September 17, 2008 – 2:22 am
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 image [...]
August 30, 2008 – 3:54 am
Just want to draw attention to the kindness of people here.
Today I was having lunch at a restaurant across the street from our school in Azamino, and decided to make a quick run to the convenience store to pay a few bills and pick up a couple of things. We’ve had rain the entire week, [...]
August 26, 2008 – 3:44 am
I wrote this ages ago, and meant to post it then. Better late than never!
Mike and I are expecting a baby in September (2008), so a class of students decided to take me to Suitengu shrine. Everyone had been asking me if I had been to that shrine yet, so I was really glad to [...]
By Deana
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, students keep coming, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged あざみ野, スミス英会話, 水天宮, 英会話
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August 23, 2008 – 3:15 am
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 half [...]
August 21, 2008 – 4:09 am
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 [...]
August 17, 2008 – 9:12 pm
I was just over at Hub Pages, reading comments to a story by fellow franchisee Derek at Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口). Someone posted a link to another soapbox story, written by Helena at Nakamozu (スミス英会話 なかもず). It was a great read for me, as I am expecting our first child very, very soon. Her comments about family time [...]
By Deana
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Also posted in English School Articles, Fair to teachers, Franchise Owners' Speak, Living in Japan, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, franchise v. small business, rewarding job change, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged あざみ野, なかもず, スミス英会話, 塚口, 英会話
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August 11, 2008 – 1:52 am
I wrote most of this as a comment to a story posted by Derek (from スミス英会話塚口), but I think I should share it with all of you too!
We are very excited to be having a baby in Japan. Japan is a place I can feel safe every day, at any time of day or [...]
By Deana
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Also posted in English School Articles, Franchise Owners' Speak, Investor or school owner?, Living in Japan, New start up or franchise?, a look back, a reward in itself, english in japan, enjoyed this a lot, franchise v. small business, my passion: language, rewarding job change, teaching: why i do it
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Tagged あざみ野, スミス英会話, 英会話, 英会話塚口
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August 9, 2008 – 12:33 am
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 [...]
December 4, 2007 – 10:59 pm
Recently one of the nurses from my doctor’s office joined our school. Although the clinic is for gynecology and dermatology, if you go there with other problems, they are willing and indeed happy to help. Because of this, they get a lot of business in this season for colds and flu. This nurse had recommended [...]
December 4, 2007 – 10:59 pm
With the recent addition of fingerprinting foreigners at immigration, there has been a lot of talk this past month about the treatment of foreigners in Japan. Here is something you probably don’t hear much about:
Last week, I had to go to one of the government offices to get some documents changed. I recently had my [...]