This week, I have chosen these beautiful purple Campanula カンパニュラ to decorate the reception room of the Smith`s school of English スミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施 (click here to get to the main page of the English Conversation school 英会話学校のメインサイトはこちらへ。) Commonly known as Bellflower in English, the name Campanula stems from the Latin original name. [...]
I grew up with a TV program called The Nature of Things, which airs once a week and features host David Suzuki, a famous Canadian environmentalist. The premise of the show is nature, and science, and how humans live with and affect the natural world. As a science show, it is informative and interesting, as [...]
In January of 2010 I was asked about joining the local volunteer fire corps, and having been a POC (Paid on Call) firefighter in Canada for 5 years, I was excited to learn about Japanese firefighting techniques and fire corps SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures). Plus I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet [...]
This week, the shop assistant at the flower shop in the shopping arcade in Ajiro, Fuse布施足代 recommended these cute flowers to me. Are they not beautiful! They are called Alstroemeria both in English and in Japanese. So the Japanese name in katakanaアリストロメリア resembles the English name very well. The flower itself was named by the German [...]
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら As I am hoping for a nice long spring this year, I have chosen these beautiful yellow wild daffodilsラッパスイセン to decorate the reception room in the Smith`s school of English in Fuse, Higashi Osaka 東大坂布施. As the daffodil or narcissus, it`s official name, blooms at the end of winter and early spring, it [...]
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら Maybe the End of January/ beginning of February is a little bit early for this beauty of a flower, but on seeing them in the flower shop in Fuse, Higashi-Osaka 東大阪布施, these tulips チューリップ just caught my eye. The tulip is a really famous flower and I sure that everybody knows them, but new [...]
Below is a story about a recent trip to Hawaii written by one of the student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Otsu. My student’s name is Toshiko. She is a franchise business owner and a very determined English student, as English helps her with her business. She has been studying with us at [...]
Below is Part 2 of a story about a recent trip to Hawaii written by one of the student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Otsu. To read Part 1, click HERE. Hawaii Travel 4th to 9th July, 2010 July 5th, 2010 (Second Day) That day, I went to golf from early morning. Hawaii [...]
Below is Part 3 of a story about a recent trip to Hawaii written by one of the student’s at my English school, Smith’s school of English Otsu. To read Part 1, click HERE. To read Part 2, click HERE. Hawaii Travel 4th to 9th July, 2010 July 7th, 2010 (Fourth Day) That day, I went to [...]
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら Great Job! Well done! One of our great students here at Smith`s School of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse Higashiosaka 東大阪布施 showed the best of her abilities at the 31st High School English speech contest スピーチコンテストin Yao 八尾! (The official name is 第３１回高校生弁論大会.) Due to her continued effort and iron will to perform better and better still, [...]
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