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Hello everyone,   I hope you`re keeping warm with all the cold weather we`ve been having lately. The temperature has dropped to 0 degrees today, and there was some brief snow earlier. Right now Japan is even colder than Ireland. Despite Ireland being much further north than Japan, there is somet…　
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Hello readers, Tomorrow is the last day of conversation classes before the winter break (there are some special winter grammar classes next week). So this is my last blog of the year. Last Sunday we had our annual Christmas party, but it was the first Hario English School Christmas party. Thank y…　
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The end of the year is in sight. In three weeks time we shall be saying goodbye to 2013 and ringing in the new year of 2014. Are new years resolutions popluar in Japan? Every year people decide what they will try hard at to change and better themselves for the new year. It can be anything from giv…　
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Hello, Christmas is here at Hario English School! We`ve got some decorations up to get people into the Christmas spirit. There`s nice tree, a snowman, xmas lights, and tinsel everywhere. It adds warmth to the cold weather when I see xmas decor brightening up the room. I was looking　at　how　Christm…　
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Hi Everyone,  How are you doing? Right now I'm looking at the speech contest video and putting the DVD together. It should be available in a couple of weeks and would make a great Christmas present! I don't really like watching myself on video so I don't like watching me being the host and intervi…　
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After the success of the speech contest last week we now look forward to the next event at Hario English　School.　We　are　already　making　plans　for　our　Christmas　party　next　month.　Hopefully　many of our students can make it there. There is a rumor that Santa might make an appearance this year if he is…　
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Hello everyone,   How are you doing? It's my first blog since the speech contest so I'd like to talk about that a little. It's the biggest event of our year and the staff and students here work very hard to put it on. About 40 of our students took the stage to give their speeches in front o…　
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Hello everyone,Happy Halloween! Today is Halloween itself but all this week we've been in costume and trick-or-treating. My costume this year is an orange pumpkin man. I'm wearing orange everything: socks, slippers, trousers, shirt, cape and hat. The students (with lots of help from their parents …　
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Hello,   It`s that time of the year again, when people around the world dress up and give candy to anyone who says “Trick or treat!” Do you know where the word “Halloween” comes from? It was originally called “All-Hallows-Eve”, hallow is a very old English word for saint. This was the last …　
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Hi everyone,   How's your week? I got some very happy news this morning. I'm an uncle again. My brother and sister-in-law in Texas had their second child, a boy. I saw a picture of him and he looks very handsome. I'm looking forward to seeing him over a video call and, before too long, meeting him…　
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