What makes someone a friend rather than an acquaintance? This is an age-old question that has yielde...

Recently, I have been getting into some of my hobbies again. I actually have quite a lot of hobbies ...

I am currently living in the Koto-ward area of Tokyo which is near Edogawa, Kiba, and Toyosu. The na...

I used to think that if I could have any pet that I wanted, that I would want a dog. Having said tha...

Understandably, I don’t remember every single birthday party I’ve ever had or been to, but a few sti...

It is like a nightmare that doesn’t end or perhaps a dark and lonely road that stretches on for mile...

In my personal opinion I think 7-Eleven is the best ‘combini’ store chain in Japan. There are severa...

There are many stereotypes about Australia that have been created by the media or have been over-exa...

When I was a university student, I had a number of roommates. Sometimes, they were pretty good roomm...

Cats are awesome. Cats are very useful and cute but I find that our relationship with them reveals s...

Christmas is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. It is hard to put it into words but th...

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. There is so much love and happiness at that time. ...

One of my most interesting Christmases was in Togo in Africa. I had just begun my service as a volun...

Autumn has been a long time coming in 2019, but its arrival has coincided with the annual changing o...

My hometown is a city called Adelaide and is in Australia. Adelaide is the capital city of South Aus...

I think that no matter how big or small the place you live there is one thing that can be done to pr...

Having watched little else but Korean dramas for the past year, I felt that Squid Game was different...

All things considered, living abroad has been the best experience of my life. It has broadened my ho...

Everyone’s concerned with immediate box office hits. They want to make a buck. I get that, but I als...

I think that this is a really good topic for a language school such as OneUP with so many motivated ...