{"id":35823,"date":"2014-08-07T02:59:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T06:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35823"},"modified":"2014-08-07T02:59:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T06:59:16","slug":"api-005-the-asian-pacific-islander-ajet-webzine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/07\/api-005-the-asian-pacific-islander-ajet-webzine\/","title":{"rendered":"@api #005, the Asian Pacific Islander AJET webzine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by Albert David Valderrama (Ibaraki-ken, 2010-present), JET Programme ALT\/PA, co-founder and National Co-Representative of API AJET, and Chief Editor of the @api webzine.<br \/>\n_______________________________<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/apiajet\/docs\/atapi-005-v2a\" target=\"_blank\">@api #005<\/a>\u00a0is out now! Read the full issue at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/rnrBqh\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/rnrBqh<\/a>\u00a0or click the image below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/apiajet\/docs\/atapi-005-v2a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/apiajet.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/atapi-005-v2a-1.jpg?w=211&amp;h=300\" alt=\"@api #005\" width=\"211\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">@api #005<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Inside this issue:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>People<\/strong>: <em>Faces of API AJET<\/em>, National Representatives<\/li>\n<li><strong>Essay<\/strong>: <em>A Year of Pretending to be Japanese<\/em> by Aimee Wenyue Chen<\/li>\n<li><strong>Review<\/strong>: <em>HOME:WORD<\/em> by Cat Dinh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interview<\/strong>: <em>@api Exclusive with Sandy Cheng<\/em>, Chair of the AJET National Council<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/apiajet\" target=\"_blank\">@api<\/a>&#8220;?<\/h2>\n<p>\u201c<em>@api<\/em>\u201d is a web-based magazine put together by contributors and members of the Asian Pacific Islander Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching (API AJET). Archived issues are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/apiajet\" target=\"_blank\">Issuu<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/apiajet.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/api.ajet.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">API AJET<\/a>?<\/h2>\n<p>Asian Pacific Islander AJET (API AJET) was created during the summer of 2012 following many talks about the specific issues the API community faces.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ajet.net\/contact-ajet\/special-interest-nationality-language-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\">special interest group (SIG)<\/a>\u00a0aims to create a supportive environment for all APIs living in Japan. We also hope to increase awareness about API issues and incite dialogue among curious JETs and non-JETs. Furthermore, API AJET hopes to act as a tangible resource for anyone interested in understanding an API\u2019s unique perspective (as a foreigner) in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The group is open to all. Join to share, discuss, and learn about the API experience. Membership is free!<\/p>\n<p>For more information go to our website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/api.ajet.net\">api.ajet.net<\/a>, email us at api[at]ajet.net, or find API AJET on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/apiajet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/110424578412791341160\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/apiajet\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0(@apiajet).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Albert David Valderrama (Ibaraki-ken, 2010-present), JET Programme ALT\/PA, co-founder and National Co-Representative of API AJET, and Chief Editor of the @api webzine. _______________________________ @api #005\u00a0is out now! Read the full issue at\u00a0http:\/\/goo.gl\/rnrBqh\u00a0or click the image below. Inside this issue: People: Faces of API AJET, National Representatives Essay: A Year of Pretending to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[390,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ajet","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-9jN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35823"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35826,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35823\/revisions\/35826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}