Nihongo Center Open House 2008
Come one, come all to the 2008 Nihongo Center Open House! The Nihongo Center Open House is an annual cultural activity held alternately between the Manila and Makati schools. NCF opens its doors to the general public and gives everyone the chance to experience the traditional...
教師はつらいよ！(It’s tough being a teacher)
Kyoushi wa tsurai yo!* I love teaching Japanese, and I look forward to my classes every week. I love what I do and I’m being paid to do what I love. However, after almost a year of teaching with no worries, reality hit me…it’s tough...
Day 2 – Teacher observation
As students of the Teacher Training Course, we are required to sit in Elem 1 and 2 classes to observe different teaching techniques from more experienced senseis. The first class we attended as a group is Keli-sensei’s Elem 2 morning class. I have to say...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Nihongo Center!
*&^%$#@!! How come I never saw these pictures before?! All I know is he visited the school the same day we had a Darake gang reunion in December. Edwin-sensei wasn’t able to make it to the reunion because of PM Abe’s visit. Now I’m soooo...
Career blah
I officially started my new job yesterday (checks time)…on Friday, May 4th. But I already reported to the office on the 2nd and 3rd for trainings. I can’t say much about it since I am only a few days old into the job. Will post...
模擬授業 - Trial/practice class
Mojica-sensei (Edwin-sensei) told us that Kouchou-sensei (Betty-sensei) wants our class to have a 模擬授業 as soon as we finish Chapter 5 of the book. As expected, everyone was surprised with the announcement. We weren’t happy with it…we were scared! Besides, we thought it was too...
アルバイト！！！
I got a new baito, a 3-day stint, as a main proctor for the JLPT. Main proctor?? As in administer the entire exam to a classroom of students! Nyaaaa…. I hope they assign me to the level 3 or level 4 exam. I might not...
new blog template and a new dictionary!
もう夏です！i wanted this blog to look summery so voila! new template. ^_^ here i go again…breaking my no-blogging-on-mondays policy because i just have to say this: i have a new electronic dictionary. woohoo!! it’s the new canon wordtank v80. (click link for more info about...
sehr gut!
last week, i took my final exams for german 1 and a few days later, i found out from des and dennis that i passed. my grade? sehr gut! goodness! who would’ve thought i’d get a grade this good!! i just wanted to get 51/100…the...
Final exams in German
i told myself that if i pass 2kyuu, i’d get myself a new electronic dictionary. well, i did pass but i don’t have any money for my present *sigh* sometimes, it sucks being a yuppie…young urban poor! anyway, i had my final exams for my...
Mar 1, 2004
i found something really interesting! i am so happy with my results (see below). before i got the results, i was telling myself “i will retake the quiz if it isn’t japanese”. but luckily, i got what i wanted! i didn’t cheat, really!! Hai, sou...
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