NewsDragon - April 2010

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2010 HCJBoard*

Ryan NgPresident

Jonathan CookChairman

Anthony SatoExecutive VP

Krystal Lee2ndVice Pres.

Ken Sum3rdVice Pres.

Patrick GrahamVice Pres.

Allan WuVice Pres.

Matt WongVice Pres.

Ramy SoRecording Sec

Patrick TawTreasurer

Ross LeeDuc Nguyen

Directors

HCJ Takes Top Spot For 1st Trimester!Congratulations to President Ryan, the 2010 Board and our great

membership youve brought home the crown once again! The 1st TrimesterConvention was a memorable weekend of competitions, trainings plus awardsfor the outstanding projects and people of the 1st 4 months of this year. Findout more on Page 3

Farrells Birthday Bash Is Back!Friday, April 30th, 7PM

Were celebrating January to April Birthdays!If you have one of those, its your lucky daycause weve got a treat for you. All others, comedown, help us celebrate & have some ice creamwith us!

MAY GMM - Tuesday, May 18th at 7PM,Moiliili Community Center, Rm 209

GMMs are back on the schedule in the NewYear! Come find out whats up happening. Food& good company provided.

______________________________________________________________________________Presidents Message.... 2Convention!.................. 3Convention Results!................ 4Upcoming Events!............ 6Pictures!......... 7

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The Voice of theHonolulu ChineseJaycees


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Presidents Message___________________________________________

Greetings, chapter members!One of the great things about the Jaycee organization is its focus on Individua

Development. As one of the important bastions of development, it focuses ondeveloping our members at a personal and individual level so that each member

can realize his/her full potential. By doing so, members become better equippedto handle the challenges of everyday life, and hence, become better contributors our community.

One such program is the Speak-Up/Write-Up competition, recently held at thirst District competitions on April 3rd. Competitors work on their communication skillswritten and oralin aetting conducive to learning and self-actualization. Kudos to Sarah Young and Anthony Sato for participating fohe first time in this worthwhile event. Both competitors placed and will move on to compete at the First Trimester

Convention this month. Good luck to them both!Other members have also been working on their speaking skillsMandarin Chinese that is. In conjunction with

our partnership with Hoo Cho Chinese School, they have offered FREE language classes to HCJ members, usually oSunday afternoons. If you havent learned Chinese before, or a have a small inkling to do so, contact Krystal Lee fmore info.

This month is chock-full of other activities geared toward developing our members and having some fun! Youwont want to miss our monthly International Dining Out being held at Willows Restaurant on Fri., April 23.Hawaiian Nite is the theme and in true Hawaiian fashion, the all-you-can-eat buffet is abundant and plentiful I hea

Celebrating the all the members birthdays from January to April, we have our quarterly Birthday Bash upcominon Fri, April 30 at Farrells Ice Cream Parlor in Pearlridge. In keeping with HCJ traditiona special treat is onuswith Happy Birthday sung to you by Lindley Sheng Ri Kuai Le Low at absolutely NO CHARGE! Behere, or be square

Yours in Jaycees,

Ryan Ng

59th President, Developing Tomorrows LeadersToday.

Honolulu Chinese Jaycees -Interested in joining HCJ? Contact us!

Mail: Honolulu Chinese Jaycees, P.O. Box 957, Honolulu, Hawaii 96808

Email: [email protected]

Tel: (808) 255-1226

Facebook:Search Honolulu Chinese Jaycees / Web Site: HcjHawaii.com

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________________________________________________________Convention

The 1st Trimester Convention is important becausoften sets the tone for the coming year. If that is true thenHawaii Jaycees have a great 2010 ahead! This time aroufor instance, we saw the reactivation of the First Tim

program, participated in by HCJers Sarah Young & Allan W

We also had excellent interactive trainings, intecompetitions and a great Awards Dinner that included spea

Pono Shim from Enterprise Honolulu.

