Four Seasons English Grand Open!

My old head teacher at Nova, Peter, has just opened his own small English school this past week in Amagasaki called "Four Seasons English" and we had an opening party on Saturday to celebrate. About 20 people showed up, almost all of them ex-Amagasaki Nova students! That`s a lot of people to fit in a one-room english school! We had snacks and played games and then went to a local izakaya (a Japanese style pub) and had dinner and drinks. At the school we played a game called "Jenga" that i`m sure most of you are familiar with. For those who aren`t, the game is played by taking blocks out of a stacked tower of blocks and placing them on top, building the tower higher and more wobbly with each move until someone makes a mistake and the whole thing comes crashing down to roars of laughter from the players. There were so many people that we played in teams and Peter ingeniously worked an English quiz into the game (i love when learning is fun). By the end of the game we had one helluva towering tower going and 20 spectators watching and cheering each move and applauding each success. It was also really nice to see all my old students yet again. Michiko also showed up all the way from Tokyo! Michiko used to be one of our staff at Amagasaki Nova. In fact, while she worked at our branch she was the only staff! Now she has moved back to Tokyo and has a much better (and higher paying) job that she enjoys. At the izakaya we were able to chat and catch up and exchange stories from the last six months while i was away. Thank you to Peter and Yuki for inviting us along and to everyone who came and had fun.