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ASIA NEWS

008 The All American Sole Survivor 010 Pandamania

ASIA TRAVEL

012 Yokohama: Hot Pics 2

ASIA CULTURE

005 Chinese Lunar New Year 016 Zodiac 2007 022 The Chinese Wedding

ASIA EATS

019 Adobo & Spring Rolls 027 Restaurant Guide

FENG SHUI

015 Feng Shui is the path of life

ASIA HEALTH

017 Rooibos Tea 018 Ocha + Nori 046 Steps to Help You Break the Habit (3)

ASIA TREND

036 Life in Style 039 Samsung E900

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Creating a shared vision for Central Florida News from AACC The Meaning of China (i) Google teams up with China Mobile Japan’s Avex to invest in China’s priciest film Rollins College Hosts International Conference The Art of War

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Scenes from Japan Festival 2006 NEW AGE LINE DANCE Year End Party The Nutcracker in Orlando ATM Year End Party Orlando Asian Student Union Local Events and Activities Classified & Asian Associations

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Asia Trend Readers!

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It’s January – and here at Asia Trend, we’re ecstatic to welcome the year 2007 with new beginnings, and unparalleled opportunities!

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Not sure where to start? We’ve got some articles in this issue to help you on your way. Our cover story on the True Meaning of China will awaken your senses to the wonders of the great nation. The feature on Lunar New Year will prep you for the upcoming fabulous celebration. And we’ve got all the coverage on events this past month, including the Japan Festival, Naming of Panda baby, and finally, the Nutcracker in Orlando with Japanese dancers, Chiaki, Nobuyoshi and Yuki.

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Of course, making a resolution is everyone’s first step during the New Year; keeping it is the hard part. We’ve got a beauty & style guide, and resolutions regimen to keep you on track, all in our Life in Style section.

Along with new beginnings, we savor this month as one for a little reflection on the abundance of accolades Asia Trend has received this past year, and we credit that to all our readers who have kept the original inspiration of the magazine overwhelmingly strong. Because of this, we’ve taken the opportunity to expand our circulation to the Jacksonville area this month moving forward. Much thanks to everyone for this new achievement!

More than anything, we’re extremely optimistic for 2007. We’d like to achieve the kind of perspective in the Florida Asian American Community, bridging the gap between cultures to recognize the unparalleled capabilities and diverse talents that we have as a unified community.

My very best wishes for your success in this New Year!

Suzy Guttler – Contributing Editor

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ASIA CULTURE

Chinese Lunar New Year

 Compiled By: Suzy Guttler

The most important of the traditional Chinese holidays

Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year’s Day, celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar.

This year, the year of the Pig, Chinese Lunar New Year falls on February 18th, 2007.

Legend Says The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years, involving a series of colorful legends and traditions. One of the most famous legends is that of Nian - an extremely cruel and ferocious beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Year’s Eve. To keep Nian away, red-paper tags are pasted on doors, torches are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout the night, because Nian is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises. Early the next morning, as feelings of triumph and renewal fill the air at successfully keeping Nian away for another year, the most popular greeting heard is “gong xi” or “congratulations.”

The Celebration On Lunar New Year’s Eve, family members return home for a delightful reunion and share in a lavish meal. At that time, family members hand out hong bao, or “lucky money” in red envelopes, to elders and children. In addition, some families even hold religious Magazine Online at www.asiatrendmagazine.com

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ASIA CULTURE ceremonies after midnight to welcome the God of the New Year into their homes, a ritual that is often concluded with a huge barrage of firecrackers.

One of the most spectacular sights during the Lunar New Year Festival is the dragon and lion dance. The heads of these fearsome beasts are supposed to ward off evil, and the lively movements of the dancers provide a grand spectacle enjoyable to everyone.

As in all such festivals, food plays an important role throughout the Lunar New Year Festival, and dinners tend to be especially lavish. Many of the dishes made at this time are served because they are regarded as symbols of good luck. For instance, fish (yu) represent “having enough to spare,” garlic chives (jiou cai) stand for “everlasting,” turnips (cai tou) mean “good omens,” and fish balls (yu wan) and meat balls (rou wan) represent “reunion.”

Celebrate in New York City New York City is expecting a grande Chinese New Year celebration this year, beginning with the annual Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremonies on Sunday, February 18, 2007.

The firecracker detonation, with expected attendance by local politicians and community leaders, is intended to ward off evil spirits. From 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, massive stages will feature all-day cultural per-

formances by traditional and contemporary Asian-American singers and dancers. Plus, a dozen lion, dragon and unicorn dance troupes will march through Chinatown’s main streets, including Mott Street, the Bowery, East Broadway, Bayard Street, Elizabeth Street and Pell Street.

Lunar New Year Fesivitiest in Los Angeles Los Angeles anticipates their share of festive celebrations. One of the most popular this year, presented by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles is the 2007 Golden Dragon Parade. With over 110,000 individuals lining the parade route and thousands viewing the telecast each year, this colorful celebration along North Broadway in Chinatown has become the premiere cultural event in the Southern California Asian-American Community.

Since the mid-1980’s, the Golden Dragon Parade has expanded to include almost two dozen floats, multiple marching bands, government officials, various dignitaries, entertainers, local business leaders and cultural groups. The parade’s theme emphasizes ethnic diversity, Chinese Culture and exposure to Chinese-American businesses. The parade continues to be a rich and diverse experience for Angelenos of all ages and ethnicities. ATM

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ASIA NEWS

Yul Kwon  By Cuong Thiet Le

The All American Sole Survivor

Survivor is a popular reality television game show produced in many countries throughout the world.

In the show, contestants are isolated in a remote location and compete for cash and other prizes.

Survivor, based on the successful Swedish show Expedition: Robinson, is commonly considered the mother of reality TV because it was the first highly-rated and profitable reality show on broadcast television.

For the first time in Survivor, the contestants were divided into four tribes by race; African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, and White. Previously, tribes have been divided by gender and age. Ever since the beginning of the Season, Yul Kwon has been consistently one of the strongest contenders.

Through out the competition, Yul for the most part has played an honest and clean game, which even though has been admirable, but almost hurt him for the long run. Fortunately, because of his clean cut image, Yul Kwon ultimately became the first Asian-American to win the million dollar prize and the title of Sole Survivor on Survivor: Cook Islands. Yul used the idol to turn the game on its head, and his choice ultimately won him the million dollar prize and title of Sole Survivor on SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS. Yul Kwon was born in Queens, New York to parents who emigrated from South Korea.

The family moved to the West Coast when he was six years old and he was raised in Concord, California. He attended high school at Northgate High in Walnut Creek, California, where he played varsity water polo and track and graduated valedictorian.

Kwon then attended Stanford University and obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in symbolic systems (theoretical computer science). While at Stanford, he received the James Lyons Award for Service, attended officer candidates school for the U.S. Marine Corps and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Kwon went on to receive his Juris Doctor Degree from Yale Law School, where he served on the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal.

Kwon’s favorite hobbies include politics, boxing, ultimate fighting and volunteering with kids. He describes himself as idealistic, compassionate and ambitious.

Kwon currently resides in San Mateo, California. His birth date is February 14, 1975.

According to Examiner.com, Yul Kwon has decided to focus his new fame on charity work - advocacy for bone marrow donor registration. Yul’s choice is welcomed by Asian American Donor Program Executive Director Carol Gillespie who indicated a high demand for Asian marrow donors. Carol met Yul at the Stanford bone-marrow-donor registration drive ten years ago when Yul helped his best friend, who later died of leukemia. ATM

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Pandamania :: Mei Lan

–Atlanta Zoo’s new baby panda

Atlanta Zoo’s cutes residents are now proud parents. Lun Lun gave birth to a baby panda cub on September 6, 2006. Adhering to Chinese custom, Zoo Atlanta waited 100 days before naming the 12 pounds and 26.5 inches tall baby panda cub.

In an unusual move the panda’s name was selected in an online poll rather than by officials. The name Mei Lan (meaning “Atlanta Beauty”) was the favorite in an online poll, getting nearly 22 percent of the 57,000 votes casted. The big ceremony included dignitaries, lion dances, and Chinese-American children singing. This is the first birth for mother Lun Lun and father Yang Yang, both pandas are on a 10 year loan from China.

