Today it was raining and I was at home playing Super Mario wii with my peskies and wife. There was a phone call. Some guy wanted to talk to me about English lessons. He was outside in his car, so came in with his 3 year-old daughter. He told me the vice-president of his company is American and he has been given 400,000 yen to learn English for a year. He wants 3 2-hour lessons a month, on a Sunday for a year. I told him if he paid me 300,000 Yen I'd do it. I reckon the chances are 50/50 (touch wood). If he pays me 300,000 yen, that's my flight, my hotel, my being absent so I can't earn money, all paid for. 8)
One can but hope.