and keeping in touch with people. In my searches this week I came across an amazing video on YouTube that I think you’ll all enjoy watching. I can’t wait to see their next creation, who knows maybe someone [...]
Last Tuesday I gave a free trial lesson to a trial student at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校), my English conversation school (英会話スクール) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. The trial lesson student joined right away! (^.^) Before he left, I offered him some snacks and a drink. He had a [...]
Last Sunday was our annual BBQ event. We were joined in Oizumi Ryokuchi – Sakai City by students and their families from Smith’s Sakai Higashi(月謝制のスミス英会話 堺東校) and Smith’s Nakamozu(月謝制のスミス英会話 なかもず校). Despite it being a very hot summers day, we had a good turn out. The youngsters having fun with water pistols all day helped take the edge off [...]
Just last month I turned 36…it’s precisely this age that my father decided to take a job in the Philippines that would forever change our lives and eventually bring me to where I am today. As such I thought it might be a good time for me to take stock of just what I have [...]
Last Sunday I was off from my great job teaching English conversation (英会話) to wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校), which is located in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. My wife and I spent part of the day helping her younger brother move to a new apartment in Tsukaguchi. [...]
The rainy season has come to an end and it’s gotten quite hot and humid here in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, the location of my English conversation school (英会話スクール), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校). With temperatures often being over 30 degrees Celsius in the afternoon, you have to be careful out [...]
The homepage of Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi’s web site has been transformed into a better organized, easier to navigate and more enjoyable page. I hope that this will make coming to my English conversation school (英会話スクール), located in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture, more inviting to those thinking about studying English conversation (英会話) [...]
For those of you who know me or have been reading my blogs you may know that my wife and I had a near-death experience about 6 years ago. It’s hard to believe that such a traumatic event could seem so far away but it does. In many ways it seems unreal though I know it [...]
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