Besides Zoo Atlanta, there are only three other U.S. zoos that have giant pandas. They are San Diego, Memphis, and the National Zoo in Washington DC. 2006 marks a triumphant year for panda births.

A record 30 surviving giant pandas were born in breeding centers and zoos around the world. This surpasses the previous record of 25 panda cubs set in 2005.

You can also catch a glimpse with Panda Cam from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central by visiting this link http://www.zooatlanta.com/animals_panda_cam.php4

 By Kelvin Tsoi  Photos By Winfield Huang

◄Kelvin in his new panda shirt

Mei Lan – Atlanta Beauty

◄ Liza, Winfield, and Kelvin at the naming ceremony

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Hot Pics from Yokohama,  By Teri Mitchell

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Teri in a Karaoke paradise Ummm, that was FUN and refreshing. I still love Karaoke. =^^=

Karaoke Box is a leisure facility where your group can privately perform in Karaoke in a highly independent space. Usually, each room has a Karaoke machine, tables and sofas to from several to about 50 people. It’s a sound proof room. So you can sing as loud as you wish.

The Karaoke Box was born in 1985. After the 1990’s, it was common that entire floors of buildings were divided into many rooms to create private Karaoke spaces.

Fees are generally charged depending on the number of your group and the time of a day.

The quotation could be from about $5 per person per hour, but can go as high as $1,000 per room per hour in luxury Karaoke amusement centers. Not only providing Karaoke services, many of them serve snacks and drinks.

There are so many Karaoke Box locations in the Tokyo and Yokohama area. I went to just one of them on this trip.

Karaoke rooms are upstairs in this one.

◄ You just touch

the little screen with the pen to select a song.

Thousands of songs are sorted in different categories such as genre, singers, years, and more.

▲ These days, the actual

singer shows up in the Karaoke video. This is one of my favorite actors/singers Hideki Takizawa known as Tackey. My friend sang his song for me.

◄ You can enjoy tasty food

and drink while having a private Karaoke party in the room. These different types of cocktails look interesting.

My friend and I didn’t eat anything there since we were going to Kaiten-zushi after that.

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▲ Make your tea by mixing green tea powder and hot water at your table.

Kaiten-zushi ▲ You can also order whatever you would like from the

menus. Your Sushi will be placed on these cylinders with the number of your table. Check your number.

I’ve got mine!

Number 17.

(回転寿司, literally means Rotating Sushi) is known as Conveyor-belt Sushi which is like Sushi fast food. It is also known as Kuru-kuru-zushi (くるくる寿司) or even Sushi-go-round.

In this type of Sushi restaurant, plates with the sushi are placed on a rotating conveyor belt that winds through the restaurant and moves past every table and counter seat. Customers may place special orders, but most simply pick their selections from a steady stream of fresh sushi moving along the belt.

The final bill is calculated based on the number and type of plates of the consumed sushi. Besides conveyor belts, some restaurants use a fancier form of presentation such as miniature wooden ‘Sushi boats’ traveling small canals, or miniature locomotive cars.

▲ Hotate: scallops (left), Ikura: salmon roe (back), Uni: sea urchin (right). My Top 3 favorites.

Plates of Sushi are moving through in front of the people sitting at the counter.

▲ After you eat the Sushi, just stock the plates on your

table. When you are done, the hall attendant counts the plates and gives you a bill. Each plate was only $1 at this restaurant.

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Kua and Relationships  By Master Kerby Kuek

KUA

乾 坤 震 巽 坎 离 艮 兌

Name

Nature

Location

Relationship

Element

KIN

Heaven

Northwest

Father

Metal

Kwan

Earth

Southwest

Mother

Earth

Chan

Thunder

East

Elder Son

Wood

Shun

Wind

Southeast

Elder Daughter

Wood

Ham

Water

North

Middle Son

Water

Fire

South

Middle Daughter

Fire

Hill

Northeast

Younger Son

Earth

Swamp

West

Younger Daughter

Metal

Lei

Kan Tui

There are two possible sources of bagua: The first is from traditional Yin and Yang philosophy. The interrelationships of this philosophy were described by Fuxi in the following way: 無極生有極, 有極是太極, 太極生兩儀, 即陰陽; 兩儀生四象: 即少陰、太陰、少陽、太陽, 四象演八卦， 八八六十四卦 The Limitless (Wuji) produces the delimited, and this is the Absolute (Taiji) The Taiji produces two forms, named yin and yang The two forms produce four phenomena, named lesser yang, great yang (Taiyang also means the Sun), lesser yin, great yin (Taiyin also means the Moon).

The four phenomena act on the eight trigrams (ba gua), eight eights are sixty-four hexagrams. This has some parallels to Genesis where God starts with a void and separates light from darkness, heaven from earth, land from sea, sun from moon, etc. Gi-ming Shien of the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francicso taught that the logos of ancient greece was the same as the Tao of Lao Tzu. Pangu or Yu Huang or Nüwa could also be considered comparable to Plato’s demiurge.

Another philosophical description of the source is the following, attributed to King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty: “When the world began, there was heaven and earth. Heaven mated with the earth and gave birth to everything in the world. Heaven is Qian-gua, and the Earth is Kun-gua. The remaining six gua are their sons and daughters”.

Face Reading-Chin

late years.

Square Chin

Chin represents a person journey of life from age 61 to 71. A good chin will lead to a good late or retire years of a person. A good chin is defined as wide; protrude forward and fullness in the neck area. Such chin means good children that are caring and with sufficient funds to retire with good quality of life. This is also an area of subordinates or house cleaners.

Such person is an action type person that will not take no for an answer. Such person is active, love sports, and with such a chin is equipped with stamina and persistent to succeed.

Square Chin with bulging Jawbones sideways

(Age 61 to 71)

Round Chin This person is said to have strong family values and leadership skills. Such person will gain trust and respect from kids and subordinates.

Sharp/pointy Chin This person is the analytical type; this person is demanding yet creative, nevertheless lacking the stamina or persistence to succeed. As opposed to round chin, this person does not have strong family values.

Such person is likely to be lonesome in the

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FENG SHUI TALK

Person with such jawbones are ruthless and ungrateful. This person will go all out to get what he or she wants. Such fixtures are revengefiul, vindictive, narrow-minded and selfish.

Fa Ling Lines Fa ling lines are lines from nose wings now towards mouth area. Such area control our destiny after middle age, especially age 56 to 58. A good Fa Ling should be deep, long, and wide, signifies that this person has good credibility and reputation. However, a person must not have a Fa Ling lines before age 30.

This scenario will result in unhappiness child-

hood and distant relationship with parent. Fa Ling lines also represent out feet. The right represents left foot and vice-versa.

Long Fa Lings These lines will go down to the Chin. This is a sign of longevity and wealthy life in the late years.

Short Fa Lings These lines do not reach the mouth area.

This is a sign of short-lives person that might not live beyond age 60.

Wide Fa Lings Signify that this person like to socialize and well connected and with big family.

Narrow Fa Lings This is reverse to wide Fa Lings.

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Chinese Zodiac 2 0 0 7 part 3 of 3  Exclusively brought to you by Kerby Kuek

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he Chinese Zodiac consists of a 12-year cycle, each year of which is named after a different animal that imparts distinct characteristics to its year. Many Chinese believe that the year of a person’s birth is the primary factor in determining that person’s personality traits, physical and mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his or her lifetime. It also shows your compatibility with people of the other signs.

【 Sheep 羊 】

Feb Feb Jan Feb Jan Feb Feb

17, 1931 – Feb 5, 1932 5, 1943 – Jan 24,1944 24,1955 – Feb 11,1956 9, 1967 – Jan 29,1968 28,1979 – Feb 15,1980 15,1991 – Feb 3,1992 1,2003 – Jan 21, 2004

Prospect of the Year You need to keep working even harder and be tactful to handle frustration to avoid unwarranted circumstances that lead you to regret and remorse later on.

