Human network from El Salvador

A visitor made MTEC morning very bright! Ms. Urbano Vigil Carmen Elena visit us to say hello with gifts from our previous participants. She is a colleague of Foncho (06DPV) and Judi (08DVP) at Taishin Project in El Salvaor.



We really love the human network, especially woven by our participants.


The gifts from them were a six-pack of beer and a bag of coffee. Thanks Carmen for your delivery job.

Foncho (in 06DVP) and Judi (in 08DVP)

Clay Animation

Woops! I happend to find two video clips done by 06dvp participants in the workshop of clay animation. Everyone was involoved to modify materials, then it became like below.





We were guided by Mr. Hiroshi Matayoshi, a genious instructor and creator at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.

254. A Tiny Member of MTEC Family

MTEC welcomes not only new participants in Okinawa, but also new members extended by our participants like this one...
Here is IMAMA PARIGUL (Ms.), born on August 30, the first daughter of Izat Gul in 06dvp.



Here is the mother, Anwal san. She is beautiful as ever...


Click here to read the news of Gul's wedding!

242. Awarded family in Thailand

This is Rabiab Phoopha (Nid) from Thailand, who is a member of 06dvp (Digital Video Production).
She was awarded from the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for her achievement.
She sent us her photo.
Nid, we are so much proud of you! (But don't work too hard...OK?)

172. Wedding news from MTEC family in Pakistan

News from MTEC family in the world are always appreciated. If it is a happy annoucement such as promotion or family expansion, you will notice you happiness would be multiplied by your MTEC family members. Here is the annoucement of Izzat Gul that he got married to Anwal.

We remember that Gul was searching Ms. Right, but it was quite natural to find her near himself. They had known each other since their childhood!
Happy wedding for you two!





sorry Gul for my belated upload of your happiest news...

53. Proudly presenting our Products!

Production Exercise 1 is over.

As is usual after each production exercise, we held a presentation session.


But unusual thing this time was, we set up a studio set to broadcast the session.
It was Maekawa san's idea, and the participants, especially Simon(Eritorea) and Mud(Jamaica), were happy with the idea.


We had Emma (Peru) as the MC.

52. Country & Job report presentation started.

Though there has been no requirement for our participants to prepare any paper or electronic document to introduce each participant and his/her country, we have had requests from them to have the session to introduce him/herself.

Then we have decided to have a volunteer based session to introduce the participant's country and job. MTEC has considered it would be useful for our future relationship, in terms of assistance and cooperation.

So far, Emma (Peru), Nestor (Colombia), and Kellys (Zambia) presented. Each presentation has been really informative. I am sure we are lucky to have this opportunity to learn about our participants' countries.

51. Training these days...

After "Flash animation for video production" w/Kiyuna san,
the training proceeded to
1. Instructional Design w/Tokumura san
2. Script Writing w/Uramoto san
3. Production Exercise 1 w/Uramoto san & Kiyuna san



Yes, the participants finally started "video production"!
The topics are:
Nestor-Room, Bryan-Feel@home, Mark-Security,
Foncho-Management of money in OIC, Emma-OIC's Swimming Pool,
Simon-Language problem for new OIC participants,
Vinesh-Communication problem due to time difference,
Mud-My time at OIC, Kellys-Services offered at Front desk B,
Gul-Language is the first, Nid-Never forget..., and
Densil-How to take an international Call

50. Happy Birthday, Densil san!

This is Mr. Weerasooriya Log Gamagalalage Densil (we call him simply "Densil san") from Sri Lanka. Today, September 26, is his birthday.
In our group, the birthday person offers sweets to friends. I find it interesting, since we do not have that custom here in Japan (I guess so). So Densil san has sweets container in his hands.
Always smiling gently, Densil san is like a philosopher.

49. Here is our Birthday Girl!

Nid san from Thailand is our birthday girl today. Her (official) name is Ms. Poopha Rabiab, but we call her "Nid san".

We had a birthday party in our special place (our studio in fact). This time, it was a joint party with Densil san's. His birthday is 26th, only a week after, so we made them together.
Mr. Maekawa, our beloved Chief Instructor, entertained us as usual with his performance of magic. Most of us got cheated...fascinated with it. We all like his magic.

Lastly, we took a group photo. It was nice to have everyone gathered like this.
Let me wish best of luck to you all!

48. A week with three subjects...

Fortunately (maybe), the typhoon Shanshan did not directly hit our island, Okinawa. But it gave serious damages on the southern outer islands of Okinawa, and on some areas of mainland Japan.



Alright, it is time to review our last week. The participants has covered three subjects since last Monday.
1. Audio recording for video w/Kiyuna san
2. Grammar of the shot & edit w/Uramoto san
3. Flash animation for video production w/Kiyuna san


There have been several group works these days.
Well, in the actual video production, group (or team) work is the usual way of working. This time, the participants are lucky to experience "international project".


I know this is fun, but also tough at the same time. The fun part is to know the idea of the others, and the tough part lies in learning cooperating with others, sometimes compromise is necessary.

47. El Salvador, salute to you!

September 15 is the National day of El Salvador. We have a participant from El Salvador, Foncho san.
It was not until this afternoon that we got to know about the day, but I could take picture of Foncho san and the flag. This time, Ema san from Peru is there with Foncho san as a classmate. (Friendship assistance)
A lot of congratulations!

46. Typhoon Shanshan

We are all looking forward to the coming weekend, since it is 3-day off.
But, unfortulately (maybe), a typhoon #16 (named Shanshan) has been approaching.
I keep my fingers crossed for the participants and myself.

45. Maligayang kaarawan! or Happy Birthday, Bryan!

Four out of twelve participants celebrate his/her birthday during staying with us.
Second birthday boy is Mr. Bryan from the Philippines. Today, September 11, is his birthday, and we had a gathering for him. Like I hoped on Simon san's birthday, I also hope this one will be a memorable one for him.

This time, a special cake was prepared by Kaneshiro san, our coordinator. It was also for Simon san, so two names were written. Can you tell which is which??

44. Lighting for video shooting

"Lighting for video shooting" followed "Basics of video shooting".


They had several practicals in the studio.


After the exercises, Nishimura san gave his comments.

43. Video shooting

As the second technical subject, "Basics of Video Shooting" was presented. After learning some theories, each participant had his/her own video camera (sorry, only during their stay with us!).



The participants did settings by themselves, then they had three exercises.


They made pairs for exercises 2 and 3. Because it is video shooting exercise, they had to act for the partner.


We, the instructors, were impressed that there are some good actors :D


By the way, this lecture was submitted as streaming video. Maekawa san and Kiyuna san worked on this. MTEC is planning to have this again for other subjects. Look forward!