英語と文化

2016年10月18日

Visiting Adelaide

12 years is certainly a long time and one may say even more pronounced when we are talking about returning home. The last time I set foot in Australia it was 2003 in the middle of winter. I was welcomed by the inexorable flu that had me bedridden for a stretch and when I’d finally recovered I enjoyed damp and miserable weather with chilly evenings and […]

2015年2月18日

An English Comic Book Hero

I grew up reading second hand comics which were given to me by neighbours whose children had “grown out of comics.” Half of the comics were of American superheroes created by Marvel or DC for example Superman, the Incredible Hulk or Iron Man. The other comics were of English superheroes and had a much darker feel. The heroes were often flawed in […]

2014年12月8日

Christmas

As we approach the end of the year! Some celebrate Christmas, others focus on New Year and with the many people around the earth we all celebrate in different ways. But the one thing we share is the end of the year. And I think and hope that it is a time to reflect upon what we did right and wrong, what we learned and didn’t learn, who we helped and wh […]

2014年9月30日

Studying with Electronic Tools

Hi, Mr. B here in the blogging seat this time! Some of you may know that I actually managed to pass the JLPT’s top level. In Japanese, that’s 日本語能力試験の1級. I don’t tell you this to brag, but to point out that with the right study tools, even a person of *ahem* middling brainpower can accomplish wonderful things. So I’d like to introduce you to the one I relied […]