NewsDragon

Volume 57, Issue 7 : : July 2009

The Voice of the Honolulu Chinese Jaycees

Food Booth Thank You Party!

2009 HCJ Saturday, July 25th
Board
1st – We’re learning the ‘Electric Slide’! Lesson will be taught by that Diva of
* the Dancefloor, Ms Leeza Agpaoa. She knows how to move and groove so we
should be in good hands!
Jonathan Cook 2nd – We’re enjoying a movie (a HK Action flick) – the title will be voted on. But
President
it’s guaranteed that it’ll be a good one. All the choices will be top notch so we
Lily Fung can’t lose.
Chairman
PLUS We’re springing for some food to say ‘Mahalo’ for the Food Booth
Ryan Ng help! We’ll be cooking out together so bring some extras to contribute to the
Executive VP
feast. It all happens at the Rec Room of the Ala Wai Plaza, home of Ryan Ng &
Anthony Sato Ramy So. Don’t miss it!
2nd Vice Pres.

Ken Sum
3rd Vice Pres. Farrell’s Birthday Bash!
Krystal Lee We’re celebrating HCJ Birthdays once
4th Vice Pres.
again! If you were born in May, June, July
Ramy So or August, then it’s your time to shine.
Treasurer
We’ve got something special for you
James Kanda to help honor you. Members and friends,
Michael Valiente come on down and have a good time
Ross Lee wishing them a Happy Birithday. Head
Duc Nguyen over to Farrell’s in Pearlridge Uptown on Thursday, August 13th. 6:30PM is
Directors rendezvous time.

Jesse Hosaka AUGUST GMM

Webmaster Next GMM is on Tuesday, August 18th. Food
Served. It all starts at 7PM at the Moiliili Community
Center. See you there.

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President’s Message…..…………………………………………………..……………………………… 2
Public Speaking Training……....…..……………...…………………………………….……….………. 3
Dragon Boat Report.…………………...….…………………………...…………………………………. 4
Upcoming Events!………..…………………………….....……...……………..………………………… 6
Pictures!……….……….……………………………………….………………………………..……….… 7
President’s Message___________________________________________
Aloha!

We can finally sit down for a minute. After almost 2 months we’ve made it
through ‘The Gauntlet’. What is ‘’The Gauntlet’? My friends that is the 6 weeks of
Food Booth (1 week of set-up + 5 weeks of Fair) followed immediately by Dragon
Boat for all 3 days of a weekend.

It was a lot of work and a lot of sweat was produced during that time. I get tired
just thinking about it.

So a big Mahalo to all who came out to:

• Work in the Booth
• Prep Nights
• Break down the Booth
• Run the Dragon Boat Races
• Work the Shave Ice Booth @ the Dragon Boat Festival

It’s The Fair Food Booth Thank You Party!

We’re supplying some food as you join us for 2 Events/1 Night – First, we’re getting a lesson in ‘The Electric
Slide’ by Ms. Leeza Agpaoa. She’s gonna show us how to work the floor together. Get in step and in the groove.

Then we’re going to watch a movie, which we’ll vote on. It’ll be your selection from films in the HK Action
genre. Plus we’ll be grilling so bring some grindz! Don’t miss the special evening @ the Ala Wai Plaza Rec Room
(home of Ryan & Ramy).

You Say It’s Your Birthday?

Yes, it’s time again for a Farrell’s Birthday Bash. This time we’re celebrating all HCJ Members who were born
in the months of May, June, July & August. If that’s you, come on out – you’ve got some ice cream coming! That
takes place on Thursday. August 13th @ 6:30PM.

Lastly, I want to say thanks again to Jessie Hosaka for his work on the HCJ website.

Your Friend,
Jonathan Cook
58h President, “Forging New Leaders”
Phone: 342-2737 / Email: HonoluluChineseJaycees@gmail.com

He Did It!
Past President Wes Kam graduated this past
month from Heald College. Not only did he earn a
perfect 4.0 average, he also won honors for
Perfect Attendance! Way to go, Wes!

