Recorded the “j” and “n” songs for the phonics CD.

Monday’s my day off, so today went off to Beppu. There are some fantastic things there, like red hot spring pools and mud geysers – pretty cool stuff! Then off to the new Aquarium in Oita, there were some pretty funky things there as well, including a “Wani Kame”, which looks for all the world…

Being on the road is a completely different feeling to working all the time in one place, very strange! Today I had lunch with one of the top Elementary School English teachers in Kyushu, which was great just to have a normal chat, and to also chat about all the developments and things that are…

Usually the bookstore gigs are all about getting up early, lots of running around and fretting about time slots. Today I walked into the Osaka Nellies’ office at 11 o’clock and they were like “Hello, yeah we’ve got loads of time” and were totally relaxed! Which was just as well because everything went fine. Oxford…

Up early and on the bus and shinkansen to Osaka. Now I know why I didn’t get any new materials done last year, travelling takes a lot of time!! I popped into Nellies and everything seems cool for tomorrow. Then I had the crazy idea to sit in Starbucks for 4 hours and write the…

Getting up at 6 and having a shower in a Japanese house brought back all the memories of all the freezing cold houses I’ve homestayed in in the past! Luckily these days it’s quite warm! Went off to the school and checked out the sound system and everything was cool. I was going to sit…