It was back to work full time today, and it’s finally time to send off the Genki Phonics CD. So a lot of the time was spent on the phone organising things. Then in the evening I cracked on with updated the rest of the site to the new, faster format!

It’s the beginning of the so-called “Golden Week” holidays in Japan, one of only 3 times in the year that Japanese people actually take a day off, and go and spend it in a traffic jam. I was planning on taking the day off as well, but I had a listen to the phonics CD…

For a while now I’ve noticed that the website keeps getting slower! It’s basically because of the way the site was designed, for machines of 3 years ago. So I have been planning to update the structure, but with over 500 pages of content it’s a big, big job. But there is also a more…

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…