As important and vital as that is, we know youre readthis to find out how your beloved HCJ, and HCJers, did

ets get to it. Sarah Young represented us in both WriteUp & SpeakUp, having placed in both duRegionals a couple of weeks ago.

HCJ has a proud tradition of SpeakUp winners, which include National SpeakUp Champ Yvette Lecurrent Hawaii SpeakUp Winner, President Ryan. Would she be able to follow in their footprints? W

have to wait until Saturday night to find out.

THE AWARDS DINNER

The Awards Dinner was held this time in the excellent facilities at D & Bs, put together by the excelConvention Team of the COOL Jaycees and Honolulu Filipino Jaycees. As noted, a great highlight of evening was the message from Enterprise Honolulus Pono Shim. He gave an excellent speech on te

our stories, which we all need to do to grow our chapter and the Hawaii Jaycees.

The only way to top that was for your chapter to bestow aSenatorship on a great member of ours. A man you knowby the name of Mr. Lindley Low! We recognized his yearsof service to HCJ not only during his membership, but alsonto his Rooster years.

His unique personality has been one of the trademarksof our chapter these past years, whether we wanted it to beor not.

The evening, as it always does, built up to the climax of the awards the Parade of Chapters results ankings. Your chapter had already done itself proud, winning awards for our projects, our officers and

competitors.

As you already know from the front page, HCJ did indeed take that coveted #1 spot yet again! And ySarah did take that SpeakUp title for the 1st Trimester. Get the lowdown on all our awards on the npage



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Convention Results!____________________________________________

2010 1st Trimester ConventionHCJ Awards & Recognition

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

JCI Senatorship Lindley Low

WriteUp, 3rd Place Sarah Young

SpeakUp Winner Sarah Young

Presidential Merit Award Krystal Lee

OFFICER AWARDS

Outstanding Treasurer Patrick Taw

Outstanding Community VP Krystal Lee

BOOK AWARDS

3rd Place, International Area Dining Out at LeCrepe Caf

2nd Place, International Area Mah Jong Nite

1st Place, Community Area Night In ChinatownFestival

1st Place, Business Area Night In Chinatown

Food Booth

CHAPTER AWARD

Parade Of Chapters, 1stPlace HCJ

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Interesting Facts About the Chinese Hawaii

* The Chinese constitute about 4.7% of Hawapopulation

* However, if all people with Chinese ancestin Hawaii (including Chinese-Hawaiians) ar

included, they form about 1/3 of Hawaii's entpopulation

* The first Asian American elected to the UniStates Senate was Hawaii's Hiram Fong

* Senator Fong was also the 1st Asian-Amerinominated for the Presidency by a major politi

party (Republican Party, 1964)

* Businessman Chinn Ho was the 1st Asian

sit on a Big Five Board. He was also the firsAsian to head both the Honolulu Stock Exchan

& the Hawaii Visitors Bureau.

and Yes, the Hawaii Five 0 character is namafter him.

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______________________________Mandarin Lessons At Hoo ChHCJ is embracing its culture and taking Mandar

lessons with our friends at Hoo Cho School. SundayMarch 28th was the 1st time and it was a great succeOur students learned such useful phrases as:

Im busyHow are you, Mr. Wang?

That is a Bic pen.

The group did very well, picking up sounds not uin English. It took some effort, but we did ourselvesproud. One of our crowd, Angel Lewis from HFJCCwas especially eager to learn because she works atbank in Chinatown. She plans to use Mandarin in he

customer service.

This is just the start and we encourage any and all to join us. Its a great way to learn a language that spart of our chapters cultural background. If youre ready to get started or want to brush up what you knowcome down to Hoo Cho School every Sunday at 1PM. Make it a regular on your calendar along with the rof us. Well see you there!

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DINING OUT AT SHABU SHABU HOUSE by Ramy So

As part of HCJs monthly International Dining-Out event, our chaptervisits a local eatery to whet our palette with foreign cuisine. For this month,we chose the Japanese cuisine of shabu shabu and there was no better

place to do this than Shabu Shabu House on Kapiolani Blvd.

