On Saturday, I got a new student at my English conversation school (英会話スクール), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話 塚口校), located in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki(尼崎市）, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This new student lives in Tsukaguchi and has been studying at another school for quite some time. Her school used to have a branch in Tsukaguchi but it was closed a few years ago, so she […]
Rain Rain Go Away, Come Back Another Day!
“Rain rain go away, come back another day!” My father once said that on a rainy day back when I was living in Canada. I’ve never forgotten it. I thought it was cute, with “away” and “day” rhyming together. It rains a lot because it’s the rainy season in Japan. Where I’m from in Quebec, […]
Action-Reaction
With “action-reaction”, I am not referring to Newton’s third law of motion. What I mean is that all of our actions result in some kind of reaction from others, whether positive or negative. Smiling at a person can result in making that person happy. That person’s reaction may be to smile back at you, which can in turn […]
