Minimalism - Online Income - ESL - Japan
Since coming to Japan, I’ve worked in almost every English teaching situation you can imagine. I’ve worked in English Conversation chain schools, I’ve been an ALT in Junior high schools, taught at kindergartens and elementary schools. I’ve done “baby” classes, private lessons in coffee shops, English by email, and even dabbled in video conferencing. The most rewarding form of English teaching for me though, would be Business English. Mitsubishi, Toyota, […]
Our baby boy, Rikuto, is exactly eight weeks old today and he’s learning very quickly how to get what he wants. This video shows what happens when you take away his dummy. Before you jump on me with accusations of child abuse, let me reassure you that no babies were hurt in the production of this video! If you have problems seeing the video, try watching it here on YouTube.com. […]
Rikuto is still less than two months old, but since he wouldn’t sleep and had joined me at the computer – well, in a basket on the floor next to me – I thought I’d find a bedtime story to read to him. A quick Google search for “Children’s Bedtime Stories” brought up Gordon Dioxide’s collection of stories for 5-11 year olds. Obviously these are nothing but random noise to […]
Rikuto’s grandparents in England sent him some nice new clothes, which should fit him perfectly by the time Christmas comes around. You can see how happy he was in the photo below. The card that came with them read: Dear Ricky, I have sent you this little outfit. I know you will look so cute in it. I have loved looking at all your photos and videos. You have grown […]
Regular LongCountdown reader, Michael McKinlay, was interviewed by CTV (Canadian TV) recently. I asked him why he was on TV and this was his response: CTV News called me because my name was listed on the University of Calgary’s Student Union Housing Registry. They asked if they could come over and interview myself as well as my roommate as they were doing a story on student housing in Calgary. Mike also […]
Mami still hasn’t been to the new shopping center that opened recently in Kakamigahara. Saying that, she hasn’t been out much at all since the baby was born. I, on the other hand, get to drive past the AEON shopping mall on my way to and from work everyday, so I had the pleasure of watching them build it over the last year, and now I can pop in to […]
It’s amazing how despite being in Japan for over ten years, I’ve never had a decent camera. This summer however, I bought two digital cameras in the space of two months! If you remember, I upgraded my mobile phone to a WIN W52H by Hitachi. The built-in 2.0 Megapixel camera can take great photos, giving you the choice of twilight, night view, sports, person, and all the usually Scene options. […]
I’m not much of a photographer, but Mike convinced me to get a new camera after writing about his Nikon Coolpix S200. I’ve been looking a lot at stock photos recently, and thought it would be great to submit my own photos for sale on the web, but I’m going to have to put in a lot of practice to get to that level. Here’s a photo I took of […]