Bliss English Club

Dear Blissers,

Have you ever dreamed of your wedding party?I believe all of you did.

Last Sat Vicky had shared many interesting weddings from different countries with us and all the attendants are so creative they provided many outstanding ideas.

Thank Vicky for preparing a nice meeting wish you have a wonderful life in US and thanks Barkley, Annie, Olivia, 彧勝, Page,Ellen, Nelly, Yoyo, Angela Lai, Heidy, Michael Tsai, Sam, Rita, Julie, Sylvia, Judy, Will, Michael Huang for your participation.

If you miss the meeting please do not miss the photos

:http://picasaweb.google.com /ilovebliss.taipei/June14ByVicky

This week the host will be Nelly and she will talk about food with us.

Please come and join us.

Topic: Worldwide Gourmet

Dear Blissers:

Are you a gastronomer? Because this week, we are going to talk about your experience of any food, whether it is delicious, expensive or unique.

Apart of sharing your experience, we will also test how much you know about different food culture, therefore, you will have plenty of time to talk, to share as well as  to listen to others opinion. Please come and join us with your interesting stories of any food!

 

1. 14:00-14:20 Self introduction/warm up

2. 14:20-14:50 Typical food (group activity)

3. 14:50-15:20 Film sharing and quiz

4. 15:20-16:00 Experience sharing

5. 16:00-16:15 Break

6. 16:15-16:45 Group activity

7. 16:45-17:30 Group activity

 

Best regards,

Nelly

 Dear Blissers,

It seems like I forget to announce there is no meeting this Sat.
Sorry for the late announcement.
This weekend is Dragon Boat Festival please spare your time with your love family and see you next Sat.
Next Sat our host is Vicky.
I will release meeting notice before next Tues.

Thanks and best wishes,

Judy

Dear Blisser,

Last Sat Elise gave us a fully meeting and shared us some good points of view from the book "The future I see".
We are the residents of Taiwan but only few of us will care and think about the future of Taiwan.
Thanks Elise for sharing so many interesting but meaningful questions with us.

Thanks Claire, Dennis,Sam, Shelley, Jay, Michelle, Tweety, Joey, Sylvia,Elsa, Michael,Page,Judy,Owen,Joan

Dear Blissers,

Last Sat Karl shared the movie "The Bucket list" with us and let us discuss some meaningful questions.
What would you write down in your Bucket list?
I believe all of us have a bucket list but who really realize it???
Maybe it is a time for you to think about it and try your best to make it come true.
Thanks Karl for sharing a nice movie with us and thanks Jay,Willy,Michael Tsai, Page, Heidi, Grace, Landis, Carrie, Shelley, Angel, Kathy, Jessica, Angela 賴,Patrick, Jerry, Michael Huang, Phoenix for your joining.

If you miss the Karl's meeting please do not miss the photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com /ilovebliss.taipei/May24ByKarl

and share the photo of 05/25 qualification performance of street artists (Julie) with all of you.
http://picasaweb.google.com /ilovebliss.taipei/0525Qualific ationPerformanceOfStreetArtists Julie

And this week the host is our sweet Elise

    My dear BLISS sisters and brothers,

 

Reading can expand our prospectives and get into other people's    

worlds.  What more important is to learn from the book content and

apply the knowledge to our life.  Recently, I read a great

book and gained many new ideas.  This Sat., I would like to share

with you some points in "My Graduation Report" by Stanley Yen. 

We will do free speaking, group discussion, debate and role

play together.  Let's have some fun in English!

 

Lovely Elise

 1400-1505

(1)   When do you read?

(2)   Brief introduction of Mr. Yen

(3)   Why did Mr. Stanley Yen write this book?

l      A strong motivation

l      Disney experience / From giving to taking (free speaking)

l      It takes indivuadul concenses in groups to complete a mission.

l      Share experiences and build visions.

(4)   What are our advantages? Culture is our biggest added value. (free speaking)

 1505-1640

(5)   International scale formula about Taiwan 

l      Who are our customers?  What do they need?

l      What resources do we have?  When compare with others, what are our advantges?

l      How do we "wrap" our products?

l      How do we market?

※ Direct flights between Taiwan and China : Do we need the Songshan airport? (group discussion)

※ Gambling v.s. off-shore island (debate)

 

1640-1720

(6)   What do we need for future? Friendship is the most valuale gain.  Culture is our key competitiveness.

