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interest labels homeschool homeschool japan homeschool journey homeschool junior high japan homeschool saitama sunday 4 march 2018 the trouble with blogging these days the trouble with blogging these days i was talking to my biz coach the other day and she made a point of saying how much she loved my writing style and wanted to know why i don t write more i started with the same ole same ole excuses and lack of time yadda yadda yadda but then i though some more about it it isn t down to lack of time at all if anything since ebi kun has been at school i have more time when to think back when i was most prolific with my blogging that was when i was the most busy so what really changed the business of blogging i think is a big factor you see when i started i knew nothing about seo seacrh engline optimization or keywords the important of alt text on images and the layout that coverts the best or any of that stuff and to be brutely honest i had zero interest in it either i was blogging initially for me and my family this was pre facebook days do you remember them i wrote because i enjoyed it it was a creative outlet i didn t worry about the terrible grammar confessin alert i would type and hit publish without even reading it through i didn t worry about how professional i sounded or if i was using the latest terminolgy and jargon i just wrote whatever came to mind and that was that totally random unicorn chocolate photos because why not being a multipotenialite meant that there was never a clear niche for this blog it was always a general this is my life and what i m up to right now kind of thing it was called a bit of this and a bit of that when i first started no planning not deciding on what will go out in q1 q2 or anything like that it was very much me just writing then when i started my organized chaos now jojoebi i discovered i hadn t been doing things properly and the following i had gained totally organically was a bit of a happy accident i started following the advice of the gurus on when and how to post keyword research optimised blog titles seo and all of that and you know what it sucked the fun out of writing combine that with how easy it is to write a quick update on what s going on over on facebook and well this blog took quite a beating i have had coaches in the past who told me to to move this blog over to the new site my gut has always been against the idea and my brain was screaming what 3000 posts are you insane needless to say we are still here and i m happy with that so thanks to my current coach i was able to nail what it was that was holiding me back this blog has never been about the money it was always a creative outlet and connecting with like minded folk i want to get back to that just sitting down and rambling spur of the moments kind of posts those ones where you have a flash of inspiration in the bath and you just have to get out and share even if you re dripping all over the keyboard i miss the days of the conversations and connections through the comments section i feel like facebook spolied much of that i feel like i m on facebook waaaay to much and the connections are not truely there especially with the constant algorithm changes i still love my groups but i do feel in the last 6 months or so i have drifted away so for the future expect more of this free form waffle hopefully it will be a bit more amusing and exciting to read i will be documenting our homeschool journey too although now there will be less hands on stuff from me and of course the random comings and goings of life in japan and our adventures i did contemplate remving everything and going for a total minamilist look but my inner entrepreneur called me bat shit crazy for even thinking that because at the end of the day i still need to be making money the moms that i help over on jojoebi and the kaizen revolution came from here initially so there still needs to be some kind of connection i m looking forward to not doing keyword research not going seo crazy and not worrying about if i m doing it it right or wrong just going with the flow i hope you enjoy it to i ll be seeing you again soon jo want to make passive income but stuck on where to start grab the passive income generator fondly know as pig and find out what the perfect passive income stream is for your unique talents skills and passions posted by jojoebi designs 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blogging waffle thursday 15 february 2018 create every week 4 blow fish party i admit it i have been slacking off on the creativity side but i did have a play around the other day with this i am hoping to up my kawaii illustrations game so i decided to combine different expressions with blowfish fugu as it is known in japan i ll probably paint it with water colours but upload and clean it up a bit so i can play around with digital painting too i have been using this book kawaii how to draw really cute stuff and a reference book which i m really enjoying ebi kun too it has step by step for drawing all kinds of things from people to transport to buildings and how to kawaiify them obviously in japan everything is kawaii they have a knack of making everything cute which other nation would come up with a cute poop emoji i rest my case all the prefectures have their own cute mascots we have a pigeon i know right of all the creatures they pick a bloody pigeon but it doesn t stop there supermarkets hospitals schools even prisions have mascots too it s a huge business one thing that surprised me when i first came over to japan was seeing full grown men with cute mascot pens key chains and the such like after being here so long it all seems perfectly normal so what have you been creating this week want to make passive income but stuck on where to start grab the passive income generator fondly know as pig and find out what the perfect passive income stream is for your unique talents skills and passions posted by jojoebi designs 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels book review create every week creativity challenge creatvity drawing kawaii thursday 8 february 2018 instant pot italian bean stew and dumplings instant pot convert here i bought an instant pot last november mainly because we eat a lot of stews soups and casseroles over the winter and standing over the stove is not my idea of a barrel of laughs initially i was going to go for a crock pot but when i started reading reviews i kept seeing instant pot pop up so i did some more digging it seemed to be the bee s knees so i ordered one i have never owned or used any kind of pressure cooker so i was a bit worried about blowing up the kitchen so far so good quick disclaimer i often use affiliate links in my post and on my site this means that i get a small percentage of the same if you choose to buy through my link at no cost to you i feel like my biggest gripe with the instant pot which i love incidentally is more to do with the wild claims of food bloggers when i was trawling pinterest for recipes and reviews i saw all these amazing claims rice cooked in 5 minutes whole roast chicken in 30 minutes and the such like now these claims are not wrong but what they don t mention is that you have to add in the time it takes for the pot to come to pressure 5 10 minutes and then the time it takes to release afterwards as a pressure cooker newbie i was clueless about this and was sucked in