Kenzo's homestay family...

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1. What was Tim's joke when I asked him "what does he do"?
2. What does he really do?
3. What did I say Tim was about music? "p________________ about music".
4. What does that mean?
5. Where were their previous students from?
6. Why did Amanda think children were good for homestay students?

See you tomorrow.

Yeah!!!!! Kenzo is here. 100th Blog!

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1. Where are we today?
2. What choice did we give Kenzo?
3. What does the man do at Villa Maria?
4. What did Chie remember?

Tonight I will do a special blog to say goodbye to Madoka and celebrate the 100th blog!

See you tomorrow.

Old people are cool!

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1. What are we having?
2. What did Chie say we did today?
3. Who is 89 years old?
4. What did we do there?
5. What does 'coincidence' mean?
6. What was the big coincidence?
7. What is the interesting thing about both old peopels homes?

The video stopped before Chie said the answer to #7. The answer is that old people in NZ have many photos out on diplay so people can see them. And of course they love to tell you about the photos. Most of the photos are of their family.

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is english everyday's 100th blog! We are also having a sayonara party for Madoka and welcome party for Kenzo so please join us at the party!

See you tomorrow.

Hokey Pokey Icecream

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1. I said I had never seen one of these before. "Maybe it is _______________."
2. What is Hokey Pokey Icecream?
3. What did Chie say we did today?
4. What did Modaka say?
6. Just before my camera stopped what question did I ask Madoka?

Mobile Homes (Camper Van)

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1. Who came to Tauranga today?
2. What did we do for lunch?
3. Why are they wanting to buy a Camper Van?
4. What does "4 berth" mean?

See you tomorrow.

Waitomo Caves Adventure

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1. What is Chie's host family like?
2. What is absailing and how far was it?
3. What did they look at in the cave and how did she describe them.
4. What kind of rafting did she do and what is it?
5. What did she do last?
6. Finish this sentence. "Of all the ........?"

Sorry you can't see the picture Chie was holding. I will put some pictures of their adventure on the blog on Monday.

See you tomorrow.

Cooking Competition

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What kind of scones did Madoka make?
What kind of scones did Chie make?
What else did we eat for lunch?
What are mussels?
What are we doing this afternoon?
What is happening tomorrow?


See you tomorrow.

Buying a house and land?

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Something a little different today. My brother who lives about 2 hours north from us saw a property for sale in our town and wanted me to go and have a look at it for him. So I was taking a video for him and thought I would use it for our blog today.

1. What does my brother like to do?
2. What does this property have?
3. What was wrong with Chie today?
4. What did Madoka do today?
5. What am I doing tonight?

See you tomorrow.

No dolphins today...

Video Hosting - Upload Video - Video Sharing1. What did I say was the "big news"?
2. What did Madoka say about today?
3. What countries did Chie say they made friends from?
4. What did I say to Daniel?
5. How long were they out on the boat?
6. What didn't the girls know?

Movie Review

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1. What was the name of the movie?
2. What kind of movie was it?
4. What does the expression "light movie" mean?
5. What does "leave your brain at the door" mean?
6. What is Pavlova?

The girls are going Dolphin watching tomorrow so I will get them to tell us about it. Should be interesting.

See you tomorrow.

A funny story...

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1. What is the name of the movie we are watching?
2. What happened to me last night?
3. What was the funny story?
4. What did Louren do tonight?
5. What did Roz do tonight?

See you tomorrow.

Bridal Vail Falls

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1. Who was at the waterfall with me?
2. What does "blast" mean?
3. What did we do in the morning?
4. Why is the water fall called 'Bridal Vail Falls'?
5. What was David showing the girls?

See you tomorrow.

Connecting...

Hi everyone!

Sorry but we are in Raglan and so can't post my video blog from this computer. It will be back tomorrow.

We have been having a great time! We just came back from a night bush walk and laying on the ground and watching the stars. We visited a cool waterfall today which will be on tomorrow's blog.

I think Chie and Madoka have had a good time with my brother and his family. I love watching the interation between the cultures. I think Japanese are are very good at "connecting" with people. My brother's family really got on well with the girls. It is great that language differences don't have to stop good communication if our hearts are in it. Visiting a place and not connecting with the people their is sad I think. What has been your experience of connecting with people of another culture and language? Was it difficult? Easier or harder than you expected?

Does everyone understand the meaning of "connected" when used like it is above?

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

See you tomorrow.

Roger

Preschool

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1. Can you finish this sentence? "For some reason my camera......... "
2. What does "slowly adjust" mean?
3. Please describe the outside area of the preschool.
4. What do most New Zealand preschools and many New Zealand homes have?
5. What can you do in them?

