Taiwanese American Community Center of San Diego -- Clubs (English)

Karaoke Club	Bridge Club	Concert
Senior Group	Hiking Club	Hawaii Dance Club
Computer Club	Book Club	Folk Dance Club
Photo Club	Line Dance Club	Special Seminar
Music & Movie Club		Gardening Club
Culture & History Lecture Series		Health Seminar
Life Experience Seminar		Ping Pong Club
Women and Friends Club
Home Economic Club
Understanding Science Seminar Series

Home Economic Club

Date / Time:	3rd Saturday of the month 3:00 pm
Contact Person:	Hui J. Chiu 619-472-1629
See Chinese(big-5) page

Gardening Club

Date / Time:	Wednesdays 11:00 pm
Organizer:	Gina Pei
Contact Person:	Jerry Tsung, Tsan-Tang Hung, Jin-Shone Leo
See Chinese(big-5) page

Music & Movie Club

Date / Time:	4th Saturday of every month 1:30 pm Music Appreciation 3:00 pm Movie Time
Speakers:	Mun-Shar Tsai, Christina Li, Shin-Ta Liu
Contact Person:	Jerry Tsung, Jau H. Yang, Shin-Ta Liu
See Chinese(big-5) page

Computer Club

Date / Time:

2nd Saturday of every month. 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Contact Person:

Taiwan Center

Gather once a month to share tips and tricks of using computers and learn popular software applications, eg, Picassa, Movie Maker..

Bring your own laptop to practice on the seminar. Donation aceepted. The proceeds will be used on purchasing software and computer equipments.

This event will be presented in Chinese. Please see Chinese page for schedule and topic.

Date: 2/6/10, Saturday, 12pm - 1:30pm
Topic: Basic Networking Concept
Speaker: Chong-Hoc Hoa

Date: 3/13/10, Saturday, 12pm - 1:30pm
Topic: Basic Bookkeeping using Quickbook
Speaker: Celine Chen

Karaoke Club

Date / Time:	Every Tuesdays 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Contact Person:	Sue Sheng (619) 472-1629
Everybody is welcome. Large selections of Taiwanese, Mandarin, English songs.

Hawaii Dance Club

Date / Time:	Every Friday. 12:00pm
Contact Person:	Lucia Yiao (858) 793-3672
Come join us for interesting and beautiful dance.

Photo Club

Date / Time:	Every Wednesday 3:30pm
Contact Person:	Gene Houng
Please bring your memory cards or pictures to share.

Senior Group

Date / Time:	Every Wednesday 10:30am - 3:00pm
Contact Person:	Mayfen Lai (760) 268-0865
Wednesday Activities: Tai Chi / Chi Gong, Sign Language, Lunch, Choir, Line Dance, Ballroom Dancing, Chat. Annual Activities: Picnic, Outings. Life Time Membership Fee: $10 / per person

Women and Friends Club

Date / Time:	Every Friday 2:30pm
Contact Person:	Mary Chen (858)560-8884

Bridge Club

Date / Time:	Every Tuesdays 3:00pm Every Wednesdays 1:00pm
Contact Person:	C. S. Chen (858)454-8429
Train your logic, analysis, thinking. Welcome to everybody. Beginners too!

Ping Pong Club

Date / Time:	Fridays 2:00pm-7:00pm Saturday 3:00pm-6:00pm
Contact Person:	Michael Li 860-904-3844 Luke Hsiao 858-350-7661
Everybody is welcome.

Hiking

Date / Time:

Hiking on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of a month.

Contact Person:

Geoffery Peng
Yi-Shiou Huang
Kun-Cheng Lin

Time: 01/16/2010 Saturday
Place: Torrey Pine State Reserve
Gathering place: State Park Road Side Parking Lot
Gathering time: 01/16/2010 9:00 AM

How to get to the gathering place:
Take I-5 South, exit at Carmel Valley Rd.
Turn right toward west(ocean)
At N. Torrey Pines Rd.(101), turn left
About 1 mile you will see the parking lot

Time: 02/05/2010 Friday
Place: Lake Poway
Gathering place: Lake Poway Parking Lot
Gathering time: 02/05/2010 9:00 AM
How to get to the gathering place:

From South, take I-15 North, exit at Rancho Bernardo Rd. turn right
From North, take I-15 South, exit at Rancho Bernardo Rd. turn left
Travel at Rancho Bernardo Rd for a few miles, then the road name changes to Espola Rd. When you see Lake Poway Rd., turn left, and travel to the parking lot

Time: 02/20/2010 Saturday
Place: Miramar Lake
Gathering place: Miramar Lake Parking Lot
Gathering time: 02/20/2010 9:00 AM

How to get to the gathering place:
Take I-15 South, exit at Mira Mesa Blvd.
Turn left(travel East), then turn right at Scripps Ranch Blvd.
Turn left at Scripps Lake Dr.
When you see the lake parking sign, park in the parking lot

Time: 03/05/2010 Friday
Place: Torrey Pine State Reserve
Gathering place: State Park Road Side Parking Lot
Gathering time: 03/05/2010 9:00 AM

How to get to the gathering place:
Take I-5 South, exit at Carmel Valley Rd.
Turn right toward west(ocean)
At N. Torrey Pines Rd.(101), turn left
About 1 mile you can see the parking lot

Time: 3/20/2010 Saturday
Place: Palomar Mountain
Gathering place: San Macros Ralph Market Plaza
Gathering time: 3/20/2009 9:00 AM

How to get to the gathering place:
Take I-5 to Freeway 78, travel east
Exit at Twin Oaks Valley Rd., turn right and travel south
Pass one traffic light, turn right into Plaza
Or
Take I-15 to Freeway 78, travel West
Exit at Twin Oaks Valley Rd., turn left and travel south
Turn right at second traffic light(Baham Rd.) then to the Plaza

Understanding Science Seminar Series (XI)

Date / Time:

TBA

Place:

TACC Auditorium

Chair:

Edward Cheng

Book Club

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01/31/10
(Sun)
2PM

Book Title: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time (Paperback, January 2007)
Authors: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Speaker: Gloria Kuo

Three Cups of Tea

“The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger, the second, you are an honored guest, and the third, you become our family, and for our family, we are prepared to do anything—even die.”—Haji Ali, Koprphe Chief, Karakorm Mountains, Pakistan

In 1993 a mountaineer named Greg Mortenson drifted into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram mountains after a failed attempt to climb K2. Moved by the inhabitants’ kindness, he promised to return and build a school. Three Cups of Tea is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but 78 schools—especially for girls—in the forbidding terrain that gave birth to the Taliban. His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.

The book remained a number one New York Times bestseller for 20 weeks after its release. A young adult version of the book was published by Penguin on January 22, 2009.

02/28/10
(Sun)
2PM

Speaker: Wu Hung Liu
Book Title: A Perfect Escape
Author: Ming-min Peng

A Perfect Escape book report

While under house arrest in 1970, Taiwanese nationalist leader Ming-Min Peng escaped out of Taiwan successfully. Details of the escape had remained a mystery until “A Perfect Escape” was published in June 2009. The book identifies those crucial helps along the way, and answers questions about how the escape was planned, coordinated and carried out.

03/28/10
(Sun)
2PM

Speaker: De-Min Wu
Book Title: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture
Author: Ruth Benedict

The author is a well respected anthropologist. During WWII, she was asked by the U.S. War Information Office to conduct research on Japanese culture with the purpose that the results of the research can be used to predict Japanese behavior toward the war and the American occupation. This book was written based on this research. Even though the book was written more than 60 years ago and has been the subject of many controversies, it still remains one of the most influential books on the Japanese culture. According to the author, the notions of hierarchy, on (indebtedness), chu (loyalty), ko (filial piety), giri (social duty), gimu(obligation), and honor are some of the fundamental elements that form the Japanese culture. In this book, the author gives lucid explanations of these concepts.

Special Seminar

Date / Time:	1/30/10, Saturday, 2pm-4pm
Speaker:	Micha Wu
Topic:	Some Misunderstanding regarding Taiwan History
Place:	TACC Auditorium
Dr. Micha Wu is formerly deputy minister of the cultural construction council, curator of national history museum, and currently director of Taiwan literature Dept. and graduate program at Chengkong U, Tainan. He got his PhD from U of Tokyo and returned to his alma mater National Taiwan to teach histories of Taiwan and East Asia. He is among the first in Taiwan, not to mention National Taiwan, to promote digital archival research in relation to Taiwan studies.

Line Dance Club

Date / Time:	Thursdays 5:00pm - Beginning 6:00pm - Intermediate
Contact Person:	Vivian Chiang (858)481-9130
Teaching Line Dance.

Folk Dance Club

Date / Time:	Every Tuesday, 7:00pm
Contact Person:	John Ling (858)486-3067
If you are interested in dancing, come join us!

Life Experience Seminar

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Concert

Date / Time:

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Place:

TACC Auditorium

Health Seminar

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TACC Auditorium

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Culture and History Lecture Series

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TACC Auditorium

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