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Hi Simon, Thank you very much for your support.I like most of your writings except for about football.Reading your writings was a pleasure for me.There is a strange thing on the blog, I check everday this blog sometimes a few times as daily rountine. I am getting used to you. People are changing after one month. I haven't decided yet If this changes are nice or not. But I know I will miss you like all other people who wrote before.Now It is time to say good bye and wish the best to you and Sophie. Thank you again.

Good bye Simon! It was really nice to have you as a techer blog this month. Thanks for the beautiful pictures of Kyoto. apart from that, I´d like to wish all the best for you and Sophie. Ana Paula.

Hi Simon, Time to say good-bye. I want to thank you a lot for your informative blog. I really learnt many things of Japan that I didn't know before. And now I'm amazed to hear that in Japan very few people talk to the mobile phones. Please, send a kiss to Sophie. I wish both of you the best. Best wishes, Cris

Congratulations! Simon. You have accomplished a great job the BBC assigned to you: keeping an interesting and wonderful English teacher’s blog. I believe that being a native English speaker, one never knows how great help in learning English her/his blog work can provide to an English learner like me. Thank you! By the way, I’m curious about this paragraph you’ve posted: Being back in Britain is also a bit of a challenge!... to get back into the way people speak to you and joke and make comments. It is quite different from Japan where interactions are quite tightly controlled…’ Does this paragraph suggest that people living in the UK often raise ‘unusual’ questions to each other and people living in Japan ask a few questions? Good day!

Hi Simon, yes, it's still ridiculously hot and humit throughout the day here in Japan.You are so lucky to be able to get away from this heat. Thank you for the funny blog for 1 month. Have fun on your holiday in Britain. Best wishes

Hi Simon, yes, it's still ridiculously hot and humit throughout the day here in Japan.You are so lucky to be able to get away from this heat. Thank you for the funny blog for 1 month. Have fun on your holiday in Britain. Best wishes

The Very British Teacher! Thank you, I have enjoyed the month immensely. So that I mentioned in presence of my old parents one afternoon that I have had a teacher in Japan. My father sat up asking immediately: ´That one?´. That is another story but what is such an exciting thing around this blog system,I suppose, is the possibility to getting to know a vivid language and to meet vivid people at the same time. Now, we are going to meet Amy again which is the best uphold what I am trying to say here. My best wishes to the Handy family teachers!

Hi Simon, I couldn’t believe one month has flown very quickly, you were in Japan preparing students for their exam when you started this blog but now you are in Britain enjoying the holidays with near and dear ones. It’s wonderful. But your point on interaction with the British, even for the native speakers will find some difficulties when they get back after spending their time in some other countries is really an interesting one. How long you are going to be in London. When will you return back your Job? I have seen the list of places which you are going to visit. Enjoy your holiday. As you said this column is very much helpful for the English learners like me. Bye for now.

Dear Simon and Sophie,it has been a real treat to be with you on this small planet,pity we have to say good bye now...Hope to hear from you again,thanks a lot for your wonderful posts and - I wish you both to be a success in teaching and learning and,of course,lots of love...good bye,friends.