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So some of you may already know but ...

I'm famous!!!

Well in my own little world anyway. One day a couple of months ago, I was cycling to work in the metropolis that is Inuyama, when I see an AEON poster. Nothing unusual there. AEON and it's rival NOVA carpet bomb Japan with adverts. They're everywhere.

But this particular poster made me do a double take. There smiling back at me ... was me! Yup me! On a poster. And in big letters - Blah blah blah blah Joanne blah blah blah. Its always so disconcerting to see your name but have no idea what they're saying.

So for the conversation schools, their biggest assets are their foreign teachers. And they let the world and his wife know it.

And this includes, but is not limited to crazy posters in the center of town, pictures of you on the windows, your face on a flyer being handed out at the train station with a complementary pack of tissues. (and yes, all the gross jokes to be made about this have been made, mostly by my family!)

Now I know most of you that know me, would assume that all this would send people running and screaming to Nova. But Goldarnit, they keep on doing it.

Point in case - The website! You should have a fun old browse through this in order to see cringeworthy posed photos of me but also some cool ones of my students.

And yes I know it's in Japanese, but click below for the different options - Main page, Staff, Students, Kids Main Page.

And within the Kids section you'll see some live action photos of the Sunglasses class a couple of weekends ago.

For the more daring of you check out the crazy Google automatic translation of my adult Bio and my kids Bio (which is WAY cuter!). Your guess is as good as mine.

Dave of course is a superstar in his own right, but its a lot more understandable since he's so darned cute!