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…

This morning’s school was great! Over the past couple of days I’ve been half thinking that I’ve maybe lost my touch with some of the teachers not being as genki as usual. But today there were no such worries at all and it was a fantastic workshop! It’s probably because unlike the last couple of…

Tried out one of my new synths this morning, oh very nice!! It sounds great, so I was in a really good mood for today’s school. And the signs were good, with the kouchou sensei having a good chat about Japanese schools and the sister school they have in Korea. The actual workshop was OK,…