I don’t know what it is, but there always seemed to be a funny feeling about today’s workshop. I got there a touch early, and they put me away in a room until 15 minutes before the workshop, where I then had to rush a bit to prepare in time. And it also turns out…

The teacher who invited me yesterday very kindly gave me a lift to the station this morning. She also showed me a new book she’d bought, similar to my Classroom English CD. I’m always on the look out for good stuff ( such as the Apricot picture books or the Springboard readers) so I can…

Over the last few weeks all of the workshops have been in places where the teachers are actually having to teach English right now, so are in the “help, we need teaching ideas quick!” mode. Whereas today I was invited by the Educational Research office ( who are very much into things), but the actual…

One of the other great tips I got from the American Forces Network TV ( other than “Breakfast. Just eat it.”), was where to sit on public transport. They have an advert saying you should sit near the window on a plane ( as terrorists pick on people in aisle seats!!), and in aisle seats…

Now this is what Okinawa’s all about, glorious sunshine! It was a fantastic morning so I got all my work done as quickly as possible ( it’s funny being on the phone to Hokkaido when I’m down here!), then hopped on the bus to today’s hotel. And very nice it is too, with a great…

CIA So today was the main reason I’m down here in Okinawa, to attend a panel discussion and give a 2 hour workshop at the Okinawa JShine Conference. Things were very well organised and the people in charge certainly did a very good job and we ended up with 100 people there. Things started off…