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I enjoy watching Disney Pixar movies and have a small collection of DVDs at home. I have watched them countless times mainly because of my of my three-year-old son, but I still get into it. I’d like to share a meme about one of Pixar’s movies I read a while back ago that really made me smile.

Can you guess the movie title?

‘I just watched a film where a man’s wife is brutally murdered by a serial killer and his son is left physically disabled. In a twisted turn of events his son is kidnapped and he has to chase the kidnapper thousands of miles with the help of a mentally disabled woman.’

If you guessed Finding Nemo, then you are right!

It is one of my all-time favorite animated movies. What is your favorite animated movie?

On Saturday, I took a trip to the Tobe Zoo. The weather was nice and I had a great time. This small zoo exceeded my expectations! I saw many amazing animals including Peace, the polar bear, and Diddy, the orangutan. Peace is famous for being the only hand-raised polar bear in Japan. She must have been very warm because she was busy soaking in her pool of cool water. Diddy the orangutan is huge! I was not expecting him to be so large. Watching him chow down on a head of lettuce was amazing! Speaking of eating, I was also able to feed the sea lions fish. I threw the fish high in the air and the sea lions caught it in their mouths. I was so impressed and amused by their fish-catching skills! I think the red pandas are my favorite, though. They are so cute and have so much energy!  What is your favorite animal at the Tobe Zoo?

Today is Friday the 13th! In addition to being a popular horror movie series, in Western culture it is considered unlucky when the 13th day of the month aligns with a Friday. This usually only happens once or twice a year, but when it does it is said that many strange and unlucky things will occur.

While most people only ‘pretend’ to be fearful of the day, according to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in North Carolina, USA, many people actually are: “It’s been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on [Friday the 13th] because people will not fly or do business they would normally do,” said founder Donald Dossey in an interview with National Geographic.

Another study found that in the UK, traffic accidents on Friday the 13th happened much more frequently compared to when the 13th falls on another day of the week. While this is probably only a coincidence, maybe be a little extra careful today just in case!

こんにちは、今日もアミックブログを訪れていただきありがとうございます

新しい命が芽吹く春

日本では、入学式・入社式など新生活がスタートする新たな月ですが、
海外では4月のイメージが日本とはちょっと違います

アメリカでは、新学期は9月スタートです。
4月はというと、春休み（Spring break）が終わり、学期が終わる5月に向けて学生たちはソワソワしています

もちろん天気が暖かくなり”April showers bring May flowers”などと言って、希望に満ちている表現もあります

逆に、”April is the cruelest month”という有名な表現もあります

４月は再生と希望の月と考えられているけど、全てが思い通りにいく訳ではありませんよね。

手に入らないものが目の前にあり、それが私たちを悩ませるということが「残酷」と表現されているのは興味深いですね

ともあれ、春といえば・・・タケノコ

タケノコ林に入り、下をジー―っと凝視して見渡してみると↓こんな感じでニョキっと顔を出しております！

これを見つけた時の嬉しさは格別

これは氷山の一角、傷つけないようにタケノコを周りから囲むように掘っていきます。

ある程度出てきたら、根っこ近くでグサッと一撃、掘り起こします。

タケノコはアクがあるので、米ぬかを絞った水に入れて沸騰させ一晩置いておけば完成

その時期に取れる食材を食べて元気に過ごしましょうね

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If you have been in Japan long enough, you would have come across these Meiji`s two iconic chocolate snacks – Kinoko No Yama (mushroom mountain) and Takenoko No Sato (bamboo shoot village). For decades they have competed against each other as to which is more popular. Chocolate is my weakness and both are tasty, but if I had to choose, it would be Takenoko No Sato. The texture of the biscuit really goes well with the chocolate coating.
Funnily enough, there is currently a “Kinoko no Yama Takenoko no Sato People’s General Election” being held to determine which one of the two is most favored.
How about you? Which do you like better?

