I’m an avid sci-fi fan. At about the age of ten my favourite author was a French writer Jules Verne. His books were usually combinations of adventure and science fiction and in his work, Verne introduced to the world many interesting ideas and inventions that would eventually become true. There are probably few people in [...]
On February 26, 2012, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) held its’ first event of the year, the New Year event. It was held a little late this year, but better late than never! This was the first event of the year for my English conversation school in Tsukaguchi. This event is always held at a restaurant called YAMATO which is located [...]
Student’s at Smith’s Kyobashi (スミス 英会話 京橋) often ask me how difficult is life for a foreigner in Japan. Although this question crops up numerous times, the question’s formulation, always surprises me. You see, I would expect something like ” Do you enjoy Japan?” or “What do you like about Japan?”. I’m not saying that it never [...]
On the subject of food I just had to tell everybody about this. I popped out to a restaurant between coaching lessons on English Conversation in Fukushima (英会話福島) this week and was absolutely flabbergasted. By the time we human’s hit 54 years of age we think we know a lot about food. A strawberry as big as my hand proved [...]
School of English Fukushima (英会話福島) Eats Out. “Délice Food Week”.
One of the things that I love about my job teaching English at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口) is the kindness of my students. Let me give you an example of this kindness. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. It is a Japanese custom for ladies to give some males, including their male teachers, something sweet on that [...]
These days I am working hard on local promotion for my English school in Tsukaguchi, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口). That is because I have set an ambitious (but achievable) personal goal for my English school this year and I intend on working hard towards achieving that goal. “Working hard” may sound hard but [...]
Although it’s true that I drive a car quite a bit here in Japan when it comes to moving over distance, moving to work or needing be anywhere at exactly the right time I use the public transport system. Driving a long way in any kind of car just doesn’t appeal to me and estimating traffic congestion [...]
Hi There and thanks for taking the time to read this small article about why I love Japan. I have been living here a long time now and never become tired of seeing this amazing race of people in action. Sure there is a negative side to the country that can be found if we [...]
Great News! From the 4th of January, we’ve been operating from a new place. The location of the building is not too far from our previous address. We’ve practically moved just ‘around the corner’. Which means that it’s nicely located just minutes away from Keihan and JR stations. The interior was recently decorated so everything looks [...]
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