The Hokkaido Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching
Archive for June, 2010
Wireless Internet in Japan is Better Than Ever
Jun 25th
By Kevin Mitchell
Over a year ago, I wrote an article about getting EMOBILE wireless internet service on the HAJET website. Since then there have been hardware changes, as well as a competitive services that is gaining momentum. Let’s first look at EMOBILE’s new hardware offerings after the break.
June 2010 Project Outreach
Jun 23rd
This month… seeing (RED)
I’ve often talked about different ways to give money to charity. So far, they’ve all involved actually “giving”…that is, donating money directly to a charity or group.
Now I’ll be the first to admit, just giving away money is sometimes a little hard to do. We’ve been raised in such a way as to believe that we should get something solid and tangible for our money.
One particular organization has recognized this aspect of Western psyche, and because of that they’ve set themselves up a little differently than most groups. They are: (RED).
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Hotate Shabu Shabu
Jun 23rd
As a part of my cooking this month, I made a very short time lapse of me making (and eating) some hotate kinoko shabushabu/nabe.
Enjoy!
~Simon
HAJET President
New HAJET Theme
Jun 23rd
Recreated a whole new HAJET website look. Hope you like it.
~HAJET Webmaster
Taxes and Visa Reminders
Jun 17th
Greetings from Doucho! As we inch ever closer to the 2010-2011 JET year, I’d like to remind Hokkaido JETs of a few issues coming up in the near future:
- All 1st year US JETs: you’re coming up on the deadline to file your taxes in August. Hopefully you filed your extension back in April, but please don’t forget to file the actual tax return when the time comes.
- 3rd year continuing JETs: your visa will expire this summer! Please talk to your supervisor about getting the paperwork together to have your visa extended. You will have to go to immigration to get everything sorted.
