Bliss English Club

Dear Blissers,

Welcome back Connoisseurs!

What do you recall from Jessica Yang’s meetings? Savored the fine things like wine, food, trip, fashion and art?

This Saturday she is going to take us to Provence, a legendary site of history, culture, nature and wine and an inspiring spot for architects, artists, and literary figures.

Highly expected with this versatile expert, Jessica Yang on 11/19!!!

Note: Bliss New Meeting Place: 新場地VIS Café窩式咖啡，台北市大同區酒泉街34‐3 號B1，原場地”樹樂集”附近，更近圓山捷運店，步行約1 分鐘，低銷NT$100 以上的飲品/輕食等, the detail of which please refer to theattachments.

Introduction

Meeting Date: 11/19

Host: Jessica Yang

Topic:”A very good day in Provence”

You can name a few the most suitable living cities like Melbourne, Vancouver, SanFrancisco……etc.
 

However, do you know Provence ranking top 10 of the most popular cities which Artists like to immigrate?


Backgrounds

1. The Rome colonized Provence in the middle century and left with great world
heritage here.

2. One of the Top three art festival in the world is held in Avignon, France.
（亞維儂藝術節）
3. Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄）built up the Floating Art Museum in the winery which exhibits some masterpieces with five Pulitzer prize works included (普立茲獎）.
 

4. The biggest wetlands in Europe- The Camargue Wetlands where you need to spend 15 hours on foot.

5. Marseille harbor is the key to boost up France economy in ancient times.

6. Provence collects most of nature treasures in the world that the artists get handy inspiration from.


Celebrities

1. Cezanne (塞尚）born in Aix,France never planned to move even though he had studied
aboard.
2. Van Gogh (梵谷）moved from Holland and created most important pieces all because of the bright sunshine all the year here.
3. The author of “A year in Provence (山居歲月）”,Peter Mamal, came to visit and
decided to have a long stay here. The book has been printed more than 100 countries　and still hit .
4. The movie A very good year(美好的ㄧ年） helps entrepreneurs rethink the true meaning of life.
 

Let’s come together to think what your life will be like in Provence!

14:30-15:00
Introduction
Discover Provence

15:00--16:00
what kind of lifestyle in Provence?
Following the farmer to Market
To Learn cooking skills from Michelin Chef
Activity one: To identify the herb and to know their characteristics

16:00-16-15
break time

16:15-16:45
Visit the Winery and Floating Museum
Visit three of artists in the mountain, who are architects, “fashion designers”,
and painters.

16:45-17:00
Activity two: sketch of your Provence

ps.
If possible, please bring your color pens, let’s have a quick panting class
and present to everyone what your life will be in Provence.

(I will bring some color pens and paper for you)

Recap of “Master Sun’s The Art of War: How to take advantage of it” by Uncle Ting on 11/12

Topic: “Master Sun’s The Art of War: How to take advantage of it”

Host: Uncle Ting

Date: Nov 12, 2016

Photo link:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101726755048448689917/albums/6352505801777059857

Participant:

Annie, Ellen Huang, Daniel Yang, J.C Su, Angela, Joe, Kevin Huang, Serina, Stanley, Uncle Ting

An Unbelievable heavy masterpiece—

Our honorable host, Uncle Ting, dexterously conducted the meeting punctually and informatively as scheduled.

Life Application

First, he asked us to share any tactics applied in our daily lives. One Blisser used the tactic, “Evading is the best policy as soon as you sense any emerging danger” in face of troubles.  Everyone unanimously agreed Sun’s Masterpiece was really applicable in love-confession or coworker-relations!!

“Strategy” vs. “Tactics”

“Strategy” means “策”, long-standing war “principles” or “plans” . “Tactics “means “計” means various the “ways” or “steps” of the war, deducted from “Strategy”.

Western “The Art of War”

“On War” by General Carl Von Clausewitz (1780-1831) has been considered Western War Bible which elaborately talked about strategies and tactics.

Ancient Wars

The force powers in ancient China were competed through horses and carts while in Roman Empire through warrior garments and later in British Empire through cannons.

Historic Battles

Learning from historic decisive defeats such as Nazi and Napoléon’s failures in Russia, America’s in Vietnam, Sun’s “The Art of War” has been widely researched at the desk of generals, business and ordinary people and commonly applied globally.

Meaning of “武”

The character of “武” shows the ultimate purpose of “war” is not to start a “war”  at the first beginning.  Therefore, the best policy is to use “Strategy” to cease a war; the second best is to avail “diplomacy”, cooperative with other countries; the last and worst is to call for a “war” with enemies!!!

Deliberation

It means “careful calculation” before starting a war, which includes 1. The morale causes 2. The climatic condition 3. The terrestrial condition  4. The generalship of commanders  5. The marshaling organization and disciplines.  Same as in marketing before launching new products, the “deliberation” is to modify plans to suit the requirements of changing circumstances with the object of obtaining the best results. Ex. A Succesful Commercial of “春風”tissue.  

How to use Sun’s “The Art of War”

Most people succeed by simply practicing one or two principles to the reality until they are internalized as part of themselves. 

Reflections:

We felt fulfilled after the meeting because we had a man of wisdom like Uncle Ting who not only demonstrated us a successful practitioner of Sun’s “The Art of War” but also would keep encouraging us to do so by next meetings in near future!!!