After a few bouts of cold and rainy weather, it seems like Spring sunshine is finally here to stay! I rode my bicycle to work today–something that I only do once a week. I usually don’t look forward to my weekly bike ride, but it’s much more enjoyable when the weather is beautiful! I forgot the simple, child-like pleasure that can come out of riding a bicycle on a nice day. The wind was fragrant with the scent of newly bloomed flowers. The sun was warm on my shoulders as I zoomed across the Matsuyama countryside. I hope that I can go on longer bike rides in the future. Maybe I will ride all the way across the Nishiseto Expressway this summer!

みなさま、こんにちは！お～じろうです(*´ω｀)

明日から新学期が始まる小学生の子どもたちにアミック道後校にてプログラミング体験会を開催いたしました。

パソコンの画面に向かって何やらがんばっていますね＞＜

となりには、ロボットの姿も！？

女の子もがんばっています！！

最初は恥ずかしそうだったけど、途中からとっても楽しんでくれていました。

体験会に来てくれたキッズのお兄ちゃんも参戦しての兄妹タッグでのプログラミング(*ﾉωﾉ)

今回用意したミッションを9まで到達！！すごい！！

パソコンで作ったプログラミングをロボットにダウンロードしてコースで確認(^^♪

あれれっ、コースからちょっとはみ出してしまったかも！？大丈夫、何度もトライしてできるようになってましたね！！

道後校担当の大下先生も優しくわかりやすく教えてくれてます(*ﾉωﾉ)

来てくれたみなさん、今日は本当にありがとう！！楽しんでくれたかな？

先生たちもみんなと会えて嬉しかったです。また会えるといいね(^^♪

道後校での体験会が今日からスタートしました！

毎週日曜日の午前10時にやっています。

興味のある方はぜひ下記のお問い合わせフォームまたはお電話（089-908-4115）にてご予約ください！

みなさまからのお問い合わせを心よりお待ちしております。
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Springtime is coming and I can’t wait! The weather gets milder and of course we wait for the green buds to bloom into beautiful cherry blossoms. However, I do feel for people who suffer from hay fever. Unfortunately for some, symptoms have already begun and so I see signs on products in supermarkets and drugstores promoting goods that will help alleviate these terrible symptoms.

Luckily for me, I am not a hay fever sufferer. Every year around cherry blossom time, we get up early on a weekend to find a spot along Ishite River and a have a barbecue. I especially love sitting or lying under a tree, watching the wind blowing cherry blossom petals against a clear blue sky.

２月１日に国道３３号線沿いの椿神社参道入口近くに

アミック５校目となる石井校をプレオープン致しました☆

英会話と合わせて、これからはプログラミング教育も行なって参ります。

これからの子ども達が２１世紀にを強く生き抜いて行くために

英語とIT知識があれば鬼に金棒です☆

２月中に石井校の英会話にご入会頂くと、

入会費無料！

２月月謝無料！

ご友人やご家族と２名以上同時入会で、なんとテキストまで無料！

というトリプルゼロ円　絶賛キャンペーン中です。

この機会をぜひお見逃しなく(^^)v

残念ながら、プログラミングのHPがまだできてないので（汗）

英会話と合わせてプログラミングもお電話で体験会のご予約受付中です。

プログラミングも２月ご入会で

入会金無料！

３月の特別レッスン無料！

また、英会話と合わせて受講の場合は、ダブル受講割引きもあります。

アミック石井校のお電話は　089-907-1200

「紅（くれない）の千二百」と覚えてください。

まずは、お電話でお問い合わせください。

For Christmas last year Santa gave me a Rubik’s Cube. I had always wanted to solve it and was motivated to finally do it when I saw one of my younger students complete in no time. So over the winter vacation, I spent about half an hour a day reading tips online to practice and memorize the patterns used to solve it. At one point I almost gave up. There was too much to try to remember. Now, I’m very proud to say that I can do it!! I still fiddle around with it daily and am not as quick as my student, but I’m working on it. Phew! At least that’s one New Year’s resolution off my list!