The best deodorant in the world....

... is this one. Not because of the smell, but because of this unbelievably awesome name.



Now just watch all the chicks wet their panties over me.

A scene while bike riding...

A little shot I took while riding my bike in Nishi-Shinjuku today...



Not a sight you see everyday in Australia!

The Untapped Market: Korean Mothers

Something I`ve discovered in the last couple of weeks is the number of immigrant Korean women who are living in Japan, are married (usually) to Japanese men, and have children. The children are often attending International School, and so study English a hell of a lot more than their native Japanese counterparts. This in turn causes their mothers to realise that their own English levels are far below the standard required to efficiently supplement their child`s learning while at home, and thus presents an interesting and practically unlimited source of work for private English teachers such as myself.

What brought this on was what occurred today. I gave my second lesson to one Korean mother, who was referred to me by the mother of my one-and-only piano student, also Korean. While having this lesson, she told me that another friend of hers is coming immediately after the lesson because she, also, has a young child at International School and feels she needs to be able to speak more English. However, when it rains it pours. That one friend turned out to be two friends (now a friend of a friend of a friend!), and the two of them both informed me that many of their other Korean mother friends are similarly interested in taking lessons!

Incredible! I didn`t even have to search for them. It seems that in this case at least, once your foot is in the door, work will find you! Happy days!