Back in Japan now, and for the life in me I can’t think why on Earth I’m back here – it is soooo expensive. After living in Thailand for a couple of weeks, Just things like water and coffee just seem crazy! Plus the weather is so muggy, you can’t even sit out to eat….

My brother and his girlfriend are also over here in Thailand having a holiday, so it’s cool to be able to show them round in my time off. And we decided to head off to the jungle of Kao Sok national park, which is pretty cool to say the least! The only problem is I…

I’m on Ko Samui, sat by the beach updating my blog via Wi-Fi. The World is changing! It’s great being back in Thailand, just being in Bangkok having meetings and chatting over dinner, everything is about “possibilities” and groovy things that can be done, instead of the Japanese idea of “hmmm, tsshh, oooo, it’s too…

I got a very interesting email from the British Council in Thailand the other week. It’s still a bit hush-hush, but could be very exciting! So I’m popping over there to have a chat, and to do my computer work down by the beach for a few days, it certainly beats being in the middle…

I know it sounds cheesy, but that’s really what I did today! The Lions Club in Fukuoka have got together a great bunch of teachers to go and teach at one of the local orphanages every week. They asked me to help out, and as I was in town, I popped along today to do…

Back to Fukuoka and time to catch up with a few teachers in the city. Over the last few months I’ve been really focussed on what Japanese elementary school teachers are needing, so it was good to get another perspective, some very nice free coffee and food and another set of additions to my “to…