Happy birthday to us!

We have now been writing this blog for one year. This past Thursday was our first birthday.

We've had about 2,200 readers in that time. While most of our readers are in Japan, we've had readers from places like Morocco and Poland. Thanks to everyone for reading our blog!

We haven't planned a birthday bash; for now, I guess I'll just eat a banana.

• birthday bash
  
  誕生祝い｛たんじょういわい｝◆この場合のbashは（酒を飲む）宴会のこと (definition from Eijiro on the Web)

• for now
  
  今［現在｛げんざい｝］のところ、差し当たり (definition from Eijiro on the Web)

Here are three most popular posts, as ranked by number of views.

Number three is a post from September on how to use the word "enjoy".

http://upgradeenglish.blogspot.com/2009/09/enjoy.html

Number two is a post from April of last year on the difference between "describe" and "explain".

http://upgradeenglish.blogspot.com/2009/04/describe-explain.html

The most popular post is a post from late October on using "as to" and "as for".

http://upgradeenglish.blogspot.com/2009/10/as-toas-for.htm

We're always interested in what you think of the blog. If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. We really want to talk about the things that interest you.