Welcome to the JetWit Haiku Challenge! The challenge is to submit one or more haiku using the designated word. The best haiku submitted wins the prize.
This week’s challenge will be judged by Robert P. Weston (Nara-ken, 2002-04), author of Zorgamazoo, a “rhyming, rhythmical tale of Katrina, a girl with a big heart and an even bigger imagination” published this year by Penguin Books and available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Powells. You can also follow Robert on his blog wayofthewest.wordpress.com.
Note: The winner of Haiku Challenge #1 will be announced later today. Stay tuned!
Contest, Translating/Interpreting 
Comments Off on Translators Mini-Challenge #3
Translators Mini-Challenge is a new arbitrarily recurring feature presented by professional translator, interpreter and writer Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999).
Welcome to this week’s JetWit Translators Mini-Challenge! The first person to respond by email to jetwit /atto/ jetwit /dotto/ com with the correct English translation of the below Japanese term will win a free Gaijin-a-Go-Go CD (Go-Go Bootcamp)!
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Stay tuned for the next Mini-Challenge! You never know when we’ll strike again!
Jobs Comments Off on Job: Director, Learning Abroad Center (U of Minnesota)
Position: Director, Learning Abroad Center
Salary: Unspecified
Institution: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Location: Minnesota
Date posted: 12/15/2008 Read More
WITLife is a periodic series written by professional Interpreter/Translator/Writer Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken, 2000-03). In her recent posts, she’s been watching the news in Japanese and sharing some of the interesting tidbits and trends along with her own observations.
While watching the Japanese news this morning, the story that headlined hit a bit close to home. It profiled a recent scandal regarding takenoko (bamboo shoots) that took place in Kumamoto City, where I served as CIR for three years.
This vegetable was being marked as “Made in Kumamoto,” when in fact supplies had come from China. Even worse, when representatives of the parent company came to visit the local supplier, Kumamoto Cannery, they made three employees pose as farmers and had them take a commemorative photo in a bamboo grove. This picture was then used on the packaging with the caption “Kumamoto Prefecture Bamboo Grove Farmers,” creating a wholesome image for a product that was different than what was being advertised. They claim that their bamboo shoots were selling so well that they had to resort to other sources as their own production couldn’t keep pace.
Food safety is a topic of immense concern in Japan, though in the beginning of the year the threat was largely from abroad. Now that the scandals are domestic in origin it will be interesting Read More
Jobs Comments Off on Job: Director of International Student Recruitment – Asia
From the Chronicle of Higher Ed jobs page:
Position: Director of International Student Recruitment – Asia
Salary: Unspecified
Institution: Hobson’s
Location: Ohio
Date posted: 12/15/2008 Read More
Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06), JETAA NY’s webmaster and a grad student in NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, will be presenting his interactive music interface, the head(banger)
phones, at the Interactive Telecommunications Winter Show at NYU this
Wednesday and Thursday nights (tonight and tomorrow night). So drop in to take a look. (721 Broadway, 4th Fl – just east of Washington Sq Park)
The show features a variety of interactive sights, sounds and physical
objects created by student artists. The show is FREE and open to the
public. No need to RSVP. Just show up any time during the 2 nights.
http://itp.nyu.edu/shows/winter2008/
Dec. 17th & 18th from 5pm to 9pm
@ 721 Broadway, 4th Fl
Lee-Sean AKA JETAANY.org Webmaster
http://leesean.net
Events, JETAA Chapter Beat, JETAA Chapters, Uncategorized, Writers Comments Off on JETAA Chapter Beat 12.17.08
Freelance writer/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community…
JETAA Texoma
What happened at your chapter’s event? If you attend(ed) any of these exciting events, JetWit would love to hear about them. Just email Jonathan Trace with any info, stories or comments.
Blogs, Food & Drink, Writers Comments Off on Thank God for Fridays in Japan – by Peter Weber
Peter Weber (Saitama-ken, Gyoda-shi, 2004-07) is the JET Coordinator at the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco.
This is how I remember it… As previously mentioned, even though I had overcome many of my dietary obstacles, I still hungered for “American Cuisine”. Although McDonald’s was always easily accessible, it was only a temporary “fix”.
I wanted a more hearty burger. So I went to the place where all answers are found… the internet. After searching words like “Applebees”, “Chili’s”, and “Fuddruckers” I finally hit the jackpot. My salvation was when I entered three wonderful letters followed by one word that makes everyone happy. Located less than 50 miles away in Ueno we found our salvation, and it came with a Happy Hour!
