Movie Night Out - Saturday, December 23, 2006

Movie Night Out - Saturday, December 16, 2006

UPDATE: Movie Time will either be 5:15 PM or 7:15 PM. Please let us know your preference.

Our featured movie for this weekend will be ERAGON. This new movie will be released this coming Friday and we will be going to the theater to watch this movie on Saturday, December 16th. The time for the movie have not yet been released but we are anticipating on attending an early evening show. Advance ticket purchase will be necessary (since it's a new release)! We will also provide tickets at a discounted price of $7 each. We need a head count of the number of people attending for the advance ticket purchase. Also there is a limited amount of discount tickets available so it will be given on a first come first serve basis. If you would like to attend this, please email us immediately at ny_yad@yahoo.com. We look forward to see you all!

The Official Website for ERAGON

Hand In Hand 攜手同圓 12/3/06 Learn it & Enjoy~ (loading might take a little longer, leave it and watch it later when it finishes loading)

-News Update- (12/3)紐約青年分團於十二月三日下午召開例行會議. 檢討日前舉辦的感恩化妝聯歡晚會, 並商討今年與明年度的活動計畫與行事曆. 此次會議總長五小時, 各團員以及幹部就海外義工服務策劃案草稿逐一討論各提案, 希望能儘快擬定策劃案以便實施. 此外, 會議中並針對明年的美洲佛光青年生命成長營擬定組別與確認各組職責, 希望完善的準備能使此活動的執行工作更為順利. 此次會議中還提及有關白象幹部訓練的細節與後續工作. 會議在歌曲”攜手向前” 高歌中畫下句點.

CONGRATULATIONS

To Caber and Joy on their Wedding Day (December 3, 2006)!

Though we were not able to attend the ceremony (as it was held in Taiwan!), our thoughts and wishes were with you both. Best wishes to the newly weds on their new life together!!!

Reminder NY YAD / TD Meeting December 3, 2006 @ 1:30 PM

Please wear your yellow t-shirts!!

Thanksgiving Costume Party - Media Uploads Fanny's Album : Wretch Dance Clips 01: You Tube - Clip 1: Tag: NYYAD Dance Clip 02: You Tube - Clip 2: Tag: NYYAD Dance Clip 03: You Tube - Chacha Slide - Tag: NYYAD Enjoy~

Nov 18th 2006
Once in a Life Time~ Thanksgiving Costume Party !!! Location: IBPS New York Basement (154-37 Barclay Ave, Flushing, NY 11355) Time: 6:30 - 10:00 pm Entrance Fee $5.00 will be collected at the front desk~! Friends are welcome! View Original Poster Large Poster Link Here~! 6 MB Contact ny_yad@yahoo.com for additional information (e.g. transportation)

Garage Sale Oct 29th 2006 Location: 156th Street and Barclay Ave. Time: 10 am - 3 pm Donations are welcome (Please submit them to the temple before Friday afternoon). View Original Poster

Meeting Agenda for Sunday, October 22, 2006

Remember to wear your Yellow T-shirt

After the monthly gathering day, we needed to lose some of the calories that we gained. And guess what, the next day (10/15/06) we had our 2006 cancer walk. What a coincidence. :) For some reason, a lot of people walked REAL fast this year. I had to walk real fast too. You know, peer pressure. LOL. Note to people taking photos, take photos early on so you have a better chance of having a GROUP of yellow t-shirts walking together. View the photos here. View Photos fun clip in Chinese view (by Fanny) - Caber

October's monthly gathering took place at Michee's house. It was a vegetarian pot luck night and so a variety of dishes appeared on the dinner table. The article we read and discussed on that night was titled something like "Green and red light" (I don't remember. =P). If you think about it, our life is a bit like driving. At times, you may encounter a lot of red lights (analogous to having a lot of obstacles in life) or you may get a series of green lights in a row (analogous to having no problems at all). No matter you see green or red, eventually, the light will turn to the other color if you have enough patience. Oct. is Ellen's birth month, so we also had a cake to celebrate her bday. We had a lot of food left on that night. Thank you, Michee, for doing the cleaning up afterward. :) I'm currently trying out some free photo hosting sites on the web. So the photos will not be on this web site. Click the following link to see the photos. View Photos - Caber

This is a repost. ONLY two more days till the walk...please sign up at the following page if you havn't already. Thank you. Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Please join our team on October 15, 2006 in Central Park. Sign up at the link below. You can make a contribution or simple sign up to join the walk with us. Sign up / Join us If you can't see the above link for any reason, please copy the following and paste into your browser address bar and hit "enter". :) http://teamacs.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=1534222&pg=personal&fr_id=2159 All are welcomed! Hope to see you there!

