{"id":7895,"date":"2009-08-05T10:18:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7895"},"modified":"2009-08-05T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T14:18:59","slug":"jetaa-chapter-beat-8-5-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/05\/jetaa-chapter-beat-8-5-09\/","title":{"rendered":"JETAA Chapter Beat 8.5.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Freelance writer\/editor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jonathantrace#h150-180\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Trace<\/a> <\/strong>(Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition of <strong><a href=\"..\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/jetaa-chapter-beat\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Chapter Beat.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7896\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sunset-beach-okinawa-japan-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sunset beach okinawa japan\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sunset-beach-okinawa-japan-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sunset-beach-okinawa-japan.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaanc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Northern California<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>English Discussion Group &#8220;on Japan&#8221; &#8211; <\/strong>Thursday, August 6th, 3:00 at the San Francisco Downtown Metreon Food Court. The topic of this month&#8217;s meeting is &#8220;What you are is what you eat,&#8221; covering ideas on diet, organic food, vegetarianism, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Happy Hour &#8211; <\/strong>Thursday, August 6th, 4:00 at Double Decker. Enjoy wings, drafts and good conversation with JETAANC this Thursday.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Japanese Discussion Group \u201cTaboo\u201d \u2013 <\/strong>Saturday, August 15th, 3:00 at a location yet to be determined. The topic of this month\u2019s discussion is \u201cThe Month of World War II.&#8221; Part II of this discussion will continue next week with &#8220;The Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.&#8221; Join in for this interesting discussion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>JLPT 1 Kyuu Prep Course &#8211; <\/strong>September 16th through November 18th, every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Japanese American Association of Northern California. Sign up ends soon, so don&#8217;t miss it if you&#8217;re planning to take the test in December.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnw.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Pacific Northwest<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7897\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/hanami-picnic-468-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"hanami-picnic-468\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/hanami-picnic-468-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/hanami-picnic-468-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/hanami-picnic-468.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Summer Picnic \u2013 <\/strong>Saturday, August 8th, 1:00 at the Mercer Island Luther Burbank Park. Semi-potluck(burgers and hot dogs provided) with prizes, puppet shows and games. Don\u2019t miss it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dc.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA D.C.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Happy Hour &#8211; <\/strong>Tuesday, August 11th, 5:30 at Galaxy Hut. Stop by, have a drink and a few laughs with JETAADC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>What happened at your chapter\u2019s event? <\/em><\/strong><em>If you attend(ed) any of these exciting events, JetWit would love to hear about them. Just email <strong>Jonathan Trace<\/strong> with any info, stories or <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freelance writer\/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition of JETAA Chapter Beat. JETAA Northern California English Discussion Group &#8220;on Japan&#8221; &#8211; Thursday, August 6th, 3:00 at the San Francisco Downtown Metreon Food Court. 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