The Lion King

Last night, Kent and I went to the Lion King Musical in Canal city. It was fantastic. The production was very good and the singing was outstanding. I recommend everyone to go and see Lion King this summer. It is a great musical for all ages! Since watching the show, I feel like going to karaoke!

TEFL - Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Today I completed a TEFL certificate course which took me six months to complete.
The course was taken as a distance learning course with assignments and readings being sent via email with a school in England. The course covered many interesting areas such as lesson planning and preparation, teaching children, role playing, dealing with mixed ability groups and resource utilization.The study season has really started for me as I will now begin preparation for studying the TEFL diploma!!
I hope everyone enjoys their time studying English this year, and hope you wish me luck too.

The Yoshida Brothers

We all had a wonderful time at the Yoshida Brothers . The boys were fantastic playing their shamisens. We all went backstage after the show to meet the boys and get some pictures. The brothers were very nice and could speak English very well . I am now thinking if i should buy a shamisen as it is a fantastic instrument, whether I can play it is another story!

Its a beautiful Wednesday in Kafuri. The sun is shinning and the birds are singing!.
A perfect day for a walk in the lovely bamboo mountains of Maebaru.

Yufuin Trip

Pictures of the hot spring in the Oita lodge My friends and I stayed in . I love hot springs and I would love to live in Oita someday. The food was great and the mountains were beautiful. The next trip is Karatsu! I cannot wait!!!

Its spring time but the weather is a little cold and gray!
I will go to Yufuin in Oita-Ken today to soak in some lovely Japanese hot springs!
Then off to enjoy some nice Oita beef with some friends.
Hope everyone enjoys the Sakura This season!