Even though this was not a NY YAD event, but since the people who went were all mostly YADs and since Lin requested, I will post the photos I took here. So on 10/07/06, we went hiking on this mountain in NJ called Breakneck. The NY YADs went there last earlier this year already, being my first time there, I realized why it's called Breakneck, it's because you can break your neck climbing the beginning part of this mountain. =) From my photos, you can't see why but that was because I was TOO SCARED to take photos. And since I was the last person on the rock climbing team, I couldn't take pictures of anyone climbing even if I dared to take my camera out. HAHAHA~~~ But I think someone else have photos. If you are one of them, please share lor. -Caber View Albums "Kimchee" video (by Fanny) http://www.youtubecom/watch?v=ZvGEwRzTjGE

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Please join our team on October 15, 2006 in Central Park. Sign up at the link below. You can make a contribution or simple sign up to join the walk with us.

All are welcomed! Hope to see you there!

I posted the 2006 Taiwan conference photos that Karin sent me. Check it out. Thanks, Karin. View Albums

A Message from our President, Jenny:

Dear Everybody,

Time passes so quickly. I hope everyone has had a good summer! For me, it's been a very unforgettable summer. We did a very good job at the Taiwan youth group conference. I'm sure that some of you heard that news already. But the new season is going to start for us--we have to get back into action. We will have a meeting on Sept. 10, Sunday at 1:30.

The meeting agenda is:

1. youth group shares experiences from Taiwan. We are very honored that at the conference they gave the NY youth group a few projects for us to finish.
        a - we have been asked to host a North and South American Youth Group Conference
        b - we have to come up with a project for IBPS-YAD to serve those living in poverty overseas (such as places like Brazil, Africa, Viet Nam, etc.); I believe that Justin would like to give us a general proposal on this.
        c - white elephant--thank you to all those who helped do such a good job on this project; we haven't finished, there's a little more to do. We have to continue accepting and encouraging more people to enroll in this project. We also have to come out with a 7 minute CD and short handbook for introducing and recruiting new participants into this program. Also, we need to develop a more detailed study book.
2. We have to plan all of the activities for the new season.
3. Evan shares his Taiwan experience also. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
   Please all come to the meeting--it's very important for the start of the new season. Hope you are all well and see you all soon!!!!
   
   Jenny
   　

Hi Everyone~

Hope everyone had an enjoyable summer. I believe all of us have returned from Taiwan and we lots to share with you all. The first, is the video for the dance everyone practiced really hard for before and during our trip. It was performed on the very last day of the conference, during the Farewell luncheon. The video is approximately 221 MB large in size, which is too large to be uploaded to youtube.com for viewing. Nonetheless, many of you had express wishes to view this and keep a copy, so I have uploaded the file for you all to download. Please follow the link below to download. If you have any questions or problems with downloading, please let me know.

Video Download Link

Special Thanks to Justin who arranged the music and choreographed the dance. Also, Fanny who helped us record this full version of our performance! Hope everyone enjoy it!!!

~ Karin ~

Fifth and last day photos of Summer camp are now up. Until next year. GOOD BYE! BON AU REVOIR! 再會! View Albums

Fourth day photos of Summer camp are now up. Some of them you probably have seen from links previously posted. View Albums

It's HOT here in NYC. So hot that my AC shuts down on it's own due to overheating and not because the room was cooled. But on 7/18 8 pm, there will be a NY Philharmonic concert at Central Park's great lawn. For those who are interested in going and is not afraid of being scorched to death, here is the info. http://www.centralparknyc.org/17613/9150967 Weather forecast for 8/17: 95/75 - chance of storm. -- Caber

Third day photos of Summer camp are now up. View Albums

Second day photos of Summer camp are now up. View Albums

First day photos of Summer camp are now up. View Albums

Summer Camp Short Video Clips & Photos some video clips(behind the scenes) from summer camp have been uploaded. However, due to an overloading album limit, I am not sure how long it will remain on there. Do take a look and laugh away. ^_^ Cheers~ everyone~ for such a great work~ Video Clips if you can't click into the above page, here's the URL: "http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=fon212&book=2" Partial Photos - Mainly 4th day pictures if you can't click on the above, here's the URL: "http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2104465772"

