I haven’t come near this blog in a few months now. I should make a concerted effort to write more, but lately I don’t have much to say that won’t fit in a tweet or a Facebook update.
My friend Hiroki and I have started a weekly video podcast called “Bad Communication,” named after the song by J-pop duo B’z. In it, we talk about stories related to Japan and whatever else strikes our interest. Here are the first and second episodes:
The show page can be found here. Hiroki does most of the heavy lifting with the editing and presentation, I just provide a few stories and some dry wit.
On a new personal note, I am being transfered to the city of Miki, a suburb of Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture. The new owners of GEOS, G.education, decided that the Fukuchiyama school was not worth keeping open and are closing it. It’s tough to be uprooted so soon after settling in here and starting to make friends, but I have to make the best of it and go with the flow for the time being. To be honest, I feel worse for my coworker and my students than I do for my own situation.