Author Archives: Lan

Celebrity at SSE, Azamino

Here at SSE, Azamino, we have a small celebrity in our midst.  His name is Tyler and he is Mike and Deana’s  adorable 8 week old son.  I’m not kidding when I say he’s a celebrity.  Whenever he comes into the school, accompanied by his mom of course, all the ladies drop their pens, forget their lessons and rush out of the [...]

Newest Addition to the Smith’s School of English has Arrived !

       Please welcome Tyler Jonas Bowman to Azamino SSE and to the world in general.  He arrived late Friday evening on September 5th after his mom endured 24 long hours of labor.  Just check out that smile and you’ll see that he was well worth the effort.         Tyler’s the spitting [...]

Winner takes All !

    Well, almost…  Actually there were 2 winners here at Azamino SSE.   Maybe you  remember our baby pool ?   When we ran out space in the first one, a second pool was devised.     Mr. Nogi won the baby pool guessing the closest to the time and date of the birth of [...]

Who will be the Big Winner?

         Here at Smith’s School of English,  Azamino, the students have all been making predictions as to when Deana and Mike’s baby will be born.  When someone suggested a “baby pool“ with a very small entry fee, everyone thought that would be a lot of fun.          More than [...]

A Safe Country Indeed!

Don’t you just love Japan ?    Where else in the world are people so honest and trustworthy ?   I recently moved from my weekly rental in Futakotamagawa to another rental in Kozukue.   My first apartment locked with a key but the new place uses a numerical passcode entry system.  Although they gave [...]

Liver varrey…what?? (Oh! River valley!)

Hi Everyone! Just finished one of my pronunciation lessons. We did something from our special Smith’s Pronunciation Course, and focused on the R’s and L’s this lesson. I’m really impressed with how the students are doing here at Smith’s School of English Azamino. I’m hearing such big differences in their pronunciation and they are clearly [...]

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