1943 Sheep will find new place to live or changes in work place. 1955 Sheep will reap the reward never before; enjoy a better quality of life! 1967 Sheep will see changes in life due to changes in relationships as well as residential. 1979 Sheep falls in a more competitive career world and requires attention to details at work. 1991 Sheep attention span is short and requires hard work at school.

【 Monkey 猴 】 Feb 6, 1932 – Jan 25, Jan 25, 1944 – Jan 12, Feb 12, 1956 – Jan 30, Jan 30, 1968 – Feb 16, Feb 16, 1980 – Feb 4, Feb 4, 1992 – Jan 22 Jan 22, 2004 – Feb 8,

1933 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005

Prospect of the Year A year of uncertainty with back stabber all around! Keep biting bullet and lights are at the end of the tunnel!

1944 Monkey is enjoying quality of life and increase in financial standing never before.

1956 Monkey will go back to school again to

learn new things in life and face new joint ventures or cooperative activities. 1968 Monkey will be in a more competitive environment and face breakup in joint ventures. 1980 Monkey will find support when in trouble and do well in undertakings. 1992 Monkey will find new changes in school or residential.

Sheep—Zhang Ziyi Feb 9, 1979

Monkey—Michelle Kwan July 7, 1980

Rooster—Emilie de Ravin Dec 27, 1981

Dog—Kristin Kreuk Dec 30, 1982

【 Rooster 雞 】 Jan 26, 1933 – Feb 13, Feb 13, 1945 – Feb 1, Jan 31, 1957 – Feb 17, Feb 17, 1969 – Feb 5, Feb 5, 1981 – Jan 24, Jan 23, 1993 – Feb 9 Feb 9, 2005 – Jan 28,

1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006

Prospect of the Year

Prospect of the Year

A year of seeking new ventures, reaping fruitful reward from last year handwork! Nevertheless, avoid unnecessary confrontation that leads you to legal dispute.

A year of harnessing relationship with loved-one. Career improves as well as quality of life. A year of possible marriage or changes in relationships. Possible seeking new ventures and making life time critical decision.

1945 Rooster will realize increase in financial standing this year. 1957 Rooster will go back to school again to learn new things in life.

1969 Rooster finds him or herself in a more competitive environment and requires putting more effort to reap the abundance of universe. 1981 Rooster finds things are easing and less tension and pressure at work, unlike last year, things are more refined and clearer in objectives. 1993 Rooster will change study environment or teacher.

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1934 Dog quality of life improves this year and be able to enjoy more quality time with family. 1946 Dog might go back to school again and learn more new and exciting things in life. 1958 Dog in a more competitive and taxing world. 1970 Dog finds fewer things to do with less attention given to you this year. 1982 Dog faces changes in career or residential. 1994 Dog needs to pay attention to school work.

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Rooibos Tea

ASIA HEALTH

Rooibos, not a misspelled word but the name of a unique herbal tea. It is uniquely grown in South Africa ‘s Cedarberg Mountain and known for its array of health benefits.

Within the world of “tea”, there is more than green or black tea but also tisanes which consist of various herbs, flowers and spices.

Many of us drink ginger for upset stomachs or chamomile to relieve common cold symptoms.

But what remains unknown to many tea drinkers is the rooibos tea.

Some herbs such as ginseng and dong quai can be overpowering and may not interact well with some medication. Rooibos however is a very mild herb. It is the perfect anytime of the day and recommended over plain water.

Why drink just water when you can have rooibos tea that not just rehydrates but also nourishes you with antioxidants, vitamin C and other minerals and vitamins. Rooibos is absolutely caffeine free and often recommended to relieve stress, eczema, allergies and sleeplessness.

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Ocha お茶 + Nori 海苔

ASIA HEALTH

Quick Nutritious Breakfast

~Healthy Foods from Japan Vol.1~

So many low-fat, low-calorie, low-cholesterol and nutritious foods are common in Japan. Nori (seaweed paper) and Ocha (Japanese green tea) got the first place to be introduced here.

They make a great combination as a light meal especially if you are on diet or when you don’t have a big appetite.  By Teri Mitchell Ocha and Ajitsuke Nori

Nori is not just a black/brown sheet of paper, contrary to its shape and texture.

Japanese junk food?? Nooooo way! Nori is a highly nutritious harvest from the ocean.

Nori cleanses blood and increases beneficial cholesterol, contains lots of minerals that help keep your skin and hair in good condition, and contains zero calories. Its high in protein. A whole sheet covers the daily iron intake. Its fibers promote your intestinal function. One of its minerals consumes excess sugars and fat in your blood and muscles.

Most commonly, Nori itself doesn’t have any taste and looks really like a black/brown sheet of textured paper, but Ajitsuke Nori (seasoned Nori) is also popular in Japan. The common form of Ajitsuke Nori is that some packets of several pieces (approximately 1.5 x 3.5 inches each) are in a package or a jar.

It is flavored with soy sauce and some other Japanese basic seasonings.

Ocha contains lots of catechin, a type of flavonoid (polyphenol in the wide sense),

which is known to be active on these effects. * Antioxidant * Reducing blood pressure *Adjusting cholesterol in blood * Adjusting sugar level * Anti-aging * Anti-mutation * Anticancer * Anti-allergy Drink hot Ocha (not the cold one) in the morning. Warm up the internal organs to be awake after your sleep. Two tea cups of Ocha and a couple packets of Ajitsuke Nori will unexpectedly satisfy your stomach. Nori is paper thin, but Ocha expands it!

Tip: Japanese green tea is different from Chinese green tea, in both the color and taste.

It is caused by the manufacturing process.

Japanese green tea is steamed and dried.

Chinese green tea is fermented and roasted.

Japanese green tea looks really ‘green’ or yellow (except Hojicha ほうじ茶), and Chinese green tea looks more like brown.

Sencha tea bags (left, $4.49) and Ajitsuke Nori (right, $2.09) Sencha is the most common Japanese green tea. If you were not a Japanese tea drinker because of caffeine, try this decaf Sencha, though this one is not green in color.

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Adobo:

a common dish in the Philippines

The national food for the Philippines is none other than Adobo. Ask any Filipino person and they’ll tell you that it’s one of their most favorite dishes!! It is distinguished by either chicken or pork in a flavorful brown sauce and usually accompanied with white rice.

Adobo originated from the Northern Region of the Philippines, and is enjoyed by all people regardless of social status. Adobo has made quite an impact on the world. You are most certain to find adobo seasoning at your local supermarket in the spice aisle. In your local Asian food market, you’ll find Adobo flavored peanuts and chips. This dish is slow cooked making the meat tender and infusing all of the ingredients into the meat. Here’s a

personal and very delicious recipe to try out.

You will need a large pot and frying pan.

8-10 chicken pieces, about 4 pounds, (thighs, legs, and wings work best) 1 1/2 cups distilled white vinegar 5 garlic cloves, crushed 2 bay leaves 1/2 tablespoon whole black peppercorns, crushed lightly 1 cup water 3/4 cup soy sauce 3 tablespoons vegetable oil Combine the chicken, vinegar, garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns, and 1 cup water, in a large pot. Bring the mixture to a boil, and simmer it, covered, for 20 minutes. Add the soy sauce and continue to simmer the mixture, covered, for another 20 minutes. Transfer the chicken with tongs to a plate and boil the liquid for 10 minutes, reduced the sauce to about 1 cup. Let the sauce cool, remove the bay leaves, and skim the fat from the surface.

Pat the chicken dry. Heat the oil In a large pan over high heat and sauté the chicken, turning it, for 5 minutes, or until it is browned well. Transfer the chicken to a rimmed platter,

pour the sauce, heated, over it, and serve the chicken with the rice.

My mom actually calls this the “special” adobo because I actually take the time to fry the chicken in the pan when usually most Filipinos don’t. Frying the chicken adds a special texture and seals in the flavor. There are several ways to make adobo. Some is made with a combination of pork and chicken while some have vegetables. There is another kind of adobo that’s also made with squid. This particular recipe is one I had made through trail and error. What most people don’t know about adobo is that it actually tastes better over time! Because of the vinegar, bacteria growth is inhibited, and the leftover chicken gets more marinated as time goes on.

