culture

Japanese Film Festival

A friend of mine who lives in the Philippine told me about Japanese film festival in Davao. It opens until the end of Ma...
culture

The Philippines social problem “Exploitation of labor”

I had a online lesson with one tutor who was an intern in the Philippines. She told me that the interns pay to the compa...
life

The tip for future parents.

I had a online lesson with one tutor who was 6 months pregnant. She asked me that question. "I will become parent soon, ...
culture

Paradise vs Heaven

One day, I couldn't catch one word in online English lesson. So, I asked the tutor to write down. The word was "Paradise...
Japanese Culture

Japanese traditional purification ceremony

I went to purify. Many Japanese people visit a shrine to protect themselves from evil spirits. I went to "Waka-hachimang...
Japanese Culture

Japanese new year(How do you celebrate new year?)

The answer to this question. "How do you celebrate new year?" Japan has a culture called "Hatsumode". Many Japanese peop...
Family

Christmas special dinner

One day, we talked about how to celebrate Christmas in online English lesson. I told that I asked my son "what do you wa...
culture

bad monks

During an online English conversation class, we were sharing interesting stories when the topic of Thai people and their...
culture

Do some foods make you gay?

When I was talking about homosexuality and same-sex marriage in an online English conversation, the tutor introduced me ...
culture

Winter Fireworks in the New Year

In some countries, people celebrate the New Year with fireworks. This is a very interesting custom that is not often see...
culture

Weird Christmas traditions in Japan

The custom of many Japanese families eating Kentucky Fried Chicken at Christmas seems strange to foreigners. So, I took ...
Europe

I felt the effects of the yen’s depreciation close to me.

I wrote a blog about IT technology the other day and wanted to write an English version, so I asked a friend of mine who...
Learning english

English for engineer

I am currently practicing with coding test sample on the site. These exercise are written in English and these imitate a...
Europe

(Europe)How to find share house

Background A friend of mine who live in Scandinavia have to move out from current school dormitory, so she is looking fo...
Japan

Importance of knowing own country’s culture

When I was leaning English, I started to think, "I need to know more about Japan. Now that Corona has settled down, I wo...
Chat Style

(Kenya)Kenyan local market

Katie I want to show you my favorite place in Nairobi. Me and my friends came here every Sunday. Me Cool! Can we enjoy d...
Chat Style

(Kenya)Kenyan local food

Me Thank you for sharing amazing photos of Kenyan safari the other day! By the way, what did you eat in Kenya? I don't k...
Chat Style

(Kenya)safaris and wild animals

Me Thank you for telling me about medical placement and Kenya's city. By the way, speaking of Africa, did you go to safa...
Chat Style

(Kenya)Visiting the Kenyan capital city

Me By the way, you told me about your medical placement in Kenya. Did you go sightseeing there? Do you mind sharing what...
Chat Style

(Kenya)medical placement in Kenya

Me Hi! long time no see! I remember you were on a medical placement in Kenya. How was it? Katie I had a great time! I sp...
food

(Anime)Food Wars! – I made “Morphing Furikake Rice”. It was chicken bowl.

The series of cooking challenge of the recipe from "Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma": part 2. This time, I tried to recrea...
food

(Anime)Food Wars! – I made “Joke Roast Pork”. It wasn’t roast pork, it was just potatoes.

I tried to make "Joke Roast Pork" that appears in the anime "Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma". Actually, I found some reci...
culture

Languages that are very close in pronunciation

I sometimes meet Filipino tutor who are very fluent in Japanese pronunciation in online English lesson. In fact, there w...
culture

About Tanabata

During online English lesson, my second born son (3 years old) wearing Jinbei rushed in, so I decided to talk about Tana...
culture

Ninja country

There are many people who still wear masks when they go out in Japan. It is a strange sight to foreigners. Then, a frien...
life

unreadable name

I found a different child's cap in my son's bag. Maybe, he made a mistake at the kindergarten。 So, I saw the owner's nam...
life

OS out of support

By the way, I went to the Bank the other day. The bank had a PC at the counter. But the OS of the PC was Windows 7! Wido...
culture

Religion topic of each country

The other day, I talked about religion with an Indonesian tutor in english lesson online. He said "They tend to avoid ta...
Leaning Japanese

Leaning Japanese : What’s the difference between ’souka(そうか)’ and ‘naruhodone(なるほどね)’

A friend of mine who is learning Japanese asked me "What is the difference between 'souka(そうか)' and 'naruhodone(なるほどね)'"...
culture

Major pets of each country

I was chatting with the Indian development team at a meeting the other day until all the members arrived. And he said, "...
Chat Style

Filling out a tax return

Me Phew. I finally finished tax return! I asked to skip the last week's lesson because I was busy with this. Katie Oh do...