{"id":2068,"date":"2008-12-07T18:18:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T18:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2008-12-07T18:20:42","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T18:20:42","slug":"a-nice-jet-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/07\/a-nice-jet-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"A nice JET idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.umn.edu\/baili009\/architecture\/Helping-Hands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"88\" \/>Remember all the nice things people in Japan did for you on JET?\u00a0 Some JET alums in the Seattle area have come up with a way to spread the karma to international students in the U.S.\u00a0 An idea that very much lends itself to being replicated if anyone in other chapters is interested.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Konnichiwa,<\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;re all well &amp; are enjoying the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Remember those lonely holidays in Japan? Wasn&#8217;t it nice to have an invite to a local person&#8217;s home? Or at least be with a couple other JETs?<\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s now the lonely holidays for anyone away from home, a friend &amp; I have just started an events &amp; activities thingie for international students to build international bridges &amp; friendships, while helping them.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re compiling a list of free events &amp; anyone interested in fun interactions with international college students is invited. :)<\/p>\n<p>Come join us for some fun &amp; games; one on one (if you&#8217;re shy) or in groups for some exciting &amp; fun activities, i.e. Games, Puzzles, Movies, Stories, Discussions, outings, etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you care to meet some new international friends &amp; expand horizons (yours &amp; theirs) you&#8217;re invited. This is just an informal gathering of international students &amp; friends in Kirkland (Totemlake).<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with an international interest is welcome. So come check it out. Join us for some clean free fun. :)<\/p>\n<p>Questions? feel free to drop me an E.<\/p>\n<p>Matta ne,<\/p>\n<p>-Alex<br \/>\nJETAA03<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:intldes%40yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">intldes \/atto\/ yahoo. com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember all the nice things people in Japan did for you on JET?\u00a0 Some JET alums in the Seattle area have come up with a way to spread the karma to international students in the U.S.\u00a0 An idea that very much lends itself to being replicated if anyone in other chapters is interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,15,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-jetaa-chapters","category-networking"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Remember all the nice things people in Japan did for you on JET? 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