Tag Archives: 塚口

Thank you for the Great Day Hiking!!

  On behalf of  Smith’s School of English Kamishinjo スミス英会話 上新庄校,  and Smith’s School of English Ohtsuスミス英会話 大津校, I would like to thank  John from Smith’s School of English Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校 and Derek from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi スミス英会話 塚口校  for including us in the Hiking Event that your schools hosted on Sunday, June 28th, 2009.  I think I speak for everyone when I [...]

Hamburger Night

I love hamburgers. At my home in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City, it has been decided that we eat hamburgers on Saturdays for dinner. Saturday night is Hamburger Night. My Japanese wife’s homemade hamburgers are absolutely delicious and the best-tasting hamburgers I know. Western-style hamburgers and Japanese-style hamburgers A Western-style hamburger consists of a cooked ground meat patty (usually beef) [...]

Trial lessons galore! 体験レッスンの生徒さんがいっぱい!

Things are rolling at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School.  Last week I gave three trial lessons and one student joined right away. This week I have two trial lessons on my schedule. I gave one on the 9th and she joined the next day! I’m going to give another one tonight! Fantastic! The two [...]

Smith’s Joint Barbecue Event 2008 鶴見緑地バーベキュー大会 2008年

Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi enjoyed holding a barbecue event with the Okamoto, Horie, Otsu and Fuse schools on July 27th, 2008 at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka, Japan. My school’s group was made up of some students, their friends and family, my wife, her cousin, a person who works at her workplace and me. At [...]

Work / Family Balance

  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 [...]

Birthday Mania 誕生日がいっぱい!

The other day at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, I asked 2 students studying in the same class when their birthdays were. One of them said “today” (July 28th) and the other said that hers was on July 30th! We laughed because his birthday was on that very day and because their birthdays were so close [...]

Five Smith’s Schools Hold Barbecue Together スミス英会話・合同バーベキュー大会

On Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Smith’s Tsukaguchi, Okamoto, Ohtsu, Fuse and Horie Schools held a joint barbecue event together at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka, Japan. It was our second event together. We enjoyed some nice food and played games in English. We had a great time! We should do more events together! It really is [...]

A Pleasant Surprise 嬉しいサプライズ

Last Wednesday I went to a Japanese class I attend on Wednesday mornings in the city that I live in, Amagasaki City in Hyogo Prefecture. As always, I took a bus from a bus stop near my home to Hanshin Amagasaki Station. When I got on the bus, I said good morning to the bus [...]

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