※ Governmental land : Mansion/villa or hotels? (free speaking)

※ Assume you can move to every corner in the world : How good are you? (role play) 

 

1720-1730

(7) Wrap up – a little story

Dear Blissers,

Hello Everybody this is Judy I am back from China.
I heard that Clark give you guys an excellent meeting last Sat.
I believe all the attendants know how to make themselves more happy in workplace and find a job they love after joining the meeting.
Thanks Clark for preparing a wonderful meeting for us and thanks Kathy, Stanely, Owen, Nelly, Elsa, Michael Tsai, Jessica, Pierce, Stephane, Sam, Tina Tseng, Angel,
Michael Huang, Sei and Angela for your joining.
If you miss the meeting please do not miss the photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ilovebliss.taipei/0517ClarkSMeeting


This week our senior senior member Karl will be our host he will talk about movies with us.
I will be with you guys this week and hope all of you can join the meeting.

Subject: All about movies ~
Dear Blissers

While you're a child, have you ever hovered over and over again in your unrestrained and vigorous world of fantasies?

And when you're in your mid-life or even aged life, are you still able to hear the long ago dreams in the bottom of your heart?

Do you have enough courage to arouse your desire and passion to have a go at something that you have been always want to do?

This week, I'm going to share with you guys 2 films that talking and asking questions about life.

Agenda:

2:00-2:30 Warm up, let people know about you and share with us the most

unforgettable and impressive scene in the movie you've

saw ,and why ?

2:30-3:45 Let's see several extract of the film 1 and questions to you

guys will follow up ~

3:45-3:50 Break

3:50-5:00 Some more questions from Film 2 and group discussion

5:00-5:30 Make your own bucket list and some may share with us !!

Hello~~~Dear bliss member
How are you all guys ? We have had no meeting for two weeks. Everyone must feel very empty and even upset for that.

However, the good thing is that this weekend our senior member, Clark, will give us a great meeting concerning Job engagement and work morale. We all have "Blue Monday" syndrome sometimes. It's a perfect chance for us to get rid of it and concentrate on our tasks.

Here are Clark's brief introduction and agenda.



Fire Yourself---and Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work

Find work that you love. Then, instead of complaining whenever Mondays arrives, you can look forward with enthusiasm to getting back to work each week. The workplace has changed, and today there are more opportunities than ever before to find work that aligns with your own passions and interests. If you can't find a position that is like that, it's also easier than ever to go into business for yourself doing what you love. The opportunities are there, and it just takes the courage to leave your nine-to-five treadmill and put yourself in a position where you excel because you're doing what you're passionate about.

We can all find, or create, meaningful work. It's much more than earning a paycheck. Most of us express a desire to make the world a better place. Each of us is equipped with unique skills to accomplish that. Your work may be building quality houses, being an excellent physician, teaching with passion, running a business with integrity, or being an exemplary employee. Find the work that releases your strongest talents and passions, and you will join the growing ranks of those who experience No More Mondays!!

If you're one of those people who dread going to work on Mondays, please join us this Saturday afternoon and find your own potential to embrace change!!

Agenda:

14:00 ~ 14:15 Warm up

14:15 ~15:00 Presentation--Create a job that expresses who you are and what you believe

15:00~15:20 Tea Break

15:20~16:00 Seminar--Think about your opportunities more than you worry about being "secure"

16:00~16:20 Tea Break

16:20~17:00 Role Play--Embrace the changes which happen and make the most of them

17:00~17:30 Group Discussion

Clark Kuo

Dear Blissers,

Last week Dennis prepared an outstanding meeting for us.
Negotiation is a kind of skill also an art.
By Dennis's meeting I believed all the attendants knew the basics on negotiation and might use those key points when negotiating with your customers or vendors or friends or family in the very near future.
Thanks Dennis for providing us a useful meeting and thanks Fannie,Sam,Ellen,Fiona,Chris,
Pierce,Carrie,Elsa,Barkley,Ivonne,Michael,Elise,Joey,Owen,Judy,Angela,Page,Ella,Sei,Gene
Nelly,Stanley,Madeline for your participation.
The photo link the April 26:
http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/ilovebliss.taipei/April_26BasicsOnNegotiationsByDennis

We do not have meeting in this week 5/3 and next week 5/10.
Happy Labor's day and spend sometime to celebrate Mother's day with dear Mom.
Our next meeting will be at May 17 by Clark. See you then.

best regards,
Judy

Dear Blissers,

Last week Chingchih talked about Family with us and share some useful info to enhance the relationship in the family.
I believe everyone's ideal family and are different but it can not be denied family is really important to everyone.
Thanks Chingchih prepared lots of materials for us and gave us a wonderful afternoon.
And thanks Angela,Yoyo,Ivonne,Michael  

Dear All,

Last Sat Owen had hosted an interesting meeting for us.
We had discussed for several special questions and had lots of fun during the discussion and sharing opinions.
And at the last hour we had tried to create a song for Bliss and I have uploaded the videos to our photo web. Please enjoy it.

