Had a great presentation at Nellies Bookstore today. The teachers were cool, a good mix of newbies and fans, and everyone was very genki. I introduced a new section about goals, and talked about the winner of the UK’s Japanese Speech contest – a kid who had been learning Japanese for one year and 7 months and won with a speech comparing Noh with Shakespeare’s theatre!!! Set your goals high!

The Phonics CD went down brilliantly. The whole genkiness of the songs just knocks the socks of any other phonics materials! This could be good!