{"id":8757,"date":"2009-10-12T01:21:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T05:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=8757"},"modified":"2009-10-12T01:24:05","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T05:24:05","slug":"jetwit-blogbeat-10-11-09-by-crystal-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/12\/jetwit-blogbeat-10-11-09-by-crystal-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"JetWit BlogBeat 10.11.09 by Crystal Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span><em>JetWit Blog Beat<\/em><\/span><\/strong><em> by <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/crystalw\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong><em>Crystal Wong<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><em> (Iwate-ken, 2002-04)<\/em><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She is now working as a freelance strategist and writer in New York and relishes her constant hunt for the best cheap(ish) eats in the city.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Happy October, everyone. It&#8217;s been awhile, so let&#8217;s take a look and make sure you have a chance to catch up on some posts you might&#8217;ve missed in September:<\/p>\n<p>Interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/14\/6-things-i-love-about-school-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suzannekamata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Suzanne Kamata<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(Tokushima-ken, 1988-90)<\/strong> over at <a href=\"http:\/\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gaijin Mama<\/a> about her son&#8217;s Japanese education &#8211; this should be enlightening for former JETs since we&#8217;ve had a chance to work on the other side of the teaching equation, but likely never had a chance to interact with parents.<\/p>\n<p>Over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinmusicpress.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chin Music Press<\/a>, exciting things are happening as they get set to ship their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinmusicpress.com\/biginjapan\" target=\"_blank\">latest<\/a> publication. The book will literally be hot off the presses shortly, so be sure to check back for updates!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameskennedy.com\" target=\"_blank\">James Kennedy<\/a><\/strong> (<strong>Nara-ken, 2004-06)<\/strong> visits his teen fans at the Schaumburg Library, and it looks like some funny stuff went <a href=\"http:\/\/jameskennedy.com\/category\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also covered JET alum<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/momokomashups.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Janice Momoko Chow<\/a> <span style=\"font-size: small\">(Saitama, 2005-2006) <\/span><\/strong>here a few posts back, and wanted to make sure that you all knew about her recent blog move to <a href=\"http:\/\/momokomashups.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, if you&#8217;re looking for a culinary reason to celebrate autumn while conveniently warding off any pesky autumn germs all at the same time, <a href=\"http:\/\/elizabethinslo.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Elizabeth White<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(Toyama-ken, 1995-98)<\/strong> has the <a href=\"http:\/\/elizabethinslo.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/slo-spicy.html\" target=\"_blank\">recipe<\/a> for you. Looks delicious! <a href=\"http:\/\/elizabethinslo.blogspot.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8760 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Spicy+Chicken+Soup-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"Spicy+Chicken+Soup\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Spicy+Chicken+Soup-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Spicy+Chicken+Soup.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 former English-language writer for Kyodo News. 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