Wow, it’s really back into things today with two 2.5 hour long workshops in Fukuoka. And they were great. I usually get really cultured shocked coming back to Japan as the motivation level of the teachers here is always way below other countries. But today’s schools were very much in the “have lessons already so…

Only had 6,000 emails waiting for me when I got back. Luckily 5960 of them were only junk mails, so not that many to reply to, I guess everyone else must be on holiday! I also tried out a great idea I had for the Months of the Year theme, of having pictures of famous…

Fantastic, a whole week off in the sun!! It’s so nice being away from air pollution, over head cables and mounds of concrete. Just sitting by the pool, plenty of vegetables to eat and loads of exercise from swimming in the sea. I should really spend more time here instead of Japan! That always sounds…

I saw the new SPA magazine in a convenience store today, and what happens to be shining out from page 41 – my picture! The article wasn’t quite what I remember saying in the interview ( they never are) but it’s a good mention of Genki English to a new genre of learner! Otherwise I…

I’ve got two days now to finish off any loose ends and get ready for a whole week off in the sun!!! Yeah! It will be my first whole week away from Genki English since I started it 5 years ago ( can’t believe it’s so long!) , and although I’ll take my music computer…

After all the excitement of yesterday I was worn out today! Nevermind, it’s my holidays next week! One thing I did do today was to download the iTunes software, and it’s great! Until now Windows media player etc. still tends to think in terms of individual CDs, but with iTunes it’s dead easy to rearrange…