2017 Los Angeles Global Taiwan Hakka Culture Conference

This is the first time, HAC has moved the Conference venue of Global Taiwan Hakka Culture Conference from inside Taiwan to overseas.  Los Angeles has been so honored to be selected as the first stop.  We are very excited to get this one done, and in classic way.

It takes great team efforts to put together a big event like this.  Taiwan Elite Alliance has been invited to design the Theme (*Global starts from Local / 在地公民參與 ) and also help coordinate the Panel Discussion Programs.  To host 500+ people in a Hotel for 3 days event actually requires many details covered.  Our Prep Meetings almost weekly after July the 4th long weekend.  Salute to all these volunteers.
 

We have a special Taiwan Hakka Youth Group to be invited to participate the whole programs.  11 High School Girls (*They are selected by fair rules and no boy got picked... ) here to show their talents and most importantly, their fluent Hakka mother tongue in conversation.

They have impressed many Hakka friends during the event hours.  At the closing Ceremony on 8/6/2017, they have shared what they thought about this Conference.  Please click on the Link (*on the video session 12:00 - 21:50)


Finally, 2017 Los Angeles 'Global Taiwan Hakka Culture Conference' has smoothly taken place during August 4-6, 2017, at Pacific Palms Resort in City of Industry, California.

盡歡喜 佇 8/4-6/2017
全球台灣客家文化會議
見到恁多世界各地來參與个客家鄉親
承蒙 黃樹仁 先生 為大會作完整个影音紀錄 (12 個檔案）
Complete video links (12) on the following playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

We are having fun to have a Mother Tongue Summer Camp... try to use Mother Tongue during the whole event...

We also donate Lucky Steamer / Bac-Gon-Cha for every participant:

Wood Bench

Do you remember Wood Bench in Taiwan at old days ?
For the 8/28 Mid Summer Concert, Josephine and I hade thought about renting chairs for our guests...and then I decided to bring all the chairs back from our office.  But, these chairs plus those we have at home are such a big mixed and messy...Surely cannot be approved by our concert producer - JP.
What should I do? The Concert is 24 hours away...
Friday afternoon, I went to Home Depot to shop some lumbers and ask my helper to work on this urgent project - to make our own wood benches.  The adventure is unforgetable!
I used to see how our master carpenters in the wood work that our family owned back in Guansi, 50 some years ago... Based on that memory...we discussed on our draft.
We surely not capable to make it with the tradional way - nailess joints... We must use nails and screws, but still try to make it soild and looking good.  We did figure out how finally...and we even rushed to have these benches painted.
Please check these 3 wood benches... they are our proud babies. 

6 foot long, 18 inch high and with 10" width...solid strong!  I believe they are definitely useful for many events, including for my tea workshops and our Hakka Toastmasters Meeting...
Maybe, this is a new hobby!