The 2006 Summer camp is finally over. We've had a long flight. Traveled to Europe, Taiwan, Australia and Africa and back to US. I'm sure all the crews and "most" of the passengers (kids) are MAD tired. I know I am. Along the way, we met treacherous turbulance, hot and humid weather and even electricity outage. But we all made it back alive and well. We arrived Africa on July 4th. While there, we started a camp fire on a day that was supposed to rain but didn't. It was great but we missed fireworks on July 4th. So let's give us a "Loving fireworks". CLAP-CLAP _ CLAP-CLAP-CLAP _ CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP _ CLAP-CLAP SHOOOOOOOO~~~ _ BOM BOM BOM~~ LOL For those of you who want to see the photos, please be patient. I took way too many in five days and will need time to process them. Since I am going away again next week, I don't believe I'll be able to finish and upload the photos before I leave in the coming Monday. So, if you don't see any photos on Monday, please check back periodically after 7/15. Peace. (FYI, I use "peace" because we had a girl camper (Vivian from Parrot Team) who does the hitting chest twice and giving the peace sign. It was very cool and hilarious. LOL) -- Caber

Summer Camp Reminders

Friendly reminder about this Weekend's Summer Camp (7/1 - 7/5) ~ For those of you who are leaving for Deer Park on Friday night (6/30), please be at Temple by 8:30PM. Please Be On Time!

List of things to bring: Please read carefully!

Happy Father's Day

Evan C. Ralske

For people that have admin rights. I've added a feature in the photo album section to add description to photos. Here's what you need to do. 1. Log in 2. Click on any photo album 3. View the larger version of a photo by clicking on it's thumbnail image 4. You will see a place for you to add/delete description. I will allow more people to do this later on and improve this feature. So try it out. -- Caber

We've had our 2006 summer camp training on 5/27 and 5/28 at the Flushing temple. While we did not see some of the past conselors and staffs, we had some new faces this time. As a result, this year's training group stilled seemed quite large. This month will be Frank Yao and Vivian Khu's birthday and so we got a cake to celebrate after the training camp ended. Let's all wish them a HAPPY BIRTHDAY. View Albums

2006 International YAD Conference - Performance Rehearsal Schedule

All members that will be attending the International Conference in Taiwan this summer are REQUIRED to attend this rehearsals (held in our NY Temple). Those who have stated that they cannot attend on certain dates as discussed on our previous meetings are the only ones excuses. If you have any questions, please contact Fanny or Karin.

On 5/13/06, we've had our first ever mother's day cook off competition. Being the first time, the competition definitely had room for improvements but I have to say it turned out better than I had expected. A total of 7 teams entered the competition. The teams competed not only in cooking, they also competed in mother-child trivia questions. The whole event was filled with laughter and moving moments and I am sure most people who were there enjoyed the experience. View Albums -- Caber

Happy Mother's Day to the Whole World

On 5/7/2006, the NY temple had it's Buddha's Birthday celebration. The weather was great although a bit chilly because of the wind, bad for those who were sick, me included. :( We had 4 booth locations this year. One for food, one for games, one for cute bags and the like, and one for a food item named after a place in Taiwan. :) It was a long day for us as many people went to the temple early (8:30 am) to rehearse for the offering and to help setup the booths. Thank you all who helped out on this event. I was constantly walking among our booths and I thought that Tom was very dedicated at watching the cute bag booth. Tom, my hat off to you. View Photos more from Emily Su's @ snapfish.com more from Chuyen - Shuei Jien (Fanny's friend) photos more from Irene -- Caber

Two new photo albums are now available. One from the Eight Precepts and the other from the hiking trip at Breakneck Ridge mountain. Both were provided by Karin. Thank you, Karin.


