Riddle of the Day!

Spinning Hand:
This thing runs but cannot walk,
sometimes sings but never talks.
Lacks arms, has hands;
lacks a head but has a face.
What is it??

Answer: clock

Things to be excited about

Lots of exciting things happening here at RLE this week, and I'm not just talking about our half-off campaign. We're also hard at work overflowing with awesome ideas to make our English Cafe all the more awesome. Stay tuned for some interesting new developments that will get you talking in English like it's your mother tongue. There's nothing like good conversation in an air conditioned room with a chilled drink on a hot summer day.

Tongue Twister of the Week

A tongue twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly. Tongue twisters may rely on similar but distinct sounds called phonemes.

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk!

Extra Extra!!! Read All About It!!!

Real Life English is having a special two day half-off extravaganza!!! Come on down while the price is right. On August 11th and August 12th only, our admission fee will be cut in half. IN HALF!!!

Come by and meet our super friendly teachers and try out a demo lesson for free. We'll also have cold drinks for those wanting to stick around for some cafe time! This is also free for first-time guests.

8/11 - 8/12

だけの得!

入会金

半額

We hope to see you then!

SuMmEr SoNiC fEsTiVaL!!

The annual two-three day rock festival, Summer Sonic, is currently taking place in Japan. Beginning in the year 2000, this is the 10th anniversary of the festival, consisting of rock and alternative music genres. The festival has become extremely popular not only for the Japanese concert-goers but also for many of the North American performers who look forward to returning to Japan each year. Held at the same time in Osaka and near Tokyo, the majority of the bands playing in Osaka on the first day will then play around Tokyo the following day and vice versa. This provides an opportunity for the bands to experience this great country. This year the festival appears to be the biggest one yet! If you can stand the scorching heat and millions of people surrounding you at one time then I`m sure you will not be disappointed; and if not maybe you can experience some star sightings this weekend throughout Japan, including my favorite celeb gossip writter Perez Hilton!!
Yes that really is him, Perez , dressed as a Japanese geisha! Too funny.

Thunder and lightning, oh my!

Summers in Japan are sooooo humid! The only time I have ever felt this kind of humidity in Canada was right before a massive thunderstorm. Usually after such a storm the air returns to normal and it feels cool and fresh to be outside. After such a storm in Japan during the summer, the air goes right back to being humid again! No relief!! Right now for example, the sky just erupted into a light show and grumbled fiercely a few times. The rain came and went, but the air oustide still feels like the sky has not emptied itself completely.

I don't really mind it though. I actually enjoy the thunderstorms and even when it gets so humid outside I am still happy to be living in Japan's climate. This is especially true during the wintertime.
If you want some relief from the summer heat while enjoying good food and drinks, you should join us on September 12th for our first annual summer party!! It's gonna be good times!!

PL Fireworks

Last Saturday night was the PL fireworks in Osaka! I was very fortunate to be able to go see them. The city of Tondabayashi, where the fireworks took place, was founded on August 1, 1950. Perhaps this is a reason as to why the fireworks take place on this day! According to Wikipedia this city is home to the biggest annual fireworks display in the world. The display consists of a minimum of 100,000 shells fired in less than an hour!!! As you can tell by my photo below it was very hard to take photos of the fireworks and the smoke was in my way.