I made this dish for dinner with my diverse group of friends. They consist of a variety of ethnicities from Chinese and Vietnamese, to Cubans and Koreans. All of them agreed and gave this recipe two thumbs up. “It’s so savory,” said Vicki Kwong.. Jenni Ellis says “it’s so tender and delicious and great that the meat falls off the bone!” So enjoy this month’s mouth watering featured recipe and try it out!

Indulge in this savory Filipino dish and look for next month’s featured Asian cuisine.

The Specialty at Phở SAIGON What’s in Phở SAIGON’s spring rolls?

Clear noodles, mashed Taro potatoes, ground pork and cloud ear mushrooms are wrapped in spring roll skin.

Why are Phở SAIGON’s spring rolls special?

1. Rolled tight and neat, not loose.

2. Deep fried to order (fresh fried!

Crunchy!).

3. Contains the special and unique ingredient ‘Taro’.

Spring Rolls ‘CHA GIO’ ($4.95) As you might have recognized, Phở SAIGON is a very popular Phở (Vietnamese noodles) place in town.

They are served with a ‘BUN’(rice noodles topped with crushed peanuts and chopped green onions, Vietnamese-style radish & carrot pickles, cucumber slices and lettuce leaves).

Different from Chinese egg rolls dipped with soy sauce, enjoy these spring rolls with Phở SAIGON’s special fish-sauce. Add some

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red-pepper sauce if you like it spicy.

The entire dish can be a light meal. Try their Avocado Milk Shake ($2.95) also. It’s amazingly creamy and rich in flavor. It will complete your spring roll lunch!

“Though some of our customers are surprised that the price is a little higher than at other Vietnamese restaurants, they are satisfied after trying our spring rolls. No complaints.

Besides, you can have three rolls per order (two rolls at other places).”

—By the owner manager Wesley Chiu

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ASIA CULTURE

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Everyone is the artist for their life, And can paint their own life-world; Everyone is the engineer for their own life, And can build their own nice image.

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Modern people advocate beautification: beautifying the environment, society, and even the natural landscape; but it seems that we spend less effort in beautifying ourselves. When some do beautify themselves, they do it by putting on fashionable clothing and fancy make-up; men choose fine clothes to enhance their appeal, and women wear jewelry and go to beautify their minds. To beautify their faces, people apply makeup or have face-lifts, thinking that is the way to achieve beauty. Actually, a truly beautiful face is one reflecting kindness, gentleness, compassion, and wearing a smile – these are the true qualities of beauty. But, it is not enough if we just have a beautiful face but not a beautiful mind.

One day, the “mind” complained to its master, “You adorn the body with nice clothes, feed the mouth with savory food, provide the ears with delightful sounds, present the eyes with beautiful views, and supply the nose with wonderful fragrances, but you never realize that you also need to give me, the ‘mind’, nutrients such as compassion, wisdom, joy, humility, and gratitude.” This story paints a picture of modern people. We only purse sensory pleasures and focus on material needs, neglecting the beautification and sublimation of the mind. No wonder people are saying that today’s younger generation is becoming more vulgar and superficial.

There was once a rich man who had four wives. His favorite was his fourth wife, the youngest and most beautiful, and he always gave her the best in everything. The third wife was also well-loved by the rich man because of her good looks. His second wife was always busy taking care of family matters, so she was indifferent about his love; while his first wife was the least cared for by him. One day, the rich man was afflicted with an incurable disease. On his deathbed, he asked his fourth wife to die with him. However, she rejected his request immediately, thinking that the love that they had while he was alive was good but here was no point in her dying with him.

Subsequently, he asked the third wife. Frightened by the idea, she replied, “I am still young. Once you die, I can still remarry. “The second wife used the excuse of taking care of the family and only promised she would see to it that he was properly buried in the graveyard. The most surprising was that his first wife, whom he never really cared for, was willing to die with him.

In this story, the fourth wife represents our bodies, the third wife represents our wealth, the second wife represents our relatives and friends, and the first wife represents our minds. The story illustrates the saying: “We cannot take anything with us when we die except our karma.” Karma is the consciousness of our minds, and it stays with us through countless rebirths in the six realms. Whether one is reborn as an animal, a sage, or a Buddha all depends upon one’s karma.

Since the mind is so important and so closely related to us, how can we not care about it? Therefore, when we are improving our external appearance, we must remember that it is more important to beautify our minds. When one has a beautiful mind, one can truly become a beautiful and benevolent person, a sage, or a Buddha.

With beautiful mind, we can be reborn in the human or heavenly realms instead of the three lower realms of hungry ghosts, animals, and hell.  By Venerable Master Hsing Yun www.ibps.org/florida

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The Chinese Wedding

ASIA CULTURE

There is a Chinese saying, “It is natural to get married when you grow up.” And so, marriage is very important to the Chinese culture, and much time and money is spent on this once in a lifetime celebration for the traditional Chinese bride and groom.  Compiled By Suzy Guttler

Double Happiness

Red is the Color of Weddings in China Red is central to the wedding theme of China. It signifies love, joy and prosperity and is used in a variety of ways in Chinese wedding traditions. The bride’s wedding gown is often red, as are the wedding invitations, and wedding gift boxes or envelopes for cash gifts. Even the bride and groom’s homes are decorated in red on the wedding day.

The Groom’s Family In America and many other countries, the bride’s family handles the expense of the wedding. In addition, it is traditionally thought of as the bride’s “day.” For the Chinese however, it’s the groom’s day. The family of the groom might handle the festivities and when the Happy Couple marries, the bride becomes a part of the groom’s family. Years ago, the bride might expect never to see her family again. Before the wedding the bride would go into seclusion for a few days with her friends in order to day good bye. Of course, in this day and age, most couples take care of the wedding expenses themselves and the bride isn’t expect to favor one side of the family over another.

Before the Chinese Wedding Day Before her wedding celebration, a Chinese bride traditionally goes into seclusion with her closest friends.

This Chinese custom gives the bride-to-be some time to symbolically mourn the loss of her friends and family.

Some time before the couple is married, the groom’s family carries wedding gifts in red baskets and boxes to the bride’s house. One of the baskets will contain “uang susu” or ‘milk money’. Others will contain personal things for the bride, so that on her wedding day all of her personal belongings will be in the groom’s house.

The Big Day Wedding anniversaries in China, are carefully chosen according to astrological signs. It is also customary for couples to be married on the half-hour or their wedding day rather than at the top of the hour. In this way, the couple begins their new lives together on an ‘upswing’, while the hands of the clock are moving up, rather than down.

On the morning of his wedding day, the groom is symbolically dressed by his parents. The groom arrives at the house of his bride on

the way to the wedding chapel. He brings gifts of cash, wrapped in red tissue, to give to his bride’s friends, in exchange for ‘letting her go’. The bride and groom then leave for the wedding site together.

Tea Ceremony On the day of the wedding the Happy Couple will serve tea to the parents of the bride and groom and other esteemed wedding guests, in order of seniority. In return, the guests will present the couple with gold jewelry and money in red envelopes.

Three Dresses Traditionally the Chinese bride will wear three wedding dresses.

The first is a traditional white dress with veil. This is worn during the wedding ceremony. The second wedding dress, a traditional Chinese wedding dress is worn throughout the banquet. The third is the bride’s going away dress. She changes into this just before leaving the banquet.

The Wedding Banquet The wedding banquet, or feast, is probably the most important part of the Chinese wedding. The banquet is important to the families of the bride and groom because it allows them to save “face” with their friends and relatives. They consider it a return of all of the kindnesses paid to them throughout the years. In fact, for traditional Chinese families, the banquet is more for the parents of the bride and groom, than the Happy Couple themselves.

Most wedding banquets will serve a twelve course meal consisting of delicacies such as abalone, shark fin soup, roast pig and fried rice. While there traditionally isn’t a champagne toast or an open bar, guests at a Chinese wedding banquet can expect to drink a glass of fine cognac with the Happy Couple.

