I think I’ve got more work done in these past 3 days than I have in the last 3 weeks! I spent the morning doing some more stuff on the website and catching up with my emails. Then started work on a new audio CD project I’ve got going! This should be good. Then in…

Over the past few weeks I’ve been going through my plans for Genki English for the coming year. One of the themes that keeps coming up from the bookstores and private teachers, is the need for a kids workbook. Personally I believe the songs and games are the main thing, but giving the parents something…

One of the reasons I leave Japan in the Winter is because it is soooo cold. So last week I asked everyone, “What’s the weather like in Japan?” the answer was “It’s quite warm, you don’t need a coat”. Yeah, right!!!! It is flippin’ freezing!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe how cold it is in Kyushu!!! All…

Spent the last couple of days moving all my stuff from the Matsuyama Genki House, where I haven’t stayed in a year because of my asthma, and moved everything to the office in Imabari. Most of my own personal stuff I just threw out, for the last 3 years I’ve only worn the clothes in…

I was supposed to fly back from the UK to Japan via Thailand, to help out with the NGO I work with there. But I postponed it to try and get the phonics CD done, it’s not a problem as I’ll be able to pop over in the Summer. Mind you it’s just as well…

The plan this month was to get the new Genki Phonics CD ready for the big launch at the Maruzen Bookstore in Tokyo on the 23rd. The thing is that nobody has anything like the phonics CD I’m planning. But after trying to record it for the last couple of weeks I think I know…