Career, Events, JETAA Chapters, Networking Comments Off on JETAA Pacific Northwest Career Day Notes
From Shun Endo, PNW’s Treasurer & Web Guy, who posted the notes on the JETAA PNW website:
Career Day was a very successful event, bringing in many motivated participants, solid speakers, and even vendors from several companies. Many people stayed until the end, and went afterwards for drinks and comradery. The content of the speeches was very helpful, and it covered a broad range of topics. As promised, we have the notes to the speeches, as well as resources to the information given!
Thanks again to Steven Pascal-Joiner of Idealist.org , and Rob Uy from Microsoft HR, and the panel speakers for their respective insights. They were: Amy Fenning , Amanda Wolfman , Keith Nitta , David Sandler , Megan Bernard , Rob Uy , Matt Austin , Steven Pascal-Joiner. Thanks to Ben for moderating the discussion.
Here are the links:
Rob Uy Speech Notes
Steven Pascal Joiner Speech Notes
Idealist.org Presentation by Steven (PDF of E-book, and links to different topics covered by Steven)
Uncategorized Comments Off on Britney Spears–ALT?
Watch Britney Spears on Japanese tv in 2008 and on the same tv show back in 1999. I find that celebrity appearances on Japanese tv always help me re-live my own awkward experiences from my days as an ALT, and I think it’s somehow reassuring to know that even celebrities are reduced to the same awkward smiling, laughing and discomfort that most JETs have felt at some point.
Contest, Translating/Interpreting, Writers Comments Off on Translators Mini-Challenge #3
Translators Mini-Challenge is a new arbitrarily recurring feature presented by professional translator, interpreter and writer Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999).
Welcome to this week’s JetWit Translators Mini-Challenge! The first person to respond by email to jetwit /atto/ jetwit /dotto/ com with the correct English translation of the below Japanese term will win a free Gaijin-a-Go-Go CD (Go-Go Bootcamp)!
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Stay tuned for the next Mini-Challenge! You never know when we’ll strike again!
Blogs, Books, Cartoon/Illustration, Writers Comments Off on JET alum Robert Weston’s “Zorgamazoo” wins New York Bookbinders Guild award
Robert P. Weston (Nara-ken, 2002-04) reports on his blog (wayofthewest.wordpress.com) that his book Zorgamazoo, just published this year, has won “some sort of design award” from the New York Bookbinders Guild.
This means, he explains, that the book will be on diplay at the New York Book Show on March 24, 2009. He goes on to extend “huge congratulations” to Christian Fuenfhausen, who designed the interior pages, Natalie Sousa, who designed the cover art, and the whole design team at Razorbill Books and Penguin USA.
Article/Journalism, Books, Celebrity, Japan Trends, Roland Kelts, Uncategorized, Writers Comments Off on JET alum Roland Kelts quoted in The New Yorker
Roland Kelts (Osaka, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, was quoted or mentioned this week in articles in:
Jobs, Translating/Interpreting Comments Off on Job: Translators needed (Philadelphia area)
From Craigslist Philadelphia. Not clear what the job is, so I’m guessing it might be a translation agency that is just generally looking to recruit people in the Philadelphia area. That said, it’s always a good idea to use caution when applying for anything via Craigslist.
Reply to: gigs-958606080@craigslist.org [?]
Date: 2008-12-15, 10:58AM EST
Interpreters and translators needed!
Albanian * Arabic * Armenian * Bengali * Cambodian * Cantonese * Chinese *Farsi French * German * Greek * Gujarati * Haitian Creole * Hindu *Indonesian * Italian Japanese * Korean * Malayalam * Persian * Polish * Portuguese * Russian * Serbian * Sign Language * Spanish * Turkish * Ukrainian * Vietnamese * And much, much more!
Please note that this is a contractual, freelance position. Frequency and
length of work will depend solely on our clients and their needs.
All interpreters must be in the nothern New Jersey area or Philadelphia tri-state area.
Any experience and/ or training is desired. Native speakers of source language also desired.
If interested, please respond by email. Only serious inquires please.
-Monique Young
Blogs, Cartoon/Illustration, Humor, Writers Comments Off on Bankruptcy Bill #7: Debtor Education
Bankruptcy Bill is a cartoon created by Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) and Gideon Kendall. To see more strips as well as bankruptcy haiku, go to bankruptcybill.wordpress.com.
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