Double Happiness The symbol for “Double Happiness” is prominent on Chinese wedding invitations, red money envelopes, and other traditional Chinese wedding accessories and decorations. This represents the abundance of happiness granted to the newly wed couple on their new life together.

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— on Sunday, Dec.17th, at Rangetsu of Tokyo  Photos By Gary Lau, Vuong Nguyen and Larry Mitchell

Teri Mitchell in Kimono demonstrates ‘Chanoyu’ Tea Ceremony The ceremony was performed in the open-air style ‘Nodate’.

Visitors learning how to drink ‘Omaccha’ green tea Everyone was curious with positive attitudes and enjoyed the taste of Omaccha.

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Fashion Show – Japanese wedding The bride in an ‘Iro-uchikake’ ornate robe and a ‘Tsuno-kakushi’ headwear. Tsunokakushi literally means a horn cover and is worn to veil the bride’s horns of jealousy, ego and selfishness to become a gentle and obedient wife. The groom in a ‘Hakama’ pleated divided skirt over Kimono, then in a ‘Haori’ short coat. Hakama was originally worn by Samurai warriors.

Fashion Show – Japanese school uniforms School uniforms are very common in Japan. There are different designs depending on schools and seasons (summer/winter).

Some private schools use famous designers’ prêt-à-porter.

Okinawan Dance Music and dance from Okinawa that is Japan’s southernmost prefecture and consists of hundreds of Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long. Okinawan language and culture differ considerably from that of mainland Japan.

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Creating a shared vision for Central Florida

During the week of January 22-26, media outlets throughout the region will provide programming designed to inform citizens of Central Florida about the trends, issues and impacts of growth in our region.

Through a partnership created between WMFE-TV and WKMG-TV and other media outlets, the “How Shall We Grow?” programs produced and broadcast on WMFE will at the current path upon which Central Florida finds itself, current strategies being used to manage our growth, local attitudes surrounding growth issues and, successful strategies utilized by other municipalities, and the overall public initiatives developed by mregion.org. This will be accomplished through correspondent reports, panel discussion, man on the street interview and “soapbox” fun. WMFE-TV will produce and broadcast a daily local segment within NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered”. WMFE-TV will also produce and broadcast a one-hour call in program. “On the Line” The Media week will WMFE–TV in which four options for how Central Florida should grow in the future (referred to as scenarios) will be unveiled and compared beginning during the live broadcast and running through February 14, citizens will have the opportunity to vote for their preferred scenarios over the internet at www.myregion.org.

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The Meaning of China (i)

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A newly powerful neighbor has Japan in fear and fascination.

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“China is a sleeping giant. Let her lie and sleep for when she awakens she will tremble the world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Nearly two centuries after Napoleon’s visionary statement, China is very much awake and is jockeying for position in the global political economy. The question is how to come to grips with this new global reality.

Is China a threat to Japan, or an opportunity? The answer is, of course, Yes! The relationship is multidimensional. This article examines the dynamics of Sino-Japanese economic and socio-political engagements in a global context, and suggests policy responses to enhance cooperative bilateral relations.

Basic statistics on the Japanese and Chinese economies are shown in the table below. After decades of astonishing economic growth during the Cold War period, Japan has taken pride in its economic miracle and becoming the world’s second-largest economy. According to Prof. Toshihiko Kinoshita of Waseda University: “Japan’s glorious decades from the 1960s to the 1980s have been followed by a lost decade from the

1990s to 2002, during which time China rose to economic prominence.” Still, according to the gross domestic product (GDP) statistics measured at current exchange rates, Japan’s economy is more than three times the size of China’s.

“Japan remains a top-ranked sumotori, a real yokozuna,” says Kevin Newman, Senior Manager of Nathan Associates Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, who has previously worked with the Japanese Ministry of Home Affairs, the World Bank, the UN and international development agencies. Although battered by 15 years of deflation and economic stagnation, he adds, Japan is recovering. The country has changed drastically, for the better, and an economic map of its per capita wealth, global investment, and value-added goods demonstrates its present and future strengths as well as its long-term competitive advantage.

Indeed, as can be seen from the table below, Japan trumps China in terms of per capita income by a factor of 32. Adjusting for purchasing power parity (PPP), the figure is a much smaller yet still very substantial 5.7. And, despite having only about one-tenth of China’s population, Japan’s total foreign reserves are more than double those of China.

Japan and China: Statistical Comparison Japan

China

Population

127 million

1,284 million

Population Growth

0.2%

0.9%

GDP (at market exchange rate)

$3,973 billion

$1,266 billion

GDP (PPP equivalent)

$3,398 billion

$6,033 billion

GDP per head (at market exchange rate)

$31,270

$986

GDP per head (PPP equivalent)

$26,739

$4,698

Labor costs per hour

$20.49

$0.80

Foreign exchange reserves

$663.289 billion

$291.128 billion

Real Domestic Demand Growth

0.2%

8.3%

Inflation

-0.4%

-0.4%

Current Account Balance/GDP

2.6%

2.3%

FDI inflows/GDP

0.2%

3.9%

Major exports

Transport equipment, Clothing, Computers Electrical machinery

Major imports

Machinery equipment, Fuels

Source: The Economist, 2005 (www.economist.com) Growth = 1998-2002 in %

Electrical equipment, Fuels

Ilan Alon, Ph.D., is the Petters Chair of International Business and Executive Director of Rollins China Center, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. He is the author, editor, and co-editor of 10 books and over 100 published articles, chapters, and conference papers. His three recent books on China include Chinese Culture, Organizational Behavior and International Business Management (Greenwood, 2003), Chinese Economic Transi tion and International Marketing Strategy (Greenwood, 2003),

and Business and Management Education in China: Transition, Pedagogy and Training (World Scientific, 2005).

Of course, this economic story is incomplete. Chinese economic prowess looms large and is growing. This strength is manifested in economic and political terms in the global arena. While Japan is the secondlargest economy based on GDP, China’s economy measured by PPP is much larger than that of Japan and second only to the U.S. In Japan, a dollar can buy 85% of the same goods it can buy in the U.S. The dollar in China can buy about 4.77 times more than in the U.S. On a PPP basis, Japan is about 5.57 times more expensive and, thus, an adjustment to its GDP is needed for a meaningful comparison.

The top 10% of the Chinese population earns approximately $14,519 per person in PPP terms, which is on par with individual income in industrialized countries. Thus, the top 10% of China’s population is a target market equivalent in size and purchasing power to a major developed market.

China has several other economic advantages over Japan, including a substantially higher growth rate in real domestic demand, a much lower cost of labor, and foreign investment inflows unmatched by any country, including the U.S. For businesses, all this means higher per capita disposable income and a fertile environment for production.

“Japan can co-prosper with China since the two countries have different cost structures and complementary industries and products,” says Waseda’s Kinoshita. Basing his findings on research by C. H. Kwan, a senior fellow of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Kinoshita notes that Japan has the most complementary market to China in Asia (Indonesia’s was most competitive against China). However, the ratio of Japanese goods competing with Chinese goods exported to the U.S. has grown from 3% in 1990 to 21% in 2002.

To be continued…

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ASIA BUSINESS Google Inc said Jan 4th, 2007 it had clinched a deal with China Mobile Ltd to tap the nation’s emerging mobile search market.

Under the agreement, Google will build its search engine into China Mobile’s “monternet” mobile platform to provide search services of content available on the platform such as news, ringtones, wallpaper, videos and games.

“Our cooperation with China Mobile will help achieve Google’s mission of making information available anytime, anywhere,” said Lee Kai-fu, Google’s vice-president, at a press briefing in Beijing.

In China, Google is a distant second in search behind market leader Baidu.com, whose market share is three times larger than Google’s.

China Mobile, which has cut its charges in recent years, is desperate to find new revenue sources other than its traditional services.

Although Google declined to disclose any details of the deal, Lee said its cooperation with China Mobile was just the beginning.

“From Google’s earlier experience in the global market, our next step in cooperating with telecom carriers usually focuses on

Google teams up with China Mobile

making possible the traditional Internet search services on common mobile phones.”