by the super fast cooking times due to my ignorance for the first few weeks my cooking times were well off and i was having trouble getting a meal to come together now i pretty much prepare the instant pot portion of the meal in advance so i don t have to think about it i got the instant pot duo80 8 qt 7 in 1 multi use programmable pressure cooker i haven t yet tried the yoghurt function need to get onto that for those in japan i ordered this one here please note that it has an earth on the plug luckily we have an earthed socket next to the oven so it all plugged in fine but i know other people have had to buy an adapter to make it work for them voltage wise it works fine now we have that out of the way onto the recipe stufato di fagioli con polpettine di pane or in other words italian bean stew with bread dumplings this is meat free but still very filling it s like a hug in a bowl perfect for wintery evenings and was pretty quick to throw together it got a great 9 10 from the family so this is going on the winners list and into my evernote file of fall back recipes i adapted the recipe from gino s d campo s italian escape book mom got it me for christmas purely because she fancies gino serves 4 for the bean stew 2 tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion chopped 2 pinches dried red chilli flakes 1 tsp fresh chopped rosemary 2 x 400g chopped tomatoes 1 2 can of water 1 x 400g tinned borlotti beans drained and rinsed 1 x 400g tinned cannellini beans drained and rinsed salt and pepper for those in japan i get my beans from yamaya international liquor store if you haven t discovered this store yet go and hunt it out it s a gem for the dumplings 200g ciabatta bread 200ml milk 1 egg beaten 2 tsp fresh chopped rosemary recipe called for parsley 1 tbsp flour olive oil i didn t have any ciabatta so i dug some random bread leftovers a couple of homemade buns and the end of a french stick out of the freezer let them defrost and added the milk i needed a bit more than the recipe stated but that might have been down to the type of bread put the olive oil in the instant pot and set to saute add the onion and cook for a couple of minutes add the chilli pepper and cook for another 2 3 minutes throw in the rest of the ingredients give a good stir change the setting from saute to soup takes 11 minutes cooking time but remember to add the coming up and releasing the pressure dumplings chop the bread into small cubes warm the milk then pour over the bread i needed to add a bit more milk maybe due to the fact it wasn t ciabatta leave to soak for 10 minutes season with salt and pepper stir in the rosemary egg and flour the recipe called for lemon zest too but i didn t have any so skipped that bit completely it should make a sticky type dough heat the oil in a frying pan scoop the dough into walnut sized balls and cook until golden all over serve on top of the bean stew done want an easy way to save you time every week then grab my meal planner i promise it will work for you save time money food https thekaizenrevolution com juggle almost there save time money food your details are safe with us we hate spam too you will also receive the weekly kaizen newsletter take me to the meal planner posted by jojoebi designs 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels can i use an instant pot in japan gino s italian escape instant pot instant pot bean stew instant pot japan italian bean stew with dumplings recipe stufato do fagioli con polpettine di pane tuesday 6 february 2018 the start of our homeschool journey in japan the start of our homeschool journey in japan i have a big announcement yes we are going to start homeschooling full time ebi kun will finish elementary school in march and so we will start our homeschool journey for some of you this won t be a surprise it is something we have been considering all along but now it s crunch time and we have to jump one way or the other we did look at one of the local school which although it is government run the system they use is slightly different and we thought it would be a compromise he took the entrance test and didn t get in only 2 kids from his elementary school did pass the test and then there is an interview so that made our mind up for us to answer the most glaring question first why as you know i am passionate about montessori and deeply believe that the follow the child or child led learning as it is also known is the best way for a child to learn when a child follows their passions and intrinsic motivation the planes of development as montessori called them the child learns at a much deeper level gets a much better understanding of the subject matter and doesn t get bored by the education process also when a child follows an area of interest it brings in subject areas from many different places for example ebi kun is interested in food which is what started the whole ebi kun eats thing but it is so much more than just trying new foods he is interested in flavour combinations he will often try different flavours together to see if they work he loves to find out the history of a type of food how it is made and he is an avid ingredients reader he will follow a recipe to the tee for the first try but then will experiment by adding things in and taking things out cooking it in a different way it s a big science experiment so although cooking is the main subject it also brings in maths chemistry food safety history culture and he is also learning to take notes in a scientific way to explore and push boundaries to ask questions and see where the answers lead him this is a very different approach to learning how to make cupcakes in a classroom this goes for any other subject he decides to deep dive into japanese history is something he is very much interested in now he is a voracious reader and when he finds an interesting fact in a book he will take that and explore it further this is the way i believe education should be following our passions and exploring them to a deeper level i am 100 sure that there are things that both you and i learned at school that have never ever used osmosis has that ever been used in my life nope trigonometry is the one that is usually banded about because unless you follow the path or maths and engineering there is very little chance you will have need of it that said i do believe a foundation in the basics is important maths english japanese so these will be none negotiables the rest he can choose to study as he likes the other reason is that japanese junior high works extremely well on the victorian schooling system the schools were set up initially to prepare kids to work in the factories kids learned that everything had to be done a specific way to do as your told when you are told and by the time you had finished you were ready to join the workforce that is all very good and well if you want to go into the system but i don t believe it is a healthy system the stupidly long hours lack of time to spend with family and the whole hammer the nail down that sticks up ethic if you don t fit the mold they will make you fit the mold as a square peg myself this really really doesn t sit well with me we all have a place in this world no matter who we are what we do and what our quirks are we should be accepted for who we are this thing of making everyone equal and the same is totally against everything i believe and stand for i couldn t put my child through that system some...