One year on
Just a short post. A lot has happened since the last post. The Japanese school year ends this month, Friday March 25 to be precise, so...
New article - Japanese sweets
I wrote this article a little while now, but it has finally appeared on the Taiken Japan website. I highly recommend this sweet shop if...
Wake up Stevo!
I don't refer to myself in the 3rd person often. Don't worry. I looked over some of my recent articles and came to the obvious...
The "distraction" of technology
A good friend of mine currently residing in Europe asked a few important questions pertaining to culture shock for students from Japan...
Nearing the end of the school year
Time to talk about school again. Term 2 finished at the end of December, just before Christmas Day for students but after for teachers. ...
A teacher's reward
The other night I had the pleasure of meeting up with a former student of mine from Australia not far from the centre of Tokyo. He is by...
I just can't eat it.
One of the most common questions I get asked by students or people I meet for the first time over here is "What is your favourite food?"....
Villains and Heroes: Exam time again
We have reached the end of the 2nd of 3 semesters here, which means the winter break is a moment away. It is freezing for me but people...
The things I hear.
I have decided to start writing down the strange, out there, interesting comments I receive on a daily basis from people around me. Some...
The English language learning situation in Japanese high schools.
There are many armchair critics, including myself, of the way English is taught in the Japanese education system. They have heaped...
