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A big thank you to a student

A student of mine from Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki City recently prepared a great DVD which contains a video and photos he took at a joint barbecue event my school held with the Ohtsu, Okamoto, Horie and Fuse schools at Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park in Osaka, Japan on July 27th, 2008. This is [...]

Birthday Mania

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

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!
I am looking forward to holding more events [...]

A Pleasant Surprise

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 [...]

Enjoying shopping at COSTCO in Japan

I love COSTCO in Japan! Last Sunday we had an appointment to go to there with a former coworker of my wife, his wife and his four-year-old boy. He and his wife had wanted to check out COSTCO and my wife had said that they could go with us. They picked us up by van. [...]

Going to Starbucks Coffee in Japan

The following is based on Smith’s School of English curriculum Routine 4 Lawson’s text and questions.
Going to Starbucks Coffee in Japan

I stand outside Starbucks Coffee thinking about having something to eat and drink for breakfast. I decide to have breakfast there so I go into the shop. I look for an available table. I find [...]