On August 18 at 1:35pm, my wife gave birth to baby girl. Everything went well. Our baby, Tina, was born weighing 3268 grams (3.268 kilograms) and looks healthy. We are very happy. It all happened so quickly! In the morning of August 18, I woke up I think around 8:00am and my wife said she [...]
at / of / to / in / with / upon / above / beyond / over / by / into / across / about There are a few students ______ the Hirakata Smith’s School ______ English that remark quite often that they look forward ______ me writing more “missing preposition” articles ______ the future. [...]
Hopefully these photos provide some relief from the heat. Riding back into Kyoto from Tohoku with an additional 2500km`s showing on the odometer, it felt like I was entering a furnace. This was my first visit to northern Honshu and what a lovely part of Japan it is. Refreshingly cooler too. I made it as [...]
When I was young I remember Sony, National and Aiwa being the ones to turn to if you wanted an electronic gadget such as a new stereo or a walkman…boy, how times have changed. Now there are too many brands to even name. Simply choosing a camera to take on a trip can be overwhelming [...]
Anyone interested in art is bound to guess where this is. I took this picture while having a rest, more like a nap, actually, at the most recent major exhibition: The Focus of Viennese Art in 1900. This is the waiting and reflection area at the mid-point and the atmosphere is very relaxing here. Given an opportunity to reflect on [...]
The predicted date of birth of my wife and I’s baby is August 11th, so our baby could be born any day now. It’s quite exciting! (^.^) Everybody who knows about our baby asks me about it, including students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校). It seems that everybody’s looking forward to [...]
On Fridays there are two women that take classes, sometimes together and sometimes separately. They are both decent English speakers, and both have a similar dedication to learning English. The first woman started to learn English, because as a younger person in Junior and High School, English plagued her. She didn’t like it at the [...]
Yesterday I was tossing up between going to Shinjuku or Shibuya to see Inception or Salt and I’m so pleased that I elected to see Salt. From the moment the Bourne style movie started to its end it was action packed and breathlessly riveting. Angela Jolie was fantastic and was the only performer in the [...]
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