Google has formed partnerships with many telecom carriers such as Vodafone in Europe, KDDI in Japan, Bharti Airtel in India and Sprint in the United States.

Last month, the company signed an agreement with Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd, the largest telecom carrier in Taiwan Province, to provide a search engine on its “emome” mobile platform.

“China has great potential for mobile search since there are far more cell phone users than Internet users in the country,” said Zhang Dongming, research director of BDA China.

According to government figures, China was home to 123 million Internet users at the end of last June, up from 111 million in 2005. But the country’s mobile phone users surpassed 462 million last year, creating a huge pool of consumers that few Internet companies could afford to lose.

Last November, Microsoft agreed to provide its Live Search services to China Telecom. Baidu, Google’s biggest rival in

China, also reached agreements earlier last year with Nokia and Haier to offer Baidu’s mobile search products on several Chinese cell phone models. Other Chinese search engines such as Cgogo, iAsk and sogou are also offering mobile search services.

“I think mobile search may have the same importance as Internet search in the future due to its unique mobility and the relatively low cost of facilities,” said Lee, noting that the true potential of the mobile search market may be undervalued by many analysts.

According to domestic firm CCID Consulting, the revenue of China’s mobile search market was expected to reach 173 million yuan in 2006, an increase of 642.3 percent over the previous year. The firm estimated that revenue would hit 758 million yuan by 2008.

Another consulting firm, iResearch, is even more bullish in its predictions. It said that the revenue of China’s mobile search market would surpass 1.35 billion yuan in 2008 and would hit 3.1 billion in 2010.

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Japan’s Avex to invest in China’s priciest film

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Japanese entertainment group Avex Group Holdings has said it will invest in John Woo’s “Battle of Red Cliff,” which is set to be China’s most expensive ever film.

Avex, a music label that has expanded its business to movies, said it would invest 20 million dollars with China’s Chengtian Entertainment International in the latest film by Woo, who directed the second “Mission Impossible” movie.

“Battle of Red Cliff” will narrate the fiercest battle of the Three Kingdoms, the turbulent era in the third century AD that was turned into a classic of Chinese literature.

At a total estimated cost of 50 million dollars, the film would be the most expensive ever made by the Chinese film industry, Avex said Friday.

Avex, which will obtain exclusive distribu-

tion rights to the movie, said in a statement it expected the “Battle of Red Cliff” to be “the biggest masterpiece of Chinese film history”.

The China Film Group would produce the movie, which would begin production in the spring, it said.

The film will star Hong Kong actors Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung, and South Korean actor Jeong U-Seong.

Woo, 60, became one of the first Asian directors to win success in Hollywood with his 1997 action film “Face/ Off” starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.

He also directed “M:I-2,” the second film in the “Mission Impossible” series starring Tom Cruise.

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Rollins College Hosts First-Ever International Conference on the Globalization of Chinese Enterprises Rollins College is hosting an international conference on the globalization of Chinese enterprises. The conference, “The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises: The Advent of New Age Multinational Enterprise,” involves more than 100 people from seven countries, representing 39 colleges and universities.

“Over the next decade, Chinese enterprises are expected to strategically invest millions of dollars in companies worldwide,” said Rollins College Jennifer J. Petters Chair of International Business Ilan Alon. “We’re thrilled to be spearheading this conference because it’s the first time experts from all over the world have gathered to discuss this growing economic trend.” The two-day event is examining emerging Chinese dominance in cultural, economic and political spheres, and features prominent researchers and experts on China and Chinese government.

Some of the papers presented at the conference will be published in a book. For additional information, visit http://www.rollins. edu/chinacenter.

The conference is being hosted by the Rollins College China Center. The goal of the center is to promote Rollins College’s mission

of global citizenship and responsible leadership through education exchanges between China and the United States. This is being done by providing opportunities for students and faculty to study in China, expanding cultural and intellectual relations with Chinese scholars and advancing research on China.

The conference was organized by Rollins College Jennifer J. Petters Chair of International Business and Director of Rollins China Center Ilan Alon, and Georgia Tech Professor of Strategic Management and Director of Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) John McIntyre.

Speakers and topics of interest include:

►“An Institutional and Organizational Learning Perspective on the Content of Strategic Formation Choices of International Joint Ventures in China” presented

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The Art of War IV:

 By Jun Zhu

Strategize the Offense

One of the key philosophies of The Art of War is to get more with less. From my last article, three choices were presented to win a war: 1. spend little to gain everything; 2. spend some to gain a lot; 3. spend everything for something.

It is great to fight and win a war every time. It is definitely better to win a war at low cost or even virtually no cost. Sun Tzu revealed his bottom line of winning in this chapter: the best way to win a war is to accept surrender without battle (See Figure 1). This seems too good to be true. But, we do know from previous articles that the war is the enemy in itself.

The financial burden and homeland security threat can stifle a country’s prosperity and even cause a complete collapse if not managed. We would choose having little cost to gain everything if there is a way to do so.

In order to implement the strategy of avoiding confrontation at all cost, Sun Tzu discussed it from four aspects: approaches, deployments, impacts, and causes.

The Approach The best way to win is by strategy, second by diplomacy, next by war, last by attack (see figure 2). The first two approaches are obviously superior because no war would be needed. When you have to wage a war, you allocate necessary resources and deploy them. It would be a disaster if you didn’t win after you lost a third of your people and other resources.

The Deployment

Art of War is currently offered in English as Chinese Classic Class at the Chinese School of CAACF (www.orlandochineseschool.org) every Saturday from 4pm to 4:45pm. The class is facilitated by Jun Zhu in an interactive and fun environment. The objective is to learn this ancient philosophy and applications in business, problem solving, and academic research. If you are interested, please contact Jun Zhu at (407) 421-8961 or jzhu@alumni.rollins.edu.

should defend against the opponent. If you are unfortunate enough to be faced with fewer resources, you should avoid a direct confrontation.

The Impact The commander is a key assistant of a country. The country will be strong if the commander is competent and weak if the commander is incapable. However, the chief or president of the country may create significant negative impacts by acting with ignorance (see figure 4). It would add a constraint to the army if the chief was in charge but did not know when to attack and when to retreat. It would create confusion if the chief was in charge but did not know what the process was. It would lead to doubt if the chief was in charge but did not know how to command.

The Cause You can know the outcome from understanding five perspectives (see figure 5). It would lead to winning if can and can’t were known. It would lead to winning if competitive advantages were recognized. It would lead to winning if synergy was cultivated. It would lead to winning if the preparation was done. It would lead to winning if delegation was empowered.

There is an old saying, “There would be 100% chance of winning if you understood both sides. There would be 50% chance of winning if you understood only one side. There would be no chance of winning if you did not understand either side.” ATM

This is the secret recipe for it is the numbers game (see figure 3). If you have ten times more resources, you should surround or corner your opponent with absolute power to disarm your enemy without a fight. If you have five times more resources, you should be in a favorable position to attack the enemy. If you have twice the resources, you should divide and conqueror. If you have a similar amount of resources, you Figure 3: Deployments

Figure 1: Easy Way and Hard Way

Figure 4: Impacts

Figure 2: Approaches

Figure 5: Causes

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Life in Style  By Suzy Guttler

New You for the New Year!

Things We Know (& You Do Too, Deep Down) About Being Beautiful This Year Beauty really does (& we mean really) come from within. We love someone who exudes happiness & contentedness. So this year, resolve to flush out the bad things in your life: the negative friends, the annoying siblings, and some of the demands your social life places on you. Take some time out for yourself to relax and enjoy the things you love

It’s all about how YOU feel. There is no better way than to revive your inner sex goddess than to get a makeover (oh wait, maybe full on body treatments are even better?) If you or a friend are entering the new year feeling dull, treat yourself (or them) to a haircut and color. Afterwards, get yourself to a makeup counter and request a makeover. Only buy what you love, love, love.

Spa treatments are a luxury worth the splurge.

Yes, you just dropped your year’s savings on Christmas presents. But you are also very exhausted from visiting with people and cooking up a storm over the past couple weeks, aren’t you. So then, get thee to the spa. We firmly believe no woman should ever feel guilty over a seaweed wrap & deep tissue massage.

