大部分人出國旅行生活都會經歷各種簽證海關問題，好似美國咁，學生就F簽，旅行就B簽，訪問學者就J簽。而喺攞到個簽證後，就終於可以飛啦，但係入境有時都可以遇到一啲奇怪嘅問題。我地幾位粥友都有過唔同嘅簽證同過海關經歷，呢兩期我地就分享下我地各自嘅奇特經歷，尤其係特別分享去加拿大簽美國簽嘅故事，如果你都有過疑問同抱怨，就一定唔好錯過啦！

夠鐘煲粥 Congee Time

Ep.11 海關經歷

Stop confusing "Shitte-iru" and "Wakatta"! 💡
Have you ever said "Shitte-imasu" when you actually meant "I understand"? Or have you accidentally sounded a bit rude by saying "Shiranai"?
In this episode, Maiko Sensei — a professional Japanese teacher with over 450 lessons of experience — breaks down the tricky difference between "Knowing" and "Understanding."
What you’ll learn in this episode:
Data vs. Puzzle: The simple "Brain Hack" to choose the right word every time.
The "Make Sense" moment: Why "Wakatta" is your best friend when learning new things.
Interactive Quiz: Test your skills with two real-life scenarios!
Danger Zone: Why saying "Shiranai" to a friend (or a crush!) might cause a big misunderstanding. 💔

If you want to sound more natural and avoid awkward silences, this episode is for you. Let's make Japanese make sense together!


HONTO NO NIHONGO with Maiko

Ep4: Do you KNOW or do you UNDERSTAND?

Descubre expresiones en español con colores y aprende qué significan y cómo usarlas en situaciones reales del día a día.

VAMOS AL LÍO ¡¡¡ESCUCHA!!!

PODCAST. Expresiones con colores en español: significado y uso cotidiano.

You get to hear natural Japanese with Tokyo pitch accept 
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Thinking out loud in Japanese

すんでいるところ

这集主要介绍汉语口语中"一年到头；没面子；看人家"的意思及用法

A Course in Chinese Colloquial Idioms

How to use "一年到头；没面子；看人家"

Mrs. Frisby takes a journey to see the owl. 
Listen and follow along.
Send me a message for your free pdf copy of this book. 
**Vocabulary with definitions and audio for this book are located under my vocabulary sets**


Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

Chapter 7 The Owl

Hello, this is a special episode with my friend Payman in which we talk about AI and ChatGpt and it's implications for language learners...

Kev's English Podcast

Kev's English Podcast: Episode 10: What I think about ChatGPT

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Hablar por hablar (Listening)

Te DOY la bienvenida (Verbo Dar)

A bluefin tuna was sold for 36.04 million yen -- around $273,000 -- at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

The price of the 212-kilogram fish was more than double that of the most expensive fish at last year's New Year's auction: a 211-kilogram fish that sold for 16.88 million yen -- at that time worth $145,000.

Both fish were caught off the coast of the town of Oma in Aomori prefecture.

This year's auction began at 5:10 a.m. on January 5, and around 230 tuna were sold in just 15 minutes.

Seafood wholesaler Yamayuki bought this year's most expensive fish for the sushi restaurant Ginza Onodera. The tuna was served to the restaurant's customers later that same day.

This is the third year in a row that Yamayuki has bought the most expensive tuna. However, prices had fallen in recent years as the restaurant industry suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.

Yamayuki's president Yukitaka Yamaguchi told The Yomiuri Shimbun that the increased price this year "is good news that symbolizes the gradual recovery from the pandemic."

This year's top price was the sixth highest since records began being kept in 1999.

The highest price recorded was at the New Year's auction in 2019 -- just after Tokyo's fish market moved from Tsukiji to Toyosu. At that auction, a 278-kilogram fish was sold for 333.6 million yen -- at that time $3 million -- to Kiyomura Corp., whose owner, Kiyoshi Kimura, runs the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain.