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Please choose which one you would like to eat!!! a~m

I have been looking at tearooms.........
As we might be connected to one in the near future
I thought it might be interesting to see what they look like.

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It is maybe too late but....
tomorrow's lesson is on "colours"
I will make a simple and painless lesson on it.

Maybe my scar will still be there tomorrow so you can have a laugh.

Glad to hear the choir did well.
Hokkaido? That seems a bit too far to go.
But it is an excuse for a trip to get "white lover chocolate"
Have they been forgiven for their problem last year?
Must have been.

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Hawkshead: Ann Tyson's Guest House. The Queen's Head pub.


Well.....My scar is gradually disappearing.
Hopefully by Wednesday it will have gone.
Last night I was cleaning my glasses and
I noticed two large scratches on the lense so I went to
Odawara to get some new ones. I looked in some shops
but didn't really find any I liked (apart from Kid's glasses!!)
I decided to go back to Zoff and look again. On the way there
I dropped in Daikokuya to get some Granola (it's cheap!)
There was a lady standing in front of the Granola section.
I waited for her to move but she was deep in thought.
I reached out from the side to get a bag of Granola and she stepped back.
and said........................................... "Nick!!"
It was Yoshimi!!! What a coincidence!
She said she was on the way to Odawara Stadium to watch her son's
baseball team play. I hope they won and Yoshimi didn't get too sunburnt.

It's a small world.

Anyway....I got a pair of glasses which are not really "me" ,but I need them,
or so I thought because when picking them up, the shop assistant said I
could buy new lenses for my old glasses for 3000 yen!
Hmmmm

Hope you are all enjoying your long weekend
I am working tomorrow in the afternoon and evening

Be good!
Nick

Sometimes people overdo it a bit with the hanging baskets in the UK.
But it looks pleasant. It must take a lot of looking after.
Have you ever tried it?

It seems we will be doing it next year!!!!

Scarface

Well, the typhoon passed.....................
News? Bending down to pick up my bag in the dark, I bumped my
forehead on the corner of a small shrine.
I now have a cut on my head and look like Rocky Balboa.
Maybe I look "tough" now.
No, not tough, just stupid.
The weekend is near. Do you have any plans?

How To Tidy The Room

Sorry about the "kanji" tests.
The kanji in question was tatsu (dragon) 16 stroke version

The pronunciation is To or Do (toe ,doe)
Dragons moving
It is on page 998 of Nelson's Japanese-English Character Dictionary.

Thank you for braving the rain today to go to the "Lounge".
It seems the weather will get worse later.
I hope not as I have to go to Manazuru.
The Tokaido Line is notorious for having trouble in bad weather around Nebukawa.

I wasn't expecting such an extravagant teatime.!

If you have any requests for a lesson topic, please don't be shy!
Am off to clean the bathroom!!!!
Nick

Rain

We are having a few days of rain. We can't complain, as it has been very dry
until recently.
Here are some words for a rainy day:
The rain is easing up. (getting less)
The rain is letting up (stopping)
The rain has let up (stopped)
It's pouring down. (raining heavily)
It's bucketing down. (raining heavily
The heavens have opened (raining heavily)
It's raining cats and dogs. (raining heavily)
It's drizzling. (slow ,steady rain)
Rain, rain go away. Come again another day!
It's a good day....for ducks!

My home town is said to be the wettest town in England.
The valley of Borrowdale to the south of the town has the most rain in Britain.
They say the people who live there have webbed feet (like ducks)

See you or some of you tomorrow
nick

Brands

Japanese ladies often tend to like certain shops and brands.
Not just women, also men.
Do you have a certain brand that takes your fancy?
(That means "that you like")
Mine is errr, let me see....Reebok and "Shimamura!!!!! (smile)
Well Shimamura is just down the road from here.

I'd like to welcome Tamami to the English Rose page.
Tamami, once you give me your email address I will
input it into the blogsite so you can make a new post.
But before that you can leave a comment on old posts.
Just click comment on the bottom of the post and type a comment.

Today, as I passed the local kindergarten I noticed many wet-looking
children taking part in their sports day. The rain has let up now so
I suppose they are relieved. Do you have any stories related to the
sports days you attended?
I didn't mind them so much and always took part in the PTA event
when my kids were at school . But I always hid behind a tree when
they did "rajiotaiso"
Enjoy your weekend!

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It seems an American is being held for "abducting" his own children.
Actually he has Japanese nationality so is really Japanese.
I think it will be news from tomorrow.
I think it will strain Japanese-American relationships unless it is dealt with
swiftly. The Japanese laws regarding this are different than other counties.
I wonder if we will see the new government start to make changes in the
immigration laws.....

Two entries in two days.....
I wonder if I will be a 3-day-wonder!!

Well. Today was the first rainy day for a long time.
It was welcome although I got wet feet and the dogs became dirty after their walk
5 ladies attended today and were very active as usual..
As Akiko suggested, why don't you request a lesson topic or make a request for the class on this site for the next lesson.
It would be helpful for me , as I am always thinking of something to do that might be of interest.
So....let's start using this blog again!!
I will try not to be so lazy with it
Nick

It still works!!!!
After such a long absence, the site is active again ( I hope)
Please make some comments if you like.
I hope you can remember how to do it.
If not maybe I can help you out.
Back later
nick

Hello one and all.

It was St Valentines Day yesterday...

Did you have to get the usual obligatory chocolate? Or maybe it was the other kind.

It is a strange custom.

Actually, I think the custom originates from Britain.( That's why!)

But of course it is the other way round.

Men give a gift to their loved-ones. I wonder why it is vice versa in Japan...

Not to worry..I like chocolate very much

Recently many ladies are talking about the movie Mamma Mia.

Are you interested in such musicals?

Do you llike Abba? Not my cup of tea, but they do sing some catchy songs.

Well, the last 2 days have been like an Indian summer.

I wonder if this warm weather will continue.

See you all soon.

Nick

Hello one and all.

It has become a bit chilly in the last few days. I hope you are all well.

Thank you for coming all the way to my house at Christmas.

It was good to see you all here. I hope we can do it again some day.

It seems the government has decided to go ahead with its plan

to give most people a 12,000yen pay back.

If you get it, what will you do with it?

Maybe everyone should give it to the oppostion party!

There will be a class on Wednesday, same place ,same time

Hope to see you there!

Nick