One of my favorite expression is “Laughter is the best medicine.” I suppose I got my humor from my father. He was always a great storyteller and I guess a little bit of him rubbed off on me. While I have some good memories of England as a child I think that to live in [...]
So as I have mentioned before I have just recently started to take Japanese lessons. I really am starting a square one, therefore, a bit overwhelmed at times. Yes, I have lived in Japan for 2 years and yes, I have seen and learned a small amount of Japanese words since I have arrived. My [...]
People often say that having a child is the greatest gift you can receive. At first it might not seem like it though. The first few months new parents are struggling to adjust to their new lifestyle and trying to figure things out. Slowly but surely somehow you get a handle on things. Our son [...]
As many have seen over the past few months there has been a plethora of bad news in the media concerning some of the largest companies in Japan; JAL, Honda, and last but not least Toyota. This has happened for many reasons.
What I noticed that this “news” was not exclusive to Japan. It has been [...]
Can you believe it? I have been living in Japan for two years. Wow, 2 years, it’s true what they say, time flies. It’s seems especially true the older that you get. It really does feel like just yesterday that I arrived. I mentioned my mile stone to my wife on Saturday and I told [...]
February 27, 2010 – 2:57 am
In studying English, you may have experienced forgetting what you have already learnt and feel down or blame yourself saying “I know I’ve done this before!” Or maybe you have even lamented over memory lapses. From my experience, I feel it is quite difficult to get what we have just learnt to sink in all [...]
February 26, 2010 – 9:40 pm
Many of us have heard that “knowledge is power.” In year’s past knowledge was limited. I lived in Manila from the age of 8 and then moved to Bangkok when I was 14. A few years ago my parents told me that when the first made the decision to move abroad that they went to [...]
February 26, 2010 – 10:47 am
I remember back in the 80s Atari was BIG…people were crazy over games such as Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Frogger. I remember playing against my friends on a black and white 8 inch TV. Wow, how times have changed?! In the past 20 years technology has literally exploded, it’s hard to keep up with all [...]
February 26, 2010 – 10:28 am
This is my 10th year at Smith’s…and I’ve learnt a lot over those years. I have become a better teacher, a better businessman, and a better student (because I’m always learning). I’ve had the privilege of learning from many different people within the system and for that I’m extremely grateful. My students at Smith’s 英会話 [...]
February 25, 2010 – 11:16 pm
When I first moved to Los Angeles I had nothing, and I lived with relatives, a while later I moved into my first apartment with a friend just off Santa Monica and Gower. It was a small place in what I consider a dirty area, but it was for a time, home. My next apartment [...]