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April 30th was our hiking day. I am sure the people who went had a lot of fun. Congratulation to Emily for being the first person to upload photos. < clap clap clap > Anyone else who has uploaded photos, please let me (Caber) know. Snapfish photos from Emily Su You need to have a Snapfish.com account to view the photos. Photos from David H. David H. is the second runner up. Please wait for the photos to load. I LOVE your new hair style, Dave. =D

Mother's Day Cooking COntest May 13th. Event Poster & Applications are now available.
Application download here (application)

Hiking Trip Update

Breakneck Ridge Hike - trail and guidance provided by Mr. Cheng (Michees dad)

Hi Everyone! The Eight Precepts Retreat will be held this coming weekend (Saturday, April 22nd to Sunday, April 23rd) in our New York temple. Please remember that this event is mandatory for all White Elephant Candidates. If you have not yet registered and is interested, please download the registration form, fill it out and email it back to us. For those who have already registered, please remember to bring that you need to wear your yellow t-shirt and report to the temple on Saturday before 8:45 AM. Also, remember to bring the following things with you: sleeping bag, pillow (personal preference), personal hygiene (tooth brush, tooth paste, lotion, body wash, shampoo, etc), change of clothes notebook and pen/pencil. If you still have your White Elephant Qualification handbook, please also bring it with you to the event and remember to give it to me so I can update it for you. Hope to see everyone there! ~ Karin ~

April 15th, 2006, a beautiful 70+ degrees day. We held this month's monthly gathering this day at Menly and Vivian's house. Due to the many events we have coming up, we again, arrived the place early for a YAD/TD meeting. As we ended the meeting and entered the dinning room, the table was full of dishes. They were beautifully presented and looked very tasty. Unfortunately, a couple of us, including me, were not able to stay for the dinner and so I did not really taste the food and I do not have any photos for people to see. If anyone has photos and put them on the web, send me the link and I'll add the link here. Before we left the house, however, we were given some spring rolls and chocolate strawberries on stick. The chocolate strawberrys on stick were prepared by Vivian. They were meant to be desserts and supposed to come out after everyone finished dinner. Since some of us had to leave early, we were given this special treat first. The chocolate strawberries tasted refreshing on a hot Sunny day. -- Caber

Dear Buddha's Light Young Adults, Amitabha! This is George Chen from the BLIA YAD. How is everyone? I have very excited to announce that the 2006 International Buddha's Light Young Adult Conference will be hosted at the FGS Temple in Taiwan during August 3 thru 6 of 2006! Yes, that is right! This time, the conference will take place during the summer time in Taiwan! For the first time! So for those of you who have been missing previous conferences because they took place in winter, this is your chance! For those of you who missed last year's conference in Toronto because you have to go back to Taiwan during the summer, this summer will be different! And for those of you who have attended previous conferences, this is your chance to experience the first conferenct taking place in Taiwan's summer! Come join the rest of the world! For more information, please see the attached files(in the event listing section) which include the formal announcement, individual registration form. If you are interested in becoming a conference staff member candidate, please fill out the "2006 IBLYAC Staff Member Application" (Staff_Recruit_v2.doc) and submit it to BLIA YAD Chung-Hwa Regional Subdivisions before the deadline indicated on the form. If you have any question, please feel free contact us at anytime. May Spring Heralds Prosperity, George T. Chen BLIAYAD (from NY YAD: Please fill the individual application and mail to ny_yad@yahoo.com, fee $50.00(before June 1st). Other forms will be filled collectively as NY YAD applications by us)
親愛的佛光青年們： 阿彌陀佛！我是國際佛光會青年總團部的陳則奇﹝喬治﹞。很高興能在這裡向大家報告「2006 國際佛光青年會議」將由優秀的國際佛光會青年總團部中華總團所承辦，於 2006 年 8 月 3 日至 8 月 6 日，假台灣佛光山寺舉行！ 沒錯，這次的「2006 國際佛光青年會議」將首次於台灣的暑期舉辦！所以，假如您因為以往的國際佛光青年會議是在冬季舉辦而錯失參加的機會，這次將是您期待已久的因緣！假如您去年因暑期必須回台而不克參加於多倫多舉辦的佛光青年會議，今年的夏天將與以往不同！假如您已有參加過以往的國際佛光青年會議，請把握這次難得的因緣，體驗首次在台灣夏天所舉辦的國際佛光青年會議！讓我們一起來共襄盛舉！ 關於此次佛光青年會議的詳情，請參考附件的正式通啟、個人報名表。若您有興趣加入會議工作人員選拔，請將「2006 國際佛光青年會議工作人員申請表」﹝Staff_Recruit_v2.doc﹞填妥，並於該表上之截止日期前傳回中華佛光青年總團。假如您有任何疑問，請隨時與我們聯絡。 敬頌 共生吉祥 末學 陳則奇 合十 (NY YAD: 請填妥個人報名表格傳至NY_YAD@YAHOO.Com,其餘表格將統一紐約青年團所有參加團員意願, 由我們填妥送出. 參加費用為$50.00 (before June 1st))

This month's gathering took place at "Tom's Crib" on 3/11/05. "Tom's Crib" is a 3 bed room apartment that Tom shares with his landlord. The living room was decorated by Tom's landlord. I thought it was pretty nice.

We started a YAD/TD meeting at around 4:15ish discussing 2006 Children's Summer Camp and some other upcoming events that we have. Michee had made some cookies and brought it with her. The cookies were soft, had the right amount of sweetness and were mixed with cranberries (I LOVE berries...any kind). They were yummy. By the end of the meeting, the cookies were gone.

For dinner, Tom's mom made some delicious dishes and delivered them to "Tom's Crib". We sincerely thank Tom's mom for doing all that work. I wished Tom did the cooking though. =D

After we had food, we started the study group. Venerable Miao Zhong guided us through two articles, "Accepting Reality" and "多想想別人的好,忘記別人的不好 (Think more of other's good, forget those of the bad)". I will summarize "Accepting Reality" by writing out the last sentence in this article. "By accepting reality and being optimistic and progressive, we make up for our shortcomings." And for the other article. A small conflict between you and another person can sometimes make you forget all the good things that the other person has done for you. When this happens, think about all the good qualities that the other person has and you may just forget about the conflict.


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-- Caber

Updates from Downloads/Links Page.
1. Songs of Appreciation (mp3)

2. Application form for Summer Camp Volunteers (Part 1)

3. Application form for Eight Precept Retreat


Date Changes & Confirmations:
1. (4/22-23) 8-precepts retreat

2. (4/30) Bear Mountain Hiking

3. (5/27-28) Summer Camp Training

4. (8/3-6) YAD Annual Conference at Taiwan

During our past Sunday meeting we discussed in more detail of our children's summer camp, the IBLYAC and other future events. We also had a post ancestral offering ceremony meeting where we, all the participants, discussed and watched the ceremony, with refreshments on the side. For Summer Camp, we had a unanimous vote upon the group names, all surrounding something with toys. If you want to find out the names you're just going to have to join us! Next was the IBLYAC, which everyone is excited about, the time when friends from all around the world get to see each other again. Also a time where we can all learn more about Buddhism and how is effect us, young adults. Beyond that there was the preparation of our Buddhism retreat, being held in our upstate NY temple, as well as our training camp for our annual children's summer camp. We also discussed the annual mother's day/Buddha's birthday celebration, mother’s day cook off and much more upcoming events; don't want to give it all away now.

I put up some photos from 1/29/06. The below picture is the NY-YAD band and the singers.

It's 3 days past the Chinese New Year, 1/28/06, but happy belated Chinese New Year to every one. ^_^

We've had festivities at the temple on Sunday, 1/29/06. There were performances from various groups, including our NY YAD band and Sunday class students.

6 teams, 42 players and only 1 champion team. Who will take home the first place trophy and prize?
That's the million dollar question on 1/8/2006's BLIA basketball tournament. The tournament started at 1:30pm and ended by 7:15pm. After numerous elimination rounds, the question was answered by Columbia TSA's team. Congrats to the Columbia team. The NY-TD team captured the not too shabby second place. Congrats to the NY-TD team too.

During the semi-final between the boy scout team and the NY-TD team, the players on both teams put up a fierce fight for a chance to go into the final. It was a game so intense that I do not know how to put it into words. The NY-TD finally won by two baskets.

After the semi-final match, the players on the NY-TD team were exhausted. However, due to time constraint, they were not allowed much rest before having to play the final match. As the final went on, some of the best players on the NY-TD team had to retire due to cramping. Despite great effort from the NY-TD team, it just couldn't match the faster, taller and well-rested Columbia TSA. When the final whistle was blown, the Columbia TSA won by a good margin. In everyone's mind, however, the NY-TD team won too because it played with so much heart and passion.

Thanks to all players who participated in this year's basketball tournament and for them showing such good sportsmanship. Thanks to all those who helped to make this event possible and thanks to all those came to cheer for the teams. We look forward to see every one again at next year's tournament.