So, this morning a white package was plopped into my mailbox address to me from the JET Desk at the Miami Consulate. I already knew what it was so I ripped the envelope open, pulled out the goods, and did a little jig. Finally the books and dvd to ease my family have arrived. Now […]

I need to invent a new word for placements. How about places where people live. Wait that still has the word place in it. Damnit. Anyway, there’s a Google map where 2012 JETs have been pinning their placement results onto. There’s been some interesting trends popping up on the map. For the majority of placements, […]

Yesterday I found out where I’ll be spending the next few years of my life at. Ishikawa Prefecture! I found out while driving home from work. At first, I was a bit disappointed because I didn’t know where Ishikawa was. I heard of it but I didn’t know where it was at. I mean, I […]

Yesterday, after I got home from work I checked my email and saw information from the consulate in regards to Q&A sessions! Yay! Finally!! My consulate serves the entire state and because the geographical location is so large, there’s going to be three Q&As. I’m going to try to attend two of them, but my […]

Today I found out that the placement replies from the COs were sent to CLAIR sometime this week.  Maybe the results will be out next week. Given the time it takes coordinators to get all that information together, maybe the end of next week? In 2010, the coordinators decided to release the results all at […]