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20年前の職場へ戻ってみた話。

Hi, there!みなさん、こんにちは。Meg.Sです。今回のテーマ「今年旅行に行きましたか？」についてお話しします。This year, the only trip I had was goin...

A cure without remedies…………….

Afterwords, I realized that the vegetable world, the animal world, and the mineral world were all i...

Science and Religion; where is the interspace…..?

He didn’t ask me to find the truth; He asked me instead to seek the truth… He didn’t ask me to be c...

Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks

To welcome this year’s Thanksgiving, I thought I’d write about being thankful.  As humans, we tend...

Don't say メリークリスマス！

Every year in Japan; many people say to me "Merry Christmas", but because I'm not Christian and I d...

Positive Idiom to Use in Daily Conversation

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade! Origin:  The phrase was used by the writer, Elbert Hubb...

A Lullaby that shades about my childhood nostalgias...

Heartbreak...grief...helplessness and depression...These were just totally invisivible and cloaked ...

”Nothing to write home about" どういう意味？

イギリス人は「Is it any good？」と「Nothing to write home about」をよく言います。この2つの便利な表現を知っていますか？もし興味があったら、動画を見てみてくだ...

Road Trip in Australia 2022

Dear students, have you had the chance to travel this year? After two years of travel restrictions ...

What kind of a kid were you?

I was a stubborn, reticent little girl. Since I was born as an only child, I often drew pictures, r...

Have you had a chance to travel this year?

  Have I traveled this year? Yes and no. There is a war in my country. I am not able to travel, eve...

I'm back teaching full-time! フルタイム教員に復帰

Dear Cafetalk Community,In the last post, I announced that I was going to be away shooting a Canadi...

The Netherlands and Its Wonderful Museums

This year I had the opportunity to go to The Netherlands. I visited Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The H...

Ghostly Prank

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I believe in ghosts.  I grew up in a relatively spiritual an...

Have You had the chance to travel this year?

Have you had the chance to travel this year? I can’t say I’ve done much in the way of travelling th...

Aimlessly Walking

If you are "aimlessly" doing something, you don't have a goal or a plan, you are just doing it. It ...

My Favorite Season

       Greetings,  Do you want to know what tutors' favorite seasons are?   Well, I can't say for a...

Hello winter!

It seems like winter has arrived in Toronto! It snowed all day yesterday and all night, and this wa...

My favorite season and why I like it

Well, summer is my favorite season and here's why!The main reason is because I don't have to cancel...

The Autumn is so Picturesque

My favorite season is absolutely the Autumn. I have three reasons: firstly, after the hot summer th...

News Literacy

Part of news literacy engages with critical thinking skills to judge news reports and decide whethe...

MY TOPIC THIS WEEK: Six Characteristics of a Successful Working Atmosphere

Creating a thriving atmosphere is vital for any business or organization. It can contribute to empl...

The Red Center of Australia

I’ve recently come back from a long vacation period in which I was traveling around Australia by ca...

Aspects of My Favorite Seasons

   What are 3 good aspects of my  season? In my case, two seasons are tied for first place: spring ...

Changing seasons

Image: Wellesley Park, TorontoThis week’s column should be about three good aspects of your favouri...

It's Children's Day Today!!

In India, the 14th of November is celebrated as Children's Day. This is the birthday of our first P...

MY TOPIC THIS WEEK: Why Confidence Is Important to Happiness

According to the dictionary, the word happiness is “the emotional and mental state of well-being de...

"This is my first lesson!"で生徒さんを驚かせたはなし。

Hi, there! どうもこんにちは、Meg.Sです。I totally remember what the first lesson was like.My first one was with...

Jesus Christ and the Economic Indicators......

In god we trust................

Let's Explopre Literature Together!

I completed 250 lessons! Thank you to all my students! Come join me. I teach fairy tales, classic l...