Talk to you tomorrow.

End of the day at the beach...

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What did Madoka do today?
What did Chie do today?
What was my question to Madoka that she didn't understand at first?
What are we doing tomorrow and what might I have to do?

See you tomorrow.

a picnic...

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What kind of picnic did we have?
What does 'spontaneous' mean?
What did Roz say just before lunch?
What did the girls buy at the supermarket?
What did Madoka do today?
How old was the lady?

See you tomorrow.

Horse Riding

Fantastic day today!

See you tomorrow.


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Itchy

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1. What has Annalise got?
2. What is it like?
3. What are Roz and I doing for Annalise?
4. Can anyone tell me the Japanese word for this sickness?

See you tomorrow.

DIY

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Today we went to a very large DIY store called Bunnings.

1. What did Annalise say she ate?
2 What do you think the expression "goes for miles" means?
3. What is quite popular in NZ?
4. What did I say to Annalise and Daniel when they went into the playground?
5. What do we call a person who makes things and fixes things themselves at home?

see you tomorrow.

The Wedding...

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1.What was the bride wearing?
2.What was the groom wearing?
3.What did they have lots of?
4.What did they have a couple of and what are they?
5.What was my favorite part of the wedding?

See you tomorrow.

Cooking and a Hot Spring visit...

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1.What did Chie, Madoka and Roz cook today?
2.What do you do to the butter and sugar?
3.Where did they go before the cooking lesson?
4.What is steam?
4.What are two differences between the hot pools in New Zealand and hot springs in Japan?
5.What do we call hot springs in New Zealand?
6.What do we call swim wear in New Zealand?

See you tomorrow!

Welcome Madoka!

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1.Whatdid I say you might not be able to see?
2.Why was madoka scared?
3.I used a good word to describe what I was doing to Madoka. What was the word and what does it mean?
4. What were we going to do in the afternoon?

See you tomorrow.

A Historic Village and a lost Japanese Girl...

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Where are we?
Why were the buidings shifted?
What happened to Chie this morning?
What kind of museum did we visit?
What happens on a Saturday here?

See you tomorrow.

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1. What is the amazing race about?
2. What did Chie do today?
3. What is she doing tomorrow?
4. What was nearly finished?

See you tomorrow.

Chie arrives.

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What route did Chie take from Japan to NZ?
How long did she stay in Taipei and what did she do?
How long is the flight from Taipei to Auckland?
What question did I ask her about sheep?

The picture is from Matamata which is where some of the movie Lord of the Rings was filmed.

See you tomorrow.

Kiwi Dessert

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1. What does "pig out" mean?
2. What is Pavlova?
3. When talking about Pavlova a lady used the expression "something I have not learned the art of". What do you think this means?

Pavlova is the most famous dessert in NZ. Last night I was watching T.V. and there was a program about a New Zealand lady who has a resturant in France. She cooks Pavlova every night!

4. What had Annalise done?

We have a new mixi student coming tomorrow so I will get her to say hello!

See you tomorrow.

Roger

Mid winter Christmas Party

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We had a mid winter Christmas Party tonight with some other families. It was a fun night.

Pakeha is a Maori word for who?
Where did my friend Dave grow up?
What do I really like?
Who are the people at the party?
What does my friend Guy do for a job?

See you tomorrow!

A shop Roz likes...

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1. Why does Roz like this shop?
2. What did she say when I asked her about the prices?
3. Why was she shopping?
4. Why is it a little difficult to buy a present for this wedding?
5. What is she planning to buy?
6. How much money does Annalise have and what does she want to do with it?

See you tomorrow.

Annalise should be in bed!

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1. Why does Annalise like flowers?
2. What is her favorite color?
3. What happened at school today?
4. What is your most favorite thing about school?
5. What was the question I asked Annalise about her artwork?

A fashion student...

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1. Who is Lauren?
2. Why did she come to our place? (two reasons)
3. What is she studying?
4. What project was she doing about a month ago?
5. What did she say about Japanese fashion and designers?
6. Does anyone know what the phrase "out there" means?

See you tomorrow.

P.S. Tech is like a University.

Petrol stealing...

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1. What did I just do?
2. What was very unusual?
3. What have some people been doing?
4. What did I say about today's weather?
5. Why do I have to get home soon?
6. What was the term I used for the construction on the road?
7. What is the NZ government trying to encourage?
8. What did I say about Japanese?

My wife's cousin is coming for dinner tonight and she is fashion design student so I might ask her to introduce herself and tell us about studying fashion design.

See you tomorrow.