Thanks Owen to give us a wonderful meeting and thanks Stephane,Olivia,彧勝,Barkley,Vicky,Stanley,Sheena,Tina Tseng 曾,Ella,Julie, Rita,Pierce,Sei, Irene, Elsa, Angela Lien,Madeline,Ivonne,Yoyo,Anita,Joy, Elise, Page, Willy, Michael Tsai,Michael Huang and Robert for your join.
The photo and video link of Owen's meeting.
http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/ilovebliss.taipei/April_12OwenWhy


This week the host will be 晴芷 and the topic is family.

Family－so close ，so far？

People who watch TV, eat, sleep and share the same roof with you. People, you could just  be yourself when you are with. You don't need to worry about  what to wear and how you should talk. That's your family！

 

Does this ever happen to you? You have dinner with your family but have nothing to say. When you break up with your bf or gf, your sister/brothere has no idea and you don't want to discuss with her/him. You try to talk about your dreams with your parents, but you don't think that they will support. You want to share something important with them but don't know how.

 

You are physically so close but maybe psychologically so far.

 

Home, is your house really a sweet home?

This weekend, chingchih, will be the host discuss the family relationship and share the tips to get closer with your family.

 

1400－1425  self introduction with  very interesting questions

1425－1530  questions and discussion

1530－1550  short clip about family

1550-1600                break

1600-1630    discuss about the film

1630-1700    time to share

see you in GLT!

chingchih

 

Dear Blissers,

This week the host will be Owen and he is going talk about some interesting questions.

Please come and join us.

There are two parts in my meeting.


1st : Since we were very young, our world is full of QUESTION mark (?). Do you ever really try to know why it happens and how it comes. I will give you some questions and let you discuss with each other. Your creative and inspired answers are expected. For example, the ice from North Pole and South Pole, which one is more delicious ? Why is the size of Tofu always same ? Why is Santa Claus always in red dress ? Why is Milk white but Butter is yellow ?



2nd , I will play a stupid but funny game with all of you. I believe you will love it.



14:00-14:20 Self Introduction

14:20-15:50 Tell me WHY

15:50-16:00 Breaking Time

16:00-17:30 Game Time

Best regards,
Education Manager
Judy

Dear All,

Please refer to the attached the meeting calendar of April to June.
This week we do not have meeting due to 清明節 and we will have meeting on last Sat April 12 by Owen.

Education Manager
Judy

Dear All,
Thanks God for giving us a nice weather and we did have a great time last Sat.

Thanks Barkley,上民,Carrie,Irene,Jean,Medline,Angela,Tina,Angela,Stella,彤芬,Tannya,Verna,Jay,Romeo,Joan,Sei,Michael Huang,Michael Tsai,Olivia for your participation.
Please refer to the photo link

1. Bliss:http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/ilovebliss.taipei/March_29OutingIn
2. Michael Huang: http://picasaweb.google.com/huang66/20080329BlissOuting
3. Irene:http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/ININChen0908/080329_BlissOuting

Education Manager
Judy

Dear All,

First of all I would like to say thank you for Tina. 
She is the best rescuer. 
She provided us an interesting and wonderful meeting and only have limited time to prepare. 
Last Sat, we spent a great time on playing UK and US Bingo and I realize I really do not how to play 
Bingo. 

If you miss Tina's meeting please do not miss the photo as below: http://picasaweb.google.com/ilovebliss.taipei/March15BingoByTina 

The Sat (3/22)we do not have meeting due to the 2008 president election. Please note!!!!! 

And our big event " 2008 OUTING at March 29 "is coming and all of you must looking for it!! 
If you want to join us please reply to me by next Wed (March26). 


Best regards, 
Judy

Dear Blisser,

We had an inspired Sat. Ethan had shared us with the law of attraction and let us know the secret of our life.
I believe all of us learn something from it. With a positive thinking and focus on positive wish your dreams may come true sooner or later.
I would to apply the three steps mentioned in "The secret" to make my dreams come true.

