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Hi. Thanks for dropping by. I'll be adding new content to the bottom of my pages so always scroll down! But now, I think I’d better introduce myself.

I am a guy in his thirties, married, from England, currently living in London. I was living in Saitama Prefecture in Japan, teaching English as a second language to Japanese kids for almost 10 years when I started this site. When I started adding content I was preparing to move back to England, and to take a PGCE – a UK teacher’s license – in English for teaching secondary school kids.

So, what do I feature on this site?

I guess I may comment on many things. But I’d like to focus on 4 things in particular:

1. Life in Japan as a foreigner.
2. Working in Japan as an English teacher.
3. The process of applying for my wife’s UK spouse visa.
4. Applying for and taking a PGCE.

I hope that I’ll be able to provide people in a similar position to me with some valuable information… and, hopefully, some entertainment along the way too.

A Blow Fish. Taken at The Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan.