This month Akemi, my Japanese wife signed up with Skype, a software program that allows you to telephone people using the Internet and to hear, speak to and see the people you are speaking to with the use of a mike and a camera. We have been using it to communicate with family in Japan and [...]
On March 3 was the Japanese Doll Festival (雛祭り) or Girl’s Day. You can read about this special celebration by clicking here. My Japanese wife’s father’s cousin made some dolls and gave them to my family for Tina who is almost seven months old now. It was very kind of her and we are very thankful to her. [...]
I’m having a great time owning and running my own Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi franchise school in Japan and teaching English conversation there to my very kind students. Today, after doing some local promotion for my school, I told my wife, Akemi that it was exciting building my school (building the student body). [...]
On Sunday, February 20th, 2011 I attended a Smith’s School of English seminar
Today I handed out flyers for my English conversation school (英会話スクール), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Perfecture (兵庫県), Japan. Many people had “good morning” said to them! I hope that I brightened their day! (^.^) Later on in the day, after my last lesson teaching English conversation [...]
At my English conversation school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校), located in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), I have such wonderful students. I am always happy to see them and they always seem happy to see me. I really have a great time teaching them English conversation (英会話). Outside of classroom time in Tsukaguchi, [...]
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 [...]
I’ve liked cactuses since I was a boy. Not the spiky ones that hurt when you touch them, but the ones that have smoother surfaces. I had a little cactus at my parent’s home in Canada when I was young. It may still be there. Cactuses live so long and are quite strong. They really [...]
Last Tuesday I gave a free trial lesson to a trial student at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校), my English conversation school (英会話スクール) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. The trial lesson student joined right away! (^.^) Before he left, I offered him some snacks and a drink. He had a [...]
Last Sunday I was off from my great job teaching English conversation (英会話) to wonderful students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校), which is located in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県), Japan. My wife and I spent part of the day helping her younger brother move to a new apartment in Tsukaguchi. [...]
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