Lilia's entry (20)
Imagine you lost your loved ones all of a sudden.
Imagine you lost your house.
Imagine there's no shower to take for 10 days.
Imagine ...
Yesterday, my daughter came home from her piano lesson and told me that her piano teacher asked her to sing "The Second Star To the ...
It's been a little over a week since the summer vacation for kids began here in Japan. This is the time I really appreciate the school lu...
I went to Toshimaen Swimming Pools with my family yesterday. The weather was not the best. It was cloudy when we got there and it start...
My Canadian friend, Ally, just flew home from the devastated land of Chile. She was there on business and the earthquake attacked her a d...
Here's a Japanese joke I heard on TV today. I burst into a laugh. I wonder if I can translate it into English and it is still funny.
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It might be difficult to proofread something out of context, but can anybody proofread the following passage for me me? ↓
We believe...
It came along out of the blue on the day of Halloween.
I was at the reception counter welcoming little goblins and witches. I greeted...
A couple of days ago, my 9-year-old daughter said to me,
｢ママ～、コーヒーがはつじょう(発情）してるよー。｣
I went, "What!??? My coffee in the pot is...
I had a very bad headache a couple days ago. I managed to finish teaching all my classes for the day, but then I crashed into the sofa a...
My writer/editor friend, Allyson Latta in Canada is looking for oppotunities to come to Japan and speak on memoir writing or writing in
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It's more challenging to bite than touch though!
My new school year has launched and I got so wrapped up in my teaching. I'm teaching four days a week this year and thing is I spend too ...
All the classes I teach are over for the school year of 2008. Yappie!!
Now I have little more time to just sit back and relax over a cup...
I found this sign posted next to a baby seat in one of the women's bathrooms in Tokyo Disney Sea.
So, don't forget to entertain your b...
I made a pizza for dinner tonight.
This was my first time making pizza from scratch so I had no idea
what to expect. I looked for a n...
I have a question about English verbs.
How do you say 小学校を卒業する in English?
I heard you don't use the verb "graduate" for ...
I went to the get-together of the 6th graders' mother group this weekend.
Among the ladies was a woman who claimed her ablility to see...
My Lang-8 friend, Erika's episode of a cockroach reminded me of what had happened to my daughter when she was two years old.
It happen...
Years and years ago, I was talking to a Canadian friend of mine. I don't remember exactly what we were talking about. But, along the wa...