Shabu-shabu is a Japanese dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetablesboiled quickly in broth and served with various dipping sauces. The termshabu-shabu means swish-swish, referring to the swishing action as you

cook the food in the hot broth. Board member and man of epicurean taste, Patrick Graham, chaired theevent. Partaking in the swishing were Rodney Miyasato, Ryan Ng, Patrick Taw, Ramy So, Allan Wu,Carrie Azama and several guests from the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber.

Like many things in the world, shabu-shabu traces its origin back to China. During the cold winters theChinese would cook over a hot pot known as shuan yang rou. It was not until the 20th century that shabu

shabu was introduced in Japan through the first restaurant of its kind, Suehiro Restaurant in Osaka. Thedish became very popular and Suehiro trademarked the name shabu-shabu in 1955. Eventually the cuisspread throughout Japan and then Asia.

After enjoying our delectable shabu-shabu dinner, the HCJers and guests walked out with contented

bellies and smiling faces. We will definitely look forward to broadening our palettes at the next InternatioDining-Out.

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Upcoming!_________________________________Friday, April 23rdDining Out At Willows!

illows Restaurant6PM 8:30PM$10

Willows is putting on a Hawaiian Night with localmusic & a pupu buffet. VP Krystal claims that they tendo be heavy pupus. Find out if thats true with us!

Saturday, April 24thMDA Soiree!

Royal Hawaiian Hotel4:30PM 9PM

Help our good friend John Cummings by joining ourrew at the MDA Soiree. Well be doing security and

general manpower. Once youre done, join us in eatingnd drinking some of the best grindz in Hawaii.

Sunday, April 25thHiking With Anthony!

Time & Place TBA

Anthonys taking you out into the beautiful scenery ofHawaii once again. Call him at 554-3651 for moredetails.

Friday, April 30thFarrells Birthday Bash!

Farrells, Pearlridge Uptown7PM

Were raisin the roof for our January to Aprilbirthday babies. Come helps us celebrate and enjoy somece cream!

Tuesday, May 18th

GMM!Moiliili Community Center, Rm 2097PM

Find out what HCJ is doing, including the BIG BIGAdopt-A-School Day project and a lot more! Grindzprovided. See you at the meeting!


MEET PATRICK GRAHAM!An introduction to a 2010 HCJ Vice

President & Hello Kitty Fan

I have worked as a full time Realtor withColdwell Banker for the past 7 years.

I was born in Taiwan and was adoptedwhen I was 3 years old. I currently live inKaneohe with my Dad, Paul, my mom,Joan, and my sister Karen.

I graduated from Castle High School in1996, went to Windward CommunityCollege and then to HPU.

I love to travel and meet new people. Sofar Ive been to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,Thailand, Mexico, Italy, France, Spain andPortugal.

In my spare time I like to run, work out,

hang out with friends and do all thingsChinese.

If you see Patrick say Ni Hao and askhim about his trip to China. Hed love to tell

ou about it!


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_____________________________________________________Pictures Page

HCJ Family Photo

Allan Picks Up an HCJ Book Award

Pat & Krystal Address State Board About AASD

Allan & Jon Play Pepito With Friends fromCOOL and Hawaii Kai Chapters

Another of HCJs Tables at Awards Dinner

Sarah Getting SpeakUp Award



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HCJ Schedule of Events APRIL / MAY

Friday, April 23rd

Dining Out At Willows!

Willows Restaurant6PM to 8:30PM

Saturday, April 24thMDA Soiree!

Royal Hawaiian Hotel4:30PM 9PM

Sunday, April 25thHiking With Anthony!

Time & Place TBA

Friday, April 30thFarrells Birthday Bash!

Farrells, Pearlridge Uptown7PM

Tuesday, May 18thGMM!

MCC, Room 2097PM

Stay tuned for announcements on activities, projects & sports! Look for HCJ emails and check owebsite: HcjHawaii.com

Honolulu Chinese Jaycees

PO Box 957Honolulu, HI 96808

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