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VOW Simon, you more seem like a modern Ibn Battuta (: I enjoyed the sketch you wrote. Nice to meet you and looking forward to hearing from you very soon.

Hello Simon! Or, should I say Van Gogh, rather, the feeling I had instantly as your head appeared to look at me from the above of the site. You´ve known us from the comment yet, haven´t you? I´ve just read how your life went by, written in a neat and concise style, and I have to smile that despite your calm write-up it went pretty gusty and turbulent something in the way like Vincent. But maybe, I am fully wrong at this point for you look very British and like an accomplish antipole to Sophie I might express as the ´jing and jang´. Good idea from the BBC LE to introduce your couple to us. Looking forward to getting to know more about your experiences, thanks and greetings to Sophie!

I congratulate you and welcome on ours áëîã I enjoyed reading blog Sofia I think I shall receive a lot of pleasure from yours blog. Good luck to you

hi Simon , thanks about the new informations which you had provided it to me in your a sweety blog , this is frist time hearing about the rugby mean coming from some place . you have diffrent exprince of living in diffrent place , west east and medil east . that would help you to comunicat with students which you learn them in the unversity , thanks alot , and i am so sorry about my english language , i know it , its so bad , but its frist time which i tring to wriiting some thing here in blogs.

Hello Simon Welcome the web page. "English man is in Japan" How do you feel about living in japan as a foreigner? I am looking forward your writings.Yesteday I send welcome message but It has not came up. I am sending second time. Happy blogging Simon :))

Hi Simon, How are you? I know that in the United Kingdom there are many places which have odd names like Idle, Nasty, Ugly or frenchbeer, but I ddin't know Rugby. Please tell me where'e Rugby in the UK because I found only a town named rugby in North Dakota, USA. Best wishes,Simon.

Hi Simon! Its good to have both husband and wife as a teacher blogger. Welcome, to this amzaing site of bbcle. Hope we will enjoy and learn new things from you.:) Thats all for now. bye

Welcome Simon! to this interesting blog and thanks to contribute in our improving english skills. I look fowrward your next

Hello Simon and welcome, this is so great! Before we had the opportunity to talk to Sophie and now it's with you. So it would also be a great chance to learn from teachers of the same family and along with that we will be able to know your teaching methods. Here's a little introduction of me, I'm Naheed from Karachi, Pakistan. Best wishes!

Hi Simon! Nice to meet you. This is my first comment to the teacher's blog. You've been in Kyoto for 6years? It's a long time, isn't it? I guess you know much more about Kyoto than me tnough I'm Japanese ,as I live in Saitama(Yes! DAsaitama!) and have been to Kyoto only twice. Parsonally, I would like to know what you think is good and strange about Japan and if you uncovered the mysteries of the Orient here. I'm looking forward to your next entry!

Hello Simon, it's very nice to meet you and to know that the blog will still be in the family. Thie way we'll also be able to know about Sophie from you. I'm sure you'll keep the warm atmosphere she built along the days she'd been blogging. Welcome!!!

Hello Simon :) You and Sophie are very brave people. Oh boy, living and working in such different cultures! I don't think I would be as brave as you. Where else are you going to live and work? Maybe somewhere in Africa? That would be a challenge, wouldn't it? I like visiting different countries, I've been to a lot of them, but it's not the same. Take care.

Hi Simon, Nice to meet you. How is Sophie?, please send my regards to her. Your life turned out to be very interesting, didn't it? I guess we'll learn a lot of different cultures this month. Would you please tell us how is the standard of living in Japan? I heard that the system of Education in Japan is very strict and that the kids feel a lot of presure since kindergarten. Am I right? Looking forward to your next blog. Best wishes, Cristina

Welcome Simon! It´s a pleasure to meet you. I´ve enjoyed very much Sophie´s blogs. She told us nice stories and her pictures was really fab. Moreover, it would be interesting if you could post some pictures of Kyoto for us. I was told that Kyoto has wonderful temples with amazing gardens. Is that true? Best wishes, Ana Paula.

Dear Simon, First of all Nice to meet you, I enjoy reading your blog, we passed a great month with Sophio ( your Wife) she is very profissional teacher, bye Rahyab

Hello Simon, welcome to the teacher blog! I’m Pritam form India. I’ve read almost every blog written by Sophie in last month. But I didn’t have enough time to post comments on each blog. Anyway, I really didn’t know that the name ‘Rugby’ actually came from an English town! I like Rugby Football. Did you use to play rugby with your friends when you were younger? I think you’re very lucky! And have already worked many places in the world! Russia, Egypt, Japan….. I don’t know what’s next. Probably India :-)And I think each country has its own working environment and style. And probably very different from England. But if you’ve to choose only one country (Best place to work & live) which one would you like to pick? Bye! Pritam.

Hello Simon, welcome to this month's blog. I was really confused reading about the stations in your professional life. Have you ever worked in England? I'm interested in your time in Russia. Did you work as a teacher for English there? Can you speak Russian? You lived and worked in so different countries and cultures, do you try to learn the language of the country where you are live? Best wishes, Felicitas

Dear Simon, I am overwhelmed to find you as a teacher blogger. Your couple is the third one from whom I get an opportunity to learn in my life. The first one was my secondary school teachers. They get married when I was studying in school and that was a love marriage. Both of them taught me in the sane period. The second was my science teacher who taught me organic chemistry in intermediate level i.e. Intermediate in science. Her husband taught me in Master degree in management when I changed my faculty from science to management. The third one is your couple. Another consequence is that every time, wife taught me first and husband later. All the marriages are love marriages. Both previous are able to influence my career in better way that is they proved to be better teacher. What will go on with your couple? Sincerely Sophie is a good teacher and I am able learn from her. Now it’s your change how you will guide us in the process of language learning? I am really hopeful when I read you the first blog and felt free to write comment without any hesitation and this process will continue. I am learning English as a second language and hope that I will be able to guide my children in their high school. Both of them are learning faster than me and I have a doubt that I will not be able to cope with them in near future. Both of them started to learn English from pre-primary and certainly they will continue the learning process. Though I am also learning, their learning pace is faster than me and they are learning all subjects in English.

Hi simon, it's nice to read you on blog. I am a new reader of this blog. My name is Parin. I am 29 years old male. I belong to IT field. I also have read the blogs of your wife Sophie Handy. How good and informative blogger she is ! and so are you. I really want to improve and polish my English and I think being with you on this blog will help me in that. I hope you comment something for me in your next post(specially for my English).

Hello Simon, I am Kiran Gautam from Nepal. I am trying to be a new student blogger. I registerd this mornig for it. I liked the way you have written and enjoyed while reading. I was working with Russian friends here in Nepal, So the name Vadim reminded me about those friends. Simple writing made me easy to understand and eagar to scroll down. I need you comments ! My regards to you and Sophie!