Treat someone you love to a facial, a massage or a foot rub. We all know from Psych 101 that nothing makes you feel better than giving back to someone. So put this in your pocket of tricks for the year: Offer your guy a backrub out of the blue. Give your mom a footrub when she’s watching TV. Over at your best friend’s house and she’s stressed? Offer her a mani.

Have a happy, happy New Year Gorgeous!

On Time in 2007

Start the year off in style and on time with everyone’s favorite fashion accessory: the watch. They’re functional and double up as accessories to complement any outfit for every occasion.

Three fun brands are durable and affordable enough to own a few - Fossil, Timex and Marc Jacobs (darling of the season).

● Gold-tone watch with leather strap, Timex.

● Patent leather watch, Marc by Marc Jacobs.

● Fossil’s Retro Rectangle and disc chain - but also worth checking is the Frank Gehry and Fossil Motion that has an animated dial in retro patterns.

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Vivian Hsu adopts baby panda

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aiwan singer-actress Vivian Hsu holds a panda cub she supports at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China’s Sichuan Province December 10. Vivian took a close encounter with fans and giant pandas at the breeding centre.

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ivian Hsu watches a panda cub she supports through the window of a breeding room at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China’s Sichuan Province December 10. Vivian took a close encounter with fans and giant pandas at the breeding centre.

Editor’s Pick: Lip-Rageous!

Through my travels this past year, I’ve first handedly experienced the torments harsh weather conditions have on skin and lips. So one of my new years resolutions is to maintain healthy looking, kissable lips!

Our pick for the month is Lancome’s Juicy Tubes. I was recently re-introduced to this luxurious ultra shine lip gloss and can’t keep my lips off them.

Lips glisten with an ultra-brilliant formula that slicks on easily with its tube-tip applicator. Each Juicy Tube will add power to your pout with transparent shine, plus a hint of shimmering color in the season’s hottest shades.

I personally recommend the Lychee flavor, but most of the other ones are just as good. And if you really want to treat yourself, Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s carry the Juicy Tubes trio, the Downtown and Uptown set!

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The E900 features a look that is futuristic and simple at the same time. Its distinguished black casing and charcoal screen are smooth and inviting while the keypad underneath is easy to navigate and lights up at night. The E900 is also very light and only measures 3.66” x 1.77” x 0.65”, allowing it to fit in the palm of your hand or slip into your pocket. ● Speakerphone ● Memory card slot ● Document Viewer with Storage ● MP3 Music Player with Stereo Bluetooth ● 2 Mega pixel Camera with a Flash and Video Capturing.

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This holiday classic is performed by the entire professional company of Orlando Ballet including more than 100 children from the Orlando Ballet School and the Patel Conservatory.

The music is performed live by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. Asia Trend got a chance to meet the Japanese Dancers at the backstage. They are Chiaki Yasukawa, Nobuyoshi Okada Kyoko Masuda and Yuki Komazaki.

Their next show will be MASTERWORKS - THE GENIUS OF GEORGE BALANCHINE on February 2-4, 2007.

The Ballet experience – in less than an hour!

Introduce your family to the delights and surprises this season has to offer. Come to an abbreviated version of the classics, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, “I Got Rhythm”, and Snow White, and expect to laugh, be energized and entertained while experiencing extraordinary dancing and unique choreography in less than an hour.

Each performance is approximately 45-55 minutes long.

These performances will feature an educational component and/or narration. The season ticket price per person for all three performances is $36. Save $9 per person compared to single tickets! Individual performance tickets are $15. All performances are held at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. To order tickets call Orlando Ballet Box Office (407)426-1739.

“I Got Rhythm” Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 2:00pm Orlando Ballet will introduce young audiences to one of the most renowned ballet choreographer who changed the face of ballet, George Balanchine, with two of his famous pieces Allegro Brillante and “Who Cares?”.

Snow White Saturday, March

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All performances are held at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. To order tickets call Orlando Ballet Box Office (407)426-1739.

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Asian American Cultural Awareness  By Ricky Ly

“The Orlando Asian Students Union (OASU) is a student run non-profit organization founded in November of 2004 with the help of young student leaders throughout the Central Florida area. The goals of OASU are to connect and bring together the Asian American student community, to foster community service and leadership development, as well as uniting the community. OASU has helped students network with other schools and find out about events happening in our community as well as opportunities to serve and perform community service. Also, the Asian clubs have co hosted together several social events in the past including this past December’s Winter Semi Formal Ball with over 200 club members in attendance, a result of the team work and dedication of the presidents and officers of the high school and university Asian American student associations. Phuong Vo, president of Cypress Creek’s Asian club helped organize the events for this year and has passionately worked to better the community. Among the students, there is a strong belief that these cultural associations are important because it helps them preserve the cultural heritage and traditions of Asia which may sometimes get lost here in American society. Carmina Lao, secretary of University High School’s Asian Student Association, says “We hope that through our ef-

forts the Asian American culture can be kept alive among not only our students but our community as well. Together we can achieve a lot more.” Current members of OASU include VASA@UCF, ASA@UCF, APAC@ UCF, Delta Phi Lambda @ UCF, FSA@UCF, University High School, Cypress Creek High School, Winter Park High School, Freedom High School, Timbercreek High School, and Dr Phillips High School. On January 27th 2007 at UCF, OASU and APAC @ UCF are cohosting a conference of Asian American leadership and community issues. In today’s society, it is not only academic achievement, but also community mindedness and leadership skills and extracurriculars that recruiters at universities and companies are looking for in students. There will be prominent speakers and leaders from the community who will be presenting workshops such as Wendy Chioji, Mary Nguyen, ASA @ UCF, and UF’s AASU president Dennis Ngin as well as performances by Mr Mao and the Lost Boys hip hop group. All high school and first year college students are encouraged to sign up and attend. For more information visit http://myspace.com/ apacucf or http://pegasus.cc.ucf. edu/~apac ” ATM

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Contact Ivan and Cecilia Mao at 407-222-8747 or mao.ivan@gmail.com.

Asian Pacific American Coalition at UCF presents a Conference on Asian American Issues, Cultural Identity, and finding Inspiration. Jan 27th, Saturday 9am – 6pm. For more information visit http://myspace.com/apacucf

Orlando Badminton Club— Every Wednesday (6:30-10pm), Friday (6:30-9pm) and Sunday(12:30-4pm) at Orlando Fitness & Racquet Club, 825 Courtland St (by Lee Rd and I-4). Contact Krishna Balwalli at 407-361-4735 or email kbalwalli@hotmail.com.

Qi Gong Practice— Come and learn every Sunday at 10am Lake Eola in Orlando, FL. Located on the east side of Lake near the gazebo. Call Mark at 407-235-5828 for details. www.falundafa.org Ch’an Buddhism Meditation—D h a r m a D r u m M o untain Buddhi s m A s s o c i a t i o n ( D D M B A ) m o n t h l y C h ’ a n m e d i tation and Bud d h i s m s t u d y wi l l b e h e l d o n l s t S a t u r d a y e v e r y month at He r n d o n L i b r a r y on 4 3 2 4 E . C o l o n i a l D r . , O r l a n d o, Fl 32803, 10: 0 0 a m - 1 2 : 3 0 p m , 407-538-6491 Ce n t r a l F l o r i d a T a b l e T e n n i s C l u b —meets every Friday, 6-10pm at Conway United Methodist Church - 3401 S. Conway Rd. Orlando, Fl 32812. All levels of players are welcome. We play for fun, and also offer Professional coaching and a Robot for training. Please call Adam at 407-854-6301 or www.owpttc.org.

Tai Chi with “Madame Wu”—Every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30pm at the Osceola County Council on Aging, 1099 Shady Lane, (minutes from the Turnpike entrance in St. Cloud). $1 donation. For more information, contact Madame Wu at 407-738-7001 or O.C.C.A. at 407-846-8532 As i a n S o c i a l O r l a n d o —We meet and grow together in Orlando.

