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…

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…