I hope you had a nice Golden Week ( the big Japanese holiday of the year). Seeing as I was in Milan I popped across to Venice for a few days which was nice.

Now it’s all back to work and it looks like I’m going to be spending the rest of this year on the road! In June I’ve got workshops set up in Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya and Okayama, plus the JET Conferences ( sponsored by the Ministry of Education and CLAIR), so if I’m near where you are make sure you pop along!

Aside from organising all the events I’m now in the UK ( My flight over here was 99 cents – can you believe it!), doing pre-production on the new Phonics CD and some new materials for adults to learn English. Whilst I was over in Italy it really hit home that even adults can get good results if they have the right materials, it’s just a shame that everything in Japan is so rubbish!! So that’s the next challenge, to make adults English genki!!

I’m also working on some new stuff for the website and have teamed up with RIC Publications to bring you a new Translation service, which should prove very popular.

Right, now I’m off out to the gym – got to get back in shape before I hit the road!!