I am Canadian. I married a Japanese woman, so some of my family is Japanese. During the Smith’s Golden Week holiday, I went to Guam with my wife, her parents and her two brothers. We had a great time. It was the first time abroad for my wife’s parents. My wife had wanted to take them abroad somewhere. [...]
I and my Japanese family here in Japan all use NTT docomo cell phones. NTT docomo is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan and a subsidiary of NTT, Japan’s incumbent telephone operator. I, my wife, her younger brother and her cousin all are part of a family plan together. The bedsheet episode A few years ago [...]
スミス英会話堺東・なかもず校講師が書いた記事。日本語のメインサイトはこちら→(スミス英会話 堺東校)(スミス英会話 なかもず校) Last Friday Adam, my business partner and co-owner of Smith’s School of English Sakai Higashi and Nakamozu franchises, held his wedding party in Osaka Castle Park(大阪城公園). It was a fantastic day for all in attendance. Adam and his lovely wife Mayumi had a traditional Japanese style ceremony in the castles’ shrine. This [...]
Well, It’s been over a month since I took over the franchise of Smith’s School of English , Kawanishi, so maybe it’s time to take a deep breath and reflect on how it’s been. Much has been new and slightly strange to me: spending much time in a town I had not heard of not [...]
Some English schools in Japan use a ticket system, where students must prepay for years of lessons up front and in return get tickets, which can be used to take lessons within the agreed timeframe of the contract. This requires a large financial commitment on the part of the students, and leaving the school before the end [...]
Yesterday and today, I handed out flyers wih Al, owner of Smith’s School of English Okamoto. Yesterday we worked near his school in Okamoto, Kobe and today near my school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City. Working with Al was great. On both days after handing out flyers together, we went to a coffee shop and talked about [...]
Recently Al from Smith’s School of English Okamoto School asked me if I wanted to do flyers with him, like I and John from Smith’s School of English Kawanishi School are already doing. I happily agreed. Amazingly, I was going to ask him the same thing! Therefore next week, I’ll be doing flyers with Al on [...]
After coming back home at night, I always enjoy getting the latest news in English on CNN and BBC while having a cup of chai tea and eating a muffin, cake or something else sweet. It’s relaxing and a great way to end the day. I watch CNN News and/or BBC News. My Japanese wife and [...]
At the last Smith’s seminar, I met John, the new owner of Smith’s School of English Kawanishi School. I suggested that we help each other out with flyers. He agreed to do that and so far we’ve done three flyer runs together, two in Kawanishi for his school and one in Tsukaguchi for my school, Smith’s School [...]
I live in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City, not far from my school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi School. Today as always on Wednesday mornings, I took an Amagasaki City bus to go to a Japanese lesson. The bus that I took (numbered “13″) runs between Hankyu Tsukaguchi Station (located near my school) and Hanshin Amagasaki Station. I caught the [...]
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