{"id":7515,"date":"2009-07-19T23:30:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T03:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7515"},"modified":"2009-07-19T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T03:31:00","slug":"jetwit-blog-beat-by-crystal-wong-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/19\/jetwit-blog-beat-by-crystal-wong-5\/","title":{"rendered":"JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"

JetWit Blog Beat<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span> by <\/em>Crystal Wong<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Iwate-ken, 2002-04)<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a formerEnglish-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hello, JET alumni! We trust you have all been having amazing summers. From the latest look at the blog rolls, it certainly looks that way. Let’s take a look:<\/p>\n

Writer Kelly Luce<\/strong><\/a> (Kawasaki, 2002-2003) shares her latest adventures in writing from Fishtrap<\/a>, a writing conference in Eastern Oregon.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Robert P. Weston<\/a> <\/strong>(Nara-ken, 2002-04), the Toronto-based author of the rhyming children\u2019s novel Zorgamazoo<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, who has just announced that Zorgamazoo has been selected as a contender in One Book One Brampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out JET alum Chen Reichert<\/a>‘<\/strong>s cool new boto attack ukiyo-e designs here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Having trouble with figuring out what to wear for those warm summer days and cool nights? Check out Janice Momoko Chow<\/a>‘s (Saitama, 2005-2006)<\/span> write-up of StyleCaster<\/a>, a great new site and app for anyone who loves to shop.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, congratulations once again to James Kennedy<\/a><\/strong> (Nara-ken, 2004-06) on his victory versus Neil Gaiman for the 2009 Newbery award. Read the full details<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a formerEnglish-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints. Hello, JET alumni! We trust you have all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"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":[7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t