World Watching: English Seminars
I just wanted to take a little time to reflect on our busy summer here at YIFA. As the BBQ/ canoe race was cancelled (again!), there were...
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Yifa Yasu
- Mar 11, 2022
- 14 min
Events and Activities of the Last Year: A Recap
I’ve been continually putting off writing another blog entry over the past few months. Partly as I’ve got used to the job here, so feel...
Yifa Yasu
- Aug 2, 2021
- 10 min
Japanese Culture in English (a new event!)
Hello to the abyss that amounts to the readership of this page. It’s been a while since I last reflected on the job here, but with a lot...
Yifa Yasu
- Mar 4, 2021
- 6 min
Reflecting on the Year Past
This blog comes after an extremely long break indeed! In spite of all the coronavirus related restrictions, I’ve been very busy here over...
Yifa Yasu
- Nov 30, 2020
- 6 min
Halloween Party 2021
We’ve all just about recovered from hosting our annual Halloween party, so time to (briefly) reflect on it. As with last year, a lot of...
Yifa Yasu
- Sep 7, 2020
- 8 min
Summer Activities
Once again it has been a little while since I wrote anything on this blog page. Last time I missed a couple of months as there hadn’t...
Yifa Yasu
- Jun 17, 2020
- 7 min
Video Project
A long overdue blog post here. I haven’t written much lately, not because I’ve been slacking, but simply there hasn’t been too much going...
Yifa Yasu
- Mar 31, 2020
- 3 min
Cancellations Across the Nation
Well, not too much to report as of late. Since the last blog post we held a winter tea party event, and visited a couple of schools with...
Yifa Yasu
- Feb 3, 2020
- 6 min
Emergency Rescue Training Event
It’s been a good start to the new year here, with new experiences and challenges continuing to come! Chief among them was last week’s...
Yifa Yasu
- Dec 23, 2019
- 6 min
2019 Reflection
As the year approaches its end, it feels like a good chance to reflect on my experiences working for YIFA. My first day was April 1st, so...
Yifa Yasu
- Dec 4, 2019
- 3 min
World Watching: Bolivia
Hello to the ether! I have an empty couple of hours this morning, so just time for a brief mind-spaff. We’re just after holding the...
Yifa Yasu
- Oct 29, 2019
- 11 min
Halloween Party
YIFA’s annual Halloween party is our biggest event of the year in terms of participation, and, from what I can tell, the biggest event IN...
Yifa Yasu
- Aug 27, 2019
- 8 min
English Tea Parties in August
Our work in August has been a lot less stressful compared to last month’s sister-city exchange programme. Looking back over my diary now,...
Yifa Yasu
- Aug 9, 2019
- 18 min
Sister City Exchange 2019
I suppose the last couple of weeks are as busy as it gets for the YIFA office, as we’ve just had a visiting delegation from our sister...
Yifa Yasu
- Jul 9, 2019
- 7 min
Guest Teacher Programme in June
As we moved into June, YIFA had lots of appointments in schools and nurseries across the city. As the C.I.R, it is one of my main...
Yifa Yasu
- Jun 18, 2019
- 3 min
World Watching
Reflecting on my first couple of months working here, there’s a lot to talk about. But for this blog, I want to focus on the one thing...
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