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______________________________________ Public Speaking Training
Public speaking is one of the essential skills for
success. Not only in your career but also in almost every
aspect of life, from communicating at home to persuading
others to help you in a cause you believe in. So, , we got a
man who knows how to deliver a message – Mr. John
Cummings.

Many know John for his tireless support of the chapter,

but many don’t realize he is the Public Spokesman for
Oahu Civil Defense. He’s entrusted with telling the public
what’s happening in times of great stress. John developed
his ability to deliver the news, not only on the job but also through his own efforts to constantly improve.

A full room came to get the benefit of his training and they weren’t disappointed. The most telling
moment came when John’s PowerPoint presentation died in the middle of his talk. Not only did he keep
going, he did it smoothly and without hesitation. It was the best possible lesson in public speaking.

Reading this you might be hoping for some of the tips and techniques we learned that night. Lucky for
you, we’ve got some:

• DON’T apologize for being nervous. No one will know you are unless you call attention to it.
• KNOW your material. The better you know it, the less anxious you’ll be about presenting it.
• PRACTICE your speech, your gestures, eye contact & volume. It will pay off at speech time.
• VISUALIZE your speaking success. Create expectation in yourself that you’ll do well.
• PAUSE for effect occasionally, especially when you make important points that you want remembered.
There was more gold given to us that night, but we can’t fit it all in here. Suffice it to say that you missed
a great evening. Who knows – maybe we’ll do follow up with deeper Public Speaking techniques. What do
you think, John?

The brand new HCJ T-Shirts have arrived! And

they come in Gray or White. You can earn one by
working on a project or displaying that legendary
HCJ initiative. Congratulations & Mahalo to those
who’ve gotten one or will be getting one! Anthony Sato Shows New HCJ Shirt @ GMM

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Dragon Boat Festival!__________________________________________
Dragon Boat Festival was bigger and better By evening time, though, the place to be was in
than ever this year. Along with the annual races we view of the movie screen for movie night #2,
also had a big party going on across the street in the featuring ‘Kung Fu Panda’.
Park. Were we up for it?
Past President Denton Chun ran the multimedia
Friday night, for the 1st time, was the kick-off time show, including the film, with great skill & talent. It’s
for the Festival. Along with the great food and crafts obvious that his HCJ training has stuck with him.
booths, the evening was capped off with a showing
of ‘Iron Man’ on the big screen. The next morning saw the Races start up again,
this time on a smaller scale with just 9 teams.
Early on the morning of June 27th, our HCJ team
arrived and got down to the business of Dragon
Boats.

2009 saw a huge increase in the number of teams

entered. Our team had to deal with over 30 Dragon
Boat teams (!), including 4 who were added on the
night before.

Kelfred Chang was up into the early morning

redoing the race schedule to deal with these late
breaking developments. Just one example of the
organizers great dedication to this great event. The Hickam & Kids Hurt Too Teams

From Deanne & Gerald in the Ewa tent to our The highlight of the day – and the entire Festival –
Diamond Head side team, all positions were came with the 3rd Place runoff between Hickam & the
handled professionally and with enthusiasm. Kids Hurt Too teams.

Hickam proposed mixing the 2 teams. Everyone

would race together rather than against each other. It
was both a stroke of genius and a rare display of
sportsmanship and Aloha.

Following this fun-filled race (filmed by KGMB),

Hickam announced they were ceding the 3rd Place
trophy to the Kids Hurt Too team in honor of their
great efforts and attitude. This gesture made not only
the kids’ day, it made the day of everyone present.

Seeing Hickam’s generosity and the excitement of

the Kids Hurt Too team made all our efforts & work
This year, thanks to the hard work of Ken Sum,
worthwhile. May we all show such Aloha.
HCJ fielded 2 teams: HCJ Dragons & HCJ Phoenix.
Both teams competed strongly and made us all
Much mahalo again to all who worked the Races &
proud.
in the HCJ Booth. Until next year…

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_____________________________Cosmic Bowling
Events can be significant for a variety of reasons. This one,
though, stood out for the best of reasons. It was chaired by a
new member: Mr. Nicholas Chang!

Under his leadership our chapter decided to try out the

Cosmic Bowling at Aiea Bowl. If rolling a ball down a long span
of wood isn’t challenging enough, just try it in the dark. It’s a
challenge we were up for that evening.

