Q1. What is your name?

A. Jamie, J, Jimbob, Monkeyboy.

Q2.What do you do?

A. I do a lot of things but the thing I get paid to do is teach English to uninterested Junior high school kids in a small town called Oji, also occasionally get to visit sho gakku and kindergartens where the kids are a bit more genki and I sometimes feel a little bit like a clown from another planet....

Q3. Where are you originally from?

A. Bristol, in the South West of England. Home to farmer accents, Wallace and Gromit, inbreeding, cider, massive attack, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and a bloody hand in the slave trade of the British Empire….

Q4. How long have you been in Japan?

A. 7 months, but sometimes it feels like longer, sometimes it feels like I arrived yesterday….

Q5.Where is your favorite restaurant or bar?

A. Mama's in Pai, North-West Thailand for good Thai home cooking. Favourite bar is possibly Rock Rock in Merika Mura or the Old Duke in Bristol, England. Also spend a fair amount of time at Tins Hall in Tennoji.

Q6. Where is your recommendatory spot for a trip?

A. Sado gashima was fun for the Taiko festival in the Summer, get back in touch with those primal drumming instincts that have laid dormant for centuries…Kurashiki, in okayama, is also beautiful, a picturesque willow tree lined canal town. Further afield I would recommend Nepal to anyone, trekking in the Himalaya brings home how insignificant we really are.

Q7. What are you into at the moment?

A. Recently went Snowboarding for the first time, despite almost ending up in the local hospital it was superb fun. Getting back into my guitar playing and singing, really want to join a Rock N Roll band in Japan. Also trying to learn as much about Japan as I can.

Q8. What do you want to do in Japan?

A. My main ambition is to take part in Takeshis castle but think it ended years ago, so any endurance type gameshow will do. Also really want to kancho a sumo wrestler.

Q9. What do you think of Japan?

A. I think it is a wonderful country with a wonderful colourful history, a unique culture, and people that amaze me, but it is not without its problems, theres a lot of people wanting to express themselves more freely…soon their time will come….

Q10. What is your funniest moment / lost in translation moment in Japan?

A. One morning in Osaka I was following an obviously drunk salary man up the escalators in Umeda when he proceeded to vomit violently on the lady in front of him. He pretented nothing had happened and when he got to the top of the stairs vomited once again but this time his false teeth fell onto the floor in front of him, again acting as if this was normal, he picked them out of his vomit and popped them back into his mouth and staggered off. Classic stuff....

Q11. what are your goals for 2006?

A. Save some cash, make some new friends, form a Japanese/gaijin Rock N Roll Band, be good, be free…

Q12. Where can we find you?

A. This week, oji Chu gakku, Nara.

Q13. Message to WhyNot!? users!

A. Keep a clear head and always carrry a lightbulb.