Tag Archives: Berlitz

Snow

Posted on 2005-12-22 by Benjamin Hourigan

Today I saw snow fall for the first time. I’d seen it on the ground before, while skiing at Falls Creek in Victoria around 11 years ago, but it was icy and probably artificial. Snow on the ground, but none … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 11 Years, Artificial Snow, Berlitz, Classroom Window, Clothes, Floor Classroom, Handlebars, Happy Holidays Everyone, Literacy, Mcdonalds, Patches, Rose Garden, Skiing, Slush, Snow Fall, Snow On The Ground, Snow Snow, Snowfall, Teaching English, Umbrellas | 2 Comments

Kyoto

Posted on 2005-11-6 by Benjamin Hourigan

I love working for Berlitz… Last week the Umeda school, where I am based, was briefly closed for renovations, so I got shipped out to the Kyoto Ekimae (“station-side”) school for two days. On one of those two days, a … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Berlitz, Bridge, Central Kyoto, Decent Photos, East Gates, Hangars, Higashi Honganji, Kamo River, Lotus, Lotus Blossom, Love, Mobile Phone, Nishi, Plastic Lens, Renovations, Sculpture | 3 Comments

Determinism

Posted on 2005-11-3 by Benjamin Hourigan

Everybody knows the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor and the rich get rich … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Annoying People, Ayn Rand, Berlitz, Crossroads, Determinism, Don Henley, Feelings, Fingers, Freedom And Responsibility, Good Guys, Gunma, Individualism, Late Afternoon, Leonard Cohen, Nietzsche, Osaka, Philosophies, Single Day, Socialist Ideas, Tomorrow Afternoon | 4 Comments

An article and an interview

Posted on 2005-10-14 by Benjamin Hourigan

About two weeks I had my first ever paid-for article published. “Are Videogames Conservative?” appeared in the September edition of The IPA Review (57:3). Today, Libby Price, a presenter on Melbourne radio station 3LO, got in contact with me to … Continue reading →

Posted in General, News, Self, Videogames | Tagged Academia, Australian Time, Berlitz, Dad, First Radio, Ipa, Melbourne Radio, New Job, Politics, Radio Interview, Radio Station, Time Thanks, Writing | 12 Comments

Ôta, I hardly knew you

Posted on 2005-10-8 by Benjamin Hourigan

Last Tuesday, I confirmed that I had a job interview with Berlitz in Ôsaka, on Thursday. I called in my resignation from NOVA, with one day’s notice, at about 11:30. By 11:00 the next morning, I’d sent my luggage to … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Self | Tagged Bell Town, Berlitz, Guest House, Job Interview, Last Tuesday, Luggage, Next Morning, Photo, Possibilities, Resignation, Shi, Shinkansen, Train | 1 Comment