Things got even more interesting when our friends from

Hawaii Kai – Jon & Byron Nakasone and Debbie Au – showed
up with their own bowling gear(!). Including rolling bowling bags.
They were there to play and they found plenty of people ready to see their challenge.

The bowling came hard and fast all night, with HIJC
President Bobby Agpaoa and his friend ‘Ace’ taking high
scores for that initial meet. Still, the highlights were yet to
come in the 2nd game:

• Anthony Sato, coming off the critical list to bowl one

handed with a sling on!

• Sachiko rolling her ball while the pins were still being
set up, then watching in horror as the pin setter
pushed her ball all the way back up the lane!

• Jason Tomita working the lanes like a runway model

By the time we all made our way to our cars it was after Midnight and we all agreed the Nicholas made
a great debut! Mahalo to all who came and made it a great time -

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

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

Email: HonoluluChineseJaycees@gmail.com
Tel: (808) 342-2737
Online: MySpace.com/HonoluluChineseJaycees
Facebook.com/HonoluluChineseJaycees

Web Site: HcjHawaii.com

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Upcoming!_________________________________
Saturday, July 25th Friday, August 21st
Food Booth Thank You Party! Int’l Dining Out!
Ala Wai Plaza, 500 University Ave Place TBA
3:30PM – 10PM

Learn the Electric Slide with us, then stick around for Try some new tastes with old friends. Wherever we’re
a combo cookout & movie night! We’re springing for going, it’ll be worth the trip. Stay tuned.
some food, but please bring a small contribution, too.
Call Jon @ 342-2737 for more info.
______________________________________________ Tuesday, August 25th
$1.00 Taco Tuesday @ Dave & Busters!
Monday, August 3rd Dave & Busters, of course
HCJ Board Meeting
MCC, Rm 202 People are asking for another trip to D & B’s for, so
6PM we’re heading over there for some mid-week fun and
games. Join us for $1 Tacos plus some games and show
Board meetings are open to HCJ members who are us what you got! If you got the guts.
interested in attending and observing.
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Thursday, August 13th

Farrell’s Birthday Bash! Did You Know…..?:
Farrell’s, Pearlridge Uptown
6:30PM
o Fingerprinting was used in China as
Born between May 1st & August 31st? We’ve got early as 700 A.D.
something special to honor you and your birthday! Come o Flights between Hong Kong and
down to Farrell’s and have your special time with us
mainland China are classed as
Not a May – August Baby? You can still come down international flights
and have a great time with us. We’ll see you there - o Some people in China work as
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apologizers
Tuesday, August 18th o In China tree hugging is forbidden
August GMM! (Ed: Take that, Greenpeace!)
MCC, Rm 209 o In the late 1990s cockroach fights
7PM
were all the rage in Beijing.
We’re having our August meeting on this Tuesday Particularly large and aggressive
evening. Come down, have some food, see what we’re up cockroaches from all over China were
to and enjoy some time talking story with friends.
shipped to Beijing and winners made
lots of money.

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_____________________________________________________ Pictures Page

50th State Fair: The Last Shift On The Last Night

HCJ In Boat for KGMB Morning Segment

Pranksters Surround Sleeping Stan

The KGMB Segment

HCJ Fair Booth Team Takes A Break

Duc Teaches Lomi Lomi At Aloha Tower Mixer

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 HCJ Schedule of Events – JULY / AUGUST

Saturday, July 25th Tuesday, August 18th

Learn Electric Slide/Movie Night Cookout! August GMM!
Ala Wai Plaza, 500 University Ave MCC, Rm 209
3:30PM – 10PM 7PM

Monday, August 3rd Friday, August 21st

HCJ Board Meeting Int’l Dining Out!
MCC, Rm 202 Place TBA
6PM

Tuesday, August 25th

Thursday, August 13th 1/2 Off Wednesday @ Dave & Busters!
Farrell’s Birthday Bash! Dave & Busters, of course
Farrell’s, Pearlridge Uptown
6:30PM

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

Honolulu Chinese Jaycees

PO Box 957
Honolulu, HI 96808