First: Ask
I will ask for making Bliss Better
Second: Believe
I will draw a picture in my mind and through our quality meetings and promotion. More and more people will join Bliss.
Third: Receive
Bliss becomes better.
Just remember these three steps your dream will come true.!!!

If you miss Ethan's meeting please do not miss the photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ilovebliss.taipei/March_08TheSecretByEthan

Thanks Ethan to give us a wonderful afternoon and thanks Joyce, Jessica,Stephane, Julie, Ella, Tina 曾, Sarah, Rick, Sei, Yoyo, Chris, Angel, Solar for your participation.

This week Tina will tell us more about "Bingo" and let us know different perspective of "Bingo".
Please come and have fun with Tina!!!

Do you Bingo?

Why Bingo is Bingo?

Do you know the difference between US bingo and UK bingo?

How Bingo effects the US society?

What's Bingo weighted in the gambling industry?

What we need to get into this business?

What's online Bingo?

Wow… so many we can discover about bingo!!

This coming Saturday,

We will study together about bingo for the first 2 hours.

It is going to have some chatting topics, some reading, and some discussion section.

And then, another fun hour to play bingo.

So, definitely come if you are a gamble lover! Even though you are not, you still wont like to miss a happy English studying time with us!



See you this Sat !



If anyone likes to peek ….

http://www.gambling-us.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_(US)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_%28UK%29

Dear Blissers,

Did you have a nice holiday? I did.
Especailly the weather last weekend was pretty good.
After a little break I believe all of you are looking forward to joining Ethan's meeting.
This week Ethan will give us an interesting topic regarding to the book "The secret".
Please come and join Ethan's meeting to explore the secret of our life.


Have you ever want something so bad and it just come up right away?
Have you ever concentrate in something and get the great reward you want finally?

We all know the power of our mind and thought but we just don't know how to make good use of it…..

To get a decent job? To have a pretty girl/boy friend ? To win the lottery ?

You know the secret, you have them !



Let's get to know the way it works and make our wishes come true！


2：10~2：4 0 Video

2：40~3：30 brainstorming

3：50~4：20 Video

4：20~4：50 discussion

5：00p~5：30 puzzle game & the contest





Host：Ethan Huang

Words from Jessica


The meeting was so compactness, I do't even have time to memorize you guys name and say hello to everyone.
I should say thank you for all of you and give your big hands, it's a very impressive club.

When I got the DM from bookstore in two months ago I plan to join the meeting when I get the time

Although the plan is still pending but I never stop thinking; such as:

What kind of people has time to run the club for ten years without any profit?

Who have time to arrange or join club in every weekend?

How can your team keep members coming?


After I joined the meeting, I even feel more marvelous;

The host must be qualified enough to hold meeting for three hours,

He or she has to create some attractive activities that the members can pay attention and won't feel bored.

They must spend a lot of time on preparing the contents, which may search on Internet. Drawing the hand out

Copy from DVD or film, and "the prize" also a good way to encourage members to actor in the competition.


During the meeting, some senior members seem try to challenge the host, but the way they preformed are full sense of humor, Ｉcan feel your team have good unspoken consensus .

I was so concreter in competition and laughing all the time that I was hungry in during the break time, I think this is one way too lose weight.


Anyway, you guys are really something, Thank again for running a good club,

The following website is the company I am working for,

http://learning.udn.com/mag/learning/index.jsp

I have job duty in most weekends, but it seems March 8 is ok,

I hope no more class will occupy in this day,

Looking forward to seeing you soon!!!!


Jessica Yang

Dear Blissers,

I believe all of you enjoy Willy's meeting. We had lots of fun and surprises.
Just wondering how could Willy find so many special and interesting puzzles for us.
And I am so proud of our members.You are so smart!!!!!
Always can get the correct answers.
If you miss last week's meeting please do not miss the photo and I have updated the photo of CPR by Sheena.
Sheena's meeting   http://picasaweb.google.com/ilovebliss.taipei/Feb16CPRBySheena
Willy's meeting         http://picasaweb.google.com/ilovebliss.taipei/Feb_23PuzzleByWilly

Last week we had six new members with us "Tina, Jessica, Pierce, Irene, Ivonne, Yoyo".
Thanks for your participation.
And thanks "Sveta, Nelly, Sheena, Jack, Jay, Carrie, Kathy, Joan, Elsa, Sei, Michael Tsai,Fannie, Micheal Huang, Patrick, Owen, Joey, Ellen, Karl, 灌強" for your joining!!!!

