June 17th, 2013 | Author: David
Last week, I called a BMW dealer in the UK to order a part for my bike. It’s much cheaper to buy parts in Britain because BMW Japan has a monopoly here, and consequently they charge ridiculous prices. More
Thanks for all your comments. I’m glad you enjoyed the story. I asked the woman who teaches me the other day who she thought would win in a race between the big guy and the guy she trains with (who has a very sporty physique!), and she said the big guy would probably win even now because his technique is so much better. More
June 10th, 2013 | Author: David
For a few years now, I have been thinking about taking part in a triathlon. Unfortunately, there is one big problem: I can’t swim. Actually, it’s not true to say that I can’t swim at all, but I’m nowhere near good enough to take part in a competition. More
Thanks for all your comments. As I expected, it seems that people’s opinions on this topic change when they have kids themselves. No surprise there! More
June 3rd, 2013 | Author: David
I read an interesting article today suggesting that as Japan’s population ages and the number of children falls, people are becoming less tolerant of the noise that children make. More
Thanks for sharing your stories. Just like you have mishearings between Japanese people, we have them between native speakers of English, too. This is especially common in songs. More
May 27th, 2013 | Author: David
Last week’s topic was quite difficult, so I decided to do a more light-hearted (and slightly easier!) one this week. The other day, a friend of mine bought a bento in a convenience store. She was very surprised at the question the assistant asked her as she put the food into a bag. More
Thanks for taking the time to watch the videos. I’m glad you enjoyed them. Education is like so many other things – everyone knows it doesn’t work, but we just keep doing it the same way because that’s the way it has always been done. More
May 20th, 2013 | Author: David
Have you ever heard of Sir Ken Robinson? He is a British man currently living in the United States. He works as an adviser on education to governments, and his Wikipedia page describes him as an “educationalist.” More
Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. I definitely think that vocabulary is the most difficult part of learning English, and unfortunately, there are no short cuts. More
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