Asian Social Orlando. Mi Hoshino 407-947-2031 World Ving Tsun Athletic Association 世 界 詠 春 拳 會 Learn authentic Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) Kung Fu in Orlando.

Lineage holder - 3rd generation Yip Man. 2603 E. South St. Orlando, FL. 32803 407-496-0113 VingTsun.cc

Single listing is up to 40 words at no charge for non-profit organization E-mail the events/ activities to info@AsiaTrendMagazine.com or fax the information to 407273-9913 Submit the information by the 1st of each month for the same month publication.

St. Philip Van Minh Catholic Church Lunar Year Festival 2007 on Feb 3rd, Saturday 10 am – Midnight, Feb 4th, Sunday 10 am – 5 pm at the Central Florida Fairground - West Colonial Dr., Orlando, Florida.

Free Admission - Plenty of Authentic Food - Games – Live Music – Magic Show Please call St Philip Phan Van Minh Ph: 407-296-3261 for further details.

Lunar New Year Dinner Celebration 2007 – organized by Chinese American Association of Central Florida.

Feb 18 (Sun) 4:30pm – 9:30pm. Crazy Buffet – 945 West 436, Altamonte Springs. Two sets of seating available. $25/adult, $10/child under 60” tall for dinner. Lion Dance, Kung Fu Performance, Acrobatic Performance and Lucky Draw. Contact the followings for tickets and details. Agnes Chau 407-648-0880, Judy Nguyen 407-221-5602 Gary King 407-672-1115 or Shally Wong 407-808-0497.

Tet Festival, organized by Vietnamese Association of Central Florida.

Feb 17 (Sat) – 10am to midnight & 18 (Sun) 9:30am – 5:30pm, Central Florida Fairground. Please come and celebrate the Lunar New Year with them. Admission: $5/person. Any questions, please contact Chau Ngoc An 407-227-6091.

Authentic Chinese Cultural Show, organized by Chinese American Association of Central Florida. Feb 24 (Sat) 6:30pm – 9:00pm at Winter Park Nine Grade Center 528 Huntington Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789. $20 for reserved seating and $15 for open seating. Purchase tickets, please contact Judy Nguyen at 407-221-5602 or refer to Pg 7 for more ticket locations.

Looking for places to celebrate the Lunar New Year?

Lion Dance and Fire Cracker: you will find them along E. Colonial and Mills Ave (Chinese & Vietnamese Area) around 10:30am to 1:30pm on Lunar New Year Day (Feb 18), performed by Wah Lum Temple 407-275-6177 – very crowded – better be early Dinner with Kung Fu/Lion Dance Performance: China Garden at Winter Park organizes the celebration every year to thank for their loyal customers. They offer very reasonable price for 4-course authentic meal.

Reserve early to get the best seating. 407-671-2120 Celebrate while you are shopping: 1st Oriental Supermarket at W. Colonial and Kirkman will have Lion Dance, Fire Cracker and Kung Fu performance during New Year. Call 407-292-3668 for more details. Plenty of parking spaces there. Good for family with children.

Events/Festivals organized by Chinese/Vietnamese Associations: Refer to the above for the show details.

Since the Lunar New Year falls on Sunday this year and Monday is a holiday, there will be many different events you can go. Plan ahead and pick the one that is the most convenient to you. We will provide the celebration schedule in more details at next issue.

FOR THE ORGANIZER, please email your event to us at info@asiatrendmagazine if you would like to have your event listed here.

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ASIAN ASSOCIATIONS Asian American Chamber of Commerce Contact Becky Szymanski at 407-251-6883 or email to beckymszy@yahoo.com www.asianamericanchamber.org Asian American Heritage Council — “Together we accomplish more!” www.aahc-cfl.org ATAYAL Nurturing the spirit and culture of the indigenous tribes of Taiwan and providing economic and cultural development initiatives in the United States. Contact Tony Coolidge 321-206-8040. www.atayal.org Ch’an Buddhism Orlando Chapter www.ddmba.org Tel: (407) 538-6491 chihho2004@yahoo.com Chinese American Association of Central Florida (CAACF) 中佛州中美協會 www.orlandochinese.com Chinese American Association of Tampa Bay 天柏灣中美協會 www.tampabaycaat.org

Chinese School of CAACF 中佛州中華學校 www.orlandochineseschool.org

Chinese School of Tomorrow 明曰中文學校 http://www.ocst.org

The Evergreen Club 長青社

2250 Principal Row, Orlando.

Meets every Thursday. Email Janet Nguyen at janet35255@earthlink.net

Guang Ming Temple Chinese School 佛州光明寺光明學院

Every Sunday from 1:30pm to 3:30pm 2250 Principal Row, Orlando, FL 32837 Tel: (407) 240-9009

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USF Vietnamese Student Association www.myspace.com/usfvsa Contact Phuc Pham, VSA President, pham2@mail.usf.edu and Thao Tran, VSA Vice President, tttran2@mail.usf.edu

United Chinese Association of FL

J.Club— Japan oriented organization

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Organization of Chinese Americans – South Florida Chapter 美華協會

Vietnamese Professionals Association (VPA)

provides exposure to the unique culture and fascinating experiences of Japan Contact Teri Mitchell at teri_mitchell@hotmail.com

Winnie Tang PO Box 56-2124, Miami, FL 33256 305-753-8791

Orlando Chinese Professionals Association (OCPA) 奧蘭多中國專業人仕協會 www.ocpa-usa.org

Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Greater Orlando 大 奧 蘭 多 台 灣 商 會 Contact Paul Liau at 407-566-9478

UCF Asian Student Association www.ucfasa.org

UCF Vietnamese American Student Association http://vasa.ucf.edu vasa_ucf@hotmail.com

Johnson Ng, Executive Director P O Box 669086, Miami, FL 33166 305-345-8489 UCAF@bellsouth.net www.MiamiDragonBoat.com The mission is to lend a helping hand to both the Vietnamese youth that will follow us and to those who lead us here so many years ago.

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World Ving Tsun Athletic Association 世界詠春拳會

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Smoking: Steps to Help You Break the Habit (3)  Puxiao Cen, M.D.

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What about nicotine replacement or medicine to help me stop smoking?

Nicotine replacement products are ways to take in nicotine without smoking.

These products come in several forms: gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler and lozenge. You can buy the nicotine gum, patch and lozenge without a prescription from your doctor. Nicotine replacement works by lessening your body’s craving for nicotine and reducing withdrawal symptoms. This lets you focus on the changes you need to make in your habits and environment. Once you feel more confident as a nonsmoker, dealing with your nicotine addiction is easier.

A prescription medicine called bupropion SR (brand names: Zyban, Wellbutrin SR) helps some people stop smoking. It is taken as a pill. Bupropion SR does not contain nicotine, but it helps you resist your urges to smoke.

Talk to your doctor about which of these products is likely to give you the best chance of success. For any of these products to work, you must carefully follow the directions on the package. It’s very important that you don’t smoke while using nicotine replacement products.

Will I gain weight when I stop smoking?

Most people gain a few pounds after they stop smoking. Remember that any weight gain is a minor health risk compared to the risks of smoking. Dieting while you’re trying to stop smoking will cause unnecessary stress. Instead, limit your weight gain by having healthy, low-fat snacks on hand and exercising on a regular basis.

What if I smoke again?

Don’t feel like a failure. Think about why you smoked and what you can do to keep from smoking again. Set a new stop date. Many ex-smokers did not succeed at first, but they kept trying.

The first few days after stopping will probably be the hardest. Just remember that even one puff on a cigarette can cause a relapse, so don’t risk it.

“BIDET - A GIFT OF GOOD HEALTH” Water has for centuries been used for cleaning our bodies and with better knowledge of hygiene, we have developed superb designs of modern bidets used extensively in Europe, Asia and South America. As American society becomes more ethnically diverse, more and more Americans have embraced the use of bidets after realizing their immense benefits and convenience especially to the elderly, the handicapped, people recovering from surgery or U.T.I. - urinary tract infections - or people suffering from hemorrhoids or constipation.

Women who have their periods or are pregnant love having their bidets to enhance their comfort and hygiene.

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