If you are interested in studying Enｇlish with me I can cater to all levels:from beginner to advanced.英語を勉強したい人、どのレベルでも教えます。
2012年12月08日
Yes, after a break of about 27 months I'm finally back in the 'land of the rising sun'. I think I'm still suffering from a lttle jet lag after getting back about 4 days ago. And so now the hard work begins as they say. Why? Well, I'm trying to 'pick up...
2012年06月26日
2012年04月30日
Recently my wife and I receieved some disappointing news. We had hoped that my parents-in-law were going to come over to the UK, where we were hoping to show them a few places we thought they would have loved. On the other hand, on Thursday I had my fi...
2012年04月27日
Please excuse me as I haven't made a blog entry in some time. As the today's title suggests I have some good news. I recently took part in the NIT badminton competition in both the singles and doubles. In the latter I 'came up (a little) short' finishi...
2012年04月07日
2012年03月24日
Yes, it's that time again. this week is officially a week from NIT-and I feel it is well-deserved for everyone both in the English and Technical Departments. And so, after a quiet weekend my wife and went to Al Balat today. I guess one can best describ...
2012年03月14日
This is a pastime I have decided not to undertake here in Saudi Arabia. Why you may ask? Well, driving in KSA (well in the cities, at least) semembles a free-for-all. You need 'nerves of steel' as basically 'anything goes'. I can fully understand why t...
2012年03月07日
Last week we entertained our latest houseguest. he is from Canada, but we all share something in common. Can you guess what? Purely by chance we have all lived in Ukraine within the last few years. Wheras we spent an eventful 5 months in Kyiv, my colle...
2012年03月02日
My new class are from the Saudi Electricity Company. This time I have 21 students, which is a little more manageable than last time. I will be with them for the next nine weeks, until they hopefully graduate from the English program and head to the 'co...
2012年02月17日
Yesterday, we finally made it to one of the beaches here in Jeddah. Now, I guess some of you are thinking in such a srict Muslim country how would my wife be able to go to go to a beach? Well, here there a number of 'public' and 'private' beaches. We w...
2012年02月10日
Actually it was about 8 days. She left our apartment this morning and I actually shed a little tear. Why did we babysit a cat for a week? Well, her owner, yet another South African colleague of mine, had to return to his native country to bring his son...
2012年02月07日
Tomorrow is my mother-in-law's birthday.It goes without saying that I am not going to divulge how many years young she is. Unfortunately we haven't heard from her or my father-in-law for some time so we do hope they make an effort to get in touch. I'd ...
2012年01月28日
Yes, today I became 39 years young. I noticed a few more grey hairs after getting up this morning (just joking). My wife and I enjoyed a lovely day today as we were entertained by our friend, Lourens. He treated us to some traditional South African coo...
2012年01月24日
However, all is not 'roses and sunshine' when it comes to motoring in Saudi Arabia. Apparently there are more car accidents here than in any country on the planet. You can see wrecked cars everywhere. At times there almost seems to be no road rules wha...
2012年01月24日
Going to the petrol station here is like stepping back in time. Why? Well, because the price of petrol is so unbelievably cheap. The other day my South African friend filled up his tank for the equivalent of £5! My step-father is always complaing about...
2012年01月19日
Wow, seven weeks has absolutely flown by. Most of the time the best way to describe life at NIT is 'organized chaos'. This is quite a modern term in English and one that is commonly used these days. Unlike working in Japan, where usually everybody kn...
2012年01月15日
My lunch boxes are often a topic of conversation at work. Everday, in typical Japanese style, my wife prepares something special for my lunch. Most of this semester I've hardly had time to do anything outside of teaching my class, marking tests and p...
2012年01月10日
As another stunning sunstes here in Jeddah, my thoughts turn to my father-in-law. It is a case of 'many happy returns' as it is his birthday today. I have to be honest in saying I'm not exactly sure how many years 'young' he is today. However, I would ...
2012年01月02日
Being in Saudi, of course, there were no new year celebrations. For me it was 'just another day at the office', as we often like to say. That being said, some of my students did wish me 'happy new year'. I also had a bit of good news today. My mail an...
2011年12月30日
I am the 'core' teacher for Section 19 at NIT. There are 31 students in my class, aged around 20. I am currently teaching them for six 50-minute periods a day. I feel I have struck up a good affinity with them already and I really enjoying working with...