And Please note that we do not have meeting of this week due to the 228 holiday and next meeting will
be held at March 08 by Ethan
Wish all of you have a nice holiday and please come back at March 08.

ps: if anyone need the materails of Willy's meeting please write to me. I will pass to you. Thanks!

Best regards,
Judy

Dear Blissers, 

Last Sat Sheena gave us a wonderful meeting. Through her excellent meeting we all know the background of manikin "Anne" and the procedure of CPR for adults, child between age 1 to 8 and infants. And also have chance to practice on manikin "Anne". Besides CPR we also learned how to do breast check which is useful for not only female but also male. Thanks Sheena for giving us such a great meeting and thanks Julie, Ellen,Fannie,Rick,Sarah,Michael Tasi,Michael Huang,Grace,Janet,Lia,Brad,Davis for your participation. 

This week our senior member Willy will be our host and he prepares plenty of interesting materials for us please do not miss his meeting. 

ps. I will update to photos soon sorry for the delay. 


BLISS ENGLISH CLUB Meeting Notice for Feb. 23th, 2008 
Place: Guling Avant-Garde theater / 牯嶺街小劇場 No.2, Lane 5, Guling St., Zhongzheng District, Taipei 
台北市中正區牯嶺街5巷2號 TEL : (02) 2391-9393 FAX : (02) 2391-575 7
Meeting Time: 14:00 ~18:30 2008-2-23 
Host: Willy Huang / Contact No.: 0911-673647 malizard@ms26.hinet.net 

Dear all members: 

It is my pleasure to be the first time host of the meeting in 2008. Please kindly seize the chance to enjoy the English learning. At this time, my mind resides highest joyful and expectation, for all I wish is exciting, excellent and marvelous meeting. Please feel freely to help make this a joyful meeting. After I was booking the meeting in the end of 2007, it took me 3 months in collecting materials for deciding the topic. 

The topics of my meeting in the past six years are including Gem-stone (2002), Matryoshka(2003), My Moscow life(2004), Fashion Balloon(2005), USSR poster(2006), Vitas and theater tragedy(2007). You can see that I always want to hold the best meeting with the most attractive topic for Bliss. And now fortunately I have the conclusionfinally. 
On Sat. I am going to have a puzzle competition game in which the participants will be requested to answer questions such as some samples: 
1. What will it become if you throw a dragon out ofthe window?(dragonfly) 
2. What kind of key cannot open locks but kicks?(donkey). 
Those who can correctly answer the questions will be given special gifts prepared in advance! 

Later I will show you the Mars English what the people often used in MSN. You can try to guess the meaningof the following dialog: 
Peter: I have an English test 2mr. 
Ann: Me 2, I'm outta here. Peter: Ciao, bella. KIT. 
Ann:nighty-night. GL, w ur test 2mr.
 I will explain it in the meeting if you cannot breakit. 

In the third part we will have the interesting mathematics tests. You also try to count the answerof the question. Please change one "+" to "=" and the equation isreasonable. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20 Those who can correctly answer the questions will be given special gifts prepared in advance! 

Besides, I extra prepare the other topics for the forth and fifth section as like "Police English" and"Filth English" for back-up. 

Schedule： 
0200~0330: The competition of puzzle and catch the gift 
0330~0400: The introduction of Mars English 
0400~0410: Taking a break 
0410~0600: Mathematics competition and catch the gift. 
0600~ Enjoying dinner 

Special request:Please go to bed earlier for smart mind and body, otherwise you won't get my gift. 

Sincerely yours,

Willy 
Repondez sil vous plait  


Meeting Place: 牯嶺街小劇場地址 : 台北市中正區牯嶺街 5 巷 2 號 2F 公車： 1 路公車【牯嶺街小劇場站】
捷運：中正紀念堂站－南門市場出口，沿南海路往重慶南路方向第二個路口左轉，步行約五分鐘到達。 MAP:http://www.wretch.cc/blog/ilovebliss&article_id=12141864 
WEBSITE: www.wretch.cc/blog/ilovebliss

Dear Blissers,

Happy New Year. How was your holiday!!
This week Sheena will give us a useful meeting regarding to CPR.
Everyone should know this essential skill so do not miss this Sat's meeting.


Lets know about CPR

Do you know why the CPR Training manikin called "Anne"?
How important the CPR skill in our life? And how to do CPR
on different ages of people, like adult, child, and infant?

Maybe you never notice these information in the past, but please
come to join us this Saturday, I will demonstrate the CPR Training
manikin and tell you how to do the basic life support skill.

Best regards,
Judy