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About tokyofox

A Leicester City fan teaching English in Japan

Unaware I Was On Call Of Duty (Update!)

Posted on April 15, 2008 by tokyofox

Switched my mobile phone on last Sunday afternoon to find a message from the standby co-ordinator of my company saying I was on standby and needed to do sickness cover that morning! This was a big shock to me as … Continue reading →

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African Festival Yokohama

Posted on April 11, 2008 by tokyofox

There always seems to be a load of festivals in Tokyo metropolis every year with each one focusing on a different country. I went to a fair few last year and last Friday I went to Yokohama for the African Festival. … Continue reading →

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Students Coming And Going (Mostly The Latter Though!!)

Posted on April 8, 2008 by tokyofox

I’ve mentioned before that it’s part and parcel of life as a teacher that students will come and go but lately it seems to have been a bad time with a fair few students going or soon to be leaving. The end of … Continue reading →

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Tracking Your Runs (No, Not Diarrhoea!!)

Posted on April 5, 2008 by tokyofox

I’ve been running regularly in 45 minute sessions (sometimes a bit more but never over an hour) for nearly two years but until recently I had absolutely no idea what kind of distance I was doing. That is no longer the case … Continue reading →

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The Philippines 2008 – Boracay Island

Posted on March 30, 2008 by tokyofox

2007 saw me visit 8 (that’s EIGHT!) countries (but I really don’t like to talk about it!!) with perhaps my favourite trip being to Palawan in the Philippines and so I decided to return to the country mid-March albeit a different island and … Continue reading →

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Hakuba Revisited For A Weekend Of Snowboarding

Posted on March 15, 2008 by tokyofox

My mate Ethan and I made our way to Hakuba in Nagano at the end of February for our annual (if two consecutive years can be considered annual!) snowboarding trip. Pretty much identical to last years really and that certainly … Continue reading →

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Turning Japanese – Songs About Japan

Posted on March 14, 2008 by tokyofox

In NME the other week, British new wave band Klaxons talked about Japan being a head-trip and one of the maddest and most different places on earth which got me thinking (admittedly not for the first time) about international artists who feel … Continue reading →

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More To Drops Than Meets The Eye!

Posted on March 12, 2008 by tokyofox

It’s a fairly known fact that the Japanese work ridiculously long hours each and every day which may explain why they always seem to be sleeping in public whether it be on the trains or in their cars parked by … Continue reading →

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Two’s Company Three’s A Crowd???

Posted on March 9, 2008 by tokyofox

Last month was observation time for me again and on this occasion my boss decided to come and watch what I consider to be my best kids class. Not only was he present in the classroom but so too was his boss … Continue reading →

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Everybody Needs Good Neighbours!

Posted on February 28, 2008 by tokyofox

One of the units in the intermediate level course i teach talks about neighbours and involves a load of questions about how students’ get on with them. The perfect opportunity for me to use the ‘Neighbours‘ TV theme to manipulate the target language and do … Continue reading →

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