Teacher Nik's English Teaching & Foodie World

 I know, I know, longer than two weeks- but still the gap is shorter than normal! Today's blog is my entry to the NYCMIDNIGHT 100-word Microfiction challenge. I have to tell you- trying to tell a story in 100 words or less- is not easy! As always with these challenges, the genre, word, and action are already defined and you have to write your story around that, my group was: Genre: Comedy Action: Wearing a scarf Word: Lead  So, without further ado, please enjoy: ''Confidence comes but with a scarf'' by Nik Frost I wish I had your confidence, Kerry sighed. Her gay best friend was as forthright as they come, he always complained when his food wasn’t up to standard, he would send orders back- he took no prisoners. He always wore his favourite blue scarf, “follow my lead” he would say and swish the scarf extravagantly around his neck. Ripping open the wrapper- there it sparkled, she held it up admiringly, twinkling in the daylight. Bursting into the restaurant to meet...

 Life's too short to not go for brokeeee.. Sorry, I've lapsed into song! I promised a more frequent blog and thus, a blog you shall have. Bonus points if you know the song from above :) Yes, it's the return of everyone's favourite self-proclaimed IT & Food expert- NF :) Presumably I had some kind of mental breakdown, as I left my beloved Hong Kong, to head back to the mother land (Dover to be exact) and work at a summer school for July/August. This did mean I got to be more creative with my lessons however and get back to using ICT tools. (Fear not- I will be heading back to Asia very shortly- I've already had enough spuds and gravy for one year) So, Today I'm going back to the roots of this blog and looking at a useful ICT tool for TESOL teaching, none other than 'Blooket' (thanks to fellow summer school teacher Hazza for introducing me to this tool) Here is the initial page when you first go to Blooket.com Signing up is easy - simply sign up with y...

 Size Zero Her No Saizeriya Heroes!!   Saizeriya ! Hong Kong, Mong Kok, Nathan Rd, Yes yes I know, I said I would be updating more regularly, and again it's been ruddy ages, however from now- I will endeavour to post at least one blog every two weeks, maybe more if I'm feeling particularly saucy! I said I would review more of the amazing eateries in Hong Kong, so today we are taking a look at the place that quickly became one of my favourites, primarily on account of how spectacularly cheap it was. Always a good thing for a penny pincher ;).  So, on with the review. Location and layout Location is very handy, whilst my review will be focussed primarily on the Mong Kok Saizeriya, it is a chain, with multiple locations across Hong Kong, so you will never be far away should you fancy trying it out after this review.  Saizeriya is actually a Japanese owned company, having been founded in Japan and advertised as  family-style Italian yōshoku restaurants, as well as J...