tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287369462011-06-24T03:52:36.050-07:00Where smiles are meant to be contagious =]sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1172105914566861982007-02-21T16:55:00.000-08:002007-02-21T16:58:34.576-08:00Hey everyone!<br /><br />Good job at the Chinese New Years performance! I hope everyone had fun and all the stinky tofu they could eat. Pictures will be posted soon. <br /><br />A couple announcements:<br />- NEXT MEETING: March 10th, 2007 7:30PM at South Bay Temple<br /><br />- We will not have a meeting this Saturday Feb 24th<br /><br />Thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-117210591456686198?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1170615561073257082007-02-04T10:57:00.000-08:002007-02-04T10:59:21.086-08:00Hi everyone!<br /><br />Our next meeting is February 10th, 2007 7:30PM<br />- We will be practicing the skit for Chinese New Year's<br /><br />New pictures have been posted! Check them out!<br /><br />- Tony<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-117061556107325708?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1168536182701758632007-01-11T09:22:00.000-08:002007-01-11T09:23:02.703-08:00Next meeting will be on Saturday January 13th, 7:30PM<br />Location: South Bay Temple<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-116853618270175863?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1168536110348811532007-01-11T09:19:00.000-08:002007-01-11T09:21:50.356-08:00Thanks for coming to the holiday party at my house, we'll definitely have to do white elephant again.<br /><br />For everyone who went to Winter Camp at Hsi Lai, I hope you guys had fun and learned a lot!<br /><br />Pictures from both events will be up soon.<br /><br />- Tony<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-116853611034881153?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1164989062679689952006-12-01T08:01:00.000-08:002006-12-01T08:04:22.693-08:00Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!<br /><br />Our next meeting is <strong>Saturday December 9th, 2006 </strong>at South Bay FGS, 7:30PM<br /><br />- Rachel is back and we're gonna learn some hip hop!<br />- Come ready to groove<br /><br />Tony<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-116498906267968995?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1163612547696947812006-11-15T09:41:00.000-08:002006-11-15T09:42:27.696-08:00<strong>The NEXT meeting is Saturday November 25, 2006 at 7:30 PM at South Bay Temple. </strong><br /><br />- Theresa will be running an activity so come show your support!<br /> <br />- There will be NO Meeting this Saturday November 18th.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-116361254769694781?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1163612338965809392006-11-15T09:35:00.000-08:002006-11-15T09:44:26.423-08:00- Stephanie led an arts and crafts activity to help the kids understand the concepts of impermanence and importance of adaptability. Also, this activity allowed members to share things about themselves.<br /><br />- Kids made thier arts and crafts but had different resources such as markers, paper, glue, and even entire projects switched up on them.<br /><br />- Discussion was on how things in life changed and how you need to deal with it.<br /><br />4 Steps to solve every problem from Master Sheng Yen:<br />1) Face it<br />2) Accept it<br />3) Deal with it<br />4) Let go of it<br /><br />- THANK YOU STEPHANIE!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-116361233896580939?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1162836350648392342006-11-06T10:04:00.000-08:002006-11-06T10:05:50.646-08:00<strong>November 11th, 2006 at South Bay FGS Temple</strong><br />Time: 7:30 PM<br />- Stephanie is running an activity!!! Do I need to say any more? =) <br />- Work on team cheers, team actvities, and of course, ice breakers!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-116283635064839234?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1162579046913527022006-11-03T10:36:00.000-08:002006-11-06T10:04:29.326-08:00Here are the up coming events for South Bay YAD:<br /><br /><strong>November 5th, 2006 at South Bay FGS Temple</strong><br />Time: YAD kids be there at 2PM<br /> 4-6PM Performance<br /> 6 PM Dinner<br /> - Performance for the elder camp - Our Diva Natalie Tseng will be singing Aretha Franklin's RESPECT song and we will need people helping out dancing and holding signs on stage with her<br /> - Waiters and Waitress for elder's dinner - We are going to be serving the elderly their dinner<br /> - Wear your uniform<br /><br /><br /><strong>November 11th, 2006 at South Bay FGS Temple</strong><br />Time: 7:30 PM<br />- Stephanie is running an activity!!! Do I need to say any more? =) <br />- Work on team cheers, team actvities, and of course, ice breakers galore!<br /><br />Thanks. Hope to see everyone there! <br /><br />Tony<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-116257904691352702?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1157789928280481012006-09-09T01:17:00.000-07:002006-09-09T12:41:23.140-07:00Meeting at 6:30 tonight!!!<br /><br />Dharma lecture by Venerable Hui Chuan upstairs and meeting after. ^__^<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-115778992828048101?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1156230042555093022006-08-21T23:58:00.000-07:002006-08-26T01:19:29.703-07:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bzX6UDNL2eo"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bzX6UDNL2eo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-115623004255509302?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1153959078253655542006-07-26T17:10:00.000-07:002006-07-27T18:34:05.023-07:00<span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >While I sit here, I don’t think of somewhere else, of the future or the past. I sit here, and I know where I am. This is very important. We tend to be alive in the future, not now. We say, “Wait until I finish school and get my Ph. D. degree, and then I will be really alive.” When we have it, and it’s not easy to get, we say to ourselves, “I have to wait until I have a job in order to be really alive.” And then after the job, a car. After the car, a house. We are not capable of being alive in the present moment. We tend to postpone being alive to the future, the distant future, we don’t know when. Now is the moment to be alive. We may never be alive at all in our entire life. Therefore, the technique, if we have to speak of a technique, is to be in the present moment, to be aware that we are here and now, and the only moment to be alive is the present moment...To be here and now, and enjoy the present moment is our most important task.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);">- Thich Nhat Hanh<br />Nobel Peace Nominee</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-115395907825365554?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1152491844339371272006-07-09T17:36:00.000-07:002006-07-09T17:37:57.026-07:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Next Meeting: July 22nd, 2006 7:30PM</span></strong><br /><br />See you all there!<br /><br />- Tony<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-115249184433937127?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1150180974833173862006-06-12T23:29:00.000-07:002006-06-12T23:45:10.893-07:00Hip hop WOW! Good job everybody! Maybe we can stat a South Bay Hip Hop team!<br /><br />Next meeting:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >June 24th, 2006 @ 7:30</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> Dharma Talk - <span style="font-style: italic;">Venerable Yi Chao</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4308/2832/1600/Daienin_Kannon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4308/2832/320/Daienin_Kannon.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /> - On Guan Yin Pu Sa aka Avalokitesvra aka Om Mani Padme Hum aka Kannon<br /> - What is a Bodhisattva?<br /> - Ever wonder why you see so many jade necklaces with Guan Yin Bodhisattva?<br /> - Ever wonder what you can do when you're in distress?<br /> - What Om Mani Padme Hum meant in Connies fun/exciting game?<br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Activity Spontaneity<br /></span> - Surprise suprise surprise!<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-115018097483317386?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1149317452342120552006-06-02T23:49:00.000-07:002006-06-02T23:53:02.073-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:VERDANA,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:VERDANA,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dharma of the Day:</span><br /><br />I like to walk alone on country paths, rice plants and wild grasses on both sides, putting each foot down on the earth in mindfulness, knowing that I walk on the wondrous earth. In such moments, existence is a miraculous and mysterious reality.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child--our own two eyes. All is a miracle.<br /><br />- Thich Nhat Hanh, "Miracle of Mindfulness"<br /></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 102);font-family:VERDANA,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;font-size:85%;" ></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-114931745234212055?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1148684405607053062006-05-26T15:35:00.000-07:002006-05-26T21:30:29.566-07:00Well, we are going to be working on something for something and it's called:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"PROJECT HAHA 哈哈項目"</span><br /><br />It is a project only for South Bay kids so we can't release it to the public yet. For SB members, we hope you have fun with it.. teeheehee. At least I think it's really funny! =]<br /><br />So please go to the next meetings as we will need as many of you as possible to make it work!<br /><br />Next meeting: <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Saturday, June 10th, 2006 @ 7:30<br /></span><ul><li> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Guest peer leader: Rachel</span></li><ul><li> - It's the time to DISCO! Rachel is going to teach some super moves and grooves that we can bust out on the dance floor. Please bring a good attitude and a good SMILE!</li></ul></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Venerable Yi Chao</span></li><ul><li> Dharma Talk! Topic is to be determined. If you guys have any suggestions on what you would like to learn about, drop a comment!</li></ul></ul><ul><li> <span style="font-weight: bold;">PROJECT HAHA</span></li><ul><li> Tony will go more into detail about this later</li></ul></ul><br />That's all for today! Pizza party pictures are also up!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dharma worlds of the day:</span> "The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life." - Dalai Lama<br /><br />- Theresa<br />Joining Palms<br /><br />--------<br /><br />Edit - since Project HAHA might take too long, we might not do Dharma Talk...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-114868440560705306?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1148629228008402322006-05-26T00:39:00.000-07:002006-05-26T00:41:34.366-07:00Hey guys - I enabled the comments on the post to be open to anyone, so you can comment on the posts too!<br /><br />-Theresa<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-114862922800840232?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1148595304841529532006-05-25T15:09:00.000-07:002006-05-25T17:07:28.353-07:00CLICK HERE: <a href="http://public.fotki.com/sbyad/south_bay_officers/?cmd=slideShowFlash"><strong>South Bay 05-06 Officers</strong></a><br /><br />I hope this will be helpful to keep eveyone up to date on events and activites. Also, hopefully this can be a place were you guys can laugh, cry, or make you sing while looking at our pictures and videos (please see the side bar) as well as a place to exchange ideas and stay informed.<br /><br />Vesak Day (Buddha's Birthday) was definitely fun. Thank you guys for coming out!<br />"PEANUT MOCHI LIEN-TZU-SOUP"<br /><br />If you have suggestions on how to make this site even better, please leave comments. Please thank Theresa for creating this site and getting it up and running.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />- Tony<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-114859530484152953?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28736946.post-1148577451705053482006-05-25T10:15:00.000-07:002006-05-25T21:53:49.900-07:00I hope I won't have any more technical problems, i'll send the invites <em>again</em> (third time) after I make sure the site is working for a few days.. Or how about just leave a comment if you want to be able to post stuff, up to you guys!<br /><br />For right now, just enjoy what's on here!<br /><br />------<br /><br />Buddha's Birthday was exciting I hear, Tony sent me this funny clip featuring the Hsiao and Hsieh brothers. Enjoy!:<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZaodrsFJ-SA" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div><br /><br /><br /><br />-Theresa<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28736946-114857745170505348?l=sbyad.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sbyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197253132086005578noreply@blogger.com1