Congratulations to Saturday Ichinomiya Teragoya student, Michiko - you`ve won a fabulous Teragoya fan!
I chose you as the winner because your comment was:
- interesting
- funny
- positive
- well-worded
- the only one
Well done! I hope you enjoy using it.
On Sunday we took Owen to see a free `Anpan Man` show at Leaf Walk shopping centre. Wow - I`ve never seen so many small kids in one place! And just to see some people with decorated beachballs on their heads.
We arrived about 25 minutes before the scheduled start time of 11am, but it was already packed (= very crowded).
So we gave up and went and had an early lunch instead. But we came back later so Owen could see the characters. He was pretty excited - he likes Anpan Man. Well, all Japanese kids like Anpan Man, right?
Did you like Anpan Man when you were a kid? Did you have any Anpan Man toys?
(If you are not from planet Japan & don`t know who Anpan Man & friends are, this clip will give you an idea)
The recent federal (=national) election in Australia was REALLY close, & the 2 main parties needed to get `greens` & `independents` (no party) members to join them to be the winner. Anyway, the greens & most of the independents chose Julia Gillard`s party, so she is (still) Australia`s Prime Minister - congratulations!
But I think she will have a hard time keeping all her new `friends` happy. I think we will have another federal election before too long.
It`s cool! It`s fashionable! It`s eco-friendly! It`s sitting on my desk gathering dust... Anyway, it`s a TERAGOYA FAN, and you have a chance to win it!!!
All you have to do is write a comment telling me why I should give it to YOU.
Begin your comment: "You should give it to me because..."
In 2 weeks I will choose my favorite answer and that person will receive this fantastic limited edition collector`s item.
Anyone can enter - Teragoya students, non-students, kids, adults, animals, aliens, even New-Zealanders!
You know you want it... So leave a comment!
Good luck!
Today we went to the annual (=once every year) Thai Festival in Sakae. It was pretty busy when we arrived at 2pm, & was still busy when we left at about 5pm. It seems very popular!
I tried a few different Thai dishes - fried thai noodles, chicken with basil & chilli, boiled chicken with rice, deep-fried marinated pork strips, spicy papaya salad, deep-fried banana, & of course some Singha beer. Mmmmmm... it was all delicious.
Maybe you`re not interested, but beer Singha beer used to be 6.0% alcohol content, but now (since 2007) it`s 5.0%. I think it tastes better. Beer Chang (`Elephant Beer`!) is 6.4%, but ONLY in Thailand - if you buy it in Japan, it`s 5.0%!
There were various performances on stage e.g. Thai dancing, J-pop, traditional Japanese instrumental, & when we were leaving, they were preparing for a kids` Muay Thai demonstration. I didn`t wait to see it though. If I want to see kids fighting, I can just tell my students I`ve hidden candy in my classroom.
I was watching the classic western, A Fistful of Dollars recently and my wife commented that Clint Eastwood looked like David Beckham.
What do you think?
You should be able to find several westerns starring Clint Eastwood at your local DVD rental store. If you haven`t seen them, why not have a look? If you do, make sure you watch in wide-screen/panorama!
I also like Clint Eastwood`s character (but not his 70`s clothes) in the "Dirty Harry" series of movies. What? You haven`t seen them either??? Well, now is a good time - they`re only 80yen at GEO.
Go!
I`ve always taught Tuesday to Saturday at Teragoya, but I will change to a Monday to Friday schedule now. Our new teacher, Parren, will take over my Saturday classes, including this one - my Advanced class.
To celebrate, last Saturday Mariko bought a delicious cake, which we ate in class. Thankyou, Mariko!
Actually, I`m sure I will still see everybody sometimes. In fact, a lot of these students are coming to the party this Saturday night. See you there, guys!
My wife & I are excited about this weekend`s Thai festival in Sakae. If you`re free (& have recovered from Saturday night`s party) why don`t you go? It looks like there will be lots to see, do and - most importantly for me - EAT. I loooove Thai food!
We plan on going on Sunday. If you see me, say hello & have a Singha (not Chang) with me.
This weekend Australia will have an election to see who will be our prime minister (souri daijin). Probably it will be one of these two. Hehe.
Rose & I have already sent our votes to the Australian Consulate (ryoujikan) in Osaka.
Everybody is saying it will be close - nobody is sure who will win. Interesting!
Every month, a teacher at Ichinomiya Teragoya chooses a `Student of the Month`. This month it`s my turn, so I chose Kohshi Shibata, who I teach on Saturday mornings. He was so shy when he started about 1 year ago, and his mum or dad had to stay with him for the whole class. He cried if they left.
But! Now he can study without them for the whole lesson - he is confident & independent! Cool!
He is only 3 years old, but he knows so many English words now. He listens carefully when I talk to him because he knows he can understand English. His favourite activity is cooking time (with plastic food etc.).
He has good manners too - he often says please. Also, one time when we finished cooking time, he asked me to please play the "Let`s Clean Up!" song on the CD, while he washed up. So cute!
